Views: 676 Remembering Bill Hine – the Pope of Basking Ridge Every once in a while, we come across a human interest story that’s so much more than history; we must tell it so that the story continues in local… Read More »The Pope of Basking Ridge – Bill Hine’s Presence Shined
Views: 13,526 JARED IN THE NEWS: April 8, 2025 – Confirmation hearing Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 10:00 am to confirm President Donald J. Trump’s nomination of New Jersey’s Jared Isaacman to head NASA with a vote to happen later… Read More »Jersey’s Jared Isaacman – Ridge Dropout Billionaire Astronaut Tagged to Lead NASA
Views: 4,797 Why We Celebrate Bernards Township Charter Day The first Charter Day street fair celebration in Bernards Township was held on Saturday, May 20, 1995. The event started at 10 am and lasted till 4 pm. Charter Day commemorates… Read More »Retrospective: The History Behind Bernards Township Charter Day & That Charter
Views: 567 #btchartday is ON! Rain or Shine Weather Forecast Stop by the Mr. Local History Booth #89 on Henry Street Just outside the Washington House Side Entrance Watch the South Finley Livestream Now Learn about our Basking Ridge Flags… Read More »2025 Bernards Township Charter Day Streetfair Memories
Views: 716 It’s always fun to hear how a story becomes a story for us. In fact, there’s always a story about a new story. History is a bit like sewing…. when you pull a thread, you never know where… Read More »Basking Ridge’s Spencer Road is Important to Mr. Local History Too
Views: 5,315 New Jersey Historical Wooden Keepsake Collection Welcomes the 1871 Washington House The iconic Washington House in Basking Ridge Village has a rich history dating back to 1871. At almost 150 years of age, the grand hotel still serves… Read More »The Washington House- A Basking Ridge Icon
Views: 241 Yep, we said it….. sha la la la la la down the shore everything’s alright. Put some of the Jersey shore’s most iconic keepsakes out for display. Bruce Springsteen / Mr. Local History Project In the Collection: You… Read More »History: ‘Down the Shore Everything’s Alright’ Collectibles
Views: 3,190 “Beautiful Bernards” is a perfect example of “sharing local history with a social twist!” Mr. Local History Project’s mission – the red and gold have a tie to Bernards Township history. Two years ago, Mr. Local History donated… Read More »‘Beautiful Bernards’ Honors Bernards Township History and Community
Views: 21,284 Peapack, New Jersey’s Blairsden Estate of Clinton Ledyard Blair Peapack/Gladstone, New Jersey Submitted: Brooks Betz & W. Barry Thomson Blairsden History Out of all of the requests that we receive at Mr. Local History, none measure up to… Read More »The Gilded Age: The Blairsden Estate May Be the Finest Example
Views: 3,296 UPDATE: May 2025 Connecting Bernards Township students to their local history, the Mr. Local History Project kicked off its 3rd year of our Project Local History Ambassador program for 5th-grade students thanks to the financial support of many… Read More »Project Local History Ambassador Flags for Students
Views: 602 Join the quest to answer the question:How many stones make up the Great Wall of Basking Ridge around the Bernards Township Municipal Complex? Follow along…… As with all Mr. Local History retrospectives, this post is updated when we… Read More »History:The Great Wall of Bernards Township & How Many Stones Contest
Views: 4,349 UPDATE: March 12, 2025 –A few researchers at the Mr. Local History Project are looking for a few Chinese and Indian residents interested in tracing the roots of these two growing communities in Bernards Township to the first… Read More »Bernards Township Origins
Views: 627 Quick History – Irish Immigration to New Jersey By the mid-19th century, Irish immigration from Ireland to the United States surged, mainly due to the Great Irish Famine (1845-1852), which drove hundreds of thousands of Irish people to… Read More »Gotta Love the Irish in Jersey – The History and All the Parades
Views: 23,699 Frank McGovern opened his tavern in 1936 selecting 58 New Street right in the central ward of downtown Newark. Whether by coincidence or not, McGovern’s also opened around the same time Newark’s St. Patrick’s Day parade was reborn… Read More »Retrospective: Newark’s McGovern’s Tavern- An Irish History Tale
Views: 7,051 Congratulations, Cranford, on the five collectibles now part of the New Jersey Historical Wooden Village collection, a group of over 40 Jersey collectibles. Each keepsake brings awareness to historic Cranford icons. The Mr. Local History Project group is… Read More »Preserving Cranford’s History – Five Limited Iconic Collectibles