Views: 483 Suppose you have the chance to visit Basking Ridge, New Jersey’s Ross Farm for an outdoor concert or to help out in the giving garden, remember this story about the historic Boudinot (Boo-DE-Know) family estate on the hill… Read More »Richard Stockton – Constitution Signer and a Basking Ridge Brother In Law
Views: 1,350 Being raised in Westfield was a great experience, and sometimes it goes by so fast you never have time to sit back and reflect. As I look back now, there are so many great stories; it’s funny how… Read More »Fairview Cemetery – Westfield, New Jersey’s Largest Resting Place
Views: 1,859 Mr Local History loves history with a social twist. It’s our motto! So we thought: How fun would it be to share some of the most loved Westfield, New Jersey businesses that have disappeared? (Two of our Trustees… Read More »Wearing Lost Westfield Area Businesses is Fun History
Views: 5,850 Congratulations to the Westfield Fire Department as Westfield celebrates its 150th year. This weekend in Westfield, NJ, they’re celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Westfield Fire Department with a parade and community festival on Saturday, June 21, 2025: The Mr.… Read More »Fundraiser: Preserving Westfield NJ History with Keepsakes
Views: 2,284 Want a quick way to search for articles about the history of one of the towns we love to cover?The Mr. Local History Project has created a few quick searches to give you a head start. Our researchers… Read More »Quicklinks – Tracking History From Selected Jersey Towns
Views: 15,340 JARED IN THE NEWS: May 31, 2025 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… Read More »Jersey’s Jared Isaacman – Ridge Dropout Billionaire Astronaut NASA Dream Job Dashed
Views: 13,220 The MLH Project is proud to be the exclusive reseller of the New Jersey Historic Wooden Keepsake Collection, created by the world-famous Cat’s Meow Village. Made in the USA!!! The New Jersey Historic Wooden Keepsake Village Collection The… Read More »The Exclusive New Jersey Historic Wooden Village Keepsake Collection
Views: 750 Congratulations to the Westfield Fire Department as Westfield celebrates the 150th year. 150th Anniversary of the Westfield Fire Department with a parade and community festival on Saturday, June 21, 2025: New Westfield Cat’s Meow Collectibles The Governor of New Jersey’s… Read More »Keepsakes: Preserving Westfield New Jersey history is a Treasure
Views: 1,013 We were reading a story on social media about a town losing its local hardware store after over 100 years of operation. The place you’d go to have a nice chat about local things and grab a bunch… Read More »Mom & Pop Hardware Stores are Disappearing Across Jersey
Views: 1,234 Mr Local History loves history with a social twist. In fact, it’s our motto! So we thought how fun it would be to share some of the most loved New Jersey businesses that have disappeared. We started researching… Read More »Wearing Lost Jersey Motorsports Icons is Fun History
Views: 1,351 Just like the racetrack that was on the southern end of Westfield in the 1930s, another lost icon, the Westfield Airport, sits at the coordinates 40°36’36.0″N 74°19’08.4″W. Our research started here. As with all Mr. Local History retrospectives,… Read More »The Lost Westfield Airport In Union County
Views: 1,219 Jersey Lost Racetrack Series For a short period, racecar drivers from all over the tri-state area gathered just off Raritan Road on the Westfield/Clark border for the most exciting spectacles of the time, sanctioned midget dirt car racing.… Read More »Retrospective: Auto Racing on Jersey’s Westfield-Clark Border
Views: 6,079 On the clear crisp morning at 8:46 am on September 11, 2001, the first plane hit the North Tower, and our community was changed forever. Please take a moment to remember those 21 residents from Basking Ridge, Bernardsville,… Read More »#911neverforget in the Somerset Hills
Views: 1,042 Walk down memory lane as we journey back to a time when Westfield was a much younger community. “Penny postcards” were primarily used in the early 1900s when you wanted to write to your family and friends from… Read More »Westfield Penny Postcards
Views: 1,185 Time to see what Westfielders feel are the most historic icons in town. Is it The Westfield train station, Rialto Theater, Tamaques Park, Stoneleigh Park, Westfield Fire Department, Jolly Trolley, WWI Memorial, Kehler Field House, Westfield High School,… Read More »Vote for Westfield’s Most Historic Icons