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2025 News: KMS Farmstead in Basking Ridge To Be Honored with Painted Wooden Collectible
Views: 12 Celebrating the rich history of the Kennedy Martin Stelle Farmstead, this iconic Basking Ridge farm is honored with this beautiful wooden hand-painted collectible as part of the New Jersey Historic Village Cat’s Meow wooden keepsake collection. Beautifully handcrafted… Read More »2025 News: KMS Farmstead in Basking Ridge To Be Honored with Painted Wooden Collectible
Keepsakes: Preserving Westfield New Jersey history is a Treasure
Views: 70 The Governor of New Jersey’s Historic Village has been working to preserve and promote Westfield, New Jersey’s history with what we call “history with a social twist.” The simple truth is we partnered with the world-famous Cat’s Meow… Read More »Keepsakes: Preserving Westfield New Jersey history is a Treasure
Finding New Jersey Super Size Pizzas & VOTING for Jersey’s Most Iconic Pizza Hangout
Views: 200 People keep asking us why a non-profit is dedicated to researching New Jersey history and building food maps. The short answer is that history has what we call threads. We start researching one thing, which leads to another.… Read More »Finding New Jersey Super Size Pizzas & VOTING for Jersey’s Most Iconic Pizza Hangout
Keepsake: Wildwood Arrives to NJ Historic Wooden Village Collection Just In Time for Gift Giving
Views: 482 Ahhhhhhhh……those Wildwood Days are ready to give for the holidays! A monumental new keepsake collectible from the Mr. Local History Project. The Mayor of New Jersey’s Historic Village recently decreed that a new icon be added to the… Read More »Keepsake: Wildwood Arrives to NJ Historic Wooden Village Collection Just In Time for Gift Giving
Wearing Lost Jersey Businesses is Fun History
Views: 1,782 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 Businesses is Fun History
Keepsake: Bernardsville’s Olcott School Part of NJ Keepsake Collection
Views: 432 Olcott School Keepsake Official Launch Party: Wednesday, December 11, 2024 The Mayor of New Jersey’s Historic Village recently decreed that a new icon be added to the New Jersey Historic Wooden Village Collection in a bold move to… Read More »Keepsake: Bernardsville’s Olcott School Part of NJ Keepsake Collection
Why Your Donation Matters
Views: 195 is NOW It’s called Giving Tuesday and comes after Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday. But “Giving Tuesday could be ANY day, and here’s why. At MLH, we try to support every one of you… Read More »Why Your Donation Matters
Mr. Local History Motorsports Special Edition Magazine – Free!
Views: 290 Over the last few years, researchers at the Mr. Local History Project here in New Jersey have been busy at work and have released several stories related to the motorsports racing history in New Jersey. We’ve even now… Read More »Mr. Local History Motorsports Special Edition Magazine – Free!
Mr. Local History 2024 Holiday Magazine Vol 6. Issue 4
Views: 602 The holiday season in New Jersey is one of the most magical seasons of the year. Our annual holiday edition takes the board of trustees on a journey to tell the history of events and history from our… Read More »Mr. Local History 2024 Holiday Magazine Vol 6. Issue 4
Lost Motorsport Board Tracks Across America – Mapping Them All
Views: 355 As a huge motorsports fan, this topic came up with a few of our researchers who can’t let it go! While the Mr. Local History Project normally focuses on New Jersey history, they had to discover more once… Read More »Lost Motorsport Board Tracks Across America – Mapping Them All
Basking Ridge Town Center Livestream
Views: 5,210 How’s life in Basking Ridge? Click the play button to take a live look at downtown Basking Ridge. Signature downtown village events to check in on:Tuesday, December 24, 2024 – 7 pm – Christmas Eve Community Sing 2025… Read More »Basking Ridge Town Center Livestream
