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Views: 1,013 At the Mr. Local History Project, our motto is “Jersey history with a social twist,” and nothing brings people together faster than talking about their favorite candy. And with Halloween just around the corner, wouldn’t it be great… Read More »The History of New Jersey Candy and Our Jersey Candy Hall of Fame
Views: 925Just when you think you know everything about New Jersey, the state pulls another surprise from its seemingly bottomless bag of tricks. We already have ocean beaches, mountains, waterfalls, sprawling farms, colonial villages, busy cities, and some of America’s… Read More »A Historic Boardwalk on Jersey’s Lake Mohawk
Views: 738For Over Half a Century, the Frippery is Watchung’s Original Treasure Hunt Long before thrift shopping became trendy, generations of bargain hunters were already climbing the stairs and rummaging through the shelves at one of Watchung’s best-known hidden gems:… Read More »“The Frippery” Thrift Store Extraordinaire is a Watchung Historic Gem
Views: 6,971Imagine relocating to a city or state where you have no family or friends to help you evaluate different neighborhoods. You can easily compare home prices, property taxes, schools, commute times, restaurants, and traffic. But finding reliable, current,t and… Read More »Mashing Crime History to Maps and Apps
Views: 2,952The Millington Quarry property in the Millington section of Bernards Township is one of the largest former industrial sites in Somerset County and has been the focus of redevelopment discussions for more than a decade. Covering approximately 180 acres… Read More »Meandering Basking Ridge’s Newest Largest Lake – The Millington Quarry
Views: 4,392Realtors’ History Guide to Selling Basking Ridge, Bernardsville, Bedminster and the Rest of the Somerset Hills, New Jersey It probably comes as no surprise that realtors have a fairly easy time selling homes in Bernards Township and the surrounding… Read More »History Helps Realtors Sell Real Estate
Views: 853While we at the Mr. Local History Project prefer to write about history and not try to make it, sometimes history and perspective from other areas serve as indicators of what not to do, or at least give perspective… Read More »Bernardsville’s Affordable Housing Dilemma – They’re Not Alone
Views: 1,134Big News in the Jersey Burger World! Hackensack’s historic White Manna is going for it and made the decision to relocate one of New Jersey’s most iconic burger joints, lifting it up and moving it up the road, but… Read More »Hackensack’s Historic White Manna Burger Diner is MOVING – And Going BIG
Views: 1,244For centuries, historians have relied on books, letters, artifacts, and exhibits to tell the stories of the past. But what if visitors could do something more? What if they could sit down and talk with Elias Boudinot, Henry George,… Read More »Meet HistOracle AI: New Jersey Team Brings History’s Voices Back to Life
Views: 8,925Communicating Life Stories and Digital Storytelling For generations, family stories and personal memories were preserved through handwritten letters, photo albums, and conversations around the kitchen table. Today, those same stories can be recorded with a smartphone, shared across continents… Read More »Communicating Life Stories – Digital Storytelling Oral History
Views: 1,061The iron rail that brought the steel horse to the Somerset Hills.This story is as much about the railroads that were built as it is about the railroads that weren’t. Railroad Companies of the Time Before we begin, this… Read More »Railroad Men of The Somerset Hills
Views: 2,866Word is out that David Burke, Chef and operator at the Red Horse Steakhouse at the Bernards Inn, will be transitioning “The Station” to one of his new restaurant ventures down the street at the historic Clarmont Hotel building.… Read More »Bernardsville’s Claremont Hotel & The Station History – and a New Chapter
Views: 2,061At first, we thought it had to be a joke. It felt too absurd, too unthinkable, the kind of headline you only see on April Fool’s Day. But then reality hit. It was April 2. This was not a… Read More »The Day the Bernardsville News Died
Views: 1,006There’s something genuinely exciting happening right now for historians. For the first time, we have tools that can read, aggregate, and synthesize massive amounts of information in seconds, helping us connect sources, test ideas, and even visualize the past… Read More »AI and History: Lessons Learned – Pluckemin Cantonment Edition
Views: 3,465UPDATE:For 1 day only on Sunday, May 17, visitors can experience the “Millionaires Express” at the Whippany Railway Museum by riding in restored 1900s era luxury club cars once used by wealthy railroad travelers on New Jersey’s famed Lackawanna… Read More »The Millionaires Express Train – Luxury Between Hoboken & the Somerset Hills
