Happenings On Christmas Eve: Our Hometown of Basking Ridge is Buzzing!
Views: 1,266 What’s Happening in Basking Ridge on Christmas Eve Our Readers’ Top 10 MLH Posts this Week
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Basking Ridge Live Cam – Mr. Local History’s Beautiful Town Green
Views: 9,986 Yes, there is sound too. You can mute it if you like.IF you just see the link, the stream is offline. Check back later. How’s life in Basking Ridge? Check in on the Town Green from atop the… Read More »Basking Ridge Live Cam – Mr. Local History’s Beautiful Town Green
Colonial Christmas To Shine Again at Bedminster’s Vanderveer House
The Jacobus Vanderveer House in Bedminster, New Jersey, is celebrating Colonial Christmas, an annual fundraiser event that combines history, tourism, tradition, and Christmas spirit. It offers an array of activities including music, reenactments, crafts, and holiday shopping.
Thanksgiving Meet – Horses, Hounds and Foxes Before Turkey – A Countryside Tradition
Views: 10,470 President George Washington proclaimed Nov. 26, 1789, the last Thursday of November that year, to be a “day of public thanksgiving.†What is known as the “Gentry”, in New Jersey they held fox hunts on Thanksgiving Day. Fox… Read More »Thanksgiving Meet – Horses, Hounds and Foxes Before Turkey – A Countryside Tradition
Honoring our Bernards Township Armed Service Veterans this Veterans Day
Views: 13,209 Each Memorial Day and Veterans Day, Bernards Township and Bernardsville honor our military veterans with a banner salute around the Bernards Township Municipal building and in the downtown Bernardsville area. The banners usually stay up between the two… Read More »Honoring our Bernards Township Armed Service Veterans this Veterans Day
Then & Now: Post 9/11-Somerset Hills Family Friends and Neighbors & Their Legacy
Views: 25,939 On September 11, 2001, we lost friends, family, neighbors, and loved ones in a tragedy that changed our nation forever. Their absence is felt every day, yet in the years since that heartbreaking morning, we have also witnessed… Read More »Then & Now: Post 9/11-Somerset Hills Family Friends and Neighbors & Their Legacy
Remebering the Waterloo Village Concert Series
Views: 7,332 In 1977, Waterloo Village opened an open-air concert field about a mile down the road from the historic village to raise funds for restoration. Actually, in Byram Township, New Jersey, locals remember (and I grew up at the… Read More »Remebering the Waterloo Village Concert Series
The Blessing of the Hounds – A Countryside Tradition
Views: 6,778 An annual tradition for the Essex Fox Hounds of Peapack, New Jersey Blessing of the Hounds Back in 2007, before there was a Mr. Local History, there was just a local looking for fun historic events to go… Read More »The Blessing of the Hounds – A Countryside Tradition
2024: Bernards Township Charter Day
Views: 1,576 Planning is already underway working with Mother Nature to bring Charter Day a nice warm sunny day for May 18, 2024. Street Fair Details Yes it rained on May 20, 2023 but volunteers, vendors and residents DID show… Read More »2024: Bernards Township Charter Day
Somerville Bike Race – Oldest Race in America & a Jersey Memorial Day Staple
Views: 4,609 It’s the oldest cycling race in America – right in Somerville, New Jersey, every Memorial Day for 85 years! It’s the “Kentucky Derby of Cycling.” I laid on the ground at turn two and thought all would be… Read More »Somerville Bike Race – Oldest Race in America & a Jersey Memorial Day Staple
Crumbcake Burger – Jersey’s B&W Crumb Cake Meets a Krug’s Burger
Views: 1,017 UPDATE:We have NOT Agreed on a Date yet – Sign Up to receive an update when we have details The Mr. Local History Project is sponsoring the first-ever “Crumb Cake Burger Flat Top Challenge,” which will introduce Jersey’s best-rated… Read More »Crumbcake Burger – Jersey’s B&W Crumb Cake Meets a Krug’s Burger
Bernards Township Charter Day Streetfair Memories
Views: 2,582 Bernards Twp. 2025 Charter Day is A MEMORYBut You’re Early for 2026 🙂 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… Read More »Bernards Township Charter Day Streetfair Memories
Get a Bernards Township Flag – MLH Donates 15 to Project Local History Ambassador
Views: 13,739 Project Local History Ambassador – Nicknamed “Teach ’em,” Project Ambassador is a five-year program where the Mr. Local History Project holds assemblies at each elementary school in Bernards Township and shares the history of the Bernards Township flag,… Read More »Get a Bernards Township Flag – MLH Donates 15 to Project Local History Ambassador
Newark’s Branch Brook Park Has More Than Any Other
Views: 3,453 Every time our researchers come up with a Jersey history topic, it can come from a very simple premise. This is one of those stories. After hearing about the Cherry Blossom festival in Newark and all places, we… Read More »Newark’s Branch Brook Park Has More Than Any Other
Why Your Donation Matters
Views: 3,905 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