Views: 1,283 Delicious Heights Bedminster, New Jersey – Sunday October 1, 2023 3:30 – 5pm SIPPING THE SOMERSET HILLS: A HISTORY AND TASTINGS EVENT UPDATE: “It was a fantastic event. Do it again!” WHAT A GREAT EVENT! Great historic tavern,… Read More »Sipping The Somerset Hills – A History and Tasting Event
Views: 6,345 Wouldn’t it be great you could gather a bunch of locals from the area to tell stories of how it used to be in the area? Maybe you grew up here? Whether you’re a teller or a listener,… Read More »Elder Voices Roundtable is BACK
Views: 773 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
Views: 1,927 Again this year, we’re hoping that you will participate with the Mr. Local History Project and support #buyavetaburger is a grass- roots campaign that started years ago to bring and prepare food for formerly homeless veterans at the… Read More »‘Buy A Veteran a Burger’ Fundraiser For Our Lyons VA Veterans
Views: 898 The Bernards Township Committee passed Resolution #2023-0244 honoring Bernards Township Day of Community Service and Pride to be held across Bernards Township on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. Resolution #2023-0244 Recognition of Mr. Local History Project’s” support of Bernards… Read More »Township Resolution Honors Bernards Township Day
Views: 3,724 2024 is the #bernardsville100 or #bernardsvillecentennial or #bernardsville1924-2024 and the Mr.Local History Project plans to study it, write about it, promote it, and yes honor it. Bernardsville, New Jersey is celebrating their 100th anniversary in 2024 with a… Read More »Crest and Art Honor Bernardsville’s Centennial History
Views: 4,243 #btchartday is ON! Rain or Shine Get ready for a fun filled street fair and festival on Saturday, May 18, 2024 in the Historic Basking Ridge Village. Weather Forecast Stop by the Mr. Local History Project Booth #91… Read More »2024 Bernards Township Charter Day Streetfair
Views: 3,081 So excited to begin the planning for the 2023 Bernards Township Day of Community Service and Pride scheduled for Wednesday, May 24, 2023 when schools, organizations and residents do something to promote their pride in Bernards Township. The… Read More »New Sticker Honors Bernards Township Day of Service & Pride
Views: 7,263 Project Local History Ambassador – Our second year is underway! Nicknamed to PLHA is a new program where the Mr. Local History Project is holding assemblies at each elementary school in Bernards Township and sharing the history of… Read More »Get a Bernards Township Flag – MLH Donates 15 to Project Local History Ambassador
Views: 3,785 How about a fun day out in the fall fresh air strolling the streets of a Jersey haunted village. The Mr. Local History Project has created a new chapter of the Haunted History Walking Tour of Historic Basking… Read More »Mr. Local History’s 2022 Haunted History Walking Tour of Basking Ridge Fundraiser
Views: 1,115 Each year on the first Sunday in October, Lord Stirling’s estate at Lord Stirling Park in Basking Ridge, NJ comes back to life in the late 1700s. Colonial craftspeople ply their trades, a town crier delivers the daily… Read More »1770s Festival on the Grounds of Former General Lord Stirling
Views: 4,356 T’is the season for engagements right? So why not share some of the most historic wedding venues in the Somerset Hills. Many people have written over the years looking for places to hold a wedding on a historic… Read More »Holiday Engagement? Historic Wedding Venues in Central New Jersey
Views: 4,680 The 15th annual 2024 High Bridge Soap Box Derby was Saturday, June 1, 2024. A beautiful day for a classic event! We’re hoping for a 2025 edition! As with all Mr. Local History retrospectives, we often update the… Read More »Retrospective: The Soap Box Derby and Ties to New Jersey
Views: 7,493 Each Memorial Day and Veterans Day Bernards Township and Bernardsville honors our military veterans with a banner salute around the Bernards Township Municipal building and in downtown Bernardsville area. The banners usually stay up between the two holidays… Read More »Bernards Township & Bernardsville Honor Our Military Heros
Views: 2,714 Book Your Spot Today. UPDATE: Friday, May 13, 2022 We are a go for Saturday. Chance of showers. Warm (yay). Maybe bring a small umbrella just in case. Only a few tickets for our only tour this year… Read More »2022 Historic Basking Ridge Village Walking Tour Scholarship Fundraiser