Views: 3,082 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: 5,003 DATE: Friday, May 24, 2024 – Day Focuses on Community Service and Pride in Bernards Township The Mr. Local History Project celebrates Bernards Township Day with two great historic items. Get a vinyl sticker or an original Bernards… Read More »Bernards Township Day of Community Service and Pride 2024 Challenge
Views: 8,606 NOTE: As with all Mr. Local History retrospectives, we often update the post when we learn stories and are sent photos from our community. We will continue to expand this piece as information becomes available. If you have any… Read More »Retrospective: Building AT&T Headquarters Basking Ridge
Views: 1,621 Our Holiday Edition Digital Magazine Ahhhhh, ’tis the season for our holiday magazine. Snowfall, carolling, holiday boutiques, oh and a little history. Our cover photo this year recognizes the beauty of the holidays honoring the 20th anniversary of… Read More »Mr. Local History 2022 Holiday Magazine Vol. 4 Issue 4
Views: 2,796 The Mr. Local History Project honors the centennial anniversary of the Basking Ridge Garden Club who celebrates 100 years beautifying Bernards Township in 2023 as a program coined “Beautiful Bernards” launches. This effort is a perfect example of… Read More »‘Beautiful Bernards’ Honors Garden Club Centennial Anniversary
Views: 7,062 Snow is an interesting thing. Some love it. Some hate it. But when there’s a major storm in the area there’s the battle between getting a snow day, and whether to play in it or dread dread removing… Read More »Retrospective: Snowstorms and Sledding in Somerset County New Jersey
Views: 7,264 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
High Point State Park in Sussex, New Jersey, home to the state’s highest elevation and a monument for veterans, owes its existence to Bernardsville families the Kusars and the Drydens. Businessman and philanthropist Anthony Kusar and his wife Susie donated the land and the monument, highlighting their passion for nature conservation and honoring war veterans.
Views: 5,512 Fall in New Jersey has always been one of the best times to traverse the state and take in some of the most beautiful foliage anywhere in the country. The leaves begin to change, and the crisp fall… Read More »Day Trips – Four Historic New Jersey Fall Locations You Must See
Views: 4,359 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: 6,517 The ancestors of the creator of the Italian Hot Dog continue to serve up Italian hot dogs every day. Over the years, Mike Loikith says that about twenty locations came and went as his great-grandfather and grandfather passed… Read More »Historic Jimmy Buff’s and the Italian Hot Dog Honored With Miniature Wooden Collectible
Views: 3,389 Vol. 4 Issue 2 – Fall 2022The fall is one of the favorite seasons in New Jersey as the kids go back to school, the warm days follow crisp nights, and the leaves begin to change. Back To… Read More »Mr. Local History 2022 Fall Back to School Magazine Vol 4. Issue 2
Views: 24,270 Who doesn’t remember driving the car and ending up at the famed orange roof of the famed Howard Johnson motor lodge or restaurant. From Weirs Beach, New Hampshire to Daytona Beach Florida, all the way out to Anaheim,… Read More »Remembering Howard Johnson’s
Views: 968 The Mayor of New Jersey’s Historic Village has decreed another Jersey icon be added to the New Jersey Historic Wooden Village Collection recently in a bold move to expand the only set of New Jersey collectible icons. Produced… Read More »Lucy the Elephant Added to NJ Village Collection