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		<title>Bernardsville&#8217;s Huffman-Koos and Finley Manor Hotel Memories</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 103 Long before Walgreens occupied the busy corner of Route 202 and North Finley Avenue, the property was home to one of Bernardsville&#8217;s more unusual redevelopment stories. What began as a large furniture showroom sat vacant for nearly a decade before becoming the Finley Manor Hotel. This project took years of hearings, zoning disputes,&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/bernardsvilles-finley-manor-hotel-memories/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Bernardsville&#8217;s Huffman-Koos and Finley Manor Hotel Memories</span></a></p>
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		<title>25 of New Jersey’s Oldest Taverns &#038; Inns Still Serving Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 273 Eating Your Way Through New Jersey History Long before New Jersey had diners, highways, turnpikes, or even became a state, the local tavern often served as the center of community life. These were places where a traveler could find a hot meal and a bed, where stagecoaches stopped, news was exchanged, business was&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/new-jerseys-oldest-taverns-inns-still-serving/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">25 of New Jersey’s Oldest Taverns &#38; Inns Still Serving Today</span></a></p>
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		<title>Native American Trails History In Northern New Jersey</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 166 Long before anyone divided North and Central Jersey, Native American people lived, hunted, farmed, and traveled throughout the region. Archaeological evidence shows an Indigenous presence in New Jersey extending back more than 10,000 years. When Europeans arrived during the early 1600s, they encountered the Lenape, often called the Lenni Lenape, whose homeland included&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/native-american-trails-new-jersey/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Native American Trails History In Northern New Jersey</span></a></p>
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		<title>Day Trips &#8211; Four Historic New Jersey Fall Locations You Must See</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 13:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 9,848 The&#160;2026&#160;Fall Foliage Map is the ultimate visual planning guide to the annual progression of leaf change. While no tool can be 100% accurate, this tool is designed to help travelers better time their trips to maximize their chances of catching peak color each year. Before you go, check out this great fall foliage&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/four-historic-fall-jersey-locations-you-must-see/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Day Trips &#8211; Four Historic New Jersey Fall Locations You Must See</span></a></p>
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		<title>So What Defines Peapack Village from Gladstone&#8217;s Village</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 429 Certainly, everyone knows when they&#8217;re in Peapack and when they&#8217;re in Gladstone, right? First off, a little clarification: the “Established 1701” on the borough&#8217;s sign date refers to the Peapack Patent, when the land encompassing present-day Peapack-Gladstone was granted to European proprietors. It marks the area’s colonial land history, not the borough’s incorporation,&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/peapack-gladstone-divide/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">So What Defines Peapack Village from Gladstone&#8217;s Village</span></a></p>
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		<title>A Historic Boardwalk on Jersey&#8217;s Lake Mohawk</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 226 Just 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&#8217;s most famous boardwalks. What else could possibly be hiding here? Then you arrive at&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/lake-mohawk-boardwalk-sparta/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">A Historic Boardwalk on Jersey&#8217;s Lake Mohawk</span></a></p>
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		<title>Bardy Farms: From a Russian Immigrant&#8217;s Fields to a Somerset County Farming Dynasty</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 15:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 851 Walk into Bardy Farms on Washington Valley Road in Warren Township, and you are entering one of New Jersey&#8217;s increasingly rare family farm businesses. Fresh produce still fills the market, plants crowd the greenhouses in Spring, pumpkins arrive in autumn, and Christmas trees and wreaths mark the holiday season. It feels like a&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/bardy-farms/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Bardy Farms: From a Russian Immigrant&#8217;s Fields to a Somerset County Farming Dynasty</span></a></p>
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		<title>Then &#038; Now:  Post 9/11-Somerset Hills Family, Friends and Neighbors &#038; Their Legacy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 34,297 Twenty-five years ago 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 countless examples of strength, kindness, and resilience. Out of loss has come&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/somerset-hills-911-people/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Then &#38; Now:  Post 9/11-Somerset Hills Family, Friends and Neighbors &#38; Their Legacy</span></a></p>
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		<title>&#8220;The Frippery&#8221; Thrift Store Extraordinaire is a Watchung Historic Gem</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 319 For Over Half a Century, the Frippery is Watchung&#8217;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: The Frippery. The Frippery officially opened for the first time on March 10, 1971,&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/frippery-watchung-thrifting/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">&#8220;The Frippery&#8221; Thrift Store Extraordinaire is a Watchung Historic Gem</span></a></p>
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		<title>Washington&#8217;s Rev War Fortress &#8211; It Was New Jersey Itself</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 374 Washington Didn&#8217;t Build His Fortress. New Jersey Did. So we start by coining a phrase, one that defines what we think Washington knew all along. A geological fortress is not an artificial fort of stone walls, towers, and cannon. It is a naturally defensible landscape whose mountains, rivers, valleys, cliffs, and narrow passages&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/washingtons-geological-fortress/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Washington&#8217;s Rev War Fortress &#8211; It Was New Jersey Itself</span></a></p>
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		<title>Crane Farm: The Little Farm Stand Preserves Basking Ridge&#8217;s Farming Past</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 1,632 RUMOR CONFIRMED:As Crane Farm approaches another turning point, word has begun circulating that Tyson and Doris Mertz are retiring October 31, 2026 and will not be renewing their lease with Somerset County. The Mertzes have not owned the property, but for decades they have been Somerset County&#8217;s leaseholder, keeping the fields productive and&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/crane-farm-basking-ridge/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Crane Farm: The Little Farm Stand Preserves Basking Ridge&#8217;s Farming Past</span></a></p>
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		<title>Meandering Basking Ridge&#8217;s Newest Largest Lake &#8211; The Millington Quarry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 13:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 2,177 The 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 along Stonehouse Road, the site operated for many years as a trap rock quarry&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/meandering-basking-ridge-millington-quarry-lake/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Meandering Basking Ridge&#8217;s Newest Largest Lake &#8211; The Millington Quarry</span></a></p>
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		<title>Noe Pond &#038; the Browers- Chatham&#8217;s Swim Club People Remember</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 13:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 1,003 Noe Pond began as a natural, spring-fed farm pond on the Noe family’s roughly 800-acre property in Chatham Township. Dating to before the Revolutionary War, the pond supplied water to the family’s dairy farm, rose greenhouses, and surrounding property. It was also used for harvesting ice in winter and eventually became a popular&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/noe-pond-chatham/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Noe Pond &#38; the Browers- Chatham&#8217;s Swim Club People Remember</span></a></p>
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		<title>Kiwanis Fair Basking Ridge Marked the End of Summer with a Bang</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 11:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 10,805 Memories and a BIG Photo Collection The official end of summer was upon us. People were coming home from summer vacation. Football practice was underway at the high school, and the students were prepping for the start of a new school year. What began on Labor Day weekend in 1949 will hold a&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/kiwanis-fair/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Kiwanis Fair Basking Ridge Marked the End of Summer with a Bang</span></a></p>
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		<title>Millington&#8217;s Millridge Swim Club Bulldozed Back into the Great Swamp Landscape</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 259 Before the Millridge Swim Club existed, it was known as Reggie&#8217;s Playland Farm, and we found a strange real estate listing from 2002 that read: This story is part of the Mr. Local History Project&#8217;s New Jersey Swim Club Series, exploring the neighborhood pools, freshwater ponds, and private clubs that shaped generations of&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/millingtons-millridge-swim-club/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Millington&#8217;s Millridge Swim Club Bulldozed Back into the Great Swamp Landscape</span></a></p>
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