Make a Tax Deductible Donation – Get a Frameable Map Finding New Ways to Share Local History.We call it “Maps for a Cause” supporting Our Ridge and Bernards High Scholarship Funds The Mr. Local History Project continues its mission to… Read More »Make a Donation – Get a Historic Map as our Gift
Researching Local History with Maps As a historian, I believe maps are one of the greatest sources of information, capturing a time and place. We use these maps to research history and find buildings, families, farms, or streets. We often… Read More »Sharing Local History with Maps – How to Read Into Them
Often, Mr. Local History doesn’t search for stories as those stories find us. Case in point is this weird little story about a man who comes to America only to find that his life is remembered after Basking Ridge’s Jack… Read More »Remembering Willie Howard and Bedminster’s Willie’s Tavern
Urban Legends, Ghosts, Murder, Nuns gone insane, the Devil and other horror stories we’ve dug up from Central New Jersey’s past. May be urban legends, but they’re OUR stories! When the leaves start turning and the nights get cooler, ghost… Read More »Horror Tales and Ghost Stories from Central New Jersey
Charter Day Streetfair and Festival Get ready for a fun filled street fair and festival on Saturday, May 16, 2020 in the Historic Basking Ridge Village Be Part of the Fun. Add Your Photos to the Charter Day Instagram Wall… Read More »CANCELLED – Bernards Township Charter Day Festival – May 16, 2020
COVID-19 Update: Hometown Histories Program Going Virtual To Share Local History Knowing it is unsafe to meet due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mr. Local History Project is moving forward with a 45 minute virtual community gathering using ZOOM video… Read More »VIRTUAL EVENT: Elder Voices – History Worth Sharing Series
Celebrate the 15th anniversary on February 22, 2020 as we honor bagpipes with the Guard Pipes & Drum group. The music group, which currently consists of 21 pipers and seven drummers, is planning its big annual fund-raiser, “The Guard’s Welcome,’’… Read More »The Guards Welcome Dinner Social Honors Irish Heritage – Sat. Feb 22
COVID-19 Update:Hometown HiStories Program Going Virtual To Share Local History Knowing it is unsafe to meet due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mr. Local History Project is hosting a 45 minute virtual community gathering using ZOOM video conferencing, an online… Read More »VIRTUAL EVENT: Hometown HiSTORIES – History Worth Sharing Series
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 news, and… Read More »1770s Festival – Lord Stirling’s Lost Estate
Welcome to the history of Somerset County. Somerset County’s annual Journey Through The Past is an initiative of the Somerset County Board of County Commissioners and the Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission in collaboration with many county-wide local historical… Read More »Somerset County History Weekend
IF you drive by Saturday in downtown Basking Ridge you’ll get a peek at the tree going up AND come get a FREE Town Card and local coupon book just for driving by…..and don’t forget to fill the Fire Department’s… Read More »TREE DRIVE BY – GIVE TO THE BRFCo BOOT – Get a FREE GIFT!
Join the Mr. Local History Project in Basking Ridge all December as we again get into the holiday spirit at Somerset County’s most creative and beautiful winter spectacular, the 42nd Festival of Trees at the Environmental Education Center located at… Read More »Festival of Trees – 42nd Annual
Bernards Township Charter Day Street Fair and Festival-Saturday, May 21, 2022 Get ready for a fun filled street fair and festival in the historic village of Basking Ridge, New Jersey. Be Part of the Fun. This year, add the tag… Read More »Charter Day Street Fair & Festival
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 news, and… Read More »1770s Festival – Lord Stirling’s Lost Estate 2022
IF you drive by Saturday in downtown Basking Ridge you’ll get a peek at the tree going up AND come get a FREE Town Card and local coupon book just for driving by…..and don’t forget to fill the Fire Department’s… Read More »2022 TREE DRIVE BY – GIVE TO THE BRFCo BOOT – Get a FREE GIFT!