Views: 8,414 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: 286 The Mr. Local History Project looks back at the top 25 researched stories posted for the year. This year was a funny twist as readers around the world wanted to know a few classic sayings about the cold.… Read More »2022 Mr. Local History Project Top 25 Stories
Views: 1,773 The Mayor of New Jersey’s Historic Village recently decreed that a new icon be added to the New Jersey Historic Wooden Village Collection in a bold move to expand the only set of New Jersey collectible icons. Introducing… Read More »Keepsake: Westfield’s Mindowaskin Pond in Winter is a Treasure
Views: 1,585 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: 2,773 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: 6,902 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: 9,192 Bedminster, New Jersey is situated just 45 miles west of New York City but you are right int the middle of one of the most populated equine areas in the United States. The United States Equestrian Team Foundation… Read More »Bedminster Has A Tavern Serving Over 200 years of History
Views: 2,598 A few friends got together and started talking about the fine art of distilling and how much it’s changed (if at all). It seems that due to the efforts of a few Jersey residents, distilling spirits is back… Read More »Moonshining Bootlegging Speakeasies in Somerset County, NJ
Views: 5,030 Craft brewing and distilling is alive and well in Somerset County. With a rich history going back to before the Revolutionary War, the history of spirits and brewing in Jersey is a long-savored tradition. Today, Somerset County is… Read More »Distilling and Brewing in Somerset County- Ah the History
Views: 7,152 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: 7,131 Four limited edition wooden keepsakes to honor New Jersey’s historic icons honoring the state’s most famous eateries that have served Jersey for almost 100 years. Congratulations to our iconic New Jersey Diner keepsake, West Orange’s Jimmy Buff’s Italian… Read More »Honoring Four Historic New Jersey Eateries
Views: 15 Four limited edition wooden keepsakes to honor New Jersey’s historic icons honoring the state’s most famous eateries that have served Jersey for almost 100 years. Congratulations to our iconic New Jersey Diner keepsake, West Orange’s Jimmy Buff’s Italian… Read More »Honoring Four Historic New Jersey Eateries #2
Views: 3,755 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: 1,077 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
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.