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Mar 16, 20185 min read

1894. And All That.

How Glen Rock became Glen Rock

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Feb 8, 20184 min read

THOMAS L. HAWKINS: HERO FROM THE ROCK

Thomas Lawson Hawkins was born in 1923 in Springfield, Massachusetts and moved to Glen Rock with his parents, William and Rebecca, when...

Dec 12, 20173 min read

THE DUDE ABIDES

For the past several years, the Glen Rock Historical & Preservation Society has hosted our public school's 4th graders at the Museum at...

Nov 5, 20174 min read

THE POWER OF ELEVEN

The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, when peace finally came to the Western Front following the four years of...

Oct 7, 20172 min read

"AN EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY"

It is easy to look at Bergen County today and see a thoroughly modern, bustling area but it wasn't too long ago, historically speaking,...

Jul 27, 20173 min read

WHAT? NO SAUERKRAUT??

It always amazes me how clear a vision Glen Rock's early leaders had for the development and modernization of the original farming...

Jul 7, 20177 min read

THE SMITH-SINGER COMPANY

As the Borough Historian, I receive many questions from residents who want to know when their house was built or when their street was...

Jun 27, 20175 min read

JOHN A. HOPPER AND THE CIVIL WAR

This past Memorial Day, the Glen Rock VFW Post #850 and the Glen Rock American Legion Post #145 placed flags on a gravestone in the...