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Maple Avenue School Class Photo

June 6, 2025November 22, 2025 by Editorial Staff 5 Comments

Sometime before 1980, Miss Mabel Clark shared this fantastic photo of herself in a class at Maple Avenue School in Basking Ridge, NJ (where the Bernards Township Library now stands). Not only does it provide close-ups of the faces, but the teacher and many students are identified. [on back]7th Grad, Maple Avenue School, 1914Teacher, Miss

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Sixth Street

July 18, 2024August 29, 2024 by Roy Crego 2 Comments

On June 26, 1944, architect Peter P. Dupay (1900-1985) obtained a building permit for an addition to a residence on Sixth Street in Basking Ridge.[1] But where was Sixth Street? And if Basking Ridge had a Sixth Street, where were First through Fifth? The answer is provided by an 1891 map[2] showing what was called

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