The Ramsey Historical Association will be participating in the second annual Northwest Bergen County History Day on Saturday May 19th 2012. Ramsey’s oldest
home, the Old Stone House Museum will be open along with 7 other nearby historical home/museums including the Schoolhouse Museum, John Fell House, The Hermitage, Hopper-Goetschius House, Mahwah Museum, Zabriskie House, and Van Allen House.
Hours will be 10:00 – 4:00 pm and this year in honor of the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War, each site will feature special exhibits about the Civil War era.
Tickets are $10 and include admission to all 8 sites. Children 12 and under are free. Tickets will be available in advance at the Schoolhouse Museum in Ridgewood or at Abma’s Farm Market in Wyckoff or on site at the locations. For more information call 201-652-7354 or email at info@ridgewoodhistoricalsociety.org.
By Nancy Boone, originally published in the Ramsey Journal
This winter season our Ramsey Farmers’ Market took a leap of faith when it ventured on to become Bergen County’s first community based indoor farmers’ market. Choosing the Eric Smith School cafeteria for a location and held every Sunday from December through March, over 20 vendors brought their seasonal produce and great artisan products for our community to continue to enjoy. Word spread rapidly and farmers’ market followers appeared from so many surrounding towns, a few new farmers and vendors joined the market and our winter market became a wonderful success, thanks also to the efforts of a talented and dedicated farmers’ market committee and support from Mayor Chris Botta, Borough Council members and our Council Liaison, Vanessa Jachzel.
Farmer Guy Jones, owner of BloomingHill Farm and former long time Ramsey resident, checks his organic produce at the indoor winter market as market goers choose from his seasonal produce.
Sponsored by the Ramsey Historical Association, the Ramsey Farmers’ Market will begin its 3rd season outdoors at the Main Street train station on June 10th, kicking off with our traditional Strawberry Festival hosted by the Woman’s Club of Ramsey. The market will continue outdoors every Sunday 9AM – 2PM through November 18th.
Beekeeper and owner, Wayne Dewell, displays his honey and honey products at the winter market. Children especially love his colorful and delicious honey sticks
Planning is already well on the way for another season offering the freshest produce and products from local farms and vendors. The market has planned plenty of family fun, music, chef demos, artisan exhibits, children’s crafts, and special events and hopes to serve as a resource for helping to make our town one committed to environmental sustainability and healthy living.
The outdoor market will continue its Pay it Forward program where visitors can bring non-perishable food items for donation to the Center for Food Action in Mahwah. Visit the market website www.ramseyfarmersmarket.org for a schedule of events and list of vendors.
“The Ramsey Farmer’s Market is extending its season by moving indoors for the winter.
Beginning Dec. 4, about two dozen vendors will sell fruits, vegetables and specialty products in the Eric S. Smith Middle School cafeteria.
“We’ll be the only community-based farmer’s market that’s indoors,” said Nancy Boone, the market’s founder and manager.
The outside market, which sets up every Sunday at the Main Street train station, will end Nov. 20.
The Ramsey Farmer’s Market is in its second season and typically has about 30 vendors, Boone said.
Space constraints and the limited availability of vendors during the winter will make the indoor market slightly smaller.
In addition to food, the market has special events such as children’s activities and periodically a corner where artists and crafters bring their wares.
The market also hosts a weekly food drive. Customers are asked to bring non-perishable foods and many farmers donate fresh produce at the end of the day that is delivered to the Center for Food Action. That collection will continue during the winter.
The indoor market will run Sundays through March 25 (with the exception of Dec. 25, Jan. 1 and Feb. 19) and be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Eric S. Smith Middle School is at 73 Monroe St. in Ramsey. For more information about the market visit ramseyfarmersmarket.org“
Cub Scout Den 6 from Ramsey had the opportunity to take in the town’s history today with Ramsey local historian Tom Dater.
Cub Scout Den 6 and Tom Dater at the station.
The pack toured the photo display provided by the RHA inside the historic Ramsey train station (New Jersey’s oldest in service railway station) getting explanations of the subjects of each photograph from Tom.
Based on an overwhelmingly positive response, the Ramsey, Then & Now historical video has been expanded with five times the original number of images:
Created as a video feature for the Ramsey Historical Association web site, this video presents a collage of locations in Ramsey as they appear today and as they appeared almost a century ago.
Special thanks to RHA President Paul Simpson and Emily Simpson for finding and taking the photographs, and my sister for helping to assemble them into a video.
Created as a brief video introduction to the Ramsey Historical Association web site, this video presents a handful of locations in Ramsey as they appear today and then as they appeared almost a century ago.
Special thanks to RHA President Paul Simpson and Emily Simpson for finding and taking the photographs, and my sister for assembling them into a video.
Come to the winter open house on December 4th between 1-4pm at the Old Stone House in Ramsey, NJ and meet St. Nick. Sponsored by the Ramsey Historical Association.
The Ramsey Historical Association will be holding its Fall Open House at the Old Stone House Museum and May Barn at 538 Island Road from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23. Volunteers will break out an antique apple grinder and cider press to demonstrate how apple cider was made. Visitors will get to enjoy free apple cider and cider-dipped donuts.
The Ramsey Historical Association has two booths at Ramsey Day this year situated in front of the fire house, one for the RHA itself and one for the Ramsey Farmers’ Market.
RHA and Farmers' Market Booths
Stop by and enter the free raffle for one of two gift baskets:
