This Day in History: 1951-05-18

At the meeting of the Fardale Community Association, a forceful plea for the establishment of a park in that part of Mahwah was made by guest speaker Henry O. Pond of Tenafly, a member of the Bergen County planning Board. He said that there was scarcely a place in most parts of the county “where a child can set his foot without trespassing except on the public road.” The Association had been alarmed by the threat that a housing development would be built on the Fyke Road property if the proposed county park did not materialize. (Bristow)