Jim Albano / North Jersey Real Estate Team - Jean-Marie Vantuno / Realtors®

Lambert Castle sitting atop Garret Mountain in Paterson NJ and overlooking the former "Silk City" below is a site familiar to most who have lived in the area or who travel daily on Interstate Route 80. Members of the Passaic County NJ Historical Society hope that the recent decision by Congress to designate the Great Falls of Paterson a national historic park will help to bring renewed interest in Lambert Castle.

The castle which is made of brownstone, was built by area silk baron, Catholina Lambert in 1893. The Passaic County Historical Society offices and county archives are now housed at the location. The castle is open to the public Wednesday - Sunday afternoons from 1 -4 pm.

In 1791, Alexander Hamilton created the first planned industrial community of the US in Paterson. Hamilton believed that in order for America to survive, we needed to establish an industrial base, and he saw the waters of the Passaic River flowing through Paterson as the perfect power source. The first cotton mill was built in the city in 1794 and the silk mills followed soon thereafter.

Catholina Lambert, born March 28, 1834 in Yorkshire England, was the son of two mill hands. He jumped aboard a ship bound for Boston at the age of 17 and by his early 20's was a partner in a silk mill. At 23, he married into wealth and moved with his bride to NYC. With two partners he opened his own silk mill at Straight and Clay Streets in Paterson and the rest they say...is history. He amassed great wealth and built his castle dubbed "Belle Vista" in part to showcase his huge art collection. Lambert's fortunes crumbled later in life and he was forced to auction off most of his beloved art collection before his death in 1923.

Two years later, Passaic County bought the castle and grounds for a tidy sum of $125,000

Happy 175th Birthday Catholina Lambert!

This local history brought to you by your North Jersey Real Estate Team

Jim Albano and Jean-Marie Vantuno

www.yourhomenorthjersey.com

39 E. Main St.

Little Falls, NJ 07424

973-256-0303 ext 218

Cablevision Systems Corporation has recently announced that it has successfully activated it's Optimum WiFi wireless Internet access in commercial and high traffic locations throughout Passaic County.

Passaic County WiFi locations include: Bloomingdale, Clifton, Haledon, Haskell, Hawthorne, Little Falls, North Haledon, Passaic, Pompton Lakes, Ringwood, Totowa, Woodland Park (West Paterson), Wanaque, and Wayne. Optimum WiFi has been activated on commuter rail platforms and parking lots at three Passaic County train stations and parking lots - Passaic, Clifton, and Little Falls, as well as other high traffic areas. For further information visit the Optimum Online website.

Information brought to you by your North Jersey Real Estate Team

Jim Albano and Jean-Marie Vantuno

www.yourhomenorthjersey.com

39 E. Main St.

Little Falls, NJ 07424

973-256-0303 ext 218

First time this is being attempted by us...but we will be holding an Open House on three condos in one complex on the same day. There are two - 1 bedroom units and one 2 bedroom unit for sale at the Colonial Hills Complex in Little Falls NJ. Prices range from $199,000 to $249,900.

Come on out on Saturday March 28 from 1-4 pm

21H Colonial Dr - $199,000

21E Colonial Dr $224,900

9A Colonial Dr $249,900

Hopefully it will be a beautiful day and we'll be doing a lot of running!

presented by your Little Falls Real Estate Team

Jim Albano and Jean-Marie Vantuno

www.yourhomenorthjersey.com

39 E Main St.

Little Falls, NJ 07424

973-256-0303 ext 218

New Jersey is a peninsula.
Highlands, New Jersey has the highest elevation along the entire eastern seaboard, from Maine to Florida.
New Jersey is the only state where all of its counties are classified as metropolitan areas.
New Jersey has more race horses than Kentucky.
New Jersey has more Cubans in Union City (1 sq MI.) than Havana, Cuba.
New Jersey has the densest system of highways and railroads in the US.
New Jersey has the highest cost of living.
New Jersey has the highest cost of auto insurance.
New Jersey has the highest property taxes in the nation.
New Jersey has the most diners in the world and is sometimes referred to
as the "Diner Capital of the World."
New Jersey is home to the original Mystery Pork Parts Club (no, not Spam): Taylor Ham or Pork Roll.
Home to the less mysterious but the best Italian hot dogs and Italian sausage w/peppers and onions.
North Jersey has the most shopping malls in one area in the world, with seven major shopping malls in a 25 square mile radius.

The Passaic River was the site of the first submarine ride
by inventor John P.. Holland ..

New Jersey has 50+ resort cities & towns; some of the nation's most famous:
Asbury Park , Wildwood, Atlantic City, Seaside Heights, Long Branch, Cape May ....
New Jersey has the most stringent testing along its coastline for water quality control than any other seaboard state in the entire country.

New Jersey is a leading technology & industrial state and is the largest chemical producing state in the nation when you include pharmaceuticals.

Jersey tomatoes are known the world over as being the best you can buy.
New Jersey is the world leader in blueberry and cranberry production
(and here you thought Massachusetts?)
Here's to New Jersey - the toast of the country! In 1642, the first brewery in America, opened in Hoboken.

New Jersey rocks! The famous Les Paul invented the first solid body electric guitar in Mahwah, in 1940.

George Washington slept here!

Several important Revolutionary War battles were fought on New Jersey soil, led by General George Washington.

The light bulb, phonograph (record player), and motion picture projector, were invented by Thomas Edison in his

The first seaplane was built in

New Jersey was home to the Miss America Pageant held in Atlantic City .....
The game Monopoly, played all over the world, named the streets on its playing board after the actual streets in Atlantic City.
And, Atlantic City has the longest boardwalk in the world, not to mention salt water taffy.
New Jersey has the largest petroleum containment area outside of the Middle East countries.

The first Indian reservation was in New Jersey, in the Watchung Mountains
New Jersey has the tallest water-tower in the world. ( Union, NJ!!!)
New Jersey had the first medical center, in Jersey City
The Pulaski SkyWay, from Jersey City to Newark, was the first skyway highway.
New Jersey built the first tunnel under a river, the Hudson ( Holland Tunnel).

The first baseball game was played in Hoboken, NJ, which is also the birthplace of Frank Sinatra.
The first intercollegiate &nbs p;football game was played in New Brunswick in 1889 ( Rutgers College played Princeton).
The first drive-in movie theater was opened in Camden, NJ,
(but they're all gone now!).
New Jersey is home to both of " NEW YORK'S" pro football teams!
The first radio station and broadcast was in Paterson, NJ. Keyport , NJ .
The first airmail (to Chicago) was started from Keyport, NJ.
The first phonograph records were made in Camden, NJ Menlo Park, NJ, laboratory.
New Jersey also boasts the first town ever lit by incandescent bulbs ( Roselle). New Jersey is a major seaport state with the largest seaport in the US, located in Elizabeth. Nearly 80 percent of what our nation imports comes through Elizabeth Seaport first.
New Jersey is home to one of the nation's busiest airports (in Newark), Liberty International

The first FM radio broadcast was made from Alpine, NJ, by Maj. Thomas Armstrong.

These are just a few of the reasons why New Jersey is special. Have a geat day!!

Brought to you by your North Jersey Real Estate Team

Jim Albano and Jean-Marie Vantuno

www.yourhomenorthjersey.com

39 E Main St.

Little Falls, NJ 07424

973-256-0303 ext 218

You know you're from Jersey when . ..
Yo u don't think of fruit when people mention "The Oranges."
You know that it's called Great Adventure, not Six Flags.
A good, quick breakfast is a hard roll with butter.
You've known the way to Seaside Heights sin ce you were seven.
You've eaten at a diner, when you were stoned or drunk, at 3 A.M.
You know that the state isn't one big oil refinery.
At least three people in your family still love
Bruce Springsteen, and
you know the town Jon Bon Jovi is from.
You know what a "jug handle" is.
You know that WaWa is a convenience store.
You know that the state isn't all farmland.
You know that there are no "beaches" in New Jersey--there's the shore--and you don't go "to the shore," you go "down the shore." And when you are there, you're not "at the shore"; you are
"down the shore."
You know how to properly negotiate a circle.
You knew that the last sentence had to do with driving.
You know that this is the only "New" state that doesn't require "New" to identify it (try . . Mexico . . . York ..! . . Hampshire-- doesn't work, does it?).
You know that a "White Castle" is the name of BOTH a fast food chain AND a fast food sandwich.
You consider putting mayo on a corned beef sandwich
a sacrilege.
You don't think "What exit?" is very funny.
You know that people from the 609 area code are "a little different." Yes they are!
You know that no respectable New Jerseyan goes to Princeton--that's for out-of-staters.
The Jets-Giants game has started fights at your school or local bar.
You live within 20 minutes of at least three different malls.
You refer to all highways and interstates by their numbers.
Every year you have at least one kid in your class named Tony.
You know the location of every clip shown in the
Sopranos opening credits.
You've gotten on the wrong highway trying to get out of the mall.
You know that people from North Jersey go to Seaside Heights, and people from Central Jersey go to Belmar, and people from South Jersey go to Wildwood.
It can be no other way.
You weren't raised in New Jersey--you were raised in either North Jersey, Central Jersey or South Jersey.
You don't consider Newark or Camden to actually be part of the state
You remember the stores Korvette's, Two Guys, Rickel's, Channel, Bamberger's and Orbach's.
You also remember Palisades Amusement Park.
You've had a boardwalk cheese steak and vinegar fries.
You start planning for Memorial Day weekend in February.
And finally . .
You've NEVER, NEVER, NEVER,
EVER pumped your own gas.The Great Falls in Paterson, on the Passaic River, is the 2nd highest waterfall on the East Coast of the US. All New Jersey natives:
Sal Martorano, Jack Nicholson, Bruce
Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Jason Alexander,
Queen Latifah, Susan Sarandon, Connie Francis
Shaq, Judy Blume, Aaron Burr, Joan Robertson, Ken Kross,
Dionne Warwick, Sarah Vaughn, Budd Abbott, Lou Costello,
Alan Ginsberg, Norman Mailer, Marilyn n McCoo,
Flip Wilson, Alexander Hamilton, Zack Braff,
Whitney Houston, Eddie Money, Linda McElroy,
Eileen Donnelly, Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson,
Walt Whitman, Jerry Lewis, Tom Cruise,
Joyce Kilmer, Bruce Willis, Caesar Romero, Lauryn Hill, Ice-T, Nick Adams, Nathan Lane, Sandra Dee,
Danny DeVito, Richard Conti, Joe Pesci, Joe Piscopo,
Joe DePasquale, Robert Blake, John Forsythe,
Meryl Streep, Loretta Swit, Norman Lloyd, Paul Simon, Jerry Herman, Gorden McCrae, Kevin Spacey,
John Travolta, Phyllis Newman, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Eva Marie Saint, Elisabeth Shue, Zebulon Pike, James Fennimore Cooper, Admiral Wm. Halsey Jr.,
Norman Schwarzkopf, Dave Thomas (Wendy's),
William Carlos Williams, Ray Liotta, Robert Wuhl,
Bob Reyers, Paul Robeson, Ernie Kovacs, Joseph Macchia, Kelly Ripa, and, of course,
Francis Albert Sinatra and "Uncle Floyd" Vivino.

The Fine Grind - Little Falls NJ premier Coffee Bar Cafe' - opened it's second location today!

The Fine Grind.... downtown

Located at 7A Paterson Avenue, this is a slightly smaller version of the new Fine Grind on Newark Pompton Turnpike.

Here are some photos of the new location

And here's The Fine Grind's number one employee...my daughter Julianne.

She loves her Daddy!

This Little Falls business spotlight brought to you by your Community Sponsors and Little Falls Real Estate Team

Jim Albano and Jean-Marie Vantuno

www.yourhomenorthjersey.com

39 E. Main St.

Little Falls, NJ 07424

973-256-0303 ext 218