North Arlington, New Jersey
Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement North Arlington is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 16,457,<ref name=Census2020/><ref name=LWD2020/> an increase of 1,065 (+6.9%) from the 2010 census count of 15,392,<ref name=Census2010/><ref name=LWD2010/> which in turn reflected an increase of 211 (+1.4%) from the 15,181 counted in the 2000 census.<ref>Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref>
As the site of Holy Cross Cemetery, which has interred almost 290,000 individuals since its establishment in 1915, and with another Jewish cemetery including several thousand more burials, North Arlington has almost 20 times more dead people than living, with more burials than the living population of Newark, the state's largest city. Holy Cross has an average of 2,600 interments each year, of which about 65% are burials, with the remainder split between entombment in mausoleums or crypts and burial of cremated remains. Expansion of the mausoleum will bring its capacity to nearly 36,000 interments, with the cemetery's total capacity of about 750,000 expected to last past the year 2090. The cemetery covers Template:Convert and was assessed at $185 million, though its non-profit status means that the municipality generates no tax revenue from a property that covers almost an eighth of the borough's land area.<ref>Levin, Jay. "North Arlington's sprawling cemetery a somber source of civic pride", The Record, August 18, 2013. Accessed August 19, 2013. "For every living soul in North Arlington, there are 20 who have ceased to be.... Some 289,600 people are interred in Holy Cross, which sprawls over 208 manicured acres, one-eighth of the borough's area. Several blocks away are several thousand graves in a small Jewish cemetery. That makes North Arlington, population 15,500, the resting place of close to 300,000 people — greater than the population of Newark and equivalent to that of Cincinnati."</ref><ref>Holy Cross Cemetery & Mausoleum, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. Accessed August 19, 2013.</ref>
North Arlington was ranked eighth by Money magazine on its list of "Best Places to Live 2017", which cited the borough's healthy economy, affordable homes and a high quality of life.<ref>Staff. "Best Places to Live 2017 - No. 8: North Arlington, New Jersey", Money. Accessed September 24, 2017.</ref>
History
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North Arlington was originally part of an area called "New Barbadoes Neck".<ref>From the Hackensacks to the Dutch, Lyndhurst Historical Society. Accessed December 15, 2011. "Since Major Kingsland was stationed on Barbados and the shape of the territory he purchased here was a neck of land between two rivers, he named his acquisition 'New Barbadoes Neck.' In June 1671, Nathaniel Kingsland sold the southern third of New Barbadoes Neck (Harrison, East Newark, Kearny and North Arlington) to William Sanford for 200 pounds."</ref>
Copper was mined at the Schuyler Copper Mine in present-day North Arlington during the 18th and 19th centuries.<ref>Schuyler Copper Mine, accessed December 29, 2006.</ref> It was one of the first true copper mines in North America.
In 1755, the first steam engine in North America was assembled in North Arlington.<ref>NA History, Borough of North Arlington. Accessed September 10, 2015. "In the 1750s, it was the site of the first working steam engine in America, used to pump water from the copper mine located there."</ref> The Newcomen steam engine was imported from England by John Schuyler to pump water out of his copper mine. He hired engineer Josiah Hornblower to assemble the machinery.<ref>Manuscript Group 1508, Stoudinger-Alofsen-Fulton Drawings, New Jersey Historical Society. Accessed December 29, 2006.</ref>
North Arlington was formed by a referendum passed on March 9, 1896, and incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 11, 1896, from area taken from Union Township.<ref name="Story">Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 82. Accessed May 30, 2024.</ref> It was called North Arlington because it was north of the Arlington section of Kearny, which had been named from the Arlington Station on the Erie Railroad.<ref>History, Town of Kearny. Accessed October 3, 2019.</ref>
North Arlington, together with Lyndhurst and Rutherford, was the site of the EnCap project, an effort to remediate landfills on the Template:Convert site and construct homes and golf courses on top of the cleaned up site. On May 27, 2008, the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission terminated its agreement with EnCap Golf Holdings, the company that had the contract to redevelop the site, after the company had missed targets to clean up the landfills as part of the project.<ref>Belson, Ken. "Meadowlands Commission Cuts Ties With Developer", The New York Times, May 8, 2008. Accessed May 25, 2008.</ref>
On November 18, 2015, North Arlington approved plans for FedEx to build a Template:Convert freight distribution facility on a former steel dumping ground on Porete Avenue. FedEx pledged to build a new access road to Porete Avenue from Belleville Turnpike, complete with a signalized traffic light, as part of construction. The company planned to hire 225 people to work at the facility. FedEx planned to complete the building by early 2017.<ref>Na, Myles. "FedEx to build distribution center in North Arlington", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, November 18, 2015, updated January 17, 2019. Accessed October 3, 2019. "The borough has approved plans for FedEx to build a 139,000-square-foot freight distribution facility on a former steel dumping ground on Porete Avenue."</ref>
Geography
[edit]According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 2.53 square miles (6.55 km2), including 2.48 square miles (6.43 km2) of land and 0.05 square miles (0.12 km2) of water (1.78%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />
The borough borders the municipalities of Lyndhurst in Bergen County; Belleville in Essex County; and Kearny in Hudson County.<ref>Areas touching North Arlington, MapIt. Accessed March 1, 2020.</ref><ref>Bergen County Map of Municipalities, Bergen County, New Jersey. Accessed February 28, 2020.</ref><ref>New Jersey Municipal Boundaries, New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref>
Route 7 (Belleville Turnpike) occupies much of the border of between Bergen County to the north and Hudson County to the south, with North Arlington on one side and Kearny on the other. The bordering neighborhood in Kearny is called Arlington, from which the name North Arlington is derived. Cemeteries lie along both sides of the route, with North Arlington Jewish Cemetery in Bergen and Arlington Memorial Park in Hudson.
Demographics
[edit]2010 census
[edit]The 2010 United States census counted 15,392 people, 6,295 households, and 4,117 families in the borough. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 6,573 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup was 82.59% (12,712) White, 1.43% (220) Black or African American, 0.23% (36) Native American, 7.87% (1,211) Asian, 0.01% (2) Pacific Islander, 6.03% (928) from other races, and 1.84% (283) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 20.86% (3,211) of the population.<ref name=Census2010/>
Of the 6,295 households, 25.4% had children under the age of 18; 49.4% were married couples living together; 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present and 34.6% were non-families. Of all households, 29.4% were made up of individuals and 12.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.05.<ref name=Census2010/>
17.6% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 28.8% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.5 years. For every 100 females, the population had 91.9 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 88.2 males.<ref name=Census2010/>
The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $71,232 (with a margin of error of +/− $6,829) and the median family income was $87,854 (+/− $9,834). Males had a median income of $56,437 (+/− $4,127) versus $47,794 (+/− $4,233) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $34,265 (+/− $2,555). About 4.6% of families and 5.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.7% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over.<ref>DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for North Arlington borough, Bergen County, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed June 28, 2012.</ref>
Same-sex couples headed 39 households in 2010, an increase from the 28 counted in 2000.<ref>Lipman, Harvy; and Sheingold, Dave. "North Jersey sees 30% growth in same-sex couples", The Record, August 14, 2011, backed up by the Internet Archive as of February 3, 2013. Accessed October 12, 2014.</ref>
2000 census
[edit]As of the 2000 United States census<ref name="GR2" /> there were 15,181 people, 6,392 households, and 4,129 families residing in the borough. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 6,529 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The ethnic makeup of the borough was 89.61% White, 0.46% African American, 0.14% Native American, 5.61% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 2.29% from other races, and 1.87% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10.57% of the population.<ref name="Census2000">Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for North Arlington borough Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 15, 2011.</ref><ref name="Census2000SF1">DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for North Arlington borough, Bergen County, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed May 30, 2024.</ref>
There were 6,392 households, out of which 24.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.7% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.4% were non-families. 30.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 3.00.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>
In the borough the population was spread out, with 18.0% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 19.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.1 males.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>
The median income for a household in the borough was $51,787, and the median income for a family was $62,483. Males had a median income of $41,512 versus $34,769 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $24,441. About 3.4% of families and 5.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.2% of those under age 18 and 6.1% of those age 65 or over.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>
Crime
[edit]According to the FBI's 2011 Uniform Crime Report, there were 263 crimes in the borough in 2011 (vs. 200 in 2010), of which 19 were violent crimes (vs. 12 in 2010) and 244 non-violent crimes (vs. 188 in the previous year). The 2011 total crime rate per thousand residents was 17.1 (vs. 13.0 in 2010), compared to 13.6 in Bergen County and 24.7 statewide. The violent crime rate was 1.2 per thousand in 2011 (up from 0.8 in the previous year), while the rate was 1.0 in the county and 3.1 in New Jersey.<ref>2011 Uniform Crime Report, New Jersey State Police. Accessed August 18, 2013.</ref>
Economy
[edit]Companies based in North Arlington include Pizza Land, located at 260 Belleville Turnpike, which was featured in the opening credits of The Sopranos.<ref>Rosenblum, Dan. "New owner puts 'Sopranos'-famous Pizza Land back on the map in North Arlington", The Jersey Journal, March 29, 2012. Accessed November 1, 2014. "Though the big letters spelling out the name of Pizza Land are known nationally for their appearance during the credits of The Sopranos, their food is best enjoyed locally."</ref><ref>Solares, Nick. "Pizzaland: The Pizza Place in the 'Sopranos' Opening Credits", Serious Eats, May 14, 2010. Accessed November 1, 2014. "'What style of pizza is this?' I asked Al Pawlowicz, owner and pizza maker at Pizzaland, the New Jersey pizzeria immortalized in the opening credits of HBO series The Sopranos."</ref> Additionally, in Law & Order episode 10.6, "Marathon" (1999), a pizza box from the restaurant was used by a suspect to transport and conceal firearms.<ref>'Law & Order': Marathon episode 10.6, TV.com. Accessed November 1, 2014.</ref>
Sports
[edit]The Inline Skating Club of America is a skating facility that is the home of the New Jersey Grizzlies of the Professional Inline Hockey Association Pro Division and the Wallington Grizzlies of the Professional Inline Hockey Association Minor League.<ref>Our History, Inline Skating Club of America. Accessed October 3, 2019.</ref>
North Arlington offers an extensive public athletic/recreation program for youth, offering a boys and girls basketball leagues, a recreation bowling league, a girls softball league, little league baseball, a soccer association, and a popular football and cheerleading program, the "Junior Vikings", named after the North Arlington High School "Vikings". Additionally, to meet the needs of a growing population of children with special needs, North Arlington recreation offers "Recreation for Developmentally Challenged Children". This program includes cooperation from neighboring towns, and consists of Spring baseball and soccer. The recreation program serves adults with an adult men's basketball league as well as an adult women's volleyball program.<ref>Recreation, Borough of North Arlington. Accessed December 15, 2011. North Arlington is home to the Garden State Rollergirls who are a part of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association.</ref>
Parks and recreation
[edit]Riverside County Park is a Bergen County Park covering Template:Convert, located on River Road between Lyndhurst and North Arlington. It has a playground, athletic fields, tennis courts, a Bocce ball court and fitness center.<ref>Riverside County Park Template:Webarchive, Bergen County, New Jersey. Accessed November 1, 2014.</ref>
Government
[edit]Local government
[edit]North Arlington is governed under the borough form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 218 municipalities (of the 564) statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey.<ref>Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey, Rutgers University Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The governing body is comprised of a mayor and a borough council, with all positions elected at-large on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. A mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The borough council includes six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle.<ref name="DataBook">2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 154.</ref> The borough form of government used by North Arlington is a "weak mayor / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie. The mayor can veto ordinances subject to an override by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council.<ref>Cerra, Michael F. "Forms of Government: Everything You've Always Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask" Template:Webarchive, New Jersey State League of Municipalities. Accessed November 30, 2014.</ref><ref>"Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey", p. 6. Rutgers University Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref>
Template:As of, the mayor of North Arlington is Republican Daniel H. Pronti, whose term of office ends December 31, 2026.<ref name=Mayor>Mayor, Borough of North Arlington. Accessed March 14, 2023.</ref> Pronti, who won the 2018 mayoral election, replaced Joseph P. Bianchi on the ballot, following Biaanchi's death on October 10, 2018; Bianchi, a volunteer firefighter in the borough, who responded to Ground Zero after the September 11 terror attacks, died of cancer he initially contracted at the site.<ref>Sheldon, Chris. "9/11-related cancer claims life of North Arlington mayor 17 years after attack", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, October 10, 2018. Accessed October 11, 2018. "North Arlington Mayor Joseph Bianchi, a lifelong borough resident and longtime firefighter, died Wednesday after a long battle with cancer, borough officials confirmed.... Pronti said Bianchi, who was a 26-year member of North Arlington Fire Department, died of '9/11-related cancer.' Bianchi, with the rest of the fire department, responded to Ground Zero on Sept. 11."</ref> Members of the North Arlington Borough Council are Council President Mario L. Karcic Jr. (R, 2023), Council Vice President Kirk Del Russo (R, 2025), Donna Bocchino (R, 2023), Lynette Cavadas (R, 2025), Brian A. Fitzhenry (R, 2024) and Allison C. Sheedy (R, 2024).<ref name=Officials>Home Page, Borough of North Arlington. Accessed March 14, 2023. Click on the "Elected Officials" tab.</ref><ref>2022 Municipal Data Sheet, Borough of North Arlington. Accessed July 16, 2022.</ref><ref name=BergenCountyDirectory>2024 County and Municipal Directory, Bergen County, New Jersey, April 2024. Accessed April 15, 2024.</ref><ref name=Bergen2022>Bergen County November 8, 2022 General Election Statement of Vote, Bergen County, New Jersey Clerk, updated November 21, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Bergen2021>Bergen County Statement of Vote November 2, 2021 Official results, Bergen County, New Jersey, updated November 17, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Bergen2020>Precinct Summary Results Report - Combined 2020 Bergen County General Election - November 3, 2020 Official Results, Bergen County, New Jersey, December 3, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.</ref>
In January 2019, Kirk DelRusso was unanimously selected from a list of three candidates nominated by the Republican municipal committee to fill the seat expiring in December 2020 that became vacant when Daniel H. Pronti was sworn in to the mayor's position.<ref>Canessa, Kevin. "A Solemn Oath — Del Russo replaces Pronti on N.A. Council", The Observer Online, January 23, 2019. Accessed October 3, 2019. "When Daniel Pronti became North Arlington’s mayor in November, having succeeded the late Mayor Joseph Bianchi, he knew he would have to give up his vote and council seat once he took office. And, that opening was filled last week when the Borough Council voted 5-0, across party lines, to appoint real estate agent and NJ Turnpike Authority Supervisor Kirk Del Russo to the seat effective immediately."</ref>
In January 2015, the borough council selected Brian Fitzhenry from a list of three candidates nominated by the Republican municipal committee to fill the council seat that was vacated by Joseph Bianchi when he took office as mayor; Fitzhenry would serve on an interim basis until the November 2015 election.<ref>Croce, Zachary. "NA Council fill vacant seat", South Bergenite, January 25, 2015. Accessed May 20, 2016. "The North Arlington borough council voted unanimously to appoint Brian Fitzhenry to the council seat vacated by Mayor Joe Bianchi."</ref> Republicans swept the November 2015 general election, giving the party full control of municipal government. Brian Fitzhenry and Allison Sheedy were elected to full three-year terms, while Mario Karcic Jr., was elected to fill the balance of Joseph Bianchi's council seat expiring in 2016.<ref>Croce, Zachary. "Republicans sweep the council election in North Arlington; McDermott re-elected to Board of Education", South Bergenite, November 9, 2015. Accessed May 20, 2016. "North Arlington will have an all-Republican council after a close race. Republican Councilman Brian Fitzhenry and newcomer Allison Sheedy defeated Democratic incumbents Al Granell and Tom Zammatore while Republican Mario Karcic beat out Democrat Kelly Velez for the one-year unexpired term of Joe Bianchi, who was elected mayor last year."</ref>
Peter Norcia was appointed in February 2013 to fill the vacant seat of Steve Tanelli, who won a seat on the Board of Chosen Freeholders.<ref>Klein, Corey. "North Arlington Borough Council names Peter Norcia to replace Tanelli", South Bergenite, February 7, 2013. Accessed March 19, 2013. "At its Jan. 24 meeting, the Borough Council chose Peter Norcia to fill the vacancy left by Steve Tanelli, the former Democrat councilman who recently joined the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders."</ref>
| # | Name | Term Length | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Bayliss* | April 28, 1896 - July, 1909 | Republican |
| 2 | William Brandenburg Jr. | July, 1909 - December 31, 1919 | Democrat |
| 3 | Harry McKinlay | January 1, 1920 - December 31, 1921 | Republican |
| 4 | Alfred F. Barnard | January 1, 1922 - December 31, 1930 | Republican |
| 5 | Daniel Rentschler | January 1, 1931 - December 31, 1936 | Republican |
| 6 | Alexander Allan | January 1, 1937 - December 31, 1944 | Republican |
| 7 | John R. Manson | January 1, 1945 - December 31, 1946 | Unknown |
| 8 | Louis E. Gaeckle | January 1, 1947 - December 31, 1950 | Unknown |
| 9 | Walter J. O'Connell | January 1, 1951 - December 31, 1954 | Unknown |
| 10 | Leonard Barnett** | January 1, 1955 - May, 1956 | Democrat |
| 11 | Peter R. Tonner | May, 1956 - December 31, 1964 | Democrat |
| 12 | William D. McDowell | January 1, 1965 - December 31, 1968 | Republican |
| 13 | Theodore R. Lapinski | January 1, 1969 - December 31, 1970 | Republican |
| 14 | Edward J. Slodowski | January 1, 1971 - December 31, 1974 | Democrat |
| 15 | Ernest T. Cerone | January 1, 1975 - December 31, 1978 | Republican |
| 16 | Edward Martone | January 1, 1979 - December 31, 1982 | Democrat |
| 17 | Leonard R. Kaiser | January 1, 1983 - December 31, 2002 | Republican |
| 18 | Russell L. Pitman | January 1, 2003 - December 31, 2006 | Democrat |
| 19 | Peter Massa | January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2013 | Democrat |
| 20 | Joesph Bianchi*** | January 1, 2014 - October 10, 2018 | Republican |
| 21 | Daniel Pronti | January 1, 2019 - currently serving | Republican |
*Resigned in July of 1909, Councilman Brandenburg elected to succeed him
**Resigned in May of 1956 to move to Florida for business reasons, Councilman Tonner elected to succeed him
***Passed away while serving in office, council did not elect new mayor immediately, Pronti elected via mayoral race
Federal, state and county representation
[edit]North Arlington is located in the 9th Congressional District<ref name="PCR2012">Plan Components Report, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref> and is part of New Jersey's 36th state legislative district.<ref name="Districts2011">Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District, New Jersey Department of State. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref><ref name="LWV2019">2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government, New Jersey League of Women Voters. Accessed October 30, 2019.</ref><ref>Districts by Number for 2011-2020, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref>
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Politics
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As of March 2011, there were a total of 8,594 registered voters in North Arlington, of which 2,839 (33.0% vs. 31.7% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 1,603 (18.7% vs. 21.1%) were registered as Republicans and 4,146 (48.2% vs. 47.1%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 6 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens.<ref name="VoterRegistration">Voter Registration Summary - Bergen, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed December 11, 2013.</ref> Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 55.8% (vs. 57.1% in Bergen County) were registered to vote, including 67.8% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 73.7% countywide).<ref name=VoterRegistration/><ref>GCT-P7: Selected Age Groups: 2010 - State -- County Subdivision; 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 11, 2013.</ref>
In the 2016 presidential election, Republican Donald Trump received 3,392 votes (48.4% vs. 41.1% countywide), ahead of Democrat Hillary Clinton with 3,351 votes (47.8% vs. 54.2%) and other candidates with 269 votes (3.8% vs. 4.6%), among the 7,097 ballots cast by the borough's 9,594 registered voters, for a turnout of 74.0% (vs. 72.5% in Bergen County).<ref>Presidential November 8, 2016 General Election Results - Bergen County, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, November 8, 2016. Accessed June 6, 2018.</ref> In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 3,706 votes (56.7% vs. 54.8% countywide), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 2,703 votes (41.3% vs. 43.5%) and other candidates with 55 votes (0.8% vs. 0.9%), among the 6,541 ballots cast by the borough's 9,138 registered voters, for a turnout of 71.6% (vs. 70.4% in Bergen County).<ref>Presidential November 6, 2012 General Election Results - Bergen County Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, March 15, 2013. Accessed December 14, 2013.</ref><ref>Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast November 6, 2012 General Election Results - Bergen County Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, March 15, 2013. Accessed December 14, 2013.</ref> In the 2008 presidential election, Republican John McCain received 3,500 votes (49.1% vs. 44.5% countywide), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 3,454 votes (48.5% vs. 53.9%) and other candidates with 76 votes (1.1% vs. 0.8%), among the 7,124 ballots cast by the borough's 9,317 registered voters, for a turnout of 76.5% (vs. 76.8% in Bergen County).<ref>2008 Presidential General Election Results: Bergen County, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed December 11, 2013.</ref><ref name="Results2008">2008 General Election Results for North Arlington, The Record. Accessed December 15, 2011.</ref> In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 3,376 votes (49.3% vs. 47.2% countywide), ahead of Democrat John Kerry with 3,370 votes (49.2% vs. 51.7%) and other candidates with 51 votes (0.7% vs. 0.7%), among the 6,847 ballots cast by the borough's 9,072 registered voters, for a turnout of 75.5% (vs. 76.9% in the whole county).<ref>2004 Presidential Election: Bergen County, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed December 11, 2013.</ref>
In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 60.0% of the vote (2,477 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 39.1% (1,613 votes), and other candidates with 0.9% (38 votes), among the 4,256 ballots cast by the borough's 8,783 registered voters (128 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 48.5%.<ref name="2013Elections">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="2013VoterReg">Template:Cite web</ref> In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 2,131 votes (47.6% vs. 45.8% countywide), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 1,953 votes (43.6% vs. 48.0%), Independent Chris Daggett with 295 votes (6.6% vs. 4.7%) and other candidates with 30 votes (0.7% vs. 0.5%), among the 4,476 ballots cast by the borough's 8,940 registered voters, yielding a 50.1% turnout (vs. 50.0% in the county).<ref>2009 Governor: Bergen County Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed December 11, 2013.</ref>
Education
[edit]Students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade are educated by the North Arlington School District.<ref>North Arlington Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, North Arlington School District. Accessed June 9, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through twelve in the North Arlington School District. Composition: The North Arlington School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Borough of North Arlington."</ref> As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of five schools, had an enrollment of 1,869 students and 135.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.8:1.<ref name="NCES">District information for North Arlington School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2018–19 school enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics<ref>School Data for the North Arlington School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref>) are Thomas Jefferson Elementary School<ref>Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, North Arlington School District. Accessed June 9, 2020.</ref> with 298 students in grades K–5, Franklin Roosevelt Elementary School<ref>Franklin Roosevelt Elementary School, North Arlington School District. Accessed June 9, 2020.</ref> with 226 students in grades K–5, George Washington Elementary School<ref>George Washington Elementary School, North Arlington School District. Accessed June 9, 2020.</ref> with 357 students in grades K–5, North Arlington Middle School<ref>North Arlington Middle School, North Arlington School District. Accessed June 9, 2020.</ref> with 422 students in grades 6–8 and North Arlington High School<ref>North Arlington High School, North Arlington School District. Accessed June 9, 2020.</ref> with 532 students in grades 9–12.<ref>New Jersey School Directory for the North Arlington School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> In 2010, Roosevelt Elementary School was recognized with the National Blue Ribbon Schools Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education.<ref>National Blue Ribbon Schools Program Schools Recognized 1982 Through 2016, United States Department of Education. Accessed September 24, 2017.</ref>
In the 1970s and 1980s, declining enrollment led North Arlington to be one of the few school districts in the state that featured involuntary "combined classes" whereby classes at their Roosevelt School for grades 4 and 5 and for grades 6 and 7 were combined into a single classroom with a single teacher for each pair of grades.<ref>Mancino, Colleen. "For students in smallest district, combined classes are a way of life", The Record, October 5, 1988. Accessed June 9, 2020. "The students in the seventh grade at Roosevelt School love their school. But they don'y like sharing a teacher and a classroom with the sixth grade.... Combined classes came out of dwindling enrollment and budgets that could not support individual classes with few students."</ref>
Public school students from the borough, and all of Bergen County, are eligible to attend the secondary education programs offered by the Bergen County Technical Schools, which include the Bergen County Academies in Hackensack, Applied Technology High School on Bergen Community College Campus, and the Bergen Tech campus in Teterboro or Paramus. The district offers programs on a shared-time or full-time basis, with admission based on a selective application process and tuition covered by the student's home school district.<ref>About Us, Bergen County Technical Schools. Accessed December 11, 2013.</ref><ref>Admissions, Bergen County Technical Schools. Accessed December 29, 2016.</ref>
Queen of Peace, a Roman Catholic parish, operates a parochial school, Queen of Peace Elementary School, which was founded in 1923 and serves Pre-K to 8th grade, under the auspices of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.<ref>About Us, Queen of Peace Elementary School. Accessed August 13, 2013.</ref><ref>Bergen County Catholic Elementary Schools, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. Accessed January 31, 2023.</ref> Queen of Peace High School, which served 9th–12th grades and was founded in 1930, closed after the 2016–17 school year. Despite a fundraising campaign that raised $1 million, in May 2017, the Archdiocese of Newark announced the closing of the high school as of June 30, 2017, in the wake of sharply dropping enrollment and financial challenges, though the affiliated K–8 grammar school remained open.<ref>Grant, Meghan. "It's official: Queen of Peace High School to close in June", The Record, May 8, 2017. Accessed September 24, 2017. "The class of 2017 will be the last to graduate from the 86-year-old Queen of Peace High School. The school, which raised $1 million in just over a month last year to stay open, will be closing its doors at the end of June, the Archdiocese of Newark announced Monday. Archdiocese officials said the Catholic high school in North Arlington would cease operations as of June 30, due to low projected enrollment and 'financial shortfalls.' The K-8 Queen of Peace Grammar School will remain open."</ref>
Emergency services
[edit]Police
[edit]The North Arlington Police Department (NAPD) protects and services the citizens of North Arlington. Chief Michael Horton was sworn in as Chief of Police in July 2024, overseeing a police department that consists of 34 men and women. NAPD serves the residents in many roles which include Patrol, Detective Bureau, Special Operations Unit, Motorcycle Unit, and School resource officers.The North Arlington Police Department is located at 214 Ridge Road.<ref>Police Department, Borough of North Arlington. Accessed January 4, 2025.</ref>
Fire
[edit]The North Arlington Fire Department (NAFD) is an all-volunteer fire department organized in 1910. The department is staffed by 80 fully trained firefighters.<ref>Fire Departments Accessed May 12, 2009</ref> There are three separate firehouses. The three separate firehouses are manned by three fire companies: Hose Company 1 (established in 1910), Schuyler Engine Company 2 (established in 1916), and Eagle Truck Company 3 (established in 1923).
- Apparatus
- Stationed at Company 1: Engine 1 and Special Service Unit 39-SSU
- Stationed at Company 2: Engine 2 and Engine 6
- Stationed at Company 3: Ladder 3 and Rescue 5
- Chiefs<ref>Fire Department, Borough of North Arlington. Accessed October 3, 2019.</ref>
- 39-00 – Chief John Nichols
- 39-10 – Assistant Chief Brian Heinzman
- 39-20 – Deputy Chief Thomas Kropp
Ambulance
[edit]The North Arlington Volunteer Emergency Squad works with a paid staff Monday thru Friday 6am - 6pm and volunteer staff from 6pm to 6am Monday through Friday and day and night Saturday and Sunday.
The North Arlington Volunteer Emergency Squad (NAVES), was founded on June 2, 1972. The squad consists of 55 members(2018) ranging in ages from 16 to 58 years of age. NAVES currently operates four ambulances and a First Responder/ Command Vehicle. Operations Staff consists of a captain and three lieutenants. There is a crew chief on each tour that reports to a lieutenant. Executive board staff Consists of president, vice president, treasurer, secretary, and two trustees. NAVES has a youth squad and a growing auxiliary which assist in non-riding functions such as fundraising and administrative duties.<ref>Home Page, North Arlington Volunteer Emergency Squad. Accessed October 17, 2018.</ref>
Transportation
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Roads and highways
[edit]Template:As of, the borough had a total of Template:Convert of roadways, of which Template:Convert were maintained by the municipality, Template:Convert by Bergen County and Template:Convert by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.<ref>Bergen County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction, New Jersey Department of Transportation, May 2010. Accessed December 11, 2013.</ref>
Route 7<ref>Route 7 Straight Line Diagram, New Jersey Department of Transportation, updated May 2015. Accessed July 16, 2022.</ref> and Route 17<ref>Route 17 Straight Line Diagram, New Jersey Department of Transportation, updated May 2017. Accessed July 16, 2022.</ref> meet at the intersection of Ridge Road (Route 17) and Belleville Turnpike (Route 7), the latter of which crosses the Passaic River on the Belleville Turnpike Bridge. The bridge, also known as the Rutgers Street Bridge, connects the borough to Belleville in Essex County. The bridge was formally renamed on July 4, 2013, as the "Lance Corporal Osbrany Montes de Oca Memorial Bridge" in memory of a United States Marine Corps infantryman from North Arlington who was killed in February 2012 while serving in Afghanistan.<ref>Hickey, James P. "North Arlington looking for answers on De Oca Bridge sign", South Bergenite, July 25, 2013. Accessed August 21, 2013.</ref><ref>Assembly, No. 2676 State of New Jersey 215th Legislature, New Jersey General Assembly, introduced March 8, 2012. Accessed August 21, 2013. "Designates State Highway Route 7 bridge between Township of Belleville and Borough of North Arlington 'Lance Corporal Osbrany Montes de Oca Memorial Bridge.'"</ref>
Public transportation
[edit]NJ Transit bus routes 30, 40 and 76 provide service to and from Newark.<ref>Bergen County Bus / Rail Connections, NJ Transit, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 22, 2009. Accessed December 15, 2011.</ref><ref>Bergen County System Map, NJ Transit. Accessed September 14, 2016.</ref>
Notable people
[edit]Template:Category see also People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with North Arlington include:
- Heinrich Gebhard (1878–1963), pianist, composer and piano teacher<ref>Staff. "Heinrich Gebhard, Pianist And Teacher", The New York Times, May 6, 1963. Accessed August 26, 2018. "North Arlington, N. J., May 5 - Heinrich Gebhard, pianist, teacher and composer, died here today at the age of 84. He had lived with his daughter, Mrs. John Petrick of 5 Millar Place."</ref>
- Derek Jeter (born 1974), shortstop who played his entire career for the New York Yankees<ref>Mills, Cliff. "Derek Jeter", p. 15. Infobase Publishing, 2009. Template:ISBN. Accessed December 11, 2013. "When Derek was four years old, his family moved from North Arlington, New Jersey, to Kalamazoo, Michigan."</ref>
- William D. McDowell (1927–2007), politician who served as Bergen County's first County Executive and had been Mayor of North Arlington<ref>Carmiel, Oshrat; and Lamb, William. "William D. McDowell, 80, Bergen leader"Template:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore, The Record, April 14, 2007. Accessed June 16, 2015. "He attended Seton Hall University and moved to North Arlington in 1952. He was elected to the borough council and in 1964 was elected mayor."</ref>
- Diane Ruggiero (born 1969), screenwriter for Veronica Mars<ref>Weinraub, Bernard. "Jersey Girl Makes It Big, at Least on TV", The New York Times, June 20, 2000. Accessed November 25, 2012. "After years of struggling as a writer and working as a waitress and bartender in and around the working- and middle-class North Jersey towns North Arlington and East Rutherford, Ms. Ruggiero (ROUGE-ear-oh) has been plucked from obscurity to write and help produce a new autobiographical television comedy series, That's Life, on CBS.... At the moment, Ms. Ruggiero, who is candid, funny and self-deprecating, is temporarily moving from her big $600-a-month apartment in North Arlington ('If I had the same apartment in Manhattan I'd have to, like, hire call girls to work for me so I could afford it') to Los Angeles."</ref>
- Frank Sowinski, former professional basketball player.<ref>"Journey to Jadwin - Frank Sowinski", Princeton Tigers, May 14, 2020. Accessed August 14, 2022. "The grandson of coal miners, Sowinski was born in North Arlington, New Jersey, then moved to East Hanover, New Jersey, when he was two."</ref>
- James Thomas, guitarist and composer, of the San Francisco psychedelic instrumental band The Mermen<ref>Crouch, Lisa Marie. "Mermen Go Their Own Way, Swimmingly", The Record, June 14, 1996. Accessed March 19, 2013.</ref>
- James Zadroga (1971–2006), NYPD officer, participant in the cleanup after the September 11 terrorist attacks and namesake of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010<ref>James Zadroga Template:Webarchive, Detectives' Endowment Association of New York City. Accessed October 23, 2012. "Zadroga grew up in North Arlington, New Jersey where his father was a police chief."</ref><ref>Hayes, Melissa. "Cars honk as they pass North Arlington's Zadroga Field" Template:Webarchive, The Record, May 2, 2011. Accessed October 23, 2012. "Zadroga, a North Arlington native who died in 2006 of respiratory disease, was a New York City police officer who aided in the rescue and recovery effort at the World Trade Center following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks."</ref>
- Joseph Zadroga (1947–2024), advocate for first responders sickened from their time in the rubble of the World Trade Center following the September 11 terrorist attacks<ref>Roberts, Sam. "Joseph Zadroga, Who Championed 9/11 Emergency Workers, Dies at 76", The New York Times, January 17, 2024. Accessed April 2, 2024. "After graduating from North Arlington High School, Joseph earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from William Paterson College (now William Paterson University) in Wayne, N.J., and a master’s in emergency management from Fairleigh Dickinson University."</ref>
References
[edit]Related reading
[edit]- Municipal Incorporations of the State of New Jersey (according to Counties) prepared by the Division of Local Government, Department of the Treasury (New Jersey); December 1, 1958.
- Clayton, W. Woodford; and Nelson, William. History of Bergen and Passaic Counties, New Jersey, with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men., Philadelphia: Everts and Peck, 1882.
- Harvey, Cornelius Burnham (ed.), Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey. New York: New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Co., 1900.
- Van Valen, James M. History of Bergen County, New Jersey. New York: New Jersey Publishing and Engraving Co., 1900.
- Westervelt, Frances A. (Frances Augusta), 1858–1942, History of Bergen County, New Jersey, 1630–1923, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1923.
External links
[edit]- North Arlington official website
- North Arlington School District
- Template:NJReportCard
- School Data for the North Arlington School District, National Center for Education Statistics
- North Arlington High School Band