Editing Deal, New Jersey (section)

==History==
A group from [[Rhode Island]] settled in the area of [[Middletown Township, New Jersey|Middletown Township]] and [[Shrewsbury Township, New Jersey|Shrewsbury Township]] in the mid-1660s, after having purchased what was known as the [[Monmouth Patent]]. Thomas Whyte, an English carpenter from the shore-side community of [[Deal, Kent]], acquired {{convert|500|acres}} in Shrewsbury Township along the shore that became known as "Deal", from the name of the English town.<ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. [http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=10 ''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names''], New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed August 28, 2015.</ref><ref>[[Henry Gannett|Gannett, Henry]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA102 ''The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States''], p. 102. [[United States Government Printing Office]], 1905. Accessed August 28, 2015.</ref> Present-day Norwood Avenue dates back to the early 18th century construction of the Long Branch-Deal Turnpike.<ref name=History>[https://www.dealborough.com/about/history/ History], Borough of Deal. Accessed January 27, 2025. "1701's: The Long Branch and Deal Turnpike (Norwood Avenue) is laid out.</ref>

On August 14, 1829, at 11:30 PM local time, the fall of a meteorite was observed.<ref>[[Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University|Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia]], ''Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia'', Volume 72, [https://books.google.com/books?id=_8pLAAAAYAAJ&q=11.30+P.M. page 358]. The Academy, 1921.</ref> The weight of the recovered stone was {{convert|28|g}}. The meteorite was officially named "Deal" and it was classified as an [[L chondrite|ordinary chondrite L]].<ref>{{metbull|6634|Deal}}</ref>

Deal was incorporated as a borough on March 7, 1898, by an act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]], from portions of [[Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey|Ocean Township]].<ref name=History/><ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. [https://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf ''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''], Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 178. Accessed July 18, 2012.</ref>

In summer 2009, several residents of Deal were involved in a scandal called [[Operation Bid Rig]], which involved public corruption, money laundering, and trafficking of human organs.<ref>Solis, Steph; and Mikle, Jean. [http://www.app.com/story/news/crime/jersey-mayhem/2015/03/20/nj-man-federal-corruption-sting-prison/25079077/ 'Solomon Dwek, 42, released early from federal prison"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', March 23, 2015. Accessed May 22, 2015. "Dwek's prominence in the Sephardic Jewish community in Deal gave him access to people like Rabbi Saul Kassin, the head of the Sephardic community in the United States, and Rabbi Eliahu Ben-Haim, a relative of Dwek's. Both pleaded guilty to charges related to money laundering."</ref>