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==History== Loch Arbour was incorporated as a village by an act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] on April 23, 1957, from portions of [[Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey|Ocean Township]], based on the results of a [[referendum]] held that same day.<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. [https://nj.gov/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. 181. Accessed May 29, 2024.</ref> The borough was named after [[Lochaber]], Scotland.<ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. [http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=18 ''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names''], New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed September 3, 2015.</ref> Its formation was driven by efforts to build beachfront condominiums in the area.<ref name=NJ2016/> Residents who sought to prevent the development led the secession, taking with them the last portion of oceanfront property in what ''[[The New York Times]]'' described as "the now ironically-named Ocean Township."<ref>Strauss, Robert. [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/04/nyregion/communities-municipal-madness-or-creative-localism.html "Communities; Municipal Madness or 'Creative Localism?'"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 4, 2004. Accessed August 17, 2013. "The final comeuppance for Ocean Township, though, came in 1957.... The Village of Loch Arbour was formed, the last new municipality in New Jersey. When it seceded, it took with it the last piece of oceanfront in the now ironically-named Ocean Township."</ref> In 1997, Loch Arbour voters rejected a ballot proposal that would have it merge back into Ocean Township by an 88β69 margin, and proposals to merge with [[Allenhurst, New Jersey|Allenhurst]] or [[Interlaken, New Jersey|Interlaken]] failed by a nearly 10β1 margin.<ref>Pristin, Terry. [https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/05/nyregion/1997-elections-other-races-new-jersey-voters-pick-local-officials-decide-changes.html "The 1997 Elections: Other Races; New Jersey Voters Pick Local Officials and Decide on Changes in Government"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 5, 1997. Accessed July 30, 2012. "Loch Arbour will remain the state's smallest municipality. By a vote of 88 to 69, residents rejected a proposal to rejoin Ocean Township, of which Loch Arbour was a part until 1958. By an even greater vote -- 49 to 5 -- they refused to join neighboring Interlaken or Allenhurst."</ref> A ballot proposal in 2011 again considered a merger with Allenhurst, citing a potential reduction in property taxes for residents.<ref>Via [[Associated Press]]. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/03/tiny_monmouth_county_village_t.html "Tiny Monmouth County village to consider merging with neighboring town"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', March 18, 2011. Accessed December 5, 2012. "The village has faced a tax crisis since 2008 after the Legislature decided residents had to pay school taxes based on the value of their homes instead of per pupil cost to send a small number of children to Ocean Township schools.".</ref> In 2012, Loch Arbour officials held discussions with their counterparts in Allenhurst towards a plan in which the two municipalities would merge, subject to approval by the councils of both communities and approval of a referendum by voters in both Loch Arbour and Allenhurst. The merger drive was driven by property taxes paid to the Ocean Township School District, a relationship that would be ended by the merger, under which the combined municipality would send students at lower cost to the [[Asbury Park Public Schools]].<ref>Staff. [http://asburyparksun.com/loch-arbour-puts-off-allenhurst-merger-vote-according-to-report/ "Loch Arbour puts off Allenhurst merger vote, according to report"], ''Asbury Park Sun'', May 4, 2012.</ref> While there are four municipalities that retain the Village '''type''' of government (Loch Arbour, [[Ridgefield Park, New Jersey|Ridgefield Park]], [[Ridgewood, New Jersey|Ridgewood]] and [[South Orange, New Jersey|South Orange]]), none of them still use the Village '''form''' of government. Loch Arbour was the last to do so, but on December 20, 2011, its residents voted to change from having a form with five village trustees to the [[Walsh Act]] form of government, under which Loch Arbour is governed by a three-member board of commissioners.<ref name=APP2011>Shields, Nancy. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98717297/loch-arbour-changes-from-village-form/ "Loch Arbour to change government; staying village for now; Will switch from five-member board of trustees to three-member board of commissioners"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', December 21, 2011. Accessed March 30, 2022, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Village residents Tuesday voted 51-35 to change its form of government from a five-member board of trustees to a three-member board of commissioners. The vote in the special election means that Loch Arbour is still a village, at least for now, but the town will have three commissioners elected at the same time every four years. The five trustees had three-year terms, which were staggered. The special election to change the form of government under the Walsh Act is part of a number of steps being taken in search of an answer to a very high school-tax bill, which residents were forced to take on after the state in 2008 ended a special financial deal the village worked out with Ocean Township a decade ago to keep school taxes low."</ref><ref name=Form>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120313180139/http://www.locharbournj.us/locharbournews.html Form Of Government Changed β Special Election Information], Loch Arbour Municipal Website, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of March 13, 2012. Accessed March 26, 2017.</ref> In 1892, [[James J. Corbett]] set up his training camp in Loch Arbour for the bout with [[John L. Sullivan]] in which Corbett won the world heavyweight boxing championship.<ref>"Training a fighter." ''The Illustrated American'', July 23, 1892.</ref>
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