Editing Totowa, New Jersey (section)

==Points of interest==
* Annie's Road is a section of Riverview Drive between Totowa Road and Union Boulevard, which is rumored to be haunted by the ghost of a young woman killed in an accident.<ref>Archilla, Dylan. [http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/2403610/article-Eccentric-explorers-Two-New-Jerseyans-have-made-a-career-of-discovering-the-state-s--weird--landmarks "Eccentric explorers Two New Jerseyans have made a career of discovering the state's 'weird' landmarks"], ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', March 10, 2005. Accessed August 16, 2012. "During a recent visit to the White Manna, a customer sitting at the counter shouted, 'Tell the authors to take Annie's Road out of the book!' The man turned out to be an officer in the Totowa Police Department. He said he was tired of 'the crazies' coming out to look at 'Annie's Road,' otherwise known as Riverview Drive in Totowa. Legend says the road is haunted by the ghost of a girl who was hit and dragged by a truck."</ref>
* Totowa was home to the North Jersey Developmental Center, which serves 400 developmentally disabled citizens on its {{convert|188|acre|km2|adj=on}} campus.<ref>[http://nj.gov/humanservices/ddd/home/centers/njdc/ North Jersey Developmental Center], [[New Jersey Department of Human Services]] Division of Developmental Disabilities. Accessed August 16, 2012.</ref> The state announced a plan that would close the center in Totowa and another in [[Woodbridge Township, New Jersey|Woodbridge Township]], as part of a plan in which residents of the centers would be dispersed to smaller, community-based housing programs.<ref>Noda, Stephanie. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/217870801_Fighting_to_keep_developmental_centers_open__Englewood_man_seeks_council_support.html "Fighting to keep developmental centers open, Englewood man seeks council support"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', August 1, 2013. Accessed August 24, 2013. "A state task force issued a binding decision to close Totowa's North Jersey Development Center and the Woodbridge Development Center in Middlesex County in August. The decision leaves the state with five open developmental centers. The state will redirect the funding toward community housing."</ref>
* There are more dead people than living in Totowa, as the borough includes four active cemeteries: [[Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Totowa, New Jersey)|Holy Sepulchre Roman Catholic Cemetery]],<ref>[http://www.holysepulchretotowa.org/index.php/history History], Holy Sepulchre Roman Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum. Accessed June 25, 2017.</ref> Laurel Grove Memorial Park,<ref>[http://www.cmsmidatlantic.com/laurel-grove-cemetery/ Laurel Grove Cemetery Totowa, New Jersey], CMS Mid-Atlantic. Accessed June 25, 2017.</ref> Mount Nebo Jewish Cemetery<ref>[https://barnerttemple.org/Cemetery Mt. Nebo Cemetery], Barnert Temple. Accessed June 25, 2017. "Our Mt. Nebo Cemetery was established in 1866 to provide a final resting place for future generations It is located a short drive south of the Barnert Temple, just off Route 80 in Totowa."</ref> and the A.M. White Lodge Jewish Cemetery.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}