Editing Totowa, New Jersey (section)

== Sports ==
The Totowa [[Police Athletic League]] (PAL) is a volunteer organization that offers several sports to the children of Totowa from pre-kindergarten to eighth grade. Established in 1952, the PAL strives to provide children throughout the borough with the fellowship of sports. These include baseball, softball, basketball, soccer, football, hockey, and cheerleading. Although the Totowa PAL is independent from the Borough of Totowa, it uses fields and facilities owned by the municipality. Meetings, registrations, and events are held at the PAL building, built in 1963 and located on Chamberlain Avenue.

In 1961–1962, the New York Gladiators of the short-lived [[National Bowling League]] rolled its home matches at "Gladiator Arena", a converted movie theater in Totowa.<ref>Lardner, Rex. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100422172845/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1073149/index.htm "Bowling's Big League—a $14 Million Dollar Gamble: Hyped-up rules, new lanes and new gimmicks make bowling a novel spectator sport prospect"], ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'', October 30, 1961. Accessed March 22, 2011. "The bowlers warmed up. Some of the crowd ooed and aahed at the big hook of the New York Gladiators' young Johnny Meyer, a left-hander, and at the power of the Dallas Broncos' J.B. Solomon.... Unable to find a home on top of Manhattan's Grand Central Station, where it had hoped to perch like a city pigeon, the New York team finally landed in a new stadium at Totowa, N.J."</ref>