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Template:Short description Template:About Template:Distinguish Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Saddle River is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a suburb of New York City, located just over Template:Convert northwest of Manhattan. The town is known for its natural fields, farmland, horse farms, forests, and rivers, and has a bucolic atmosphere, due in part to a minimum zoning requirement of Template:Convert for homes.<ref>Geist, William E. "If You're Thinking Of Living In: Saddle River", The New York Times, October 9, 1983. Accessed September 10, 2014.</ref> The borough contains both stately historic homes and estates, as well as newer mansions. It offers many spacious properties in a countryside-like setting, while also having proximity to New York City.
Saddle River is one of the highest-income small municipalities in the United States and was ranked 9th in New Jersey in per capita income as of the 2010 Census.<ref>Median Household, Family, Per-Capita Income: State, County, Municipality and Census Designated Place (CDP) With Municipalities Ranked by Per Capita Income; 2010 5-year ACS estimates Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed September 9, 2014.</ref> Saddle River was ranked among the Top 100 in Forbes Most Expensive Zip Codes in America in 2010.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 1989, Saddle River was ranked the richest suburb in the nation among those with 2,500 or more people (based on per capita income).<ref>Reardon, Patrick T. "Gold Coast Proves Big Wealth In Cities", Chicago Tribune, March 1, 1994. Accessed September 9, 2014. "The richest suburb of 2,500 people or more in the nation is Saddle River in Bergen County, N.J., with a per capita income of $78,703."</ref> The town has been home to notable residents including former US Presidents, celebrities, athletes, and businessmen (See Notable people list).
The New York Times described Saddle River as "a place where one can still keep horses—one per acre—see a deer, listen to the birds, and catch a fish in the trout stream that gives the town its name."<ref>Geist, William E. "If You're Thinking Of Living In: Saddle River", The New York Times, October 9, 1983. Accessed January 20, 2023.</ref>
As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 3,372,<ref name=LWD2020/> an increase of 220 (+7.0%) from the 2010 census count of 3,152,<ref name=Census2010/><ref name=LWD2010/> which in turn reflected a decline of 49 (−1.5%) from the 3,201 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>
Saddle River is a dry town, where alcohol cannot be sold.<ref>New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. New Jersey ABC list of dry towns (May 1, 2013)</ref><ref>Giordano, Rita. "More towns catching liquor-license buzz; Moorestown considers ending its dry spell", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 24, 2007. Accessed February 16, 2014.</ref>
History
[edit]European settlement of the area that is now Saddle River traces back to 1675, when the Lenape Native Americans sold a stretch of land along the Saddle River to Albert Zabriskie.<ref>History, Borough of Saddle River. Accessed January 20, 2023.</ref> Saddle River was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on November 22, 1894, from portions of Orvil Township, based on the results of a referendum held three days earlier.<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. 86. Accessed May 30, 2024.</ref> The borough was formed during the "Boroughitis" phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County, in which 26 boroughs were formed in the county in 1894 alone. Saddle River's referendum passed on November 19, one day before the referendum passed for the formation of the neighboring borough of Upper Saddle River.<ref>Harvey, Cornelius Burnham. Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey, p. 11, New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Company, 1900. Accessed September 15, 2013. "For a period of sixteen years following the passage of this act few boroughs were organized in the State, only three of them being in Bergen County.... As it was twenty-six boroughs were created in the county from January 23, 1894, to December 18, of the same year."</ref> An additional portion of Orvil Township was annexed in 1903.<ref>Honeyman, Abraham Van Doren. Index-analysis of the Statutes of New Jersey, 1896–1909: Together with References to All Acts, and Parts of Acts, in the 'General Statutes' and Pamphlet Laws Expressly Repealed: and the Statutory Crimes of New Jersey During the Same Period, p. 245. New Jersey Law Journal Publishing Company, 1910. Accessed September 30, 2015.</ref>
The borough is named after the Saddle River, which flows through the borough and is a tributary of the Passaic River, which in turn was named for a stream and valley in Saddell, Argyll, Scotland.<ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. The Origin of New Jersey Place Names, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed September 30, 2015.</ref><ref>Edwards, Richard. Industries of New Jersey, Part 1, p. 121. Historical Publishing Company, 1882. Accessed September 30, 2015.</ref>
Historic sites
[edit]Saddle River is home to the following locations on the National Register of Historic Places:<ref>New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places: Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Historic Preservation Office, updated December 20, 2022. Accessed February 2, 2023.</ref>
- Achenbach House – 184 Chestnut Ridge Road (added 1979, burned down in 2004)<ref name=Achenbach>Fisher, Janon. "Bergen County House on Historic Register Is Fire Victim", The New York Times, March 20, 2004. Accessed February 4, 2012. "In the 1960s, the private house, known as the Achenbach House, was the home of the actor and producer Larry Blyden and his wife, the actress and dancer Carol Haney, who believed the house was haunted. Later it was owned by Mario Perillo of Perillo Tours, well known for his television commercials selling package tours to Italy; after his death, the house passed to Mr. Perillo's son Stephen, the current owner."</ref>
- Ackerman House – 136 Chestnut Ridge Road (added 1983)
- Abram Ackerman House – 199 East Saddle River Road (added 1983)
- Garret and Maria Ackerman House – 150 East Saddle River Road (added 1986)
- Garret Augustus Ackerman House – 212 East Saddle River Road (added 1986)
- Ackerman–Dewsnap House – 176 East Saddle River Road (added 1986)
- Ackerman–Smith House – 171 East Allendale Road (added 1986)
- Ackerman–Dater House – 109 West Saddle River Road (added 1983)
- J. J. Carlock House – 2 Chestnut Ridge Road (added 1986)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saddle River and Ramapough Building – 96 East Allendale Road (added 1986)
- Alonzo Foringer House and Studio – 107 and 107B East Saddle River Road (added 1986)
- Hopper House – 45 West Saddle River Road (added 1984)
- Joe Jefferson Clubhouse – 29 East Saddle River Road (added 1986)
- O'Blenis House – 220 East Saddle River Road (added 1986)
- Garret K. Osborn House and Barn – 88 and 90 East Allendale Road (added 1986)
- Dr. E. G. Roy House – 229 West Saddle River Road (added 1986)
- Saddle River Center Historic District – Along West Saddle River Road at jct. of East Allendale Road (added 1986)
- Stillwell–Preston House – 9 East Saddle River Road (added 1986)
- Andries Thomas Van Buskirk House – 164 East Saddle River Road (added 1983)
- Laurance Thomas Van Buskirk House – 116 East Saddle River Road (added 1983)
- B. C. Wandell House – 214, 223, and 224 West Saddle River Road (added 1986)
- F. L. Wandell Estate and Ward Factory Site – 255–261 East Saddle River Road (added 1990)
- Dr. John Christie Ware Bungalow – 246 East Saddle River Road (added 1986)
Geography
[edit]According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 4.97 square miles (12.86 km2), including 4.91 square miles (12.73 km2) of land and 0.05 square miles (0.13 km2) of water (1.03%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />
The borough is bounded by eight municipalities in Bergen County: the boroughs of Allendale, Hillsdale, Ho-Ho-Kus, Ramsey, Upper Saddle River, Waldwick, Washington Township and Woodcliff Lake.<ref>Areas touching Saddle River, MapIt. Accessed March 5, 2020.</ref><ref>Bergen County Map of Municipalities, Bergen County, New Jersey. Accessed March 5, 2020.</ref><ref>New Jersey Municipal Boundaries, New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref>
Mount Pleasant and Villa Marie Claire are unincorporated communities located within Saddle River.Template:Citation needed
Property values and taxes
[edit]The median home value in Saddle River was $1,960,294,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> compared to $596,000 for Bergen County, $440,000 for the state of NJ and $331,000 for the US overall, as of March 31, 2022.
Saddle River has a property tax rate of 1.021% which was the third-lowest property tax rate in Bergen County in 2023 <ref>2023 Bergen County Tax Rates, Bergen County, New Jersey. Accessed May 12, 2024.</ref>
Demographics
[edit]2010 census
[edit]The 2010 United States census counted 3,152 people, 1,216 households, and 894 families in the borough. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 1,341 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup was 84.71% (2,670) White, 2.09% (66) Black or African American, 0.10% (3) Native American, 9.42% (297) Asian, 0.06% (2) Pacific Islander, 1.17% (37) from other races, and 2.44% (77) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.14% (162) of the population.<ref name=Census2010/>
Of the 1,216 households, 27.1% had children under the age of 18; 65.5% were married couples living together; 5.5% had a female householder with no husband present and 26.5% were non-families. Of all households, 23.6% were made up of individuals and 15.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.08.<ref name=Census2010/>
21.1% of the population were under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 14.1% from 25 to 44, 35.0% from 45 to 64, and 24.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50.5 years. For every 100 females, the population had 89.8 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 86.9 males.<ref name=Census2010/>
The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $97,197 (with a margin of error of +/− $48,774) and the median family income was $162,500 (+/− $61,174). Males had a median income of $162,740 (+/− $30,154) versus $56,339 (+/− $25,675) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $86,812 (+/− $16,562). About 0.9% of families and 1.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.1% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.<ref>DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006–2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Saddle River borough, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States Census Bureau. Accessed February 4, 2012.</ref>
Same-sex couples headed seven households in 2010, an increase from the six 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 September 10, 2014.</ref>
2000 census
[edit]As of the 2000 United States census,<ref name="GR2" /> there were 3,201 people, 1,118 households, and 926 families residing in the borough. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 1,183 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the borough was 89.85% White, 0.75% African American, 7.15% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.81% from other races, and 1.41% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.56% of the population.<ref name=Census2000>Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Saddle River borough, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed February 4, 2012.</ref><ref name=Census2000SF1>DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 – Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Saddle River borough, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States Census Bureau. Accessed October 11, 2012.</ref>
There were 1,118 households, out of which 31.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 76.6% were married couples living together, 3.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.1% were non-families. 14.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.05.<ref name=Census2000 /><ref name=Census2000SF1 />
In the borough, the age distribution of the population shows 22.5% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 19.5% from 25 to 44, 32.9% from 45 to 64, and 20.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.0 males.<ref name=Census2000 /><ref name=Census2000SF1 />
The median income for a household in the borough was $134,289, and the median income for a family was $152,169. Males had a median income of $100,000 versus $61,458 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $85,934. About 2.8% of families and 3.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.4% of those under age 18 and 10.3% of those age 65 or over.<ref name=Census2000 /><ref name=Census2000SF1 />
Parks and recreation
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In May 2024, the American Society of Civil Engineers recognized Saddle River with the 2024 Municipal Project Of The Year Award. The award was meant for developing Saddle River Rindlaub Park Pedestrian Bridge for its innovative design and for connecting the deadlocked land with the existing park for the good of the residents.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Government
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Saddle River 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, who are all elected on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. A mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term. 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. 165.</ref> The borough form of government used by Saddle River 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> The mayor serves as chief executive officer, and is an ex-officio member of all municipal committees and is the approving authority in the Borough of Saddle River. Mayoral appointments to the various boards and committees in the borough are subject to confirmation by the borough council. Borough council members serve on various operating committees and function in a liaison capacity to provide information and direction to the entire governing body.<ref name=Council/>
Template:As of, the mayor is Republican Albert J. "Al" Kurpis, whose term of office ends December 31, 2027.<ref name=Mayor>Office of the Mayor, Borough of Saddle River. Accessed April 20, 2024.</ref> Members of the Saddle River Borough Council are Council President David B. Hekemian (R, 2025), Duncan B. Carpenter (R, 2025), Christopher DiGirolamo (R, 2024), Jon Kurpis (R, 2026), Jeffrey S. Liva (R, 2024; elected to serve an unexpired term) and Ravi Sachdev (R, 2026).<ref name=Council>Mayor and Council, Borough of Saddle River. Accessed April 20, 2024. "The Borough form remains the single most popular form of local government in New Jersey. This form dates back to the Borough Act of 1878 and was revised in 1897 and by the Borough Act of 1987. The Borough mayor is elected at-large to a four-year term. Six council members are elected at-large to staggered three-year terms.</ref><ref>2024 Municipal Data Sheet, Borough of Saddle River. Accessed April 20, 2024.</ref><ref name=BergenCountyDirectory>2024 County and Municipal Directory, Bergen County, New Jersey, April 2024. Accessed April 15, 2024.</ref><ref name=Bergen2023>Official Statement of Vote 2023 General Election - November 7, 2023 Official Results, Bergen County, New Jersey, November 27, 2023. Accessed January 1, 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>
In August 2022, the borough council appointed Jeffrey Liva to fill the seat expiring in December 2024 that had been held by Rosario Ruffino until he resigned from office earlier that month in protest over the cost of a park project.<ref>Stoltz, Marsha A. "Saddle River fills empty council seat with Planning Board member", The Record, August 17, 2022. Accessed March 15, 2023. "Planning Board Chairman Jeffrey Liva has been appointed to a seat on the Borough Council. Liva succeeds council President Rosario Ruffino, who resigned July 20 after a disagreement with other members over the cost and design of what is now estimated to be a $1.45 million footbridge connecting the two halves of Rindlaub Park separated by the Saddle River."</ref> Liva served on an interim basis until the November 2022 general election, when he was elected to serve the remainder of the term of office.<ref nAme=Bergen2022/>
John Azzariti and Ravi Sachdev were sworn in to three-year terms by Mayor Albert Kurpis during a combined in-person/remote session in January 2021. Azzariti had been appointed to the council last July after Councilman John DeRosa resigned for professional reasons. However, Azzariti chose to run with Sachdev for two open three-year terms, seats previously held by Paul Schulstad—who resigned in March 2020—and Eric Jensen, who did not seek a new term. Christopher DiGirolamo was elected to serve the one year remaining on DeRosa's term of office.<ref>Stoltz, Marsha A. "Who are Saddle River's two newest council members?", The Record, January 12, 2021. "John Azzariti and Ravi Sachdev were sworn in by Mayor Albert Kurpis during a combined in-person/remote session on Jan. 2.... Christopher DiGirolamo was appointed last March to fill Schulstad's term until the election. However, he ran for the remaining year of DeRosa's unexpired term in November, and was sworn in immediately following the election."</ref>
In March 2020, the borough council appointed Christopher T. DiGirolamo to fill the seat expiring in December 2020 that was vacated by Paul Schulstad when he resigned from office earlier that month.<ref>Stoltz, Marsha A. "After former councilman's unexpected resignation, Saddle River fills vacant seat", The Record, March 19, 2020. Accessed May 14, 2020. "Christopher DiGirolamo was appointed to the borough's council last week, succeeding Paul Schulstad. DiGirolamo, an eight-year borough resident, will serve out the nine months remaining in Schulstad's second term.... Schulstad resigned unexpectedly March 2 in the last year of his second three-year term, giving no reason for his departure."</ref>
Federal, state and county representation
[edit]Saddle River is located in the 5th 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 39th 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
[edit]Saddle River leans strongly Republican, both in terms of registration and election results. In 14 of the last 15 presidential elections, Republican candidates have carried Saddle River by margins of greater than 30 points despite their Democratic opponents winning Bergen County in seven of those elections.<ref>Historical Election Results, Bergen County, New Jersey Clerk. Accessed April 17, 2020. Note: For raw vote totals for election results prior to 2008, please click on the link that reads "General 1959-2004" in the linked webpage.</ref> Bergen County also supported Republican candidates Warren G. Harding in 1920 and Charles Evans Hughes in 1916. However, Progressive Party candidate Theodore Roosevelt won the city in 1912 over New Jersey native Woodrow Wilson and GOP nominee William Howard Taft.<ref>https://archive.org/details/manualoflegislat1921mull/page/464/mode/2up/search/saddle+river NOTE: Presidential election results for this township are unavailable for elections between 1924 and 1956.</ref><ref name="archive.org"/><ref name="ReferenceA"/>
Please note that election results from 1928 to 1956 were obtained from newspaper clippings and may not be official. Third parties were not listed for Saddle River in most of those articles.
As of March 2011, there were a total of 2,387 registered voters in Saddle River, of which 286 (12.0% vs. 31.7% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 1,211 (50.7% vs. 21.1%) were registered as Republicans and 889 (37.2% vs. 47.1%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There was one voter registered to another party.<ref name=VoterRegistration>Voter Registration Summary – Bergen, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed December 17, 2013.</ref> Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 75.7% (vs. 57.1% in Bergen County) were registered to vote, including 96.0% 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, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 17, 2013.</ref>
In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 84.7% of the vote (845 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 14.3% (143 votes), and other candidates with 1.0% (10 votes), among the 1,032 ballots cast by the borough's 2,475 registered voters (34 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 41.7%.<ref name=2013Elections>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=2013VoterReg>Template:Cite web</ref> In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 968 votes here (74.4% vs. 45.8% countywide), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 283 votes (21.8% vs. 48.0%), Independent Chris Daggett with 39 votes (3.0% vs. 4.7%) and other candidates with one vote (0.1% vs. 0.5%), among the 1,301 ballots cast by the borough's 2,436 registered voters, yielding a 53.4% 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 17, 2013.</ref>
Education
[edit]The Saddle River School District, serves students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade at Wandell School. As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 165 students and 18.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.9:1.<ref name=NCES>District information for Saddle River School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref> During the 2016–17 school year, Saddle River was tied for the 28th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 150 students.<ref>Guion, Payton. "These 43 N.J. school districts have fewer than 200 students", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 2017. Accessed January 30, 2020. "Based on data from the state Department of Education from the last school year and the Census Bureau, NJ Advance Media made a list of the smallest of the small school districts in the state, excluding charter schools and specialty institutions.... 28. Saddle River Borough (tie); Enrollment: 150; Grades: Pre-K-5; County: Bergen; Town population: 3,152"</ref>
Public school students from Saddle River attend the Ramsey Public School District's middle school and then have the option of attending either Ramsey High School or Northern Highlands Regional High School as part of sending/receiving relationships with each of the respective districts.<ref>Staff. "Tuition to rise $219 under new contract", Town Journal, November 19, 2009, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 4, 2016. Accessed November 14, 2017. "With no high school in the borough, Saddle River students have the option of enrolling in either Ramsey High School or Northern Highlands. The new deal replaces the previous agreement that covered 1998 to 2008."</ref><ref>Welcome, Ramsey School District. Accessed March 5, 2020. "Welcome to the Ramsey Public School District. Our district is Template:Sic three elementary schools, one middle school and one high school where approximately 3400 students are educated. We have a send-receive relationship with the students of Saddle River for middle school and high school."</ref><ref>Ramsey Public Schools 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 5, 2020. "Ramsey's 2900 students are educated in two K-3 primary schools, one 4-5 upper elementary school, a middle school for grades 6-8 and a 9-12 comprehensive high school. In addition to serving the residents of Ramsey, the District educates the students of Saddle River in grades 6-12 through a send-receive relationship."</ref><ref>Northern Highlands Regional High School 2016 Report Card Narrative Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 14, 2017. "A four-year public high school, Northern Highlands strives to address the needs of all of its students who come from four towns in northern Bergen County: Allendale, Upper Saddle River, Ho-Ho-Kus, and Saddle River."</ref><ref>Ramsey Schools Overview, Saddle River School District. Accessed March 5, 2020. "Following graduation from Fifth grade, students enter Eric Smith Middle School in Ramsey, New Jersey. Upon graduation from Eighth grade students may attend Ramsey High School."</ref><ref>Northern Highlands High School Overview, Saddle River School District. Accessed March 5, 2020. "Northern Highlands High School is located in Allendale New Jersey and is one of the two high schools Saddle River students may elect to attend."</ref> As of the 2018–19 school year, Northern Highlands High School had an enrollment of 1,377 students and 110.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.5:1.<ref>School data for Northern Highlands Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref> while Ramsey High School had an enrollment of 870 students and 80.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1.<ref>School data for Ramsey High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref> One of under ten districts with a dual send-receive relationship, three quarters of Saddle River's high school students attend Northern Highlands and about a quarter attend Ramsey High School.<ref>Obernauer, Eric. "Montague to poll parents on school preference", New Jersey Herald, June 27, 2015. Accessed November 14, 2017. "Among them is the Saddle River School District, an affluent K-5 district in Bergen County that formerly sent its students in grades 6-8 to Ramsey Middle School and its students in grades 9-12 to Ramsey High School. About 15 years ago, Saddle River formed dual send-receive relationships allowing students in grades 9-12 to choose between Ramsey and Northern Highlands high schools, both upscale districts as well. Fred Palumbo, the school business administrator in Saddle River, told the New Jersey Herald in a phone conversation about it last year that the arrangement has worked well, with an estimated 70-75 percent of students choosing Northern Highlands and the remaining 25-30 percent opting to remain in Ramsey."</ref>
All students in 8th grade 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, 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 Template:Webarchive, Bergen County Technical Schools. Accessed December 17, 2013.</ref><ref>Admissions Template:Webarchive, Bergen County Technical Schools. Accessed December 29, 2016.</ref>
Saddle River Day School is a K–12 private school that was founded in 1957.<ref>Campus Tour, Saddle River Day School. Accessed July 25, 2022.</ref>
Transportation
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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 17, 2013.</ref>
Route 17 passes through Saddle River.<ref>Route 17 Straight Line Diagram, New Jersey Department of Transportation, updated May 2017. Accessed July 25, 2022.</ref> Other main roads include West Saddle River Road, East Saddle River Road, Allendale Road and Chestnut Ridge Road.
Saddle River is served mainly by Route 17, which runs directly through the borough, but certain portions are served by locations in Ho-Ho-Kus, Waldwick, Upper Saddle River and Allendale. The Garden State Parkway is within a short distance of the borough at exit 171 in Woodcliff Lake.
Notable people
[edit]Template:Split Template:Category see also People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Saddle River include:
- Francis W. H. Adams (1904–1990), lawyer who served as New York City Police Commissioner from 1954 to 1955<ref>Narvaez, Alfonso A. "Francis W. H. Adams, 85, Dies; Led New York City's Police Force", The New York Times, April 21, 1990. Accessed October 7, 2019. "Born in Mount Vernon, N.Y., on June 26, 1904, Francis William Holbrook Adams grew up in Saddle River, N.J., and rode a horse to school in Ho-Ho-Kus about a mile and a half away."</ref>
- Danny Aiello (1933–2019), actor<ref>Nash, Margo. "Jersey Footlights", The New York Times, September 5, 2004. Accessed September 20, 2011. "Mr. Aiello's singing has the bounce of his idols Bobby Darin, Frank Sinatra and Louis Prima, and the throaty lyricism of another idol, Tony Bennett. But on the phone from his home in Saddle River, Mr. Aiello spoke in a soft voice about his new career."</ref>
- Gary Bettman (born 1952), Commissioner of the National Hockey League<ref>Staff. "Weddings/Celebrations; Lauren Bettman, Brian Gershengorn", The New York Times, August 17, 2003. Accessed September 20, 2011. "Lauren Gayle Bettman, a daughter of Shelli and Gary Bettman of Saddle River, N.J., was married last evening to Brian Jeffrey Gershengorn, the son of Renee Gershengorn of New City, N.Y. Rabbi Ronald S. Mass officiated at the Pierre in New York."</ref>
- Mary J. Blige (born 1971), recording artist and Grammy winner<ref>Coleman, Chrisena. "Mary J. Blige pays $12M for N.J. mansion", New York Daily News, March 27, 2008. Accessed July 30, 2008. "Grammy winner Mary J. Blige plunked down $12.3 million in cash for a Saddle River, N.J., mansion, the Daily News has learned."</ref>
- Larry Blyden (1925–1975), actor<ref name=Achenbach/>
- Jim Burt (born 1959), former NFL player<ref>Popper, Steve. "Burt Jr. Tackles First Base in Class A", copy of article from The New York Times, July 5, 2004. Accessed May 13, 2007. "Burt Jr. has time. While driving from his parents' home in Saddle River, N.J., to Brooklyn on Thursday for his second game with the Cyclones, he listened to the broadcast of the Mets' game and heard the description of Valent bobbling a ground ball and making an errant throw to Al Leiter covering first."</ref>
- Tim Cahill (born 1979), former soccer player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Nick Cannon (born 1980), actor, producer, rapper and entrepreneur<ref>Chen, Joyce. "Inside Nick Cannon’s Wide-Ranging Real Estate Portfolio", Architectural Digest, June 29, 2023. Accessed December 17, 2024. "Following the couple’s separation, Cannon sought a new place to raise their kids 'out of the spotlight' and landed on Saddle River, New Jersey, about an hour outside of New York City."</ref>
- Vince Carter (born 1977), formerly of the New Jersey Nets<ref>Youngmisuk, Ohm. "A Lot Of Stars, But Not Much Power", New York Daily News, November 1, 2005. Accessed September 20, 2011. "Is there a better backcourt in the league than the one that resides on the same street in Saddle River, N.J.? The two neighbors bowl and play Ping-Pong together when they aren't connecting on alley-oops."</ref>
- Andrew Dice Clay (born 1957), actor and comedian<ref>Moritz, Owen; and Coleman, Chrisena. "Family's Employes Stunned"Template:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore, New York Daily News, September 25, 1997. Accessed September 7, 2012.</ref>
- Vince Colletta (1923–1991), comic book artist<ref>Sacks, Jason. "The Thin Black Line: Perspectives on Vince Colletta, Comics' Most Controversial Inker" Template:Webarchive, Comics Bulletin. Accessed October 11, 2012. "One key fact that Bryant discusses is Colletta's palatial house in upscale Saddle River, New Jersey. Colletta loved the house, which he bought in 1962 and which today is worth about 3.6 million dollars. Even 50 years ago, the house was terribly expensive to buy and maintain, which meant that Vince needed to work very hard in order to pay his mortgage."</ref>
- Rocco B. Commisso (born 1949), billionaire, founder of Mediacom<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Vincent Curatola (born 1953), actor known for his role playing Johnny Sack on the television series The Sopranos<ref>McMenamin, Jessica. "All Due Respect; 'This thing of ours.' The phrase is a hushed acknowledgment, a hedge against uninvited ears. In 1999, an invitation was extended, and people around the world began a tutorial on the inner workings of an alleged waste-management firm in northern New Jersey. Eight years later, millions of people salt their vocabularies with phrases from their weekly sit-down with The Sopranos. And it's all because a Jersey guy's mom was driving him nuts.", New Jersey Monthly, December 21, 2007. Accessed September 30, 2015. "'I don't think there's one of us who thinks that all of this is real,' says Vince Curatola. The Englewood native, who recently moved to Saddle River, plays John 'Johnny Sack' Sacramoni, the head of the New York City Mob."</ref>
- James P. Dugan (1929–2021), former member of the New Jersey Senate who served as chairman of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee<ref>Interview with James P. Dugan Template:Webarchive, Eagleton Institute of Politics Center on the American Governor at Rutgers University, February 27, 2008. Accessed December 17, 2013. "Q: Where did you live in those days? Were you in Bayonne? James P. Dugan: Yes. Q: Is it your hometown? Where do you live today? James P. Dugan: Saddle River."</ref>
- Alonzo Foringer (1878–1948), painter best known for his World War I Red Cross promotional poster, "The Greatest Mother in the World"<ref>Template:NRHP url, National Register of Historic Places. Accessed September 30, 2015.</ref>
- Carol Haney (1924–1964), actress<ref name=Achenbach/><ref>Staff. "Carol Haney, Pajama Game Dancer, Dies at 39", The New York Times, May 12, 1964. Accessed September 30, 2015. "Miss Haney, who had been a choreographer in recent years, became ill at her home in Saddle River, N. J., on Tuesday night."</ref>
- Mary Higgins Clark (1927–2020), author of suspense novels<ref>Geiger, Mia. "Suspense queen sailing two ships", The Denver Post, April 6, 2007. Accessed May 14, 2007. "It seemed only natural for Clark to set the story on Cape Cod, a place that feels magical to the Saddle River, N.J., resident."</ref>
- Wil Horneff (born 1979), actor<ref>Coutros, Evonne. "YOUNG ACTOR AIMS HIGH", The Record, April 12, 1994. Accessed October 28, 2007. "Horneff of Saddle River is starring opposite Peter Strauss and Jean Smart at 9 p.m. Sunday in The Yearling,..."</ref>
- Mark Jackson, (born 1965), former NBA player and former head coach for the Golden State Warriors<ref>Howard-Cooper, Scott. "Leadership Is His Specialty : Filling Clipper Point Guard Role Excites Mark Jackson", Los Angeles Times, October 2, 1992. Accessed September 21, 2013. "Jackson, who is building a home in Saddle River, N.J., won't play at Madison Square Garden until Jan. 2."</ref>
- Wyclef Jean (born 1969), three-time Grammy Award-winning rapper, singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and politician<ref>Considine, Bob. "Saddle River resident Wyclef Jean eyes run for president of Haiti", The Star-Ledger, July 30, 2010. Accessed December 17, 2013. "Wyclef Jean, the Grammy-award winning musician and Saddle River resident, is considering a run for president of earthquake-ravaged Haiti, according to several published reports."</ref>
- A. J. Khubani (born 1959), telemarketer and founder of Telebrands<ref>Finn, Robin. "Lamborghini? But Wait, There’s More", The New York Times, July 9, 2010. Accessed October 7, 2019. "Mr. Khubani, 50, is the president of TeleBrands, a New Jersey-based telemarketing Goliath that he conjured in 1983 after seeing a magazine advertisement for a cheap but functional digital watch. He lives in Saddle River, N.J., with his wife, Poonam, and two of their three children."</ref>
- Jason Kidd (born 1973), former player and current head coach of the Dallas Mavericks<ref>"New Jersey Nets Star Jason Kidd Files Divorce Papers Claiming He's An Abused Spouse", Fox News, January 10, 2007. "The couple has a mansion in upper-crust Saddle River, where they live with their three young kids – son T.J., 8, and twin 5-year-old daughters Miah and Jazelle."</ref>
- Joumana Kidd (born 1972), actress and journalist who is the former wife of Jason Kidd<ref>Zwain, Heather. "Free Spirit: The Flair of Saddle River's Joumana Kidd", (201) magazine, November 1, 2010. Accessed December 17, 2013. "Joumana Kidd may spend her days with her team of stylists, perfecting her flawless appearance for her next big hosting gig, but the truth is, this vibrant beauty prefers lounging in sweatpants, hair in a messy bun, at home with Trey, 12, and 9-year-old twins Miah and Jazelle. Kidd's Saddle River home is 100-percent kid proof."</ref>
- Andrew Kissel (1959–2006), murdered real estate developer<ref>Hsu, Eric and Kim, Yung. "Family mourns real estate broker fatally stabbed in Conn.", The Record, April 8, 2006. Accessed August 29, 2013. "William Kissel, a chemist, was a manager for Sun Chemical Corp., before starting his own copier toner company in 1972. He moved the family to a small house in Woodcliff Lake from Manhattan before settling in Saddle River. Robert Kissel grew up to become a wealthy investment banker at Merrill Lynch and was sent to Hong Kong with his wife and three children."</ref>
- Mariusz Kolodziej (born 1966), boxing promoter and entrepreneur<ref>Ung, Elisa. "Ung: North Jersey bakery mass-produces artisanal breads", The Record, August 17, 2014. Accessed September 10, 2015. "Saddle River resident Mariusz Kolodziej began an artisanal bread empire in 1994 from scratch after arriving in the United States from his native Poland, then later built a gym in his bakery from which he manages fighters."</ref>
- David Lat (born 1975), blogger<ref>Miller, Jonathan. "He Fought the Law. They Both Won.", The New York Times, January 22, 2006. Accessed December 17, 2013. "The child of Filipino doctors, Mr. Lat grew up in blue-collar Bergenfield and well-to-do Saddle River, where his neighbors included former President Richard M. Nixon. When he was young, he would go to the Nixon house to get candy, a Halloween card and a handshake from the former president."</ref>
- Judy Nicastro, politician who served from 2000 to 2004 as a member of the Seattle City Council<ref>Feit, Josh. "Seattle's Pragmatic Populist", The Stranger, January 25, 2001. Accessed August 27, 2024. "You can thank Ronald Reagan for the class-conscious politics of Council Member Nicastro. In 1981, when Nicastro was a 14-year-old living in Saddle River, New Jersey (Exit 156 off the Garden State Parkway), President Reagan was moving full speed ahead to enact his sweeping agenda."</ref>
- Richard Nixon (1913–1994), United States President, and First Lady Pat Nixon (1912–1993), who lived there from 1981 to 1991<ref>The Dark Comedian, Time (magazine) by Roger Rosenblatt, April 25, 1988. "About to publish his sixth book in ten years, 1999: Victory Without War, he has made Saddle River a Delphi for the nation's politicians."</ref>
- Jeffrey Nordling (born 1962), actor who appeared in the series Dirt<ref>Geannette, Gloria. "G-Man: For actor Jeffrey Nordling, it's all in a day's work", Bergen.com, April 1, 2009. Accessed September 7, 2012. "Jeffrey Nordling plays straight-laced FBI agent Larry Moss on the current season of the Fox hit series 24. The actor, who was raised in Washington Township and Saddle River, has been working nonstop since 1985 when he finished the master's program in theater at Southern Methodist University in Dallas."</ref><ref>Rohan, Virginia. "Bergen County native's 'Dirt' character reaps what he sows", The Record, January 1, 2007. Accessed August 29, 2013. "Nordling was born 3,000 miles from the craziness, at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, and grew up mostly in Washington Township (in the only house on the town's Times Square). When he was 15, the family moved to Saddle River, and Nordling transferred to Ramsey High School, where he became a soccer star."</ref>
- Rosie O'Donnell (born 1962), comedian and television personality, homeowner since 2013<ref>Lynn, Kathleen. "Rosie O'Donnell buys Saddle River home", The Record, January 7, 2014. Accessed September 10, 2014.</ref>
- Charles Osgood (1933–2024), radio and television commentator, writer and musician<ref>Barron, James. "Charles Osgood, Lyrical Newscaster on Radio and TV, Dies at 91", The New York Times, January 23, 2024. Accessed January 23, 2024. "Charles Osgood, a newscaster who told unconventional stories on the radio in unconventional ways — sometimes with rhyme, sometimes with humor, often with both — died on Tuesday at his home in Saddle River, N.J. He was 91."</ref>
- Kenneth Pasternak (born 1954), businessman, entrepreneur<ref>Saitz, Greg S. "Former exec at Knight Capital Group cleared of fraud charges", The Star-Ledger, June 12, 2008. Accessed September 20, 2011. "The Securities and Exchange Commission had sued Kenneth Pasternak, a Saddle River resident who now runs a hedge fund, and another former Knight executive in 2005, accusing Pasternak of allowing improper trading at the Jersey City firm during the tech boom in 1999 and 2000."</ref>
- Caroline Pennell (born 1995), singer-songwriter who was a contestant on the fifth season of The Voice<ref>Dazio, Stefanie. "Saddle River singer Caroline Pennell talks about 'Voice' and future in music", The Record, December 29, 2013. Accessed September 30, 2015. "Hours after she returned from California on a red-eye flight following the show's finale, Pennell was sitting and at times lying down on the couch in exhaustion in her Saddle River home, reliving her experiences this year and talking about what she hopes to accomplish in the next one."</ref>
- Mario Perillo (1927–2003), tour operator<ref name=Achenbach/><ref>Feuer, Alan. "Mario Perillo, 76, 'Mr. Italy' To Vacation Planners, Is Dead", The New York Times, March 2, 2003. Accessed September 20, 2015. "Mario Perillo, the silver-haired tour operator whose raspy television pitch, 'Go Perillo to Italy,' persuaded more than a million Americans to visit that country, died Friday at his home in Saddle River, N.J."</ref>
- Eleanore Pettersen (1916–2003), one of the first female architects in New Jersey<ref>Staff. "Eleanore Pettersen, 86, Pioneering Architect", The New York Times, January 18, 2003. Accessed October 14, 2015. "Eleanore Pettersen, a New Jersey architect who helped lead the way for women in her profession, died on Wednesday at her home in Saddle River, N.J.... Ms. Pettersen was born in Passaic, N.J."</ref>
- Sam Raia, politician who served as Mayor of Saddle River and former Chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee<ref>Friedman, Matt. "Recently resigned NJ Republican chairman to return", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, January 27, 2014. Accessed September 30, 2015. "Sam Raia, the mayor of Saddle River who recently resigned as New Jersey Republican state chairman, is coming back to the job, The Star-Ledger has learned."</ref>
- Ja Rule (born 1976), rapper<ref name=Rappers>Holahan, Catherine. "Just a hip, hop and jump – Rappers making the move to Bergen County", The Record, October 10, 2005. Accessed August 29, 2013.</ref>
- Lisa Scafuro (born 1958), documentary film maker and children's book author born in Saddle River who still resides part of the year<ref>Nolan, Sarah. "Saddle River native Scafuro premieres documentary on Soleri", Town Journal, October 17, 2013. Accessed December 28, 2015. "When Saddle River native Lisa Scafuro moved back to the land of her alma mater in Arizona 17 years ago, it was to draw inspiration from the raw beauty of the desert and focus on her passion: writing."</ref>
- Danielle Schulmann (born 1989), soccer player who plays as a forward for Sky Blue FC in the NWSL<ref>Danielle Schulmann Template:Webarchive, UConn Huskies women's soccer. Accessed May 1, 2016. "Hometown: Saddle River, N.J. High School: Northern Highlands High"</ref>
- Daniel Silna (born 1944), co-owner of the former ABA team the Spirits of St. Louis who has profited from TV revenue earned as part of the deal in which four ABA teams were merged into the NBA<ref>Sandomir, Richard. "No Team, No Ticket Sales, but Plenty of Cash; Former A.B.A. Owners Ozzie and Daniel Silna Earn Millions From N.B.A.", The New York Times, September 6, 2012. Accessed September 7, 2012. "If Federal District Judge Loretta A. Preska agrees, the Silna brothers — Ozzie, 79, and living in Malibu, Calif., and Daniel, 68, and living in Saddle River, N.J. — stand to receive millions more, all without having assembled a team or used an arena for more than three decades."</ref>
- Joseph Simmons (born 1964), a.k.a. Reverend Run, the "Run" in Run-D.M.C. and star of his family's reality show Run's House<ref name=Rappers/><ref>Staff. "Mission to sellRev. Run and mogul brother unloading N.J. spreads", New York Daily News, June 20, 2007. Accessed December 17, 2013. "Rev. Run's $5.5 million colonial on Wildwood Road, Saddle River, N.J. Six bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 3 fireplaces, home theater, sound studio and lounge with hot tub."</ref>
- Russell Simmons (born 1957), godfather of hip-hop, whose house has been up for sale following his divorce from Kimora Lee Simmons<ref>Reingold, Jennifer. Rush Hour: Russell Simmons, the godfather of hip-hop, has used street smarts and a platinum Rolodex to create a $300 million conglomerate. Now he's flexing his political muscle. Come inside the frenetic world of a modern entrepreneur., Fast Company, November 2003. Accessed December 17, 2013. "Easygoing, profane, and hilarious, Simmons regularly speaks all over the country to everyone from small-town entrepreneurs to Harvard MBAs, is photographed at every social event, takes an intensive yoga class every single day, and somehow makes it home every night to his palatial 35,000-square-foot spread in Saddle River, New Jersey, to see his two daughters, Ming Lee, 3, and Aoki Lee, 11 months."</ref><ref>Home of the Week:Simmons' Saddle River Splendor, Forbes, August 25, 2006.</ref>
- Ben Vereen (born 1946), Tony Award-winning actor, dancer and singer<ref>via Associated Press. "Vereen moving to Saddle River", Daytona Beach Morning Journal, July 15, 1982. Accessed December 17, 2013. "Actor and Singer Ben Vereen is putting down new roots in Saddle River because, he joked Wednesday, the residents 'asked me to move out there to improve the neighborhood.'"</ref><ref>via Associated Press. "Truck Driver Gets Probation", The New York Times, June 19, 1988. Accessed September 20, 2011. "Naja Vereen, 16, of Saddle River, N.J., was killed and her mother, Nancy, who was driving, was injured in the accident."</ref>
- William B. Widnall (1906–1983), politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for 24 years representing New Jersey's 7th congressional district<ref>Cook, Joan. "Ex-Rep. William B. Windall; Served In House For 25 Years", The New York Times, December 30, 1983. Accessed November 17, 2017. "William Beck Widnall, a New Jersey Republican who represented northern Bergen County in the House of Representatives for 25 years, died Wednesday in a Ridgewood nursing home after a long illness. He was 77 years old and lived in Saddle River, N.J., until he became ill."</ref>
- Susie Wiles (born 1957), political consultant who was selected by Donald Trump to serve as the 32nd White House chief of staff in his second administration<ref>Zimmer, David M. "Susie Wiles, the first woman White House chief of staff, is from New Jersey", The Record, November 13, 2024. Accessed December 17, 2024. "Wiles, who grew up in Saddle River, is the first woman to take on the role widely seen as one of the most powerful non-elected positions in the U.S. government."</ref>
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Sources
[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]- Saddle River official website
- Saddle River School District
- Template:NJReportCard
- School Data for the Saddle River School District, National Center for Education Statistics
- Ramsey High School
- Northern Highlands Regional High School