borough
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in
Bergen County
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, United States. It is a suburb of New York City, located just over northwest of Manhattan. The town is known for its natural fields, farmland, forests, and rivers, and has a bucolic atmosphere, in part due in part to a minimum zoning requirement of for homes. The borough contains both stately historic homes and estates, as well as newer mansions. It is popular among residents seeking 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. Saddle River was ranked among the Top 100 in Forbes Most Expensive Zip Codes in America in 2010. Saddle River was ranked the richest suburb in the nation among those with 2,500 or more people (based on 1989 per capita income). The town has been home to notable residents including former US Presidents, celebrities, athletes, and businessmen (See Notable people list).
The New York Times has 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."
As of the
2010 United States Census
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United States Census Bureau
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. Accessed February 4, 2012. reflecting a decline of 49 (−1.5%) from the 3,201 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 251 (+8.5%) from the 2,950 counted in the 1990 Census.
Saddle River is a
dry town
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, where
alcohol
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Saddle River traces its origins to 1675. Saddle River was incorporated as a borough by an act of the
New Jersey Legislature
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on November 22, 1894, from portions of Orvil Township, based on the results of a referendum held three days earlier.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 February 4, 2012. The borough was formed during the "
Boroughitis
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" 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. An additional portion of Orvil Township was annexed in 1903.
The borough is named after the Saddle River, which flows through the borough and is a
tributary
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of the
Passaic River
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, which in turn was named for a stream and valley in
Saddell
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,
Argyll
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, Scotland.
Historic sites
Saddle River is home to the following locations on the
National Register of Historic Places
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The New York Times
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'', 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."
* 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
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F. L. Wandell Estate and Ward Factory Site
F. L. Wandell, Estate and Ward Factory Site, is located in Saddle River, New Jersey, Saddle River, Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 1, ...
United States Census Bureau
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The median home value in Saddle River NJ was $1,960,294 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.
Demographics
2010 Census
The Census Bureau's 2006–2010
American Community Survey
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median household income
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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.
Same-sex couples headed seven households in 2010, an increase from the six counted in 2000.
2000 Census
As of the
2000 United States Census
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there were 3,201 people, 1,118 households, and 926 families residing in the borough. The population density was 642.6 people per square mile (248.2/km2). There were 1,183 housing units at an average density of 237.5 per square mile (91.7/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 89.85%
White
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, 0.75%
African American
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Pacific Islander
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, 0.81% from other races, and 1.41% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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United States Census Bureau
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United States Census Bureau
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. Accessed October 11, 2012.
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.
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.
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.
Government
Local government
Saddle River is governed under the
Borough
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History
In the Middle Ag ...
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. The governing body is comprised of a mayor and a Borough Council comprising six council members, 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 is comprised of 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.''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'',
Rutgers University
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weak mayor
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/ 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. 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.
, the mayor is Republican Albert J. "Al" Kurpis, whose term of office ends December 31, 2023.Office of the Mayor Borough of Saddle River. Accessed July 25, 2022. Members of the Saddle River Borough Council are Council President Rosario Ruffino (R, 2024), John V. Azzariti Jr. (R, 2023), Duncan Carpenter (R, 2022), Christopher DiGirolamo (R, 2024), David Hekemian (R, 2022) and Ravi Sachdev (R, 2023).Mayor and Council Borough of Saddle River. Accessed July 25, 2022. "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.''2022 County and Municipal Directory''
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League of Women Voters
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. Accessed October 30, 2019.
Politics
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. Bergen County also supported Republican candidates Warren G. Harding in 1920, and
Charles Evans Hughes
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Theodore Roosevelt
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won the city in 1912 over New Jersey native
Woodrow Wilson
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, and GOP nominee
William Howard Taft
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.
Please note that election results from 1928–1956 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 23, 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.Voter Registration Summary – Bergen
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Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed December 17, 2013. 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).
In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican
Chris Christie
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Christie, who was born in N ...
received 84.7% of the vote (845 cast), ahead of Democrat
Barbara Buono
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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%. In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 968 votes here (74.4% vs. 45.8% countywide), ahead of Democrat
Jon Corzine
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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).
Education
The
Saddle River School District
The Saddle River School District is a community state school, public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade from Saddle River, New Jersey, Saddle River, in Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, New Jerse ...
, serves students in
pre-kindergarten
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through
fifth grade
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at Wandell School. As of the 2018–2019 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
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National Center for Education Statistics
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. Accessed April 1, 2020. During the 2016–2017 school year, Saddle River was tied for the 28th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 150 students.
Public school students from Saddle River attend the
Ramsey Public School District
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As of the 2017-18 school year, the distr ...
's middle school and then have the option of attending either
Ramsey High School
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or
Northern Highlands Regional High School
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as part of
sending/receiving relationship
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s with each of the respective districts. As of the 2018–2019 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
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of 12.5:1. 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. 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.
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
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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.
Saddle River Day School
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is a K–12 private school that was founded in 1957.
Transportation
, the borough had a total of of roadways, of which were maintained by the municipality, by Bergen County and by the
New Jersey Department of Transportation
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East Saddle River Road East Saddle River Road is a north–south road from Ridgewood, New Jersey to Monsey, New York
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, 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
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is within a short distance of the borough at exit 171 in Woodcliff Lake.
Notable people
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
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from 1954 to 1955
*
Danny Aiello
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(1933–2019), actor
*
Gary Bettman
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(born 1952), Commissioner of the
National Hockey League
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* Mary J. Blige (born 1971), recording artist and Grammy winner
* Larry Blyden (1925–1975), actor
* Jim Burt (born 1959), former NFL player
*
Tim Cahill
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(born 1979), former soccer player
*
Nick Cannon
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(born 1980), actor, producer, rapper and entrepreneur
*
Vince Carter
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Andrew Dice Clay
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(born 1957), actor and comedian
* Vince Colletta (1923–1991), comic book artist
*
Rocco B. Commisso
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(born 1949), billionaire, founder of Mediacom
* Vincent Curatola (born 1953), actor known for his role playing Johnny Sack on the television series ''
The Sopranos
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New Jersey Senate
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who served as chairman of the
New Jersey Democratic State Committee
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*
Alonzo Foringer
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(1878–1948), painter best known for his World War I
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promotional poster, "The Greatest Mother in the World"
*
Carol Haney
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(1924–1964), actress
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Mary Higgins Clark
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(1927–2020), author of suspense novels
* Wil Horneff (born 1979), actor
*
Mark Jackson
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, (born 1965), former NBA player and former head coach for the
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Wyclef Jean
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(born 1969), three-time
Grammy Award
The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pr ...
-winning rapper, singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and politician
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A. J. Khubani Ajit "A. J." Khubani (born December 16, 1959) is an American inventor, entrepreneur and marketing executive. Known as the "Infomercial King," Khubani is the founder and CEO of the infomercial firm Telebrands and a pioneer of the infomercial industr ...
(born 1959), telemarketer and founder of
Telebrands
Telebrands is an American direct response marketing company, and the original creator of the "As Seen On TV" logo and category of trade.
History
The company's CEO A. J. Khubani started the company in 1983, creating print advertisements for h ...
David Lat
David Benjamin Lat (born June 19, 1975) is an American lawyer, author, and legal commentator. Lat is the founder of Above the Law, a website about law firms and the legal profession.
Before blogging, Lat attended Harvard College and Yale Law Sc ...
(born 1975), blogger
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Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...
(1913–1994), United States President, and First Lady
Pat Nixon
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(1912–1993), who lived there from 1981 to 1991
* Jeffrey Nordling (born 1962), actor who appeared in the series ''
Dirt
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Common types of dirt include:
* Debris: scattered pieces of waste or remains
* Dust: a gener ...
''
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Rosie O'Donnell
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(born 1962), comedian and television personality, homeowner since 2013
* Kenneth Pasternak (born 1954), businessman, entrepreneur
* Caroline Pennell (born 1995), singer-songwriter who was a contestant on the fifth season of '' The Voice''
* Mario Perillo (1927–2003), tour operator
* Eleanore Pettersen (1916–2003), one of the first female architects in New Jersey
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Sam Raia
Samuel S. Raia is a Republican Party politician who is the former of Mayor of Saddle River, New Jersey and past Chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee.
Raia has served as mayor of Saddle River from 2009 to 2017 and had served on ...
, politician who served as Mayor of Saddle River and former
Chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee Chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee:
*1880–1891: Garret Augustus Hobart
*1891–1892: John Kean
*1892–1904: Franklin Murphy
*1904–1907: Frank Obadiah Briggs
*1907–1910: Franklin Murphy
*1910–1913: Frank Obadiah Brig ...
The Record
The Record may refer to:
Music
* ''The Record'' (album), a 1982 studio album by the hardcore-punk band Fear
* The Records, an English power pop band
* '' Their Greatest Hits: The Record'', a 2001 greatest-hits album by the pop-music group Bee G ...
'', October 10, 2005. Accessed August 29, 2013.
* Lisa Scafuro (born 1958), documentary film maker and children's book author born in Saddle River who still resides part of the year
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Samantha Scarlette
Samantha Scarlette (born February 8, 1990) is a soft grunge / alternative rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and former internet radio talk show host.
Early life
Scarlette was born in Saddle River, New Jersey and her family relocated to Para ...
(born 1990), is a
soft grunge Soft grunge is a fashion trend that originated on Tumblr around the late 2000s and early 2010s, influenced by grunge fashion and other 1990s fashion styles.
History
The fashion style originated on the social media platform Tumblr. ''Alternative P ...
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alternative rock
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NWSL
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* Daniel Silna (born 1944), co-owner of the former ABA team the
Spirits of St. Louis
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who has profited from TV revenue earned as part of the deal in which four ABA teams were merged into the NBA
* Joseph Simmons (born 1964), a.k.a. Reverend Run, the "Run" in
Run-D.M.C.
Run-DMC (also spelled Run-D.M.C.) was an American hip hop group from Hollis, Queens, New York City, founded in 1983 by Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, and Jason Mizell. Run-DMC is regarded as one of the most influential acts in the history of ...
and star of his family's reality show '' Run's House''
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Russell Simmons
Russell Wendell Simmons (born October 4, 1957) is an American entrepreneur, writer and record executive. He co-founded the hip-hop label Def Jam Recordings, and created the clothing fashion lines Phat Farm, Argyleculture, and Tantris. Simmons ...
(born 1957), godfather of hip-hop, whose house has been up for sale following his divorce from Kimora Lee Simmons
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Ben Vereen
Benjamin Augustus Vereen (born October 10, 1946) is an American actor, dancer and singer. Vereen gained prominence for his performances in the original Broadway productions of the musicals '' Jesus Christ Superstar'', for which he received a T ...
(born 1946),
Tony Award
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-winning actor, dancer, and singer
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William B. Widnall
William Beck Widnall (March 17, 1906 – December 28, 1983) was a Republican Party politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for 24 years representing New Jersey's 7th congressional district.
Born in ...
(1906–1983), politician who served as a member of the
United States House of Representatives
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The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
'', 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."
National Center for Education Statistics
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district financ ...