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1873 establishments in New Jersey
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Abbott district

Abbott districts are school districts in New Jersey that are provided remedies to ensure that their students receive public education in accordance with the state constitution.

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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Academy Awards

The Academy Awards of Merit, commonly known as the Oscars or Academy Awards, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the film industry.

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Al Blozis

Albert Charles Blozis (January 5, 1919 – January 31, 1945) was an American professional football player and track and field athlete who died fighting in World War II.

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All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) was a professional women's baseball league founded by Philip K. Wrigley, which existed from 1943 to 1954.

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The American Community Survey (ACS) is an annual demographics survey program conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com LLC is an American genealogy company based in Lehi, Utah.

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Arcadia Publishing

Arcadia Publishing is an American publisher of neighborhood, local, and regional history of the United States in pictorial form.

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Area codes 973 and 862

Area codes 973 and 862 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) in the northernmost part of the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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At large (before a noun: at-large) is a description for members of a governing body who are elected or appointed to represent a whole membership or population (notably a city, county, state, province, nation, club or association), rather than a subset.

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Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.

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Barbara Buono

Barbara A. Buono (born July 28, 1953) is an American politician who served in the New Jersey Senate from 2002 to 2014, where she represented the 18th Legislative District.

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Baseball-Reference.com

Baseball-Reference is a website providing baseball statistics for every player in Major League Baseball history.

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Bergen Arts and Science Charter School

Bergen Arts and Science Charter School (BASCS/Bergen ASCS) is a public charter school based in Garfield, New Jersey, United States.

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Bergen County Academies

Bergen County Academies (BCA) is a tuition-free public magnet high school located in Hackensack, New Jersey that serves students in the ninth through twelfth grades from Bergen County, New Jersey.

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Bergen County Line

The Bergen County Line is a commuter rail line and service owned and operated by New Jersey Transit in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Bergen County Technical High School, Paramus Campus

Bergen County Technical High School, Paramus Campus is a tuition-free public magnet high school in Paramus, serving students in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Bergen County Technical High School, Teterboro Campus

Bergen County Technical High School, also known as Bergen Tech (BT), is a four-year, tuition-free public magnet high school located in Teterboro, New Jersey serving students in ninth through twelfth grades in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Bergen County Technical Schools

Bergen County Technical Schools (BCTS) is a county technical school district that serves as the vocational / technical education arm of all the school districts within the 70 municipalities in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Bergen County, New Jersey

Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Bonnie and Clyde (film)

Bonnie and Clyde is a 1967 American biographical neo-noir crime film directed by Arthur Penn and starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as the title characters Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker.

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Borough (New Jersey)

A borough (also spelled boro), in the context of local government in the U.S. state of New Jersey, refers to one of five types and one of eleven forms of municipal government (in addition to those established under a special charter).

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Boston Braves

The Boston Braves were a Major League Baseball club that originated in Boston, Massachusetts, and played from 1871 to 1952.

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Chris Christie

Christopher James Christie (born September 6, 1962) is an American politician and former federal prosecutor who served as the 55th governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018.

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Chris Daggett

Christopher Jarvis Daggett (born March 7, 1950) is an American businessman who is the president and CEO of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, one of the largest foundations in New Jersey.

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Chromic acid

Chromic acid is jargon for a solution formed by the addition of sulfuric acid to aqueous solutions of dichromate.

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City (New Jersey)

A city in the context of local government in New Jersey refers to one of five types and one of eleven forms of municipal government. Garfield, New Jersey and city (New Jersey) are cities in New Jersey.

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City manager

A city manager is an official appointed as the administrative manager of a city in the council–manager form of city government.

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Clifton, New Jersey

Clifton is a city in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Garfield, New Jersey and Clifton, New Jersey are 1923 Municipal Manager Law and cities in New Jersey.

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County Route 507 (New Jersey)

County Route 507 (CR 507) is a county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Dallas Cowboys

The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

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David Brigati

David Brigati (born October 29, 1940) is an American singer.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Dennis Joel

Dennis Joel (born Dennis Joel Olivieri, August 29, 1947 - September 27, 2006) was an American child actor and singer.

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Domestic partnership

A domestic partnership is an intimate relationship between people, usually couples, who live together and share a common domestic life but who are not married (to each other or to anyone else).

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Donald Trump

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.

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Eastern Time Zone

The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico.

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Eddie Brigati

Edward Brigati Jr. (born October 22, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter.

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Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

The Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy of Rutgers University (The Bloustein School) serves as a center for the theory and practice of urban planning, public policy and public health/health administration scholarship.

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Elections in New Jersey

Elections in New Jersey are authorized under Article II of the New Jersey State Constitution, which establishes elections for the governor, the lieutenant governor, and members of the New Jersey Legislature.

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Elmwood Park, New Jersey

Elmwood Park is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and is a bedroom suburb located from New York City.

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EPodunk

ePodunk was a website that profiled communities in the United States, Canada, Ireland, and the UK.

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Federal Information Processing Standards

The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) of the United States are a set of publicly announced standards that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed for use in computer situs of non-military United States government agencies and contractors.

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Firefighter

A firefighter (or fire fighter) is a first responder trained in firefighting, primarily to control and extinguish fires that threaten life and property, as well as to rescue persons from confinement or dangerous situations.

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Flag of the United States

The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars alternate with rows of five stars.

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Florida International University

Florida International University (FIU) is a public research university with its main campus in University Park, Florida.

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Frederick News-Post

The Frederick News-Post is the local newspaper of Frederick County, Maryland.

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Full-time equivalent

Full-time equivalent (FTE), or whole time equivalent (WTE), is a unit of measurement that indicates the workload of an employed person (or student) in a way that makes workloads or class loads comparable across various contexts.

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Garfield Groundwater Contamination Superfund site

The Garfield Groundwater Contamination site is a Superfund site located in Garfield, New Jersey.

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Garfield High School (New Jersey)

Garfield High School is a four-year public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Garfield, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as the lone secondary school of the Garfield Public Schools.

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Garfield Public Schools

The Garfield Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Garfield, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Garfield station (NJ Transit)

Garfield is a New Jersey Transit train station served by the Bergen County Line in the city of Garfield.

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Gene Lees

Frederick Eugene John Lees (February 8, 1928 – April 22, 2010) was a Canadian music critic, biographer, lyricist, and journalist.

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Geographic Names Information System

The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories; the associated states of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau; and Antarctica.

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George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009.

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George Washington University

The George Washington University (GW or GWU) is a private federally-chartered research university in Washington, D.C. Originally named Columbian College, it was chartered in 1821 by the United States Congress and is the first university founded under Washington D.C.'s jurisdiction.

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Gianfranco Iannotta

Gianfranco Iannotta (born January 24, 1994) is an American track and field athlete.

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Glen Rock, New Jersey

Glen Rock is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Gordon Hollingshead

Gordon Hollingshead (January 8, 1892, in Garfield, New Jersey – July 8, 1952, in Balboa Island, California) was an American film producer, associate producer and assistant director. He holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations in the Best Live Action Short Film category (20 nominations).

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Gorgi Popstefanov

Gorgi Popstefanov (Ѓорѓи Попстефанов; born 19 July 1987) is a Macedonian road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team.

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Green Party of the United States

The Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is a federation of Green state political parties in the United States.

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Greenwood Publishing Group

Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. (GPG), also known as ABC-Clio/Greenwood (stylized ABC-CLIO/Greenwood), is an educational and academic publisher (middle school through university level) which is today part of ABC-Clio.

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Hackensack, New Jersey

Hackensack is the most populous municipality and the county seat of Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Garfield, New Jersey and Hackensack, New Jersey are 1923 Municipal Manager Law and cities in New Jersey.

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Hartford Courant

The Hartford Courant is the largest daily newspaper in the U.S. state of Connecticut, and is advertised as the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States.

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Henry Gannett

Henry Gannett (August 24, 1846 – November 5, 1914) was an American geographer who is described as the "father of mapmaking in America."Evans, Richard Tranter; Frye, Helen M. (2009).

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Hexavalent chromium

Hexavalent chromium (chromium(VI), Cr(VI), chromium 6) is any chemical compound that contains the element in the +6 oxidation state (thus hexavalent).

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Hillary Clinton

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a U.S. senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and as the first lady of the United States to former president Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001.

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Hoboken Terminal

Hoboken Terminal is a commuter-oriented intermodal passenger station in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey.

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Infielder

An infielder is a baseball player stationed at one of four defensive "infield" positions on the baseball field, between first base and third base.

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Institute for Nonprofit News

The Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) is a non-profit consortium of nonprofit journalism organizations.

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Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is an American nonprofit digital library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle.

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Isaac M. Laddon

Isaac Machlin Laddon (25 December 1894 – 14 January 1976) was an American aeronautical engineer and designer.

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James A. Garfield

James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was an American politician who served as the 20th president of the United States from March 1881 until his assassination in September that year.

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Janice Robinson

Janice Robinson (born December 8, 1967) is an American singer and songwriter, initially known as a member of 1990s Italian Eurodance group Livin' Joy with global dance hit Dreamer, before she embarked on a solo career.

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Joan Berger

Joan Berger (October 9, 1933 – September 11, 2021) was a infielder and outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

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Joe Benigno

Joseph S. Benigno (born September 26, 1953) is an American sports radio personality.

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Joey Dee and the Starliters

Joey Dee and the Starliters (also credited as Joey Dee and the Starlighters) is an American popular music group.

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John Kerry

John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat who served as the 68th United States secretary of state from 2013 to 2017 in the administration of Barack Obama.

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John McCain

John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as a United States senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018.

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Jon Corzine

Jonathan Stevens "Jon" Corzine (born January 1, 1947) is an American financial executive and retired politician who served as a United States Senator from New Jersey from 2001 to 2006, and the 54th governor of New Jersey from 2006 to 2010.

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Joseph Villa

Joseph Emil Villa (August 9, 1948 – April 13, 1995) was an American pianist.

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Joyce Arleen

Joyce Arleen (born Joyce Arleen Novotny; May 20, 1931 – February 17, 2023), also credited as Arleen Joyce and Mary Thomas, was an American actress.

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Judy Garland

Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922June 22, 1969) was an American actress, singer, and dancer.

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Lenape

The Lenape (Lenape languages), also called the Lenni Lenape and Delaware people, are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in the United States and Canada.

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Libertarian Party (United States)

The Libertarian Party (LP) is a political party in the United States that promotes civil liberties, non-interventionism, ''laissez-faire'' capitalism, and limiting the size and scope of government.

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Linda Bove

Linda Bove Waterstreet is a Deaf American actress, her most notable role being a fictionalized version of herself in the PBS children's series Sesame Street from 1971 to 2002.

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List of counties in New Jersey

There are 21 counties in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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List of crossings of the Lower Passaic River

The Lower Passaic River in New Jersey is the section of the Passaic River below the Great Falls which flows over the Dundee Dam to the river mouth at Newark Bay in the northeastern part of the state.

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List of NJ Transit bus routes (100–199)

New Jersey Transit operates over seventy interstate bus routes mostly in northern New Jersey running to multiple destinations in New York City. Most routes go to the Port Authority Bus Terminal (PABT) in Midtown Manhattan; the remainder go to the George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal (GWB Bus Terminal) in Washington Heights or run in the streets of Lower Manhattan.

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List of NJ Transit bus routes (700–799)

New Jersey Transit operates the following routes within Passaic and Bergen counties.

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Livin' Joy

Livin' Joy are an Italian and American Eurodance group who released various successful hits during the mid-1990s, including "Dreamer", "Don't Stop Movin'", "Follow the Rules" and “Where Can I Find Love”.

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Lodi, New Jersey

Lodi is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Garfield, New Jersey and Lodi, New Jersey are 1923 Municipal Manager Law.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Luis Alberto Castillo (born August 4, 1983) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL).

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Manville, New Jersey

Manville is a borough in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Mayor

In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

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The median income is the income amount that divides a population into two groups, half having an income above that amount, and half having an income below that amount.

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Michael J. Pollard

Michael J. Pollard (born Michael John Pollack Jr.; May 30, 1939 – November 20, 2019) was an American character actor.

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Mickey Deans

Michael DeVinko, Jr. (September 24, 1934 – July 11, 2003), known as Mickey Deans, was an American musician and entrepreneur.

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Midtown Manhattan

Midtown Manhattan is the central portion of the New York City borough of Manhattan and serves as the city's primary central business district.

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Miles Austin

Miles Jonathon Austin III (born June 30, 1984) is an American football coach and former wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons, primarily with the Dallas Cowboys.

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Mitt Romney

Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is an American politician, businessman, and lawyer, and the junior United States senator from Utah since 2019.

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Municipal clerk

A clerk (pronounced "clark" /klɑːk/ in British and Australian English) is a senior official of many municipal governments in the English-speaking world.

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Municipal corporation

Municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs.

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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 finance information in the United States.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, sometimes called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans, are the Indigenous peoples native to portions of the land that the United States is located on.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state situated within both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.

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The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs is a governmental agency of the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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New Jersey Department of Education

The New Jersey Department of Education (NJ DOE) administers state and federal aid programs affecting more than 1.4 million public and non-public elementary and secondary school children in the state of New Jersey.

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New Jersey Department of Health

The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) is a governmental agency of the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development

The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development is a governmental agency of the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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New Jersey Department of Transportation

The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) is the agency responsible for transportation issues and policy in New Jersey, including maintaining and operating the state's highway and public road system, planning and developing transportation policy, and assisting with rail, freight, and intermodal transportation issues.

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New Jersey General Assembly

The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature.

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New Jersey Legislature

The New Jersey Legislature is the legislative branch of the government of the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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New Jersey Redistricting Commission

The New Jersey Redistricting Commission is a constitutional body of the government of New Jersey tasked with redrawing the state's Congressional election districts after each decade's census.

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The New Jersey Schools Development Authority (commonly referred to as NJSDA or SDA) is the State agency responsible for fully funding and managing the new construction, modernization and renovation of school facilities projects in 31 New Jersey school districts known as the ‘SDA Districts’.

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New Jersey Turnpike Authority

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) is a state agency responsible for maintaining the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway, which are two toll roads in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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New Jersey's 34th legislative district

New Jersey's 34th legislative district is one of 40 districts that make up the map for the New Jersey Legislature.

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New York Giants

The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area.

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New York Jets

The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area.

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New York Penn Station

Pennsylvania Station (also known as New York Penn Station or simply Penn Station) is the main intercity railroad station in New York City and the busiest transportation facility in the Western Hemisphere, serving more than 600,000 passengers per weekday.

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NJ Transit

New Jersey Transit Corporation, branded as NJ Transit or NJTransit and often shortened to NJT, is a state-owned public transportation system that serves the U.S. state of New Jersey and portions of the states of New York and Pennsylvania.

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NJ.com

NJ.com is a digital news content provider and website in New Jersey owned by Advance Publications.

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Non-partisan democracy

Nonpartisan democracy (also no-party democracy) is a system of representative government or organization such that universal and periodic elections take place without reference to political parties.

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North Macedonia

North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe.

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Otto Huber

Otto Huber (March 12, 1914 – April 9, 1989) was a Major League Baseball player.

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Outfielder

An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Passaic County, New Jersey

Passaic County is a county in the U.S. state of New Jersey that is part of the New York metropolitan area.

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Passaic River

The Passaic River is a river, approximately long, in Northern New Jersey.

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Passaic, New Jersey

Passaic is a city in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Garfield, New Jersey and Passaic, New Jersey are 1873 establishments in New Jersey, cities in New Jersey and Populated places established in 1873.

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Paul L. Troast

Paul Lyman Troast (November 19, 1894 – July 21, 1972) was an American building contractor from Passaic, New Jersey, and chairman of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority during its construction.

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Per capita income

Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.

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Peter C. Eagler

Peter C. Eagler (November 23, 1954 – May 11, 2024) was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey, who represented the 34th legislative district in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2002 to 2006.

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Plauderville station

Plauderville is a NJ Transit train station located in Garfield, New Jersey, United States, served by the Bergen County Line.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area.

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Port Authority Bus Terminal

The Port Authority Bus Terminal (colloquially known as the Port Authority and by its acronym PABT) is a bus terminal located in Manhattan in New York City.

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Poverty threshold

The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.

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Pre-kindergarten

Pre-kindergarten (also called Pre-K or PK) is a voluntary classroom-based preschool program for children below the age of five in the United States, Canada, Turkey and Greece (when kindergarten starts).

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President of the United States

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Race and ethnicity in the United States census

In the United States census, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) define a set of self-identified categories of race and ethnicity chosen by residents, with which they most closely identify.

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Real and nominal value

In economics, nominal value refers to value measured in terms of absolute money amounts, whereas real value is considered and measured against the actual goods or services for which it can be exchanged at a given time.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also known as the GOP (Grand Old Party), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Richard F. Visotcky

Richard F. Visotcky (October 3, 1929 – November 2, 2002) was an American Democratic Party politician who served as mayor of Garfield, New Jersey for six terms was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly.

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Road bicycle racing

Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads.

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Robert McG. Thomas Jr.

Robert McGill Thomas Jr. (May 9, 1939 – January 6, 2000) was an American journalist.

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Rockford Peaches

The Rockford Peaches were a women's professional baseball team who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

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Russian Orthodox Church

The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC; Russkaya pravoslavnaya tserkov', abbreviated as РПЦ), alternatively legally known as the Moscow Patriarchate (Moskovskiy patriarkhat), is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Christian church.

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Rutgers University

Rutgers University, officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey.

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Saddle Brook, New Jersey

Saddle Brook is a township in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Saddle River (Passaic River tributary)

The Saddle River flows south through much of Bergen County, New Jersey.

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San Diego Chargers

The San Diego Chargers were a professional American football team in the National Football League (NFL).

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Secaucus Junction

Secaucus Junction (signed as Secaucus) is an intermodal transit hub served by New Jersey Transit (NJ Transit) and Metro-North Railroad in Secaucus, New Jersey.

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Secretary of State of New Jersey

The secretary of state of New Jersey oversees the Department of State, which is one of the original state offices.

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Sesame Street

Sesame Street is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry.

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South Hackensack, New Jersey

South Hackensack is a township in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Star in the Night

Star in the Night is a 1945 American short drama film directed by Don Siegel and starring J. Carrol Naish, Donald Woods and Rosina Galli.

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Student–teacher ratio

Student–teacher ratio or student–faculty ratio is the number of students who attend a school or university divided by the number of teachers in the institution.

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Superfund

Superfund is a United States federal environmental remediation program established by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA).

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Supreme Court of New Jersey

The Supreme Court of New Jersey is the highest court in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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The Boston Globe

The Boston Globe, also known locally as the Globe, is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Record (North Jersey)

The Record (also called The North Jersey Record, The Bergen Record, The Sunday Record (Sunday edition) and formerly The Bergen Evening Record) is a newspaper in New Jersey, United States.

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The Victoria Advocate

The Victoria Advocate is a daily newspaper independently published in Victoria, Texas.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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Thomas J. Duch

Thomas J. Duch (born September 3, 1956) is an American public servant and Democratic Party politician from Bergen County, New Jersey.

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Tippy Larkin

Tippy Larkin (November 11, 1917 – December 10, 1991), born Antonio Pilliteri, was an American boxer from New Jersey who took the world light-welterweight boxing championship on April 29, 1946, in a twelve-round unanimous decision against Willie Joyce in Boston.

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Tony Aless

Anthony Alessandrini, better known by his stage name Tony Aless (August 28, 1921 – January 11, 1988) was an American jazz pianist.

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Track and field

Athletics (or track and field in the United States) is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills.

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Twelfth grade

Twelfth grade (also known as 12th grade, grade 12, senior year, or class 12) is the twelfth year of formal or compulsory education.

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U.S. Route 46

U.S. Route 46 (US 46) is an east–west U.S. Highway completely within the state of New Jersey, running for, making it the shortest signed, non-spur U.S. Highway.

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U.S. state

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50.

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Ukrainian Americans

Ukrainian Americans (Ukrayins'ki amerykantsi) are Americans who are of Ukrainian ancestry.

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United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.

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United States Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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United States Government Publishing Office

The United States Government Publishing Office (USGPO or GPO), formerly the United States Government Printing Office, is an agency of the legislative branch of the United States Federal government.

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United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee

The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) and the National Paralympic Committee for the United States.

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United States Postal Service

The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, its insular areas, and its associated states.

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USA Today

USA Today (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company.

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Volunteer fire department

A volunteer fire department (VFD) is a fire department of volunteers who perform fire suppression and other related emergency services for a local jurisdiction.

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Wallington, New Jersey

Wallington is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Wayne Chrebet

Wayne Chrebet (born August 14, 1973) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for 11 seasons with the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL) from 1995 to 2005.

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WFAN (AM)

WFAN (660 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to New York, New York, carrying a sports radio format known as "Sports Radio 66 AM and 101.9 FM" or "The Fan".

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ZIP Code

A ZIP Code (an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan) is a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS).

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1923 Municipal Manager Law

The 1923 Municipal Manager Law was the last type of reformed municipal government the State of New Jersey introduced in the progressive era.

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2000 United States census

The 2000 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2 percent over the 248,709,873 people enumerated during the 1990 census.

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2004 United States presidential election in New Jersey

The 2004 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 2, 2004, and was part of the 2004 United States presidential election.

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2008 United States presidential election in New Jersey

The 2008 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election.

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2009 New Jersey gubernatorial election

The 2009 New Jersey gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 2009.

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2010 United States census

The 2010 United States census was the 23rd United States census.

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2012 United States presidential election in New Jersey

The 2012 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated.

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2013 New Jersey gubernatorial election

The 2013 New Jersey gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 2013, to elect the governor of New Jersey.

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2016 Summer Paralympics

The 2016 Summer Paralympics, the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.

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2016 United States presidential election in New Jersey

The 2016 United States presidential election in New Jersey was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated.

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2020 United States census

The 2020 United States census was the 24th decennial United States census.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield,_New_Jersey

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