Borough Council Regular Meeting Minutes for February 24, 2021, Borough of Alpine. Accessed May 3, 2022. "WHEREAS, John Halbreich was elected to the Alpine Borough Council serving as Council Person with a term expiring on December 31, 2022; and... WHEREAS, Councilman John Halbreich, to our regret has submitted a letter of resignation effective February 1, 2021 thereto creating a vacancy on Council... NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Scott Bosworth be and hereby is appointed to fill the vacancy of the seat previously held by John Halbreich which term expires December 31, 2022"
Harper, Gordon; Jain, Sachin H.; and Pories, Susan. The Soul of a Doctor: Harvard Medical Students Face Life and Death, p. 238. Algonquin Books, 2012. ISBN9781616202279. Accessed August 23, 2014. "Sachin was born in New York in 1980 to naturalized parents from India who live in Alpine, NJ. Sachin plans to pursue a career as a clinician, scholar, and activist dedicated to improving access to quality health care."
Brennan, Morgan. "America's Most Expensive ZIP Codes", Forbes, October 12, 2011. Accessed June 25, 2012. "It comes in behind two ZIP Codes that regularly grace the top spots of our list: Alpine, N.J., 07620, at No. 1, and Atherton, Calif., 94027, at No. 2. Alpine is an exclusive New York City suburb where the median home price is $4,295,000, street addresses are regularly scrambled on Google and the residents include celebrities like Stevie Wonder and Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs."
Staff. "The Most Expensive Home In New Jersey", Forbes, February 14, 2015. Accessed April 24, 2016. "The tower, formally known as Rio Vista, was built in 1910 by millionaire sugar importer Manuel Rionda."
Biography, Congressman Josh Gottheimer. Accessed January 3, 2019. "Josh now lives in Wyckoff, New Jersey with Marla, his wife who was a federal prosecutor, and their two young children, Ellie and Ben."
Marcus, Samantha. "These are the towns with the highest property taxes in each of N.J.’s 21 counties", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, April 22, 2019. Accessed November 5, 2019. "The average property tax bill in New Jersey was $8,767 last year. But there can be big swings from town to town and county to county.... The average property tax bill in Alpine Borough was $21,299 in 2018, the highest in Bergen County."
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....33. Alpine Borough; Enrollment: 160; Grades: K-8; County: Bergen; Town population: 1,849"
Johnson, Brent. "How N.J. native Conway got Trump over the finish line", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, November 9, 2016. Accessed November 9, 2016. "Conway, who grew up in the Atco section of Waterford Township in Camden County, was hired in August, at a time when Trump was suffering from gaffes and drooping poll numbers.... Conway, her husband, and her four children now live in the northern part of the state, in Alpine in Bergen County."
History, Palisades Interstate Park Commission. Accessed August 26, 2015. "Charles Nordhoff, an author and newspaper editor, built an estate nearby (it's said that it was Mrs. Nordhoff who first proposed the name 'Alpine' for the area), as did J. Cleveland Cady, the architect who designed Nordhoff's home (and who also designed the beautiful stone Community Church at the top of Closter Dock Road, still in use)."
Staff. "Gray Crag"Archived January 11, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Cliff Notes, May–June 2010, Palisades Interstate Park Commission. Accessed January 11, 2015. "It was in 1918 that John Ringling (that Ringing) and his wife Mable (née Burton) bought two big properties here and merged them into the hundred-acre estate they named Gray Crag."
Cattafi, Kristie. "Democrats pick Bergenfield councilman to fill vacancy on Bergen County commissioners board", The Record, March 13, 2023. Accessed March 16, 2023. "A Democratic councilman from Bergenfield will be sworn in as a Bergen County commissioner Wednesday night, filling a vacancy on the governing body for almost 1 million residents. Rafael Marte will serve until Dec. 31, taking on the unexpired term left by former Commissioner Ramon Hache, a Democrat who resigned last week to lead the Ridgewood YMCA as its chief executive officer."
Zwain, Heather. "Alpine's Paul Rosenberg is named CEO of Def Jam Recordings", The Record, August 3, 2017. Accessed March 23, 2021. "Paul Rosenberg, record label executive who is renowned for the careers of artists including Eminem, 50 Cent and D12, among others, has been named Chief Executive Officer of Def Jam Recordings, Jan. 1. Rosenberg, who lives in Alpine, is the founder and CEO of Goliath Artists Inc., a New York-based management firm that handles the careers of global superstar Eminem, Danny Brown and others."
McCarron, Anthony. "Yankees will be 'in early' on Cliff Lee, source says, will face competition from Angels and Rangers", New York Daily News, November 6, 2010. Accessed September 5, 2017. "Beyond his contract, Sabathia is likely to figure into the Yankees' pursuit of Lee. The two are close friends from their days together in the Indians' organization and Lee has been a guest at Sabathia's Alpine, N.J., home. Sabathia's wife, Amber, scouted out a rental house for the Lee family when it appeared the Yankees would trade for the ex-Phillie last July."
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Rodrick, Stephen. "Gary Sheffield is the Yankees' MVP. Just ask him.", New York (magazine), August 7, 2005. Accessed December 24, 2011. "'Why shouldn't I tell the truth?' asks Gary Sheffield from the living room of his Alpine, New Jersey, home. The Yankees' right-fielder turns toward the cook, the nanny, the publicist, the wife, and the car detailer who occupy his vast kitchen."
Strauss, Robert. "A Nation Challenged; A Tower in Alpine Keeps New York TV On the Air Now", The New York Times, October 14, 2001. Accessed August 23, 2014. "While the Alpine Tower has been there for 74 years -- it was built in 1937 by Edwin Howard Armstrong, considered the leading force in FM broadcasting -- it has long been disdained as an ugly resident in the upscale, mansion-strewn town of Alpine at the far northeast corner of the state."
Kamin, Arthur Z. "State Becomes a Part of Celebrating Marconi's Achievements", The New York Times, October 23, 1994. Accessed December 24, 2011. "Mrs. Braga, who has lived in Alpine 40 years, said the Marconi International Fellowship Council had an endowment of about $3 million and her goal was to raise it to $4 million."
Cahillane, Kevin. "Worth Noting; White Sox Fans? Say It Ain't So", The New York Times, September 25, 2005. Accessed December 9, 2007. "Mr. Einhorn -- who was born and raised in Paterson and lives in Alpine -- is the flamboyant yin to the steely yang of the principal owner, Jerry Reinsdorf."
Associated Press. "O'Kelly Isley", The New York Times, April 3, 1986. Accessed December 24, 2011. "He was 48 years old and lived in Alpine. Born Dec. 25, 1937, Mr. Isley grew up in Cincinnati and began his musical career singing gospel with his brothers, who performed with their mother accompanying on piano."
Ogunnaike, Lola. "Big House Didn't Break Lil' Kim, Rap Diva", The New York Times, August 31, 2006. Accessed December 24, 2011. "Alpine, N.J., Aug. 29 — With several million albums sold, a Grammy and high-profile friends in music, fashion and sports, the glam-girl rapper Lil' Kim was not the typical inmate. So it came as little surprise when her fellow inmates treated her less like a prisoner and more like a princess on her first night in jail last September. 'They threw me this big party,' she said earlier this week at her rambling home in this affluent Bergen County town."
Strauss, Robert. "So Jersey, He Deserves His Own Rest Area", The New York Times, August 7, 2005. Accessed September 5, 2017. "Mr. Piscopo's father, also named Joe, was a lawyer and the family mostly lived in Essex County, the younger Joe graduating from West Essex High School in North Caldwell. With his Saturday Night Live fame, he moved to one of the richest corners of New Jersey, Alpine, persuading Mr. Murphy to join him there in that wealthy enclave by the Palisades."
Rondinaro, Gene. "If You're Thinking of Living in Alpine", The New York Times, October 27, 1985. Accessed December 24, 2011. "Stevie Wonder, the songwriter and singer, and Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo, the comedians, are but a few of its more widely known personalities."
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Hevesi, Dennis. "Henry Clay Frick II, 87, Physician And President of Frick Collection", The New York Times, February 15, 2007. Accessed December 24, 2011. "Henry Clay Frick II, a physician, professor of medicine and former president of the board of the Frick Collection, the art museum in his family's stately former home on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, died on Friday at his home in Alpine, N.J. He was 87."
Friendly, David T. "The Eddie Murphy Script Derby: Winner Takes All", Los Angeles Times, May 19, 1985. Accessed September 5, 2017. "On a recent Sunday morning, Eddie Murphy glanced out the living room window of his Alpine, N.J., home and noticed a neighbor standing in the front yard. Under his arm the man carried a script, a sight that made Murphy take a deep breath as he opened the front door."
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Top Most Expensive U.S. Zip Codes in 2019, PropertyShark, November 18, 2019. Accessed December 14, 2019. "The Mid-Atlantic’s priciest zip was 07620 in Alpine, NJ, which ranked #53 nationally with a $1,785,000 median sale price. The Bergen County zip was down 20 positions compared to last year as its median contracted 19%."
Biography of Bob Menendez, United States Senate, January 26, 2015. "Menendez, who started his political career in Union City, moved in September from Paramus to one of Harrison's new apartment buildings near the town's PATH station.."
Alpine School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 22, 2017. "The District's students in Grades 9 through 12 can attend Tenafly High School which is the partner school in a sending-receiving relationship. Enrollment is free for students with the cost of their tuition paid by the Alpine School District. Both Alpine and Tenafly continue to be ranked high among top performing schools in the state."
Palmer, Joanne. "Big data is watching you; JCC U talk to focus on the role of googled analysis in social research", The Jewish Standard, February 15, 2018. Accessed June 14, 2020. "Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, who grew up in Alpine, went to high school in Tenafly, where he played on the baseball team, earned an undergraduate degree at Stanford and a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard, worked at Google — and he’s just 35! — and now studies and writes, in outlets including the New York Times, about big data, will be at the Kaplen JCC in Tenafly to explore how big data changes our understanding of the world (and also how it does not)."
Staff. "Alpine Fills Council Vacancy", The Record, February 28, 2012, backed up by the Internet Archive as of February 2, 2015. Accessed September 5, 2017. "Joan Ornstein, the widow of Alpine Councilman Steven Ornstein, will fill his council seat for the remainder of the year, local officials said. The 73-year-old councilman was sworn to a new term on Jan. 1 and died Jan. 28 after a six-year battle with colon cancer."
Alvarado, Monsy. "Alpine to keep sending students to Tenafly", The Record, April 4, 2003, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 11, 2016. Accessed September 5, 2017. "Alpine - The borough's high school students will continue to attend Tenafly High School under a new contract approved by the Board of Education this week."
Gemignani, Joseph. "Tenafly student registration recount lacks parent cooperation", The Record, June 20, 2011, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 19, 2016. Accessed September 5, 2017. "Students from Alpine, which has no high school, may attend Tenafly High under a so-called sending agreement that reimburses Tenafly. When the 2011-12 school budget was adopted, the cost per pupil was put at $14,392, though Trager said that figure has since been increased because Trenton has recalculated the formula to add items like special education."
Staff. "Sunshine Superman: Johnny Damon, 'Sunshine' to his Yankees teammates, calls Alpine home", (201) magazine, 2008, backed up by the Internet Archive as of November 20, 2010. Accessed September 5, 2017. "The Yankees left fielder has been hitting over .300 in what's been a renaissance season in the Bronx. Damon has, meanwhile, also discovered peace – in Alpine, where his wife, Michelle, is about to give birth to the couple's second child."
Gulitti, Tom. "McGuire Open to Rangers", The Record, April 5, 2000, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 7, 2016. Accessed September 6, 2017. "Count Alpine native Pierre McGuire among those who will be keeping a close eye on the reconstruction of the Rangers' management."
Levin, Jay. "Peter Moraites, Assembly speaker derailed by prison", The Record, January 15, 2014, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 4, 2016. Accessed September 6, 2017. "Peter Moraites, a Bergen County Republican who rose to Assembly speaker but whose promising political career ended in 1971 when he went to prison, died Jan. 7. He was 91 and formerly of Alpine."
Staff. "Gray Crag"Archived January 11, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Cliff Notes, May–June 2010, Palisades Interstate Park Commission. Accessed January 11, 2015. "It was in 1918 that John Ringling (that Ringing) and his wife Mable (née Burton) bought two big properties here and merged them into the hundred-acre estate they named Gray Crag."
Miller, John J. "Shepherding a Lamb's Lost Legacy", The Wall Street Journal, August 26, 2009. Accessed December 3, 2013. "Lamb was born in 1892, in Alpine, N.J. His grandfather had founded Lamb Studios, which specialized in stained glass and survives to this day."
