Tagala, Don. "New Jersey borough elects 2nd Filipino-American mayor", ABS-CBN, November 7, 2019. Accessed ay 5, 2022. "Trump-style mudslinging from incumbent Republican Mayor Norman Schmelz did not stop Filipino-American candidate Arvin Amatorio from becoming the next mayor of Bergenfield, New Jersey on Tuesday's election. Democratic council president Arvin Amatorio unseated Schmelz by at least 166 votes, making him the second Filipino-American to win as mayor of Bergenfield borough, home to more than 5,000 Filipinos."
Park, Eunnie. "An original 'Jersey Boy' returns to Bergenfield", The Record, March 31, 2007, copy at Bergenfield HS Alumni. Accessed September 6, 2017. "Before Jersey Boys and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Bob Gaudio was a 15-year-old musical whiz from Bergenfield who had to decide between staying in school and touring with Chuck Berry."
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Harvey, Cornelius Burnham. Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey, p. 11, New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Company, 1900. Accessed September 1, 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."
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Capitani, Cindy. "Happy Birthday To Former Englewood Playboy Bunny Jacklyn Zeman", Englewood Daily Voice, March 6, 2017. Accessed September 6, 2017. "Zeman was born in Englewood on March 6, 1953 and raised in Bergenfield, graduating from Bergenfield High School when she was 15."
Hernandez, Cava. "George Gately : Creador del gato Heathcliff", El Mundo, October 6, 2001. Accessed November 20, 2007. "George Gately Gallagher nació en Queens Village, Nueva York, en 1928, meses antes de que estallase la Gran Depresión. Pero, a todos los efectos, hay que considerarle un habitante de New Jersey, en cuya localidad de Bergenfield es donde transcurrieron su infancia y su adolescencia."
Women's Basketball Signs Four to 2021-2022 Class, Fairleigh Dickinson Knights women's basketball, November 15, 2020. Accessed October 13, 2020. "Expected to join the Knights for the 2021-22 campaign are Ella Fajardo, Allie McGinn, Miranda Elebring, and Maddisyn Mahoney. Fajardo is a guard from Bergenfield, N.J., McGinn is a forward from Staten Island, N.Y., Elebring is a forward from Sweden, and Mahoney is a center from Latham, N.Y."
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About UsArchived April 30, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Bergenfield Special Improvement District. Accessed August 26, 2013.
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."
Fields, Joe. "Ozzie Cadena: (9/26/1924 – 4/9/2008)", JazzTimes, March 2009. Accessed September 6, 2017. "Bob Weinstock, the owner of Prestige, and Ozzie stayed friendly through the years. Weinstock rarely went to the Prestige office in Bergenfield, N.J. He felt his privacy was compromised there."
"Harpist Plays To Notables While in Italy", Ridgewood Herald-News, June 19, 1952. Accessed February 6, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Beatrice Schroeder, concert harpist of Bergenfield, formerly of Ridgewood, left last month by plane for Rome, Italy, to present a recital in Genoa before starting on a vacation tour of France, Switzerland and Italy."
Lustig, Jay. "'Lies,' The Knickerbockers", Institute for Nonprofit News, December 15, 2014. Accessed April 4, 2016. "In 1958, Randell (then still known by his birth name, Billy Crandall) played sax for the Bergenfield-based Royal Teens on their novelty hit, 'Short Shorts.'"
Bloom, Susan. "Growth Stock: Produce Pete explains why Jersey produce beats all.", New Jersey Monthly, March 14, 2011. Accessed September 6, 2017. "The Jersey born and raised fruit-and-vegetable guru affectionately known as Produce Pete is as authentic as his Bergen County roots and the Garden State produce he proudly promotes. Following years of hard work running Napolitano's Produce, a family business in Bergenfield, this affable Jersey guy has become a local celebrity, known for his enthusiastic Saturday-morning segments on NBC's Weekend Today in New York, his role as a print and broadcast spokesman for the A&P family of supermarkets, and his appearances on such shows as The View."
DeVencentis, Philip. "Former councilman tapped to fill vacancy in Bergenfield", The Record, January 18, 2017. Accessed May 22, 2017. "Rafael Marte, a former councilman, returned to public service Tuesday to fill a seat on the Borough Council vacated by Christopher Tully, who recently resigned. The council selected Marte, 53, a Democrat, from a pool of three candidates chosen to fill the post through the end of the year by the borough's Democratic party leaders."
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."
Hanley, Robert. "Four Jersey Teen-agers Kill Themselves in Death Pact", The New York Times, March 12, 1987. Accessed July 14, 2014. "All four, Mr. McClure said at a news conference, were very troubled. The older three had dropped out of Bergenfield High School before graduation, and Lisa Burress had recently been suspended from classes."
Schoemer, Karen. "Sounds Around Town", The New York Times, July 24, 1992. Accessed May 16, 2012. "Bergenfield, from his album Poor Man's Dream"(Philo/ Rounder), is a look at suburban teen-age suicide."
Loos, Ted. "Where Death Shall (or Shall Not) Have Dominion", The New York Times, May 10, 1998. Accessed May 16, 2012. "Mr. Fitzgerald grew up mostly in Bergenfield, N.J. He attended Cooper Union in Manhattan, but at the age of 19, he transferred to the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax."
Rotella, Mark. "Straight Out of Newark", The New York Times, October 2, 2005. Accessed September 6, 2017. "Originally from the Bronx, Mr. Gaudio had, at age 15, written the hit "Who Wears Short Shorts," which he made up while driving with friends along the main drag in Bergenfield."
Miller, Jonathan. "He Fought the Law. They Both Won.", The New York Times, January 22, 2006. Accessed September 6, 2017. "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."
Martin, Douglas. "F. J. Thompson, 69, Longtime P.O.W., Dies", The New York Times, July 18, 2002. Accessed May 16, 2012. "Floyd James Thompson was born in Bergenfield, N.J., on July 8, 1933, the son of a bus driver. He worked in a grocery store and graduated from Bergenfield High School in 1951."
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Pizarro, Max. "Rivas and Soriano champion Corzine and Christie respectively in Bergenfield", PolitickerNJ, July 12, 2009. Accessed September 6, 2017. "'I think people see him as an everyday man who is upset about the situation we are facing in New Jersey,' the reverend said today as he made the rounds with Christie from one vendor's booth to the next in a town dubbed Bergen's little Manila, home to 15,000 Filipino-Americans."
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.."
Bergenfield Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Bergenfield Public School District. Accessed July 8, 2022. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through twelve in the Bergenfield School District. Composition: The Bergenfield School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Borough of Bergenfield."
Rosen, Jane Calem. "Local rabbi new head of interfaith center", New Jersey Jewish Standard, August 9, 2007. Accessed September 6, 2017. "As commutes go, his daily trip to and from his home in Bergenfield to his job in Fairfield, Conn. isn't too bad, said Rabbi Dr. Eugene Korn, the new executive director of the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding at Sacred Heart University."
Katz, Bobbie. "Harry Basil: Gee, That's Funny!", Vegas Insider Daily, February 23, 2015. Accessed March 18, 2016. "Originally from Bergenfield, New Jersey, as a youngster, he turned his backyard into a film studio and shot dozens of super 8 action and horror films."
O'Brien, Rebecca. "Bergenfield family's 'Extreme Makeover' dream come true turns into a burden", The Record, September 28, 2012, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 16, 2016. Accessed September 6, 2017. "In 2002, 141 New Bridge was assessed at $117,300. Last year, it was assessed at $443,800 — well above Bergenfield's average home value. Today, the home is listed for $449,000. The family paid $6,488 in taxes in 2007 and over $13,000 in 2011, records show. The real estate listing puts 2012 taxes at more than $15,000."
Hertzel, Bob. "Eufemia Playing for Purest Motives", The Record, March 2, 1995, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 7, 2016. Accessed September 6, 2017. "Frank Eufemia once was a major league pitcher. Today the right-hander from Bergenfield becomes a replacement pitcher."
"Caligula: Special 20th Anniversary - Cast and Crew of Caligula", Penthouse, backed up by the Internet Archive as of January 24, 2001. Accessed September 6, 2017. "Coming from a conventional background--he was born in Brooklyn, raised in Bergenfield, New Jersey, and educated at Blair Academy--Guccione became interested in less than conventional activities after he left school."
Bercovici, Jeff. "Mr. G, where might you be? Nary a peep on Penthouse publisher's eviction", Media Life August 11, 2003, backed up by the Internet Archive as of April 7, 2016. Accessed September 6, 2017. "Guccione, who is originally from Bergenfield, N.J., bought his 45-room, 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m2) mansion back in Penthouse's 1970s heyday. Located on East 67th Street between Central Park and Madison Avenue, its décor includes a swimming pool modeled on a Roman bath and a collection of paintings by the likes of Picasso and Matisse."
Yorio, Kara. "My Hometown: North Jersey's 'Produce Pete' Napolitano", The Record, September 1, 2013, backed up by the Internet Archive as of April 24, 2016. Accessed September 6, 2017. "Napolitano carried that lesson and many others through his life as a father, television personality and businessman. He wanted to make things better for his children. He and his wife lived in Bergenfield from 1969 to 1999 so his two children would have a consistency he lacked."
