School District of the Chathams District Policy 0110 - Identification, School District of the Chathams. Accessed July 15, 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 Chatham School District. Composition: The School District of the Chathams is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Chatham Borough and Chatham Township in the County of Morris."
About the Library, Library of The Chathams. Accessed March 21, 2012.
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Joint Municipal Court, Township of Chatham. Accessed November 21, 2016. "The Joint Municipal Court serves five towns: Borough of Madison, Borough of Chatham, Township of Chatham, Township of Harding, and the Township of Morris."
Havsy, Jane. "Chatham teen to represent U.S. in CONCACAF U-17 championship", Daily Record, April 22, 2019. Accessed October 1, 2019. "John Tolkin of Chatham has been called in to the U.S. Soccer under-17 national team ahead of the CONCACAF U-17 Championship at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida."
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Accessed March 21, 2012. "The Great Swamp NWR is located in Morris County, New Jersey, about 26 miles west of Manhattan's Times Square. The refuge was established by an act of Congress on November 3, 1960. It consists of 7,768 acres of varied habitats and over the years, the refuge has become a resting and feeding area for more than 244 species of birds."
The Passaic River, Great Swamp Watershed Association. Accessed March 23, 2020. "The upper section of the River, after leaving the gorge, flows north-west between Long Hill Township and the Watchung Mountains, skirting the lower edge of the Great Swamp Watershed. It passes through Long Hill Township, Berkeley Heights, and Summit before passing under Route 124 at the border of Chatham Borough and Millburn."
Ann F. Grossi, Esq., Office of the Morris County Clerk. Accessed June 1, 2022.
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Board of County Commissioners, Morris County, New Jersey. Accessed June 1, 2022. "Morris County is governed by a seven-member Board of County Commissioners, who serve three-year terms."
Tayfun Selen, Morris County, New Jersey. Accessed June 1, 2022.
John Krickus, Morris County, New Jersey. Accessed June 1, 2022.
Douglas R. Cabana, Morris County, New Jersey. Accessed June 1, 2022.
Lent, James. "From a little yellow house in Chatham 45 years ago, Weichert Realtors was born", Chatham Courier, September 18, 2014. Accessed February 14, 2023. "The Chatham office is still run out of the same little yellow building Weichert opened in 1969 but Weichert Realtors itself has expanded to many of the 50 United States and Canada. With hundreds of sales offices and thousands of sales representatives, Weichert has become one of the country’s largest Realtors."
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Staff. "NEW JERSEY LOSES OLDEST PAPER", The Palm Beach Post, January 3, 1992. Accessed March 21, 2012. "The Daily Journal, the state's oldest newspaper, will close Friday after losing money for two years. Publisher Richard J. Vezza wouldn't say how much money the 212-year-old newspaper had lost. Most of its 84 employees will be laid off."
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Bruce, Edna. "Along the Way", The Chatham Press, August 26, 1960. Accessed January 27, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Constance J. McNeely of 16 N. Hillside Avenue has been awarded one of the 202 freshman competitive scholarships at the University of Pennsylvania. A recent Chatham High School graduate, Miss McNeely will enter the College of Liberal Arts for Women next month."
Staff. "Fishawack Festival held in downtown Chatham on June 8", Independent Press, June 6, 2013. Accessed July 27, 2015. "Fishawack was the Lenni Lenape Indian name for the Passaic River and Chatham was located at the narrowest part making it the Crossing of the Fishawack in the Valley of the Great Watchung, according to John T. Cunningham's book, Chatham at the Crossing of the Fishawack... In 1971, a Chamber of Commerce sidewalk sale day, called Fishawack Day, was held. Thus began an event, which in time was adopted by Fishawack Inc., the governing body of volunteers who turned it into a big biennial town-wide Festival."
Walsh, Jeremy. "Chatham High School celebrates past, present with centennial and graduation celebration", The Star-Ledger, June 26, 2011, updated March 31, 2019. Accessed January 27, 2022. "The year 1911 was a time of auspicious beginnings.... And in the Chathams, six teens, their youth preserved today in a faded photograph, became the first class to graduate from the newly accredited Chatham High School.... The school building, then only six months old, is now Chatham Borough Hall."
Goldman, Jeff. "Which N.J. schools were named to national 'Blue Ribbon' list?", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, October 2, 2014. Accessed December 31, 2014. "Eleven New Jersey schools have been named to the annual National Blue Ribbon list, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday."
Ivers, Marianne. "Chatham revitalizing sisterhood relationship with Esternay", Independent Press, August 9, 2010. Accessed March 21, 2012. "Time after time Chatham residents pass the sign at the entrance to the borough, announcing Esternay as Chatham's sister town. Yet there has been little contact with the French community during the past 10 years — until just recently."
Fowler, Linda. "From the archives: Ben Bailey in his Cash Cab, circa 2009", Inside Jersey, December 9, 2017. Accessed July 30, 2019. "Bailey grew up in Chatham Borough ('yeah, the rough neighborhood'), where his dad was an executive for Chase Manhattan Bank and his mom worked for a time in the career center at Drew University."
Ivers, Marianne. "Chatham Borough Mayor Bruce Harris honored at Historical Society event", The Independent Press, April 13, 2015. Accessed February 12, 2017. "When Harris and his partner Marc Boisclair moved to New Jersey in 1981, they chose Chatham Borough 'because of its small town character and sense of community', Harris said... From 2004 to 2012 Harris served on the Chatham Borough Council. He was elected mayor in January 2012."
Berman, Zach. "A man of his words: Play-by-play is Bob Papa's work, love", The Star-Ledger, January 2, 2011. Accessed March 21, 2012. "There's one subtle staple in every Bob Papa broadcast.... In the opening segment, with Jen and their three sons watching and waiting in their Chatham home, Papa delivered in the most understated of ways."
Belluscio, Frank. "No Surprise: The State Wants Only K-12 Districts"Archived January 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, School Leader, New Jersey School Boards Association, January / February 2009. Accessed September 27, 2014. "Since 1982, only four locally initiated regionalization proposals have succeeded:... School District of the Chathams (1986)—combining of the K-12 Chatham borough school district with the K-12 Chatham Township district."
Burros, Marian. "Alice Waters: Food Revolutionary", The New York Times, August 4, 1996. Accessed March 21, 2012. "Alice Louise Waters, one of four daughters born in Chatham, N.J., is no longer just a restaurateur. Chez Panisse, which she opened just to entertain her friends, has become a shrine to the new American cooking and a mecca of the culinary world."
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Applebome, Peter. "Our Towns; Making A Molehill Out of a Bump", The New York Times, April 19, 2006. Accessed June 24, 2013. "But it turns out that, inexplicably forgotten as it seems to be, there is plenty of documentation for Chatham's place in history. Here, a century ago this week, it seems, humans created one of the hallmarks of the automotive age: the speed bump."
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"Our Campaigns – Senate 26th Legislative District – History". OurCampaigns.com. Accessed February 19, 2013. Site content indicates election results for Republican Leanna Brown of Chatham Borough in her three wins for State senate, including defeating Democrat Drew Britcher by 34,063 to 9,514 votes for her third Senate term in 1991.
Joint Municipal Court, Borough of Madison. Accessed November 21, 2016. The Joint Municipal Court serves 5 towns: Borough of Madison, Borough of Chatham, Township of Chatham, Township of Harding, and the Township of Morris."
Townsend, Cara. "Trailblazer Leanna Brown Honored by Chatham GOP", TheAlternativePress.com, February 10, 2013, Accessed February 18, 2013. "Longtime Chatham resident Leanna Brown had many firsts in politics. She was the first woman to serve on the Borough Council, the first woman to win a seat in the New Jersey Assembly, and the first woman elected to the State Senate."
Belluscio, Frank. "No Surprise: The State Wants Only K-12 Districts"Archived January 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, School Leader, New Jersey School Boards Association, January / February 2009. Accessed September 27, 2014. "Since 1982, only four locally initiated regionalization proposals have succeeded:... School District of the Chathams (1986)—combining of the K-12 Chatham borough school district with the K-12 Chatham Township district."
Ben Bailey profileArchived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Zanies Comedy Night Club, accessed March 27, 2013. "Ben Bailey is a young comedian on the rise. In the fall of 1992, Ben left his home in Chatham, New Jersey and flew to Los Angeles with only forty dollars and a backpack full of clothes."
Cichowski, John. "Morris Voters Reelect 3 Gop Legislators", The Record, November 6, 1991. Accessed November 18, 2008. "Brown of Chatham Borough led Democrat Drew Britcher of Parsippany-Troy Hills, 27,381 to 7,563 to win her third term."
"Montgomery Ward: The World's First Mail-Order Business", backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 16, 2008. Accessed March 6, 2013. "Aaron Montgomery Ward was born on February 17, 1844, in Chatham, New Jersey, to a family whose forebears had served as officers in the French and Indian War as well as in the American Revolution."
Ben Bailey profileArchived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Zanies Comedy Night Club, accessed March 27, 2013. "Ben Bailey is a young comedian on the rise. In the fall of 1992, Ben left his home in Chatham, New Jersey and flew to Los Angeles with only forty dollars and a backpack full of clothes."
