Harvey, Cornelius Burnham. Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey, p. 11, New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Company, 1900. Accessed September 2, 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."
Fenton, Jim. "", The Enterprise, November 15, 2012. Accessed May 12, 2016. "Paul Melicharek, of Glen Rock, N.J., may not have known much about the area, but he was certainly familiar with the Bears' football program."
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About, Glen Rock Gurudwara. Accessed August 29, 2017.
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Tryforos, Sue. "Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes". Glen Rock Historical & Preservation Society. Retrieved July 13, 2019. "The original plan by the town fathers was to call the borough South Ridgewood but on second thought they were concerned that this could cause confusion with our neighbor so Monsieur Viel offered his alternative, which was immediately accepted."
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Mayor & Council, Borough of Glen Rock. Accessed June 4, 2024. "Your governing body, the Mayor and Council, consists of a mayor and six council members elected at large. Two council members are elected each year for three-year terms and the Mayor is elected for four years. The Mayor is the Chief Executive Officer for the Borough. Glen Rock operates under the Mayor/Council form of government with the annual appointment of a full time professional borough administrator who is the Chief Administrative Officer of the Borough, responsible to the Mayor and Council."
Administration, Borough of Glen Rock. Accessed June 4, 2024.
Borough Departments, Borough of Glen Rock. Accessed September 1, 2021. "Glen Rock operates under the Mayor/Council form of government with the annual appointment of a full time professional borough administrator who is the Chief Administrative Officer of the Borough, responsible to the Mayor and Council."
Board of Education, Glen Rock Public Schools. Accessed March 25, 2020. "The Glen Rock Board of Education is comprisedof a 9-member board of trustees, the chief school administrator and the board secretary/district business administrator."
About GR District, Glen Rock Public Schools. Accessed August 31, 2021. "Today, Glen Rock Public Schools serve 2,562 students in grades Pre-K through 12 in four elementary schools - Richard E. Byrd, Central, Clara E. Coleman and Alexander Hamilton - plus Glen Rock Middle School and Glen Rock High School."
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."
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Staff. "Final Curtain", The Irish Echo, May 6, 2003. Accessed August 29, 2017. "Actress Pauline Flanagan, one of the pillars of New York's Irish Repertory Theatre and 2001 winner of London's coveted Laurence Olivier Award, died in the early hours of last Saturday morning, after having suffered a massive stroke on June 23... It was, in fact, in the midst of one of these sojourns, guest-starring in playwright Tom Stoppard's 'Indian Ink' at the Missouri Repertory Theatre in Kansas City, that the actress became sufficiently ill that she had to withdraw from the play a week before its closing performance and return to her home in Glen Rock, N.J., only a few weeks ago."
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Odeven, Ed. "Latynina watching Phelps' achievements with interest", The Japan Times, July 31, 2012. Accessed February 7, 2024. "In the Japanese Swimming Federation's English media guide, synchronized swimmer Mariko Sakai's birthplace is listed as New Jerger; actually, it's Glen Rock, New Jersey."
Staff. "Uncle Floyd - His TV Program Gathers a Cult - It's So Bad, It's Good", The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 26, 1984. Accessed December 10, 2014. "He studied piano as a child, and like his brothers - Jimmy, an arranger for the vocalist Phoebe Snow, and Larry, for years a saxophonist for Frankie Valli - began making a living at music soon after his graduation in 1969 from Glen Rock High School in Bergen County."
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Ludlow, Jean . "Julia Meade Pays Nostalgic Visit To Ridgewood", Ridgewood Herald-News, May 8, 1969. Accessed October 24, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Julia Meade came home last Wednesday. Back in 1944, she was a senior at Ridgewood High.... Meade was born Julia Meade Kunze, the daughter of Adam and Caroline Kunze. For years she lived at 440 Doremus Ave., Glen Rock, and the family has also lived in Ho-Ho-Kus and Allendale."
Deshpande, Nirmal. "Stekler film debuts on PBS", Glen Rock Gazette, July 30, 2004. Accessed November 17, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Glen Rock native Paul Stekler, the head of the film program at the University of Texas at Austin, has since won two George Foster Peabody Awards and three Emmy Awards for his political film documentaries."
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Raychaudhuri, Disha. "The wealthiest towns in N.J., ranked", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, June 7, 2019. Accessed November 4, 2019. "The median household income in N.J. is $76,475, recent Census data shows.... A note about the data: The data comes from 2013-2017 American Community Survey conducted by U.S. Census Bureau. Smaller towns with less than 10,000 residents were excluded from the list.... 6. Glen Rock, Bergen County Median income: $162,443"
Rundquist, Jeanette. "15 N.J. schools named as national 'Blue Ribbon' winners", The Star-Ledger, September 24, 2013. Accessed September 25, 2013. "Five Catholic schools, six county vocational-technical schools and a Yeshiva are among the list of honored schools in New Jersey. Also named as 2013 Blue Ribbon Schools were Dover, Harrison and Wildwood high schools."
Shanes, Alexis. "Empty Glen Rock council seat filled as leadership shifts to Democrats", The Record, January 10, 2020. Accessed March 25, 2020. "An all-Democrat borough council on Wednesday filled the seat Kristine Morieko vacated when she became mayor. Caroline Unzaga will serve in the empty seat for one year, Morieko said.... The Bergen County Democratic Committee was responsible for naming up to three candidates for the seat, which will be up for reelection in 2021."
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."
Fox, Ron. "Goalie Keith Cardona must 'save' his best attempt for later", Glen Rock Gazette, August 6, 2010. Accessed November 13, 2016. "It's difficult to believe that Parade Magazine All-American goalkeeper Keith Cardona once was a center-back. That was several years ago when the Glen Rock teen played for the Shooting Stars locally, and he felt content at that position.... Too bad Cardona won't be doing so for the Glen Rock High School team, even though he'll be a senior there next month."
Katzban, Nicholas. "Opioid crisis worse than crack epidemic, Glen Rock chief says", The Record, December 13, 2017. Accessed October 3, 2018. "Grewal, a Glen Rock resident, cited reporting by the New York Times that said while drug-related deaths remained relatively flat nationwide at around 10,000 per year in the '80s and '90s, that number jumped to about 55,000 in 2015, and is expected to hit 64,000 by year's end."
Ervolino, Bill. "Valerie Harper opens up about cancer fight in new memoir ", The Record, January 15, 2013. Accessed November 3, 2014. "But Harper, who was born in Suffern, N.Y., spent her early years in South Orange, Jersey City and Glen Rock — where her sister still lives and where, Harper insists, The Record was on the table every day.'"
Klapisch, Bob. "Klapisch: Nobody beats The Woj", The Record, March 9, 2017. Accessed October 2, 2019. "But good luck trying to convince Wojnarowski he’s a star. Despite 1.5 million followers on Twitter, he still thinks of himself as a news-gathering grunt, happy to be living with his family in Glen Rock. Most of Wojnarowski’s neighbors remember him from The Record, where he won numerous awards as a general sports columnist from 1996-2006."
Elder, Janet. "If You're Thinking of Living in Glen Rock", The New York Times, May 5, 1985. Accessed October 26, 2016. "Glen Rock is named for a 570-ton boulder, believed to have been deposited by a glacier, that stands at the northern end [sic] of Rock Road, the town's main street. Called Pamackapuka, or Stone from Heaven, by the Delaware Indians, it served as a base for Indian signal fires and later as a trail marker for colonists."
Cahillane, Kevin. "Jersey Footlights; Oliver Stone Filming In Glen Rock", The New York Times, October 30, 2005. Accessed October 3, 2018. "Oliver Stone, who has directed political powder kegs like Born on the Fourth of July,Platoon and J.F.K., has started shooting in Glen Rock for an as-yet-untitled movie about the Sept. 11 attacks. Based on the true account of two Port Authority police officers who were rescued from the rubble of the World Trade Center, the film stars Nicolas Cage and is expected to be the first major studio release to focus on the attacks. While Lower Manhattan will be the center of the film, Glen Rock, a town of just over 11,000 people in Bergen County, had 11 residents who died in the World Trade Center."
Green, Penelope. "Documenting Accumulation and Its Discontents",The New York Times, November 3, 2010. Accessed June 11, 2023. "When Corinne May Botz was a preteenager in Glen Rock, N.J., she and her two sisters appeared on a segment of Good Morning America as the 'bad example,' she said recently, in a story about children’s messy bedrooms."
Caramanica, Jon. "Two Bands Nurtured in a Garden State of Mind", The New York Times, March 12, 2010. Accessed May 12, 2016. "'Every great song about New Jersey has always been pretty much about getting out of there,' said Mr. Stickles, a native of Glen Rock, in a telephone interview on Tuesday, the day of the album's release on the XL label."
Staff. "Sires defeats Vas in 13th District"Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Asbury Park Press, June 7, 2006. Accessed December 10, 2014. "On the Democratic side, civil rights lawyer Camille M. Abate, 52, of Glen Rock, faced Paul Aronsohn, 39, a former pharmaceutical public relations executive."
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Dunlap, LucyAnn. "What's New in Princeton & Central New Jersey?"Archived December 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, U.S. 1 Newspaper, July 8, 2009. Accessed February 28, 2011. "His home base is Las Vegas. He and his family moved there from Glen Rock, New Jersey, where they had lived while he was on Broadway."
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.."
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Americans Playing AbroadArchived 2013-10-30 at the Wayback Machine, Soccer Times, as of September 15, 2013. Accessed November 1, 2013. "Samuel Petrone - forward - Mjällby AIF - Glen Rock, N.J."
Greene, Rebecca. "Michelle Torpey Chosen As Glen Rock Replacement on Council", TAPinto.net, July 9, 2019. Accessed October 2, 2019. "Candidate Michelle Torpey became Councilwoman Torpey last night when the Borough Council chose her as the replacement for Bill Leonard. Torpey, a republican, replaced Leonard who stepped down as councilman after his June wedding and subsequent move out of town."
Coutros, Evonne. "Glen Rock's boulder going national", The Record, February 15, 2012, backed up by the Internet Archive as of October 26, 2016. Accessed August 29, 2017. "The borough's most famous boulder at the busy intersection of Rock Road and Doremus Avenue will be featured in the March issue of National Geographic magazine."
Hoffmann, Fritz. "Rock... And Roll", National Geographic, March 2012. Accessed October 26, 2016. "Glen Rock, New Jersey, is named for its 570-ton erratic. Scientists believe a glacier brought it from about 20 miles north."
De Santa, Richard. "Democrats win mayoral, council seats in Glen Rock", Glen Rock Gazette, November 3, 2015, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 4, 2016. Accessed August 29, 2017. "Democratic mayoral challenger Bruce Packer turned back incumbent Mayor John van Keuren's bid for a fourth term, as Glen Rock voters opted for change at the polls Tuesday. Packer's Democratic running-mates William (Skip) Huisking and Kristine Morieko were also elected to three-year Borough Council terms, unseating GOP incumbent Joan Orseck and outpacing her running-mate, Robert Bourne."
Ensslin, John C. "Christie's choice for Bergen County prosecutor surprises political insiders", The Record, September 14, 2013, backed up by the Internet Archive as of August 6, 2016. Accessed August 29, 2017. "Governor Christie's choice of Glen Rock attorney Gurbir Grewal as his nominee for Bergen County prosecutor took county Republicans and Democrats, many of whom had been handicapping the selection, by surprise.... Gordon, whose district includes Glen Rock, said he met Grewal through a mutual friend, Hoboken Councilman Ravinder Bhalla, who like Grewal is Sikh."
De Santa, Richard. "Glen Rock residents seek Diwali observance at district schools", The Record, December 1, 2014, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 4, 2016. Accessed August 29, 2017. "Members of Glen Rock's Indian population have asked district officials to designate the observance of Diwali as a formal school holiday next year.... Thohan had estimated earlier that some 90 percent of that constituency has moved to the borough over the past two years."
Harris, Chris. "Glen Rock schools to close for Diwali", The Record, February 24, 2015. Accessed August 29, 2017. "Schools in the borough will be closed on Nov. 11, since the Board of Education voted to add Diwali, a Hindu holy day, to the district’s calendar. District officials claim Glen Rock, which has a burgeoning Indian community, is the first district in Bergen County to formally recognize Diwali with an instruction-free day."
Staff. "Sires defeats Vas in 13th District"Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Asbury Park Press, June 7, 2006. Accessed December 10, 2014. "On the Democratic side, civil rights lawyer Camille M. Abate, 52, of Glen Rock, faced Paul Aronsohn, 39, a former pharmaceutical public relations executive."
O'Connor, Ian. "O'Connor: Glen Rock's Kim Barnes Arico is St. John's miracle worker", The Record, March 9, 2010, backed up by the Internet Archive as of August 10, 2016. Accessed August 29, 2017. "Out of her Rockwellian corner of Glen Rock, on the daily drive from Bergen to the urban realities of Queens, a mother of three tells a Big East success story that should embarrass every Tom, Dick and Harry – or every Norm, Freddie and Gonzo – failing to build a contender around the hurdles of their home, bittersweet home. Kim Barnes Arico, 39, head coach of the St. John's women, has future Sandra Bullock acceptance speech written all over her."
Wayne, Stephanie. "Formal committee will study artificial turf field proposal", Glen Rock Gazette, October 16, 2009, backed up by the Internet Archive as of January 13, 2016. Accessed August 29, 2017. "Glen Rock resident Larry Arico, who is the athletic director and head football coach at Marist High School in Bayonne, said he has been on committees that have studied the safety of turf fields in-depth and nothing has shown that they are more dangerous than a grass field."
Dunlap, LucyAnn. "What's New in Princeton & Central New Jersey?"Archived December 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, U.S. 1 Newspaper, July 8, 2009. Accessed February 28, 2011. "His home base is Las Vegas. He and his family moved there from Glen Rock, New Jersey, where they had lived while he was on Broadway."
McKay, Martha. "Bergen Teen Claims Win in Global Race to Unlock Iphone; Tech Whiz Cracks Code Tying It to AT&T Network", The Record, August 25, 2007, backed up by the Internet Archive as of January 12, 2016. Accessed August 29, 2017. "The 17-year-old Glen Rock resident posted the complicated steps on his blog Thursday.... 'I've lived and breathed that phone for the last two months,' said Hotz, a Bergen County Academies grad who won a prestigious $20,000 Intel science fair prize this year for a device that projects a 3-D image.
Americans Playing AbroadArchived 2013-10-30 at the Wayback Machine, Soccer Times, as of September 15, 2013. Accessed November 1, 2013. "Samuel Petrone - forward - Mjällby AIF - Glen Rock, N.J."
