Solis, Steph. "Roosevelt mayor, council members resign over infighting", Asbury Park Press, August 16, 2017. Accessed August 31, 2017. "Mayor Jeff Ellentuck, deputy borough clerk Kelly Tyers and council members Jill Lipoti and Stacey Bonna announced their resignation in a joint statement, citing an increasing divisiveness over the past two years."
Solis, Steph. "Roosevelt needs state intervention after councilman resigns, citing 'improper' code enforcement", Asbury Park Press, August 21, 2017. Accessed August 31, 2017. "Michael Ticktin said in his resignation letter Friday morning that he felt compelled to leave the council after the three remaining members demonstrated a 'different philosophy of code enforcement.'... Peggy Malkin, Mike Hamilton and Joe Trammell remain on the council, but there are too many vacancies for the legislative body to hold a quorum.... It is up to the Office of Gov. Chris Christie to appoint replacements within 30 days, according to state law."
Solis, Steph. Roosevelt mayor, council members resign over infighting", Asbury Park Press, August 16, 2017. Accessed December 7, 2017. "The borough's mayor, deputy clerk and two council members resigned during Monday night's council meeting, saying they're sick of infighting. Mayor Jeff Ellentuck, deputy borough clerk Kelly Tyers and council members Jill Lipoti and Stacey Bonna announced their resignation in a joint statement, citing an increasing divisiveness over the past two years."
Solis, Steph. "Roosevelt needs state intervention after councilman resigns, citing 'improper' code enforcement", Asbury Park Press, August 21, 2017. Accessed December 7, 2017. "State intervention is necessary after a week in which two council members and the mayor resigned over in-fighting and a third council member stepped down complaining of 'improper' code enforcement.Michael Ticktin said in his resignation letter Friday morning that he felt compelled to leave the council after the three remaining members demonstrated a "different philosophy of code enforcement.'... Peggy Malkin, Mike Hamilton and Joe Trammell remain on the council, but there are too many vacancies for the legislative body to hold a quorum."
Solis, Steph. "Roosevelt: 3 new council members mean town has government again", Asbury Park Press, September 13, 2017. Accessed December 7, 2017. ""Weeks after the mayor and three council members resigned citing infighting and improper code enforcement, Gov. Chris Christie appointed three new council members. Robin Middleman Filepp, Nicholas Murray and Maureen S. Parrott will join the Roosevelt Borough Council.All three appointees are registered Democrats living in the borough."
Smith, Richard D. "Paul Prestopino passes", Bluegrass Today, July 20, 2023. Accessed November 13, 2023. "Paul Prestopino, a renowned multi-instrument sideman and recording engineer, with long experience in bluegrass, old-time, folk, and contra dance musics, passed away peacefully at his home in Roosevelt, NJ, on July 16, 2023."
Roosevelt Board of Education District Bylaw 0110 - Identification, Roosevelt Public School District. Accessed October 21, 2023. "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 six in the Roosevelt School District. Composition: The Roosevelt School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Roosevelt."
Jacob Landau (1917-2001)Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine, Art & Architecture of New Jersey, Stockton University. Accessed July 31, 2012. "Jacob Landau, a resident of Roosevelt, New Jersey in his later years, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 17, 1917."
Staff. "Roosevelt featured in new exhibit"Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, Allentown Examiner, August 27, 2009. Accessed February 14, 2011. "On Oct. 7, photo-historian and Monmouth County Archivist Gary Saretzky will give a lecture on the late Edwin and Louise Rosskam, who lived in Roosevelt for many years."
Jonas, Gerald; Meehan, Thomas; and Whiteside, Thomas. "In Homage", The New Yorker, September 29, 1962. Accessed July 31, 2012.
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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.... 6. Roosevelt Borough; Enrollment: 88; Grades: Pre-K-6; County: Monmouth; Town population: 882"
Hyman, Vicki. "Family of storied N.J. artist Ben Shahn to sell home, personal collection", The Star-Ledger, November 13, 2010. Accessed July 31, 2012. "It has been 41 years since the death of celebrated social realist painter Ben Shahn, and six years since his wife, Bernarda, an illustrator and painter, died in her sleep at their longtime home in Roosevelt."
Smothers, Ronald. "Built as a Refuge With a Dash of Utopia, It Faces Change and Resists It", The New York Times, September 20, 2005. Accessed December 6, 2019. "Neil Marko, who was president of the synagogue board and is now mayor of Roosevelt, accepted an offer to rent space for a yeshiva in the synagogue, serving 12 ninth graders at first but eventually 150 students.... Further, critics object to the way the synagogue's board of directors and the mayor have acted in bringing in the yeshiva. Critics have accused Mr. Marko of neglecting his duty as mayor for failing to consider the eventual effect of 150 students on the town's water, sewer and road infrastructure and taxes.... Mr. Marko and other supporters of the yeshiva said they suspected that what was really driving the resistance to the yeshiva was not safety concerns but a thinly veiled prejudice.... But Arthur Shapiro, the town historian who also grew up in Roosevelt, said he sensed that it was not so much anti-Semitism as anti-Orthodox feelings."
Jamieson, Wendell. "CITY LORE; Hard-Boiled Tales, Told by a Gentleman", The New York Times, January 1, 2006. Accessed July 31, 2012. "BENJAMIN APPEL was an author of more than 25 novels from 1934 to 1977, many of them set in New York. He was raised in Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan and lived much of his life in Roosevelt, N.J., but after he moved he still came back to New York often."
Staff. "Rev. J. S. Grauel, 68, A Supporter of Israel", The New York Times, September 10, 1986. Accessed February 14, 2011. "The Rev. John Stanley Grauel, a Methodist minister who was an activist for the Jewish people and Israel, died Friday at his home in Roosevelt, N.J."
Staff. "Stefan Martin; Artist, 58", The New York Times, October 19, 1994. Accessed November 21, 2017. "Stefan Martin, an artist noted for his wood engravings, drowned on Oct. 7 in Assunpink Lake in Millstone Township, N.J. He was 58 and lived in Roosevelt, N.J."
Fox, Margalit. "Bernarda Bryson Shahn, Painter, Dies at 101", The New York Times, December 16, 2004. Accessed February 14, 2011. "Bernarda Bryson Shahn, the widow of the painter Ben Shahn, who won her own recognition as an artist late in life, died on Sunday at her home in Roosevelt, N.J., her son, Jonathan Shahn, said. She was 101."
Borough Council Meeting Minutes for June 21, 2021, Borough of Roosevelt. Accessed May 12, 2022. "Mayor Malkin read a letter from the Roosevelt Democratic Municipal Committee, dated June 17, 2021, submitting the following three nominees to fill the vacancy left by Councilman Luke Dermody: Constance J. Herrstrom, Jean S. Shahn, Jacquelin A. Carpenter.... Oath of Office to be administered at the next Borough Council meeting."
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Frequently Asked Questions, Roosevelt Public School District. Accessed June 23, 2020. "What grade levels are taught in Roosevelt Public School? Roosevelt Public School is a Pre-K through fifth-grade school, with a four-hour Pre-K and a full-day Kindergarten."
East Windsor Regional School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 23, 2020. "The East Windsor Regional School District, located in central New Jersey at New Jersey Turnpike Exit 8, is a stable K-12 public school district serving the communities of the East Windsor Township and the Borough of Hightstown as well as Roosevelt Borough students grades 7 through 12."
Monmouth County Government, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Accessed July 19, 2022. "Monmouth County is governed by five commissioners elected at-large for three-year terms. Each January, the freeholders select one of their members to serve as the director of the board for the year to preside over the meetings and activities of the Board."
Jacob Landau (1917-2001)Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine, Art & Architecture of New Jersey, Stockton University. Accessed July 31, 2012. "Jacob Landau, a resident of Roosevelt, New Jersey in his later years, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 17, 1917."
Staff. "Roosevelt featured in new exhibit"Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, Allentown Examiner, August 27, 2009. Accessed February 14, 2011. "On Oct. 7, photo-historian and Monmouth County Archivist Gary Saretzky will give a lecture on the late Edwin and Louise Rosskam, who lived in Roosevelt for many years."
