Van Valen, James M. History of Bergen County, New Jersey, p. 86. New Jersey Publishing and Engraving Co., 1900. Accessed January 14, 2012. "For many years the farmers and others in the northern part of Bergen County reached New York by means of the Weehawken Ferry established by Samuel Bayard about the year 1700. The charter for this ferry was granted by George II in 1752 to Stephen Bayard."
Henry Reuterdahl, Arlington National Cemetery. Accessed October 23, 2015. "Lieutenant Commander Henry Reuterdahl, United States naval Reserve Force, well-known naval artist and marine colorist, died at the St. Elizabeth's Government Hospital for the Insane on Sunday night and was buried privately today in Arlington National Cemetery, where repose many of the American Navy officers with whom he was intimately associated.... His home was in Weehawken, New Jersey from about 1899–1925."
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Staff. "New Jersey Grand Prix organizers in breach of contract says Ecclestone", Autoweek, December 23, 2013. Accessed March 6, 2018. "Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has revealed that the organizers of the proposed Grand Prix in New Jersey are in breach of their race contract and have not paid him since signing the agreement in 2011. Speaking to Autoweek over lunch in London, Ecclestone also said that several groups are considering whether to take over the race from the current management to ensure that it goes ahead. The race, known as the Grand Prix of America, is planned to run on 3.2-miles of public roads in Port Imperial, a district in the New Jersey towns of West New York and Weehawken."
Sherman, Lauren. Weehawken, p. 20. Arcadia Publishing, 2009. ISBN978-0738562681. Accessed June 27, 2017. "Hackensack Plank Road, one of the earliest roads from Colonial times, was laid out in 1718. The old plank road, also known as the Hackensack or Bergen Turnpike and built with a surface of plank decking, took travelers from Hoboken up through Weehawken, North Bergen, and on to Hackensack."
Prisco, Jacopo. "The photographer shooting a 30-year timelapse of New York's skyline", CNN, September 12, 2009. Accessed November 14, 2019. "Since then, DiGiovanna has been capturing that perfect view of Manhattan -- from the George Washington Bridge to the Verrazzano Bridge -- and has turned it into his life project: A 30-year timelapse of New York's skyline."
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Members List: Clerks, Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.
Members List: Registers, Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.
Members List: Sheriffs, Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.
Members List: Surrogates, Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.
Knuth, Don. "Oral History of Edward Feigenbaum, Computer History Museum, 2007. Accessed October 23, 2015. "I was born in Weehawken, New Jersey, which is a town on the Palisades opposite New York. In fact, it's the place where the Lincoln Tunnel dives under the water and comes up in New York. Then my parents moved up the Palisades four miles to a town called North Bergen, and there I lived until I was 16 and went off to Carnegie Tech."
Lathem, Edward Connery. Who's Who & What's What in the Books of Dr. Seuss, Dartmouth College. Accessed April 29, 2021. "[1] Among the cities at which the Circus Show exhibited Horton — in Horton Hatches the Egg [2] Place cited by the Once-ler in giving directions to his relatives for finding their way to him — in The Lorax."
Personas, Fight Back. Accessed December 17, 2024. "Robert Hilferty Background: Robert is a 29 year old white gay man who grew up in Weehawken, New Jersey."
Levine, Daniel Rome. "Triunfador Franck de Las Mercedes", ABC News, August 16, 2007. Accessed August 18, 2008. "Standing in the middle of his one-bedroom loft apartment in an industrial part of Weehawken, N.J., the 34-year-old abstract painter covers a small brown cardboard box in white acrylic paint and then carefully drips red and hot pink paint on it."
Register Dublin's Bio, Hudson County Register of Deeds and Mortgages. Accessed October 13, 2024.
About Us, Hudson County Register of Deeds & Mortgages. Accessed January 31, 2025. "The Hudson County Register is elected by the people of Hudson County for a five-year term. The Office of the Register is responsible for the recording of all formal written documents which affect real property throughout the 12 municipalities that make up the County."
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Home, Hudson County Sheriff. Accessed January 31, 2025
"Hoboken's earliest days: Before becoming a city, 'Hobuck' went through several incarnations", The Hudson Reporter, January 16, 2005. Accessed July 7, 2016. "On October 2, 1609, Henry Hudson anchored his ship, the Half Moon, in what is now Weehawken Cove. Robert Juet, Hudson's first mate, wrote in the ship's log, "[W]e saw a good piece of ground ... that looked of the color of white green." The rock of which Juet wrote makes up Castle Point in Hoboken; nowhere else along the Hudson River exists a white-green rock formation."
Allocca, Sean. "Happy Birthday, Weehawken! Town unveils new book, year-long 150th celebration", The Hudson Reporter, February 8, 2009. Accessed January 14, 2012. "According to the book, Weehawken first gained momentum when James Gore King, a banking tycoon from New York City, moved his family to Weehawken in 1832. Naming his estate Highwood, these 50 acres served as the model for what Weehawken represented: exquisiteness, quiet communities, and astonishing scenery."
Rosero, Jessica. "Still standing after 125 years Weehawken improves Water Tower and district", The Hudson Reporter, November 4, 2008. Accessed December 29, 2016. "According to Alane Finnerty, director of historic preservation and economic development in Weehawken, the tower, which was designed by Frederick Clarke Withers, was modeled after the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy."
"Mayor Richard Turner and Weehawken Township Council sworn in", The Hudson Reporter, July 5, 2022. Accessed December 24, 2023. "Turner, an At-Large Councilman, was re-elected mayor by the council, par for the course for Weehawken's type of mayor and council government. This time around, Silvestri-Ehret was elected Deputy Mayor taking over from Lavangino."
Hague, Jim. "New commission will capture town's history", The Hudson Reporter, February 15, 2000. Accessed November 13, 2012. "But as Fleckenstein is quick to point out, there are other historic facts about the township. Like the fact that famed actor/dancer Fred Astaire once called Weehawken home."
Allocca, Sean. "What's old is new; Community theater group returns to the township", The Hudson Reporter, June 20, 2010. Accessed July 9, 2014. "Although the new reincarnation of the group is independent of the township, some of Iacono's original associates – like famous songwriter and longtime Weehawken resident Trade Martin and former Guttenberg Mayor Peter LaVilla – have signed on to work on the project."
Hague, Jim. "Guitar Wizards: Brazilian brothers open HRPAC's UBS Atrium series", The Hudson Reporter, November 28, 2004. Accessed May 8, 2007. "The Seattle Symphony, with Weehawken native Gerard Schwarz as conductor, recently performed a triple concerto of Sergio Assad's original musical compositions."
"Monument, symposium honor 200th Bicentennial of duel lures scholars, officials", The Hudson Reporter, July 16, 2004. Accessed November 14, 2019. "Soon after the completion of the re-enactment in Lincoln Harbor (see story at top), participants and spectators reconvened atop the Palisade in Weehawken's scenic Hamilton Park to dedicate two new plaques – one in honor of 'America's most famous duel,' and another acknowledging the other numerous 'Affairs of Honor' that took place near the location."
Bio, Lost Ceilings: poet, writer, performer & artist Janet Hamill. Accessed October 23, 2015. "Janet Hamill was born in Jersey City, NJ. For her first five years, she gazed across the Hudson from the Palisades in Weehawken before her family moved to New Milford in Bergen County."
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Fry, Chris. "Weehawken’s Shippen Street: From Heights To Horseshoes", Jersey Digs, March 17, 2017. Accessed July 29, 2024. "But as Weehawken started to grow, engineers desired to connect Shippen Street to Hackensack Plank Road, which travels down the side of the cliff to lower points. The downward slope of the bluff left them with few options, so they went with a double-hairpin 'horseshoe' design, using extreme 90-degree angle turns to connect the two roadways."
Hyman, Dylan. "Burr-Hamilton Duel: A look back", KCRA-TV, July 11, 2017. Accessed December 10, 2017. "It was 213 years ago that longtime rivals Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton met for the final time in Weehawken, New Jersey for a duel that would go in the history books, and eventually make its way to the Broadway stage.... Dramatized in the song "The World Was Wide Enough" from the 'Hamilton' musical, Burr sings about becoming a villain in Hamilton's history. Following the duel, Burr's political reputation never recovered."
Weehawken, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Accessed June 13, 2007. "A township in Hudson County, N.J., seven miles northeast of Jersey City. The name was originally an Algonquin Indian term and later changed by folk-usage to a pseudo-Dutch form. Its exact meaning is unclear, but variously translated as place of gulls,rocks that look like trees,maize land,at the end (of the Palisades) and field lying along the Hudson."
West, Teri. "Daveed Diggs raps an ode to Weehawken in new Central Park season", The Jersey Journal, March 19, 2021. Accessed April 29, 2021. "The streets of Weehawken are humming with that shyly prideful feeling you get when catapulted into sudden fame.... Last week, the anthem arrived. It's in cartoon form and rapped by actor Daveed Diggs, voicing a grey-haired TV character boasting about her hometown. It's called 'Weehawken Rap,' and Apple TV+ debuted it online as a preview for the upcoming season of Central Park."
Zeitlinger, Ron. "Weehawken teen who climbed 1 WTC charged with climbing historic water tower, source says", The Jersey Journal, September 22, 2014. Accessed June 27, 2017. "The Weehawken teen who slipped past security and climbed to the top of 1 World Trade Center earlier this year has been arrested in his home town for trying to scale another building, a source told The Jersey Journal. Justin Casquejo, the 16-year-old who caused a national stir – and a security embarrassment – when he posted pictures online from the top of the WTC building while it was still under construction in March, tried to climb the historic Weehawken water tower, a 175-foot-brick structure on Park Avenue on Sept. 17, a source with knowledge of his arrest said."
Speiser, Matthew. "Listen: Weehawken singer, 15, drawing rave reviews and taking shot at the big time", The Jersey Journal, October 14, 2015, updated January 17, 2019. Accessed January 19, 2020. "Chloe Baker is a busy teenager. Between a full course load in musical theater at High Tech High School in North Bergen, homework, and a burgeoning career as a singer and songwriter, the 15-year-old Weehawken girl barely has time to make it to soccer practice at Weehawken High, where she is one of the team's best players."
Staff. "B-52s 'Party' lands close to hometown", The Record, August 15, 2009. Accessed January 14, 2012. "But Athens is a university town – cosmopolitan – with transplants from all over. Which is how Pierson (Weehawken-born, Rutherford-raised) and Schneider (Newark and Long Branch) came to be in the area, ready to join forces with several local musicians to create New Wave's quirkiest party band."
Hendrix, Grady. "The Cartoonist Who Crashed the Party", The New York Sun, September 1, 2006. Accessed June 13, 2007. "Tashlin, a native of Weehawken, N.J., got his start animating Looney Tunes in the early 1940s before becoming the go-to guy for comedy as one of the few directors to successfully make the transition from animation to live-action, shaping star vehicles for one outsized celeb after another: Bob Hope, Jayne Mansfield and, most famously, Jerry Lewis."
Romano, Jay. "Weehawken Journal; Group Fights to Keep 'Magical' Skyline View", The New York Times, December 30, 1990. Accessed February 9, 2015. "New York as seen from the western shore of the Hudson River is a sight that is seldom disappointing, often inspiring and on occasion nothing short of breathtaking. So for 20 years, a group of citizens from this compact, proud community have fought to preserve as much of that view as possible."
McFadden, Robert D."Weehawken's Panoramic Skyline View Wins Protection", The New York Times, March 20, 1999. Accessed February 9, 2015. "But a New Jersey judge, calling the view a magnificent natural resource that is entitled to state protection, has ruled that a developer should not be allowed to construct two sprawling, 160-foot office and retail towers on the Weehawken waterfront that would obstruct the spectacular prospect. 'The views in question are a world-class amenity that encourages people to live, work and locate businesses in the area,' the jurist, Administrative Law Judge Richard McGill, said in a 166-page decision recommending that the State Commissioner of Environmental Protection deny permits for the project to the developer, Hartz Mountain Industries."
DePalma, Anthony. "River City is Planned for Jersey", The New York Times, July 7, 1987. Accessed June 27, 2017. "The narrow stretch of land, barren but for a ferry slip, a marina, the ventilation shafts of the Lincoln Tunnel and an old shipping company building used as Arcorp's offices, is roughly opposite the area from 50th Street to 34th Street in Manhattan."
Staff. "'King of Weehawken' Dead. Simon Kelly Was Never Out of Office from 1870.", The New York Times, June 1, 1900. Accessed December 29, 2016. "He served as Poormaster from 1870 to 1873, was a School Trustee for six years, then Chief of Police until 1887. In that year, he was made a Councilman, and as President of the Board was Mayor of the town until 1898, when he was defeated by a combination of Republicans and Independent Democrats."
"Widow, 72, Succeeds Weehawken Mayor", The New York Times, May 14, 1931. Accessed November 14, 2019. "Mrs. Clara E. Grauert, 72-year-old widow of Emile W. Grauert, who at the time of his death on April 20. had completed twenty-one years as Mayor of Weehawken, N. J., was sworn in last night at the Weehawken City Hall as her husband's successor."
Green, Jennie. "Not Too Fancy, Except for the Views". The New York Times, January 23, 2005. Accessed July 8, 2011. "According to Mr. McLellan, the school superintendent, small schools and class sizes are the key to success. Weehawken High School, which encompasses Grades 7 through 12, offers more advanced-placement courses than any other school in the state, he said, while 85 to 90 percent of the students are college bound. Moreover, state testing at Grades 4, 8, and 11 have placed Weehawken students in the top 10 percent statewide."
Bayot, Jennifer. "John Diebold, 79, a Visionary of the Computer Age, Dies", The New York Times, December 27, 2005. Accessed December 20, 2017. "John Theurer Diebold (he later dropped the middle name) was born on June 8, 1926, in Weehawken, N.J., and received a bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College and a master's degree from Harvard Business School."
Halasz, Piri. "State Artists Display Skills", The New York Times, July 6, 1975. Accessed November 26, 2019. "Because of its complexity, Gary T. Erbe's American Recipe also rewards study. Using a trompe l'oeil technique and an arrangement of elements that suggests collage, this skilled Weehawken artist superimposed shiny pie plates, a rolling pin, an electric mixer and other attributes of domestic labor on an old‐fashioned patriotic poster, thus satirically summing up the place of woman in all‐American home."
Watrous, Peter. "Be-Bop's Generous Romantic", The New York Times, May 28, 1994. Accessed January 14, 2012. "Mr. Harris moved to New York in the early 1960s and became friends with Thelonious Monk and Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter, Mr. Monk's patron. Eventually, Mr. Harris moved to her estate in Weehawken, N.J., where he still lives."
Kihss, Peter. "Adm. Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, 85, First Director Of The C.I.A., Dies", The New York Times, June 21, 1982. Accessed November 13, 2012. Vice Adm. Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, the first director of the Central Intelligence Agency, died Friday night at Mount Sinai Hospital. He was 85 years old and had lived in Weehawken, N.J., since his retirement from the Navy in 1958."
Staff. "Theodore Seltzer Is Dead at 86; Manufactured Baume Ben-Gay", The New York Times, January 2, 1957. Accessed November 14, 2019. "Theodore Seltzer, president of Bengue, Inc., 2023 Kerrigan Avenue, Union City, N.J., manufacturers of a medicinal ointment, Baume Ben-Gay, and other products, died Monday in French Hospital after a long illness. He was 86 years old and lived at 55 King Avenue, Weehawken, N.J."
Wolf, Jaime. "What A Design Guru Really Does", The New York Times, December 1, 2002. Accessed October 23, 2015. "Or the house in Weehawken that Walrod wants to save, which wasn't only designed by a close associate of Walter Gropius's but was also originally commissioned by Josef von Sternberg, later sold to an eccentric baroness who was famous for supporting jazz musicians like Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk and was ultimately, it turns out, the place where Monk died."
"The American Experience – The Duel – People & Events – Philip Hamilton's Duel"Archived December 2, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, PBS. Accessed March 21, 2022. "When Alexander Hamilton's 19-year-old son rose to his father's defense on November 20, 1801, he took the first step of a violent process that had become an American social convention – the duel.... The weapons chosen were pistols; the dueling site the heights of Weehawken, New Jersey, just across the Hudson from New York."
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Thelonious Junior biography, Jazz. Accessed July 8, 2011. "He made three final performances with an orchestra at Carnegie Hall, and appeared with a quartet at the Newport Jazz Festival New York in 1975 and in 1976, but otherwise spent his final years in seclusion in Weehawken, New Jersey, at the home of the Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter, his lifelong friend and patron."
"Campus Profiles; English Professor First Of Series", The Cowl, March 16, 1951. Accessed May 20, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Mr. Paul Van K. Thomson, professor of English literature here at Providence College, has another important job to do besides teaching, that is, being the father of six children. Mr. Thomson who arrived here in 1949 was born in Weehawken. N. J., and attended high school there."
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Kenneth Burke, Pennsylvania Center for the Book. Accessed February 21, 2024. "In 1916, after his parents decided to move to Weehawken, New Jersey, Burke dropped out of Ohio State and moved in with them in order to be closer to New York City."
Weehawken Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Weehawken School Distric, updated September 2009t. Accessed December 16, 2024. "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 Weehawken School District. Composition: The Weehawken School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Weehawken."
Grand Opening of Union City / Weehawken Reservoir Park, City of Union City. Accessed August 14, 2016. "Please join us on Friday, September 25, 2015 for a Block Party from 6 to 9 p.m. to celebrate the grand opening of the Union City / Weehawken Reservoir Park with rides, hot dogs and music. The park is located at 20th to 22nd Palisade Avenue."
Weehawken History, 1932, via USGenWeb Archives. Accessed December 29, 2016. "To no man of that period belonged greater credit for the building up of our Township than to Simon Kelly, who reigned as the big boss of Weehawken from 1871 to 1900."
Kirk, Edward J. Weehawken History, 1932, Hudson County Archives Society, October 16, 1932. Accessed June 15, 2017. "The First Citizen of Weehawken.... That is what they say of him who seems to have been the first and for some time apparently the only citizen of Weehawken, Maryn Adriaensen."
Staff. "Grant Wright, 70, Dies In East of Pneumonia", Peoria Star, October 21, 1935. Accessed August 11, 2014. "Grant Wright aged 70, one of the leading landscape painters in the country, and known to practically every older resident of Peoria, died yesterday morning at the North Hudson Hospital at Union City, N.J., following a short illness. Death was caused by pneumonia. He was admitted to the hospital Saturday night, being taken from his home, 327 Park Avenue, Weehawken, N.J."
Apmann, Sarah Bean. "Weehawken Street Historic District, Part I", Village Preservation, January 11, 2016. Accessed February 16, 2023. "Speculative New Yorkers bought lots on the east side of the planned Weehawken Street (named for the ferry connection to the New Jersey town) in anticipation of the market"
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Hudson County Parks, Visit Hudson. Accessed October 23, 2015. "Hackensack Number Two, the other remaining reservoir in Weehawken Heights, is now accessible to the public as open space."
"The American Experience – The Duel – People & Events – Philip Hamilton's Duel"Archived December 2, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, PBS. Accessed March 21, 2022. "When Alexander Hamilton's 19-year-old son rose to his father's defense on November 20, 1801, he took the first step of a violent process that had become an American social convention – the duel.... The weapons chosen were pistols; the dueling site the heights of Weehawken, New Jersey, just across the Hudson from New York."
"Out of the Dark Room", Time, March 16, 1962. Accessed June 13, 2007. "In many ways, it took Marin 40 years to find himself. Raised by two maiden aunts in Weehawken. N.J. (his mother died nine days after his birth), he attended Stevens Institute of Technology for a year, drifted from job to job, spent six frustrating years trying to turn himself into an architect."
Baime, A.J. "Formula One Roars to Banks of Hudson", The Wall Street Journal, October 26, 2011. Accessed October 27, 2011. "Formula One... will hold a Grand Prix race on the banks of the Hudson River against the backdrop of the Manhattan skyline in June 2013."
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Friedwald, Will. "The Ballad of a Jazz Royal", The Wall Street Journal, July 7, 2011. Accessed July 9, 2014. "Finally, in 1958, the baroness moved to a mansion in Weehawken, N.J., which became what might have been the metropolitan area's greatest jazz salon ever. Monk, Barry Harris and other greats lived there for long periods, and more incredible music was heard there than in most concert halls."
