Linden, New Jersey Linden, New Jersey Inset: Location of Union County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Inset: Location of Union County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Enumeration Bureau map of Linden, New Jersey Enumeration Bureau map of Linden, New Jersey State New Jersey Linden is a town/city in southeastern Union County, New Jersey, United States.
It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area, positioned about 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Manhattan and bordering Staten Island, a borough of New York City, athwart the Arthur Kill.
As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's populace was 40,499, reflecting an increase of 1,105 (+2.8%) from the 39,394 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 2,693 (+7.3%) from the 36,701 counted in the 1990 Census. Linden was incorporated as a town/city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on January 1, 1925, replacing both Linden Township and Linden Borough, based on the results of a popular vote held on November 8, 1923. The city's name derives from linden trees brought from Germany. The town/city borders the municipalities of Clark Township, Cranford Township, Elizabeth, Rahway, Roselle and Winfield Township in Union County; Carteret and Woodbridge Township in Middlesex County; and Staten Island in New York City athwart the Arthur Kill tidal strait. The east side of Linden is positioned along the Arthur Kill, a navigable strait which plays an meaningful part in bulk cargo transit in the Port of New York and New Jersey.
Together with Elizabeth, Linden is home to the Bayway Refinery, a Phillips 66 refining facility that helps supply petroleum-based products to the New York/New Jersey area, producing approximately 230,000 barrels per day (37,000 m3/d), making it the second-largest on the East Coast of the United States and one of the country's 25 biggest facilities. From 1937 to 2005, Linden was home to Linden Assembly, a General Motors manufacturing plant that produced Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Buick and other GM automobiles, but also produced planes amid World War II. As of Spring of 2008 most of the plant has been torn down for redevelopment by Duke Realty Corporation, which purchased the 100 acres (40 ha) site for $76.5 million. Catholic-born artist Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt interval up in poverty in 1950s and 60s Linden, New Jersey.
Lanigan-Schmidt worked as a 1960s Linden youth doing "odd jobs to help support his family and was bullied by high school thugs," moving to New York City as a young man. As a child in 1950s Linden, after Lanigan-Schmidt was assigned to decorate the school bulletin board in his Catholic elementary school, he assembled a specified model of a church altar.
One of the artists from noted New Jersey hardcore (now LA-based) punk hip-hop group Ho99o9 (pronounced "Horror"), the - OGM, has Linden roots.
De Luxe Records (later De - Luxe Records) was a record business and label formed in 1944 in Linden, New Jersey, and is known for its famed R&B and early modern recordings.
The Linden Cultural and Heritage Committee exists to bring entertainment affairs to region residents such as craft bazaars, street fairs, concerts, and plays, and the Linden Society for Historic Preservation works to preserve the history of the city.
The City is also famed for having one of the limited Chevy's restaurants remaining in the tri-state region which draws in patrons from all over the greater New Jersey area.
Hawk Rise Sanctuary is a new bird sanctuary created by the City of Linden and the New Jersey Audubon Society on the banks of the Rahway River. Linden, New Jersey (1974) Linden is governed under the City form of government with a mayor and an 11-member City Council, of which 10 are propel from wards.
Linden is positioned in the 10th Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 22nd state legislative district. Prior to the 2010 Census, Linden had been split between the 7th Congressional District, the 10th Congressional District and the 13th Congressional District, a change made by the New Jersey Redistricting Commission that took effect in January 2013, based on the results of the November 2012 general elections. (D, Newark). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Cory Booker (D, Newark, term ends 2021) and Bob Menendez (D, Paramus, 2019).
Kennedy (D, Rahway). The Governor of New Jersey is Chris Christie (R, Mendham Township). The Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey is Kim Guadagno (R, Monmouth Beach). Union County is governed by a Board of Chosen Freeholders, whose nine members are propel at-large to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis with three seats coming up for election each year, with an appointed County Manager overseeing the day-to-day operations of the county.
At an annual reorganization meeting held in the beginning of January, the board selects a Chairman and Vice Chairman from among its members. As of 2014, Union County's Freeholders are Chairman Christopher Hudak (D, Linden, term ends December 31, 2014), Vice Chairman Mohamed S.
Estrada (D, Elizabeth, 2014), Sergio Granados (D, Elizabeth, 2016) Bette Jane Kowalski (D, Cranford, 2016), Alexander Mirabella (D, Fanwood, 2015) and Vernell Wright (D, Union, 2014). Constitutional officers propel on a countywide basis are County Clerk Joanne Rajoppi (D, Union, 2015), Sheriff Ralph Froehlich (D, Union, 2016) and Surrogate James S.
As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's 11 schools had an enrollment of 5,978 students and 479.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student teacher ratio of 12.48:1. Schools in the precinct (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are eight elementary schools School No.
As of May 2010, the town/city had a total of 109.72 miles (176.58 km) of roadways, of which 87.01 miles (140.03 km) were maintained by the municipality, 13.53 miles (21.77 km) by Union County, 6.19 miles (9.96 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and 2.99 miles (4.81 km) by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. In terms of limited access roads, the Garden State Parkway passes about 500 feet west of the town/city limits.
The town/city is also the end of Interstate 278, which travels through all five boroughs of New York City.
The New Jersey Turnpike (Interstate 95) passes through the easterly portion of the city, with a several ramps that lead to the nearest exit (Exit 13 for I-278) which is right on the town/city limits with close-by Elizabeth. The Linden train station offers service on NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line and the Northeast Corridor Line, northbound to Newark Penn Station, Secaucus Junction and New York Penn Station, and southbound towards the Trenton Transit Center, with connections available at those locations The airport was constructed for the United States Navy in 1942 for use in evolution and testing of the Grumman F4 - F Wildcat and was taken over by the City of Linden after World War II. Newark Liberty International Airport is approximately 15 minutes away.
Linden was chosen as the major recording locale for Volume 2 of the streetball video series, AND1 Mixtapes. One of the initial five streetballers to sign with AND1, Waliyy Dixon, a Linden native who also goes by the nickname "Main Event," helped host a evening of basketball at 4th Ward Park that claimed attendance by 2,000 spectators. Hal Linden, the stage and screen actor, tv director and musician best known as the star of the TV series Barney Miller, based his stage name on the city's name, after seeing the word "Linden" on a water fortress while heading to from Philadelphia to perform in New York City. See also: Category:People from Linden, New Jersey.
Joseph Suliga (1958 2005), former member of the New Jersey Senate who was the youngest person ever propel to the Linden Public Schools Board of Education, at the age of 19. a b c d e f 2010 Enumeration Gazetteer Files: New Jersey County Subdivisions, United States Enumeration Bureau.
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GM to End Blazer/Jimmy Production and Close New Jersey Plant, Automobile.com, dated December 6, 2004.
"Demolition crews have rather than clearing the massive site on the former General Motors assembly plant in Linden, making way for a prepared industrial and retail park that Linden officials hope will play a major part in the city's renaissance....
Is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its research and manufacturing facility in the metros/cities of Rahway and Linden, where it has grown considerably with the support of its civic partners.In the summer of 1903, a small manufacturing operation began on 150 acres of territory 20 miles southwest of New York City in Rahway, New Jersey." Whats New?, New Jersey Audubon Society.
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2nd Ward Councilman Lisa Ormon, City of Linden.
2nd Ward Councilman Donald Beyer, City of Linden.
3rd Ward Councilman Peter Brown Jr., City of Linden.
4th Ward Councilman Monty Brooks, City of Linden.
5th Ward Councilwoman Rhashonna Cosby-Hurling, City of Linden.
7th Ward Councilman Ralph Strano, City of Linden.
8th Ward Councilwoman Michele Yamakaitis, City of Linden.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Linden, County of Union, State of New Jersey, that Ralph Strano is hereby appointed to fill the unexpired term of Mike Minarchenko in accordance with the law and that Ralph Strano shall replace Mr.
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Agnes School in Clark, Saints Mary and Elizabeth Academy in Linden, Blessed Pope John XXIII Academy in West Orange and Most Sacred Heart of Jesus School in Wallington were not financially sound and could not keep their enrollment up for the archdiocese's new 'Lighting the Way' program, implemented this month." Union County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction, New Jersey Department of Transportation, May 2010.
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"Linden go-go bar gets its close-up in Oscar-nominated 'The Wrestler", Courier News, February 20, 2009, backed up by the Internet Archive as of January 12, 2016.
"Move over Bada-Bing of The Sopranos, Cheeques at 1230 East Linden Ave., in Linden, featured in the movie The Wrestler, is taking over as the most famous go-go in New Jersey." He chose his stage name on the way from Philadelphia to an acting job in New York, when he saw the water fortress in Linden, New Jersey." "One great moment in Linden's history", Home News Tribune, June 16, 2008.
"Linden's newly created History Hall of Fame also will be homed at the exhibition; its first inductee, Tiffany Andrade of Linden, was this year's second runner-up for the title of Miss America USA." "Biography of Tiffany Andrade", Miss New Jersey USA Website.
Linden Athletic Hall of Fame.
"Linda Hayes (Bertha Lulu Williams) (v) (Linden, Union County, December 10, 1923 [Bertha L.
"I was the last one cut, but I headed home to Linden, New Jersey, Figuring I had better get a job." "Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt was born in 1948 and raised in the multi-ethnic Catholic enclaves of Elizabeth and Linden, New Jersey." "Union County Democratic Chairwoman Charlotte De - Filippo recalled the day 27 years ago when the 19-year-old Suliga walked into her office, wearing a suit and looking younger than his 19 years, and announced that he was running for the Linden school board." "Former Linden High star Muhammad Wilkerson likely to be first New Jerseyan chose in 2011 NFL Draft", The Star-Ledger, April 25, 2011.
Linden Public Schools's 2015 16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education School Data for the Linden Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics Municipalities and communities of Union County, New Jersey, United States State of New Jersey
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