Mahwah, New Jersey Mahwah, New Jersey Map highlighting Mahwah's locale within Bergen County.
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Inset: Bergen County's locale within New Jersey Enumeration Bureau map of Mahwah, New Jersey Enumeration Bureau map of Mahwah, New Jersey State New Jersey Mahwah is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's populace was 25,890. The populace increased by 1,828 (+7.6%) from the 24,062 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 6,157 (+34.4%) from the 17,905 counted in the 1990 Census. The name "Mahwah" is derived from the Lenape word "mawewi" which means "Meeting Place" or "Place Where Paths Meet". The region that is now Mahwah was originally formed as Hohokus Township on April 9, 1849, from portions of Franklin Township (now Wyckoff).
While known as Hohokus Township, territory was taken to form Orvil Township (on January 1, 1886; remainder of township is now Waldwick), Allendale (November 10, 1894), Upper Saddle River (November 22, 1894) and Ramsey (March 10, 1908).
On November 7, 1944, the region was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature as the Township of Mahwah, based on the results of a popular vote held that day, replacing Hohokus Township. New Jersey Monthly periodical ranked Mahwah as its 9th best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey. They number approximately 5,000 citizens living around the Ramapo Mountains of northern New Jersey and southern New York.
The tribe is officially recognized by New Jersey, but does not have federal recognition. Their tribal office is positioned on Stag Hill Road in Mahwah, and the Chief of the Ramapough Lenape Indian Nation is Dwaine Perry (as of March 2007). Ford Motor Company directed the Mahwah Assembly plant from 1955, producing 6 million cars in the 25 years it directed before the last car rolled off the line on June 20, 1980. At the time of its culmination, it was the biggest motor vehicle assembly plant in the United States.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the township had a total region of 26.191 square miles (67.835 km2), including 25.693 square miles (66.545 km2) of territory and 0.498 square miles (1.290 km2) of water (1.90%). It is the biggest municipality in Bergen County by area, more than 2 times larger than the next-largest municipality, Paramus, and covering 10.6% of the total region of the entire county. Interstate 287 passes through Mahwah, but the only point of access is at the New Jersey New York border, where 287 meets Route 17.
Several state and county parks are positioned in Mahwah, including Campgaw Mountain Reservation, Darlington County Park and Ramapo Valley County Reservation, all directed by Bergen County. The Ramapo River runs through the section of Mahwah.
Mahwah is bordered by the suburbs of Upper Saddle River, Ramsey, Allendale, Wyckoff, Franklin Lakes, and Oakland in Bergen County; Ringwood in Passaic County; and Airmont, Hillburn, Ramapo and Suffern in Rockland County, New York. New York New Jersey Trail Conference headquarters, with new facilities under assembly at the historic Darlington Schoolhouse under construction. Campgaw Mountain Reservation is a Bergen County accredited park, covering 1,351 acres (547 ha) in Mahwah and portions of Oakland, that has campgrounds and ski slopes for skiing. Mahwah is governed inside the Faulkner Act (formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law) under the Mayor-Council fitness of municipal government (Plan B), implemented by direct petition as of July 1, 1984. The governing body consists of a mayor and a seven-member Township Council, with all members propel at-large to four-year terms of office in non-partisan elections held as part of the November general election in even years, with either three seats (and the mayoral seat) or four seats up for vote.
The legislative power of the municipality is exercised by a seven-member Township Council. In September 2010, the township council voted to shift the township's non-partisan elections from May to November, citing increased voter participation and prospective savings of $30,000 associated with supporting each election, with the first November election taking place in 2012. Laforet, whose term of office ends December 31, 2020, after first being propel in November 2011 to serve the balance of the term of Richard Martel through December 31, 2013. Members of the Township Council are Council President Robert Hermansen (2018), Council Vice President Jonathan Wong (2018), Janet Ariemma (2018), George Ervin (2018; appointed to serve an unexpired term), David May (2020; appointed to serve an unexpired term), Steven Sbarra (2020) and James Wysocki (2020). In December 2016, the Township Council chose George Ervin to fill the seat that had been held by Mary Amoroso expiring in December 2018 that became vacant after she was propel the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders; Ervin will serve on an interim basis until the November 2017 general election, when voters will chose a candidate to fill the balance of the term. Mahwah is positioned in the 5th Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 39th state legislative district. Prior to the 2011 reapportionment following the 2010 Census, Mahwah had been in the 40th state legislative district. New Jersey's Fifth Congressional District is represented by Josh Gottheimer (D, Wyckoff). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Cory Booker (D, Newark, term ends 2021) and Bob Menendez (D, Paramus, 2019).
Tedesco III (D, Paramus; term ends December 31, 2018). The seven freeholders are propel at-large in partisan elections on a staggered basis, with two or three seats coming up for election each year, with a Chairman, Vice Chairman and Chairman Pro Tempore chose from among its members at a reorganization meeting held each January. Bergen County's Freeholders are Freeholder Chairwoman Joan Voss (D, 2017; Fort Lee), Vice Chairman Steve Tanelli (D, 2015; North Arlington) Chairman Pro Tempore John A.
In 2004, the New Jersey Legislature passed the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act, which regulates the New Jersey Highlands region.
Mahwah was encompassed in the highlands preservation region and is subject to the rules of the act and the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council, a division of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Some of the territory in the protected region is classified as being in the highlands preservation area, and thus subject to additional rules. The Mahwah Township Public Schools provides enhance education for students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade.
As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's six schools had an enrollment of 3,259 students and 250.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student teacher ratio of 13.03:1. Schools in the precinct (with 2010-11 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are four elementary schools Lenape Meadows Elementary School (Pre - K-3; 480 students), Betsy Ross Elementary School (K-3; 230), George Washington Elementary School (K-3; 175) and Joyce Kilmer Elementary School (4-5; 528) along with Ramapo Ridge Middle School (6-8; 796) and Mahwah High School (9-12; 1,049). Public school students from the township, and all of Bergen County, are eligible to attend the secondary education programs offered by the Bergen County Technical Schools, which include the Bergen County Academies in Hackensack, and the Bergen Tech ground in Teterboro or Paramus.
As of May 2010, the township had a total of 110.29 miles (177.49 km) of roadways, of which 81.91 miles (131.82 km) were maintained by the municipality, 20.59 miles (33.14 km) by Bergen County and 7.79 miles (12.54 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation. Interstate 87, the New York Thruway, is just outside the state in Suffern, New York.
NJ Transit rail service is available from the Mahwah station to Secaucus Junction, Hoboken Terminal, and Newark on the Main Line and Bergen County Line. Passengers may also take favor of express service on the same line from the Suffern station, just athwart the New York state line. See also: Category:People from Mahwah, New Jersey.
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Headquarters is positioned in Mahwah, New Jersey." The Mahwah locale is home to Stryker Orthopaedics, with an array of functions including manufacturing/operations, finance, marketing, sales, and distribution.", New Jersey Monthly, August 11, 2009.
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"The judge found Brown had left the state without permission; had moved her residence from Brooklyn to Mahwah, N.J., without permission; had floundered to notify the department of an arrest in Mahwah; had floundered to report to probation officers, and had dropped court-ordered anger management sessions with a psychologist." "Mahwah Musicians Featured on New NOW 45 CDTwo of the members of the band 'Born Cages' are recent Mahwah High School graduates", Mahwah Patch, February 12, 2013.
"Born Cages which features township inhabitants and recent Mahwah High School grads Vlad Holiday on guitar and lead vocals and Amanda Carl on keyboards and vocals has a song on the new Now 45 CD." Joyce Kilmer (1886 1918) Author of Trees and Other Poems, accessed April 5, 2007.
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"This year's group includes Leonard Marshall, defensive end, who lives in Mahwah and is finishing an undergraduate degree in finance that he started at Louisiana State University; Perry Williams, defensive back, who lives in Passaic and is earning a master's in enhance administration, and John Washington, defensive lineman, who is at work on an M.B.A.
"University of Massachusetts Amherst junior Krysten Moore of Mahwah, New Jersey, was once an overweight middle school student who, by her own admission, got 'bullied ruthlessly' by her school mates." "The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have titled Don Bosco grad Patrick Murray their new place kicker.Murray, from Mahwah, made 25 of 30 field goal attempts as a Fordham senior in 2012, when he was an All-America punter and kicker." "Three-Hitter by Reynolds Helps Bombers Defeat Senators, 5 to 1; Single and 3 Straight Walks in 5th Cost Allie Shutout--Coleman Hits Homer With One On for Yankees in Eighth Inning Rizzuto Starts Rally An Impressive Performance", The New York Times, June 29, 1950.
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Mahwah, New Jersey - 1944 establishments in New Jersey - Faulkner Act (mayor council)Populated places established in 1944 - Ramapos - Townships in Bergen County, New Jersey
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