See also: Rockaway Township, New Jersey Location in Morris County and the state of New Jersey.
Location in Morris County and the state of New Jersey.
Enumeration Bureau map of Rockaway, New Jersey Enumeration Bureau map of Rockaway, New Jersey Rockaway is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
Rockaway was formed as a borough on June 19, 1894, from portions of Rockaway Township, based on the results of a popular vote held the previous day. Additional portions of Rockaway Township were took in by the borough in 1908. Rockaway is governed under the Borough form of New Jersey municipal government.
The Borough Council consists of six members propel to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle. The Borough form of government used by Rockaway, the most common fitness used in the state, is a "weak mayor / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie.
Rockaway Borough is positioned in the 11th Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 25th state legislative district. New Jersey's Eleventh Congressional District is represented by Rodney Frelinghuysen (R, Harding Township). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Cory Booker (D, Newark, term ends 2021) and Bob Menendez (D, Paramus, 2019).
In the 2012 presidential election, Republican Mitt Romney received 51.4% of the vote (1,464 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 47.8% (1,362 votes), and other candidates with 0.8% (22 votes), among the 2,872 ballots cast by the borough's 4,103 registered voters (24 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 70.0%. In the 2012 presidential election, Republican Mitt Romney received 51.2% of the vote (1,464 cast), while Democrat Barack Obama received 47.6% (1,362 votes) and other candidates collected 1.2% (34 votes), among the 2,872 ballots cast by the borough's 4,103 registered voters, for a turnout of 70.0%. In the 2008 presidential election, Republican John Mc - Cain received 53.0% of the vote (1,625 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 45.3% (1,388 votes) and other candidates with 0.9% (28 votes), among the 3,067 ballots cast by the borough's 4,007 registered voters, for a turnout of 76.5%. In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W.
Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Morris Hills High School, in Rockaway Borough, which also serves students from Wharton and some from Rockaway Township (the White Meadow Lake section and other southern portions of the township). The The Academy for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, a magnet high school program that is part of the Morris County Vocational School District is jointly directed on the Morris Hills campus. The two high schools are part of the Morris Hills Regional High School District. As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,202 students and 108.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student teacher ratio of 11.1:1. As of May 2010, the borough had a total of 25.88 miles (41.65 km) of roadways, of which 20.16 miles (32.44 km) were maintained by the municipality, 3.53 miles (5.68 km) by Morris County and 2.19 miles (3.52 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation. a b c d e f 2010 Enumeration Gazetteer Files: New Jersey County Subdivisions, United States Enumeration Bureau.
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"Morris Hills High School is a comprehensive, four-year enhance school positioned in the heart of Morris County.
The school is part of a county-wide school precinct that includes our sister school, Morris Knolls High School.
The school serves the small-town communities of Wharton, Rockaway Township, and Rockaway Borough where the school resides." Program of Studies 2013-2014 - About Our School District, Morris Hills Regional District.
"Morris Hills is home to the Academy of Mathematics, Science and Engineering, a partnership with Morris County School of Technology." Morris Hills Regional High School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education.
"Our schools' success is directly attributed to the support we receive from the inhabitants of Denville, Rockaway Borough, Rockaway Township and Wharton - citizens who care about their kids and who value education." School data for Morris Hills High School, National Center for Education Statistics.
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NJ TRANSIT RESTRUCTURES MORRIS COUNTY BUS SERVICE; Four current 'MCM' routes will be period to six new bus routes, NJ Transit, September 13, 2010.
"Former Rockaway resident and Morris Hills High School graduate, Sue Naegle, c, now the president of Time Warner's HBO Entertainment was the guest speaker amid the Morris County Chamber of Commerce Women in Business, 'Defining Moments on the Journey to Success' event at the Madison Hotel." "A native of Rockaway, New Jersey, General Odierno attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 1976 with a commission in Field Artillery." Rockaway Borough Public Schools's 2015 16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education Municipalities and communities of Morris County, New Jersey, United States
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