Saddle River, New Jersey



Saddle River, New Jersey Map highlighting Saddle River's locale within Bergen County.

Inset: Bergen County's locale within New Jersey.

Map highlighting Saddle River's locale within Bergen County.

Inset: Bergen County's locale within New Jersey.

Enumeration Bureau map of Saddle River, New Jersey Enumeration Bureau map of Saddle River, New Jersey Saddle River is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

Saddle River is one of the wealthiest small municipalities in the United States and was ranked 9th in New Jersey in per capita income as of the 2010 Census. Based on 1989 per capita income, Saddle River was ranked the richest suburb in the country among those with 2,500 or more citizens . Saddle River was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on November 22, 1894, from portions of Orvil Township, based on the results of a popular vote held three days earlier. The borough was formed amid the "Boroughitis" phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County, in which 26 boroughs were formed in the county in 1894 alone.

Saddle River's popular vote passed on November 19, one day before the popular vote passed for the formation of the neighboring borough of Upper Saddle River. An additional portion of Orvil Township was took in in 1903. The borough is titled after the Saddle River, which flows through the borough and is a tributary of the Passaic River, which in turn was titled for a stream and valley in Saddell, Argyll, Scotland. Abram Ackerman House 199 East Saddle River Road (added 1983) Garret and Maria Ackerman House 150 East Saddle River Road (added 1986) Garret Augustus Ackerman House 212 East Saddle River Road (added 1986) Ackerman-Dewsnap House 176 East Saddle River Road (added 1986) Ackerman-Dater House 109 West Saddle River Road (added 1983) Alonzo Foringer House and Studio 107 and 107 - B East Saddle River Road (added 1986) Hopper House 45 West Saddle River Road (added 1984) O'Blenis House 220 East Saddle River Road (added 1986) Roy House 229 West Saddle River Road (added 1986) Saddle River Center Historic District Along West Saddle River Road at jct.

Stillwell-Preston House 9 East Saddle River Road (added 1986) Andries Thomas Van Buskirk House 164 East Saddle River Road (added 1983) Laurance Thomas Van Buskirk House 116 East Saddle River Road (added 1983) The borough is bounded by eight municipalities in Bergen County: the boroughs of Upper Saddle River, Woodcliff Lake, Hillsdale, Ho-Ho-Kus, Ramsey, Waldwick, and Allendale, and a tiny portion of Washington Township. Saddle River 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 Saddle River, 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.

"Al" Kurpis, whose term of office ends December 31, 2019. Members of the Saddle River Borough Council are Council President Eric Jensen (R, 2017), Ben Acaster (R, 2018), Ronald A.

Saddle River is positioned in the 5th Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 39th 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.

The Saddle River School District, serves students in pre-kindergarten through fifth undertaking at Wandell School.

Public school students from Saddle River attend the Ramsey Public School District's middle school and then have the option of attending either Ramsey High School or Northern Highlands Regional High School as part of sending/receiving relationships with each of the respective districts. As of the 2014-15 school year, Northern Highlands had an enrollment of 1,373 students and 115.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student teacher ratio of 11.9:1, while Ramsey High School had an enrollment of 856 students and 85.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student teacher ratio of 10.0:1. Public school students from the borough, 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.

Saddle River Day School is a K-12 private school that was established in 1957. As of May 2010, the borough had a total of 39.23 miles (63.13 km) of roadways, of which 26.40 miles (42.49 km) were maintained by the municipality, 10.88 miles (17.51 km) by Bergen County and 1.95 miles (3.14 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation. Other chief roads include West Saddle River Road, East Saddle River Road, Allendale Road, and Chestnut Ridge Road.

Saddle River is served mainly by Route 17, which runs directly through the borough, but certain portions are served by locations in Ho-Ho-Kus, Waldwick, Upper Saddle River, and Allendale.

See also: Category:People from Saddle River, New Jersey.

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District knowledge for Saddle River School District, National Center for Education Statistics.

"With no high school in the borough, Saddle River students have the option of enrolling in either Ramsey High School or Northern Highlands.

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"Northern Highlands High School is positioned in Allendale New Jersey and is one of the two high schools Saddle River students may elect to attend." Northern Highlands Regional High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education.

"A four-year enhance high school, Northern Highlands strives to address the needs of all of its students who come from four suburbs in northern Bergen County: Allendale, Upper Saddle River, Ho-Ho-Kus, and Saddle River." About Us, Bergen County Technical Schools.

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Adams, 85, Dies; Led New York City's Police Force", The New York Times, April 21, 1990.

"JERSEY FOOTLIGHTS", The New York Times, September 5, 2004.

"Lauren Gayle Bettman, a daughter of Shelli and Gary Bettman of Saddle River, N.J., was married last evening to Brian Jeffrey Gershengorn, the son of Renee Gershengorn of New City, N.Y.

Blige plunked down $12.3 million in cash for a Saddle River, N.J., mansion, the Daily News has learned." "Nick who has a net worth of over $20million kept his little ones in mind when he 'strategically picked the secluded Saddle River neighborhood' in New Jersey." "A Lot Of Stars, But Not Much Power", New York Daily News, November 1, 2005.

"Family's Employes Stunned", New York Daily News, September 25, 1997.

"One key fact that Bryant discusses is Colletta's palatial home in upscale Saddle River, New Jersey.

And it's all because a Jersey guy's mom was driving him nuts.", New Jersey Monthly, December 21, 2007.

The Englewood native, who recently moved to Saddle River, plays John 'Johnny Sack' Sacramoni, the head of the New York City Mob." "New Jersey Nets Star Jason Kidd Files Divorce Papers Claiming He's An Abused Spouse", Fox News, January 10, 2007.

"Saddle River resident Mariusz Kolodziej began an artisanal bread empire in 1994 from scratch after arriving in the United States from his native Poland, then later assembled a gym in his bakery from which he manages fighters." "Rosie O'Donnell buys Saddle River home", The Record (Bergen County), January 7, 2014.

"The Securities and Exchange Commission had sued Kenneth Pasternak, a Saddle River resident who now runs a hedge fund, and another former Knight executive in 2005, accusing Pasternak of allowing improper trading at the Jersey City firm amid the tech boom in 1999 and 2000." "Saddle River singer Caroline Pennell talks about 'Voice' and future in music", The Record (Bergen County), December 29, 2013.

"Eleanore Pettersen, a New Jersey architect who helped lead the way for women in her profession, died on Wednesday at her home in Saddle River, N.J....

"Sam Raia, the mayor of Saddle River who recently resigned as New Jersey Republican state chairman, is coming back to the job, The Star-Ledger has learned." "Easygoing, profane, and hilarious, Simmons regularly speaks all over the nation to everyone from small-town company doers to Harvard MBAs, is photographed at every civil event, takes an intensive yoga class every single day, and somehow makes it home every evening to his palatial 35,000-square-foot spread in Saddle River, New Jersey, to see his two daughters, Ming Lee, 3, and Aoki Lee, 11 months." Home of the Week:Simmons' Saddle River Splendor, Forbes, August 25, 2006.

"Actor and Singer Ben Vereen is putting down new roots in Saddle River because, he joked Wednesday, the inhabitants 'asked me to move out there to advancement the neighborhood.'" Municipal Incorporations of the State of New Jersey (according to Counties) prepared by the Division of Local Government, Department of the Treasury (New Jersey); December 1, 1958.

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