Location of Cliffside Park in Bergen County highlighted in red (left). Inset map: Location of Bergen County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (right).
Cliffside Park was formed based on the results of a referendum held on January 15, 1895, from portions of Ridgefield Township.[22][23] The borough was formed during the "Boroughitis" phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County, as one of two boroughs created in 1895 after 26 boroughs were formed in the county in 1894 alone.[24] The borough was named for its location as a "Park by the Cliffs".[25]
U.S. SenatorFrank Lautenberg resided in the borough until his death in 2013. Cliffside Park was home to the former Palisades Amusement Park, part of which was located in adjoining Fort Lee. The 38-acre (15 ha) park operated from 1898 until 1971, remaining one of the most-visited amusement parks in the country until its closure, after which the rides and attractions were removed and the site replaced by high-rise apartment buildings.[26]
The 2010 United States census counted 23,594 people, 9,948 households, and 6,178 families in the borough. The population density was 24,508.7 per square mile (9,462.9/km2). There were 10,665 housing units at an average density of 11,078.5 per square mile (4,277.4/km2). The racial makeup was 70.11% (16,541) White, 3.29% (776) Black or African American, 0.32% (75) Native American, 13.78% (3,252) Asian, 0.05% (11) Pacific Islander, 8.65% (2,042) from other races, and 3.80% (897) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 28.41% (6,704) of the population.[19]
Of the 9,948 households, 23.6% had children under the age of 18; 44.8% were married couples living together; 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present and 37.9% were non-families. Of all households, 31.6% were made up of individuals and 13.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.98.[19]
17.2% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 26.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.5 years. For every 100 females, the population had 93.4 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 91.6 males.[19]
The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey shows that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $67,856 (with a margin of error of +/− $5,782) and the median family income was $80,856 (+/− $5,828). Males had a median income of $53,529 (+/− $4,598) versus $52,134 (+/− $5,805) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $36,157 (+/− $2,000). About 7.3% of families and 10.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.2% of those under age 18 and 12.4% of those age 65 or over.[40]
Same-sex couples headed 56 households in 2010, a decline from the 72 counted in 2000.[41]
2000 census
As of the 2000 United States census[16] there were 23,007 people, 10,027 households, and 6,036 families residing in the borough. The population density was 23,847.7 inhabitants per square mile (9,207.6/km2). There were 10,375 housing units at an average density of 10,754.1 per square mile (4,152.2/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 77.85% White, 1.83% African American, 0.25% Native American, 12.05% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 4.97% from other races, and 3.02% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 18.16% of the population.[38][39]
As of the 2000 census, 3.6% of Cliffside Park's residents identified themselves as being of Armenian American ancestry. This was the highest percentage in New Jersey, and the seventh-highest percentage of Armenian American people in any place in the United States with 1,000 or more residents identifying their ancestry.[42] Additionally, according to the 2000 Census, 1.3% of Cliffside Park identified themselves as Turkish American, the sixth-highest of any municipality in the United States and four-highest in the state.[43]
There were 10,027 households, out of which 21.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.2% were married couples living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.8% were non-families. 33.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.95.[38][39]
In the borough the population was spread out, with 16.9% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 33.6% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 18.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.6 males.[38][39]
The median income for a household in the borough was $46,288, and the median income for a family was $54,915. Males had a median income of $40,114 versus $36,100 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $28,516. About 8.5% of families and 10.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.1% of those under age 18 and 10.2% of those age 65 or over.[38][39]
Religion
Roman Catholic Church of the Epiphany
As of 2011[update], more than three quarters of Cliffside Park residents categorize themselves as being affiliated with a formal religious body. A majority of the borough is Roman Catholic (52.60%), many of whom attend the Roman Catholic Church of the Epiphany on Knox Avenue. 8.12% Jewish; 1.21% Lutheran; 1.20% Episcopalian; 0.84% Methodist; 0.88% Muslim; 0.62% Baptist; 0.46% Pentecostal; and 0.02% Eastern Orthodox Christian.[44]
Government
Local government
Cliffside Park is governed under the borough form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 218 municipalities (of the 564) statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey.[45] The governing body is comprised of a mayor and a borough council, with all positions elected at-large on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. A mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The borough council is comprised of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle.[6] The borough form of government used by Cliffside Park 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. The mayor can veto ordinances subject to an override by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council.[46][47]
As of 2023[update], the Mayor of Cliffside Park is Democrat Thomas Calabrese, who was elected to serve a term of office ending December 31, 2023. Members of the borough council are Council President Eurice Rojas (R, 2024), John Chmielewski (D, 2024), Peter J. Colao (D, 2025), Kenneth J. Corcoran (D, 2025), Dana Martinotti (D, 2023) and Selvie Nikaj (D, 2024).[3][48][49][50][51][52][53]
In October 2019, the borough council appointed John Chmielewski to fill the seat expiring in December 2021 that had been held by Donna M. Spoto until she resigned from her seat the previous month after 31 years in office in order to move out of the borough.[54][55]
In May 2015, the borough council selected Thomas Calabrese from a list of three candidates nominated by the Democratic municipal committee to fill the vacant mayoral seat.[56] Calabrese replaced his father, Gerald Calabrese, who was elected to the borough council in 1955 and had served continuously as mayor of Cliffside Park from 1965 until his death in April 2015, making him the longest-serving mayor in state history.[57] In June 2015, Peter Colao was appointed to fill the vacant council seat expiring in December 2016 that had been held by Calabrese before he was selected to fill the vacancy as mayor.[58]
Federal, state, and county representation
Cliffside Park is located in the 9th Congressional District[59] and is part of New Jersey's 36th state legislative district.[60][61][62]
Bergen County is governed by a directly elected County Executive, with legislative functions performed by a Board of County Commissioners comprised of seven members who are elected at-large to three-year terms in partisan elections on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats coming up for election each November; a Chairman and Vice Chairman are selected from among its seven members at a reorganization meeting held every January. As of 2024[update], the county executive is James J. Tedesco III (D, Paramus), whose four-year term of office ends December 31, 2026.[69]
As of March 2011, there were a total of 11,107 registered voters in Cliffside Park, of which 4,749 (42.8% vs. 31.7% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 1,166 (10.5% vs. 21.1%) were registered as Republicans and 5,185 (46.7% vs. 47.1%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 7 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens.[91] Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 47.1% (vs. 57.1% in Bergen County) were registered to vote, including 56.9% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 73.7% countywide).[91][92]
In recent years, Cliffside Park has leaned strongly toward the Democratic Party. In the 2016 presidential election, Democrat Hillary Clinton received 5,474 votes (61.1% vs. 54.2% countywide), ahead of Republican Donald Trump with 3,119 votes (34.8% vs. 41.1% countywide) and other candidates with 221 votes (2.5% vs. 3.0% countywide), among the 8,953 ballots cast by the borough's 12,979 registered voters for a turnout of 68.9% (vs. 73% in Bergen County).[99] In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 5,410 votes (66.0% vs. 54.8% countywide), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 2,627 votes (32.0% vs. 43.5%) and other candidates with 64 votes (0.8% vs. 0.9%), among the 8,203 ballots cast by the borough's 11,870 registered voters, for a turnout of 69.1% (vs. 70.4% in Bergen County).[100][101] In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 5,348 votes (61.9% vs. 53.9% countywide), ahead of Republican John McCain with 3,095 votes (35.8% vs. 44.5%) and other candidates with 88 votes (1.0% vs. 0.8%), among the 8,636 ballots cast by the borough's 11,775 registered voters, for a turnout of 73.3% (vs. 76.8% in Bergen County).[102][103]
In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Democrat Barbara Buono received 52.0% of the vote (2,298 cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 47.0% (2,077 votes), and other candidates with 1.1% (47 votes), among the 4,639 ballots cast by the borough's 11,249 registered voters (217 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 41.2%.[104][105] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 3,305 ballots cast (59.8% vs. 48.0% countywide), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 1,914 votes (34.6% vs. 45.8%), independent Chris Daggett with 202 votes (3.7% vs. 4.7%) and other candidates with 24 votes (0.4% vs. 0.5%), among the 5,529 ballots cast by the borough's 11,381 registered voters, yielding a 48.6% turnout (vs. 50.0% in the county).[106]
Local elections
In the 2010 General Election, Democratic incumbents Thomas Calabrese (3,167 votes) and Kenneth Corcoran (3,111 votes) were re-elected to three-year terms of office after being challenged by Republican Party candidates Eric Soto (1,835 votes) and Michelle Talamo (1,836 votes).[107]
In the 2009 General Election, Democratic incumbents Bernard J. Fontana (2,943 votes) and Donna M. Spoto (2,983 votes) were re-elected over Republican Party candidates John Mitchell (2,040 votes) and Eric Soto (2,004 votes).[108]
List of mayors
Cliffside Park was formed in 1895 and has the borough form of New Jersey municipal government. It has had numerous mayors, a number of whom served non-consecutive terms. Gerald Calabrese was longest serving mayor (50 years) in New Jersey at the time of his death.[109] The following is a list of previous mayors:
Thomas Calabrese (D) 2015 acting, 2016 to present[110]
William T. Michaelson (1950 to 1951)[109] He was indicted in 1951, and again in 1953, on charges of failure to enforce gambling laws, but the charges were dropped in 1955.[citation needed]
Joseph W. Marini (R) (1924–1929, 1944–1947),[109] twice defeated Edward Aloysius Kenney, an unsuccessful candidate who ran as an independent in 1921, as a Republican in 1923, and as a Democrat in 1927. (Kenney later defeated Marini in a race for the U.S. House of Representatives.[123]) Became New Jersey Superior Court judge.[124]New Jersey Assembly 1944-1945
John C. Cadien (1918–1924)[109] Instrumental in the establishment of Cliffside Park Public Library[125]
August Neuman (1895–1904, 1906–1910, 1914–1918)[109] An investor in Palisades Amusement Park, he was the first mayor of the borough.[127] He asked the wife of Gaetano Bresci to move out of the town after her husband assassinated Umberto I of Italy.[128] Served as postmaster 1895–1914.[109] He was briefly shunned by townsfolk after a forgery of his signature.[129]
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 campus in Teterboro or Paramus. The district offers programs on a shared-time or full-time basis, with admission based on a selective application process and tuition covered by the student's home school district.[142][143]
For generations, the borough was the home of Epiphany School, an elementary school of the Roman Catholic Church of the Epiphany. Completed in 1930, having been constructed under the direction of Msgr. Anthony J. Ferretti, the school was staffed by the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth (Convent Station, New Jersey).[144] In 2005, due to changing demographics and low enrollment, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark decided to merge Epiphany School with Christ the Teacher Interparochial School in Fort Lee, New Jersey,[145] which is jointly sponsored by Epiphany RC Church, Madonna RC Church (Fort Lee), Holy Trinity RC Church (Fort Lee) and Holy Rosary RC Church (Edgewater).
Transportation
County Route 29 (Anderson Avenue) in Cliffside Park
Roads and highways
As of May 2010[update], the borough had a total of 24.47 miles (39.38 km) of roadways, of which 20.29 miles (32.65 km) were maintained by the municipality and 4.18 miles (6.73 km) by Bergen County.[146]
Palisade Avenue and Anderson Avenue are the main north–south roads of Cliffside Park.
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.
^Harvey, Cornelius Burnham. Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey, p. 11, New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Company, 1900. Accessed September 15, 2013. "For a period of sixteen years following the passage of this act few boroughs were organized in the State, only three of them being in Bergen County.... As it was twenty-six boroughs were created in the county from January 23, 1894, to December 18, of the same year."
^Horner, Shirley. "About Books: Palisades Park Memories", The New York Times, September 4, 1994. Accessed December 3, 2013. "Now they can vicariously relive those days with The Park on the Palisades, by Vince Gargiulo, a 200-page history of the park from 1898 to 1971 -- when its 38 acres in Fort Lee and Cliffside Park virtually disappeared to make way for high-rises."
^Councilman John Chmielewski, Borough of Cliffside Park. Accessed March 24, 2020. "John was sworn in as a councilman in October to fill the unexpired term of Donna Spoto."
^McDonald, Terrence T. "Cliffside Park councilwoman steps down after 31 years in office", The Record, September 13, 2019. Accessed March 24, 2020. "Donna Spoto, who may be the longest-serving councilwoman in Bergen County, stepped down from the Borough Council this week to move to Florida with her husband. Spoto, 58, a retired teacher and county worker, submitted her resignation on Tuesday. First appointed to the six-member council in 1988, she was in the middle of her 10th term in office."
^Tat, Linh. "Thomas Calabrese named Cliffside Park mayor", The Record, May 5, 2015, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 4, 2016. Accessed September 10, 2017. "On Tuesday, three weeks after Gerry Calabrese's death, residents learned that they will continue to call Mr. Calabrese their mayor — Thomas Calabrese, that is. As acting mayor the past 20 months, Thomas, who was also council president, was the heir apparent to the title last held by his father, who set the record as New Jersey's longest-serving mayor."
^Rosenfeld, Stacey. "Calabrese sworn in for 13th term as mayor of Cliffside Park", Cliffside Park Citizen, January 9, 2012, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 6, 2016. Accessed September 10, 2017. "Cliffside Park Mayor, Gerald 'Gerry' Calabrese, made history when he was sworn in to commence his 13th term as Mayor of the borough Jan.4. Calabrese, 86, was first elected to the Cliffside Park Borough Council in 1955 at age 30. In 1959 he became mayor and has continuously served as the borough's Chief Executive since 1965, distinguishing him as the longest-serving Mayor in the State of New Jersey."
^Tat, Linh. "Cliffside Park tax assessor to fill Calabrese's council seat", The Record, June 5, 2015, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 4, 2016. Accessed September 10, 2017. "The borough's tax assessor and chairman of its Housing Authority was appointed Wednesday to fill the council seat vacated by Thomas Calabrese last month when he became mayor. Peter Colao, whose appointment ends Dec. 31, said he plans to run in this fall's general election for a one-year unexpired term ending December 2016."
^Biography, Congressman Bill Pascrell. Accessed January 3, 2019. "A native son of Paterson, N.J., Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. has built a life of public service upon the principles he learned while growing up on the south side of the Silk City."
^Biography of Bob Menendez, United States Senate, January 26, 2015. "Menendez, who started his political career in Union City, moved in September from Paramus to one of Harrison's new apartment buildings near the town's PATH station.."
^Cattafi, Kristie. "Democrats pick Bergenfield councilman to fill vacancy on Bergen County commissioners board", The Record, March 13, 2023. Accessed March 16, 2023. "A Democratic councilman from Bergenfield will be sworn in as a Bergen County commissioner Wednesday night, filling a vacancy on the governing body for almost 1 million residents. Rafael Marte will serve until Dec. 31, taking on the unexpired term left by former Commissioner Ramon Hache, a Democrat who resigned last week to lead the Ridgewood YMCA as its chief executive officer."
^Amos, Darius. "Election 2009: Cliffside Park", Cliffside Park Citizen, November 3, 2009, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 5, 2016. Accessed September 10, 2017. "The two incumbents outgained their GOP challengers at the polls, as each Democrat tallied more than 900 more votes than their opponents. Spoto received 2,983 votes, and Fontana got 2,943. Republicans John Mitchell picked up 2,040 votes, while slate running mate Eric Soto received 2,004 votes."
^Pugliese, Nicholas. "A son of Gerry Calabrese begins full term as Cliffside Park mayor", The Record, January 5, 2016. Accessed April 24, 2022. "The Calabrese dynasty was extended Tuesday as Thomas Calabrese was sworn in by Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop for his first full term as mayor, a role that he held in an acting capacity for 20 months before he was appointed to the position in May. His predecessor and father, Gerald 'Gerry' Calabrese, was a powerhouse in Bergen County politics and the state’s longest-serving mayor. He died in April after 51 years in office."
^"Frederick Dyer". The Record. August 23, 1997. Archived from the original on April 15, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2011. Frederick F. Dyer, a former Republican mayor of Cliffside Park who was dedicated to the Scouting movement, died Thursday at Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck. He was 86. Mr. Dyer became the borough's mayor in 1958 after six years as a councilman. He declined to run for the office again, making way for a race won by Gerald Calabrese, who has been mayor for 34 of the past 37 ...
^Profile 2013 – 2014Archived February 28, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Cliffside Park High School. Accessed May 29, 2017. "Cliffside Park is a residential community of approximately 23,600 residents and a geographical size of one square mile. It is a suburb of and less than one mile from New York City. The neighboring town of Fairview is a K – 8 district and Cliffside Park is the receiving district for Fairview's 9 – 12 students. Fairview has a population of approximately 13,600."
^Parish History: "A Century with Christ and Community" 1916 - 2016, Church of the Epiphany. Accessed June 22, 2020. "This house was eventually converted in 1929, into a convent for the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth (Convent Station), who would later staff Epiphany School.... Construction of Epiphany School began in late 1929, and was completed in early 1930.... During the construction of the school building, Fr. Ferretti petitioned the Reverend Mother General of the Sisters of Charity of Convent Station to provide him with a teaching staff for the new school.... The Sisters of Charity began their service to Epiphany in September, 1930."
^Staff. "Metro Briefing; New York, New Jersey and Connecticut", The New York Times, March 3, 2005. Accessed September 10, 2017. "Seven Roman Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Newark will close this year, victims of rising costs and declining enrollment.... The plans call for Epiphany School in Cliffside Park to merge with Christ the Teacher Interparochial School in Fort Lee."
^Paolo Cherchi Usai, Silent Cinema: A Guide to Study, Research and Curatorship, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019, p.126
^Bonamo, Mark J. "Lights, cameras, Cliffside Park", Cliffside Park Citizen, June 11, 2010, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 19, 2016. Accessed September 10, 2017. "'It sounded like something fun, and I'll sleep when I'm dead,' said Snyder. 'They filmed Big and Cop Land in Cliffside Park, and I think Bergen County is an excellent place to film. We have the cliffs with the beauty of the view of New York, but it's still a very suburban place. This is perfect Americana.'"
^Ross, Michael E. "State Seeks Bigger Role In Making Of Movies", The New York Times, August 7, 1998. Accessed April 11, 2008. "Big, one of this summer's box-office comedy successes, starring Tom Hanks and Elizabeth Perkins. Parts of the 20th Century-Fox film were shot in Cliffside Park and Fort Lee."
^Riordan, Teresa. "Throw Away That Cell Phone", The New York Times, November 8, 1999. Accessed April 14, 2016. "Ms. Altschul, a full-time inventor in Cliffside Park, N.J., has patented a technology that she says can be used to manufacture cellular phones so inexpensively that they could be sold for a fixed amount of air time -- as long-distance calling cards are -- and then tossed in the garbage once their minutes have been used up."
^Lipson, Karin. "For Oksana Baiul, a Role Close to Life", The New York Times, May 13, 2007. Accessed March 22, 2011. "Ms. Baiul, now 29 and living in Cliffside Park, N.J., was 'competing' only in her starring role as Maya Propova, one of six fictional skaters jockeying for medals in Cold as Ice, a new musical about the sacrifices and rivalries of the sport."
^Nick Borelli, Pro Football Archives. Accessed September 10, 2017.
^Johnson, Brent. "Meet the newest -- and youngest -- N.J. lawmaker", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, February 8, 2018. Accessed February 10, 2018. "The newest member of the New Jersey Legislature is also the youngest -- and hails from a storied Bergen County political family. Clinton Calabrese, a 31-year-old Democrat and Cliffside Park resident who once served on the borough's school board, was sworn in Thursday to serve in the state Assembly."
^Van Gelder, Lawrence. "Ann Corio, a Burlesque Queen on Broadway, Is Dead", The New York Times, March 9, 1999. Accessed July 9, 2013. "Ann Corio, the auburn-haired, green-eyed queen of burlesque whose long-running show, This Was Burlesque, kept alive the art of strippers and the comedy of baggy-pants clowns in the age of the X-rated film, died on March 1 at Englewood Hospital in Englewood, N.J. Ms. Corio, a resident of Cliffside Park, N.J., kept her age a closely guarded secret, but was believed to be in her 80s."
^Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1970, p. 434. J. A. Fitzgerald, 1970. Accessed September 10, 2017. "William J. Dorgan (Rep., Palisades Park) Assemblyman Dorgan was born in Cliffside Park, November 9, 1921. He graduated from St. Cecilia High School and attended Seton Hall University."
^Staff. "Milestones, Mar. 24, 1975", Time, March 24, 1975. Accessed September 10, 2017. "Died. Joseph Dunninger, 82, magician and mentalist; of Parkinson's disease; in Cliffside Park, N.J."
^ abHsu, Eric. "Cliffside Park, this is your life", The Record, March 22, 2007, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 13, 2016. Accessed September 10, 2017. "One section includes a list of the town's famous residents, including telepathist Joseph Dunninger; boxer Gus Lesnevich; and Otto Messmer, an animator sometimes credited as the creator of Felix the Cat."
^Tommasini, Anthony. "Eileen Farrell, Soprano With a Populist Bent, Dies at 82", The New York Times, March 25, 2002. Accessed February 16, 2015. " Eileen Farrell, the American dramatic soprano who built a devoted following among the public through her frequent television appearances and was credited with the first successful crossover album, I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues, in 1960, died on Saturday in Park Ridge, N.J. She was 82. She lived in Cliffside Park, N.J., but was taken to a nursing home in Park Ridge last week as circulatory ailments worsened."
^"Frank H. Field", Science History Institute. Accessed June 21, 2018. "Frank H. Field was raised in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, by an aunt, an uncle, and a grandmother."
^Saxon, Wolfgang. "Fred C. Galda, 79, Retired Judge", The New York Times, August 19, 1997. Accessed March 22, 2011. "He grew up in Cliffside Park, N.J., where he excelled in football and basketball. He was place-kicker on the football team while studying at Michigan State University."
^Gloria Gaynor: She Has Survived, Road & Travel Magazine. Accessed March 22, 2011. "Gaynor, who won't divulge her age ('Just as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth,' is all she'll say) and lives in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, with her manager/husband of 20 years, Linwood Simon, always knew she'd be a singer."
^Jaeger, Barbara. "Solos at Home Lead to a Career in Rock", The Record, August 14, 1991, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 11, 2016. Accessed September 10, 2017. "Ray Gillen remembers those late-Seventies afternoons as if they were yesterday. 'I'd get home from school, turn on the stereo or radio, and sing along,' says the former Cliffside Park resident."
^Huff, Richard. "Brooklyn Hoofer Is Eager For Next 'Dance' Step", New York Daily News, June 21, 2006. "As it turns out, Rankine has been paired with Heidi Groskreutz, 24, of Cliffside Park, N.J., in the early rounds of the competition. She's a ballroom specialist, while he's a contemporary dancer."
^Editorial. "Kosco, Heck, and Dressel; Two Republicans and a Democrat in the 38th", The Record, October 27, 1997. Accessed January 20, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Voters in the 38th District have a choice between Republican Sen. Louis Kosco of Paramus, a leading advocate of tougher punishment for criminals, and Valerie Vainieri Huttle, a moderate Democrat from Cliffside Park who has a good under standing of North Jersey's problems."
^Grimes, William. "Alfred J. Kahn, Specialist in Child Welfare Issues, Dies at 90", The New York Times, February 21, 2009. Accessed December 3, 2013. "Alfred J. Kahn, a social-policy scholar and an educator who turned a critical eye on failures of local and state governments in child development and family support, and who later argued for a European-style social-welfare system available to all citizens, died on Feb. 13 in Hackensack, N.J. He was 90 and lived in Cliffside Park, N.J."
^via Associated Press. "Aide: Sen. Lautenberg doing OK after fall", USA Today, February 16, 2010. Accessed September 10, 2017. "Long-serving U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg fell at his home Monday night and was taken to a hospital as a precaution, an aide said. The 86-year-old Democrat, the first New Jersey senator to be elected to five terms, was conscious when he was taken from his Cliffside Park home to the hospital, spokesman Caley Gray said."
^ abRandy Neumann profile, New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame. Accessed December 1, 2016. "Randy Neumann was born and raised in Cliffside Park, NJ the town which earlier produced the late, great World Light heavyweight Champion, Gus Lesnevich."
^Gould, Joe; and El-Ghobashy, Tamer. "I didn't shoot pal, says Remy, with not guilty plea", New York Daily News, July 17, 2007. Accessed September 10, 2017. "'I didn't shoot my friend!' Remy Ma hollered at reporters from the second-floor window of her modest Cliffside Park, N.J., home. 'I didn't shoot nobody!'"
^Singer, Natasha. "15 Pounds: Part of Freshman Meal Plan?", The New York Times, August 31, 2006. Accessed May 30, 2011. "And that is where Daphne Oz, a junior at Princeton from Cliffside Park, N.J., comes in.... And at the Dwight-Englewood School in Englewood, N.J., she wrote a high school research paper on teenage nutrition and lobbied for healthier cafeteria food, she said."
^Bruni, Frank. "Dr. Does-It-All", The New York Times Magazine, April 16, 2010. Accessed March 22, 2011. "That is his base line, to which he adds more yoga, short runs and basketball games with friends near his home in Cliffside Park, N.J., when he can."
^Smith, Ray. "'Hoboken was a very wild community' Actor Joe Pantoliano inspires; honored at the Boys and Girls Club"Archived September 11, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, The Hudson Reporter, December 12, 2010. Accessed September 10, 2017. "Pantoliano and his lifelong friend Rich Pepe have teamed up to create their own pasta sauce (or gravy, depending on your ethnicity) called 'Pepe and Pants Pasta Sauce,' of which 100 percent of the net proceeds are donated to 'No Kidding, Me Too!' The two men graduated from Cliffside Park High School together after their families moved from Hoboken."
^"Patrick James Roma", The Record, November 30, 2017. Accessed August 20, 2020. "Born in New York City, raised in Cliffside Park, NJ, and resided in Palisades Park and Hillsdale, NJ, the son of Frank and Philomena Scozzafava, the Honorable Patrick J. Roma graduated from Seton Hall University, received his law degree from Stamford University - Cumberland School of Law, and his Master's of Law (LLM) degree from New York University School of Law."
^Staff. "Jay Snyder Wed To Miss Maxwell", The New York Times, September 27, 1987. Accessed December 3, 2013. "Tracy Holt Maxwell, a daughter of Maryholt Maxwell of Carmel, N.Y., and Key West, Fla., and the late James F. Maxwell Jr., was married yesterday to Jay Thomas Snyder, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Snyder of Cliffside Park, N.J."
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