Location of North Arlington in Bergen County highlighted in red (left). Inset map: Location of Bergen County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (right).
As the site of Holy Cross Cemetery, which has interred almost 290,000 individuals since its establishment in 1915, and with another Jewish cemetery including several thousand more burials, North Arlington has almost 20 times more dead people than living, with more burials than the living population of Newark, the state's largest city. Holy Cross has an average of 2,600 interments each year, of which about 65% are burials, with the remainder split between entombment in mausoleums or crypts and burial of cremated remains. Expansion of the mausoleum will bring its capacity to nearly 36,000 interments, with the cemetery's total capacity of about 750,000 expected to last past the year 2090. The cemetery covers 208 acres (84 ha) and was assessed at $185 million, though its non-profit status means that the municipality generates no tax revenue from a property that covers almost an eighth of the borough's land area.[23][24]
North Arlington was ranked eighth by Money magazine on its list of "Best Places to Live 2017", which cited the borough's healthy economy, affordable homes and a high quality of life.[25]
Copper was mined at the Schuyler Copper Mine in present-day North Arlington during the 18th and 19th centuries.[27] It was one of the first true copper mines in North America.
North Arlington was formed by a referendum passed on March 9, 1896, and incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 11, 1896, from area taken from Union Township.[30] It was called North Arlington because it was north of the Arlington section of Kearny, which had been named from the Arlington Station on the Erie Railroad.[31]
North Arlington, together with Lyndhurst and Rutherford, was the site of the EnCap project, an effort to remediate landfills on the 785-acre (3.18 km2) site and construct homes and golf courses on top of the cleaned up site. On May 27, 2008, the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission terminated its agreement with EnCap Golf Holdings, the company that had the contract to redevelop the site, after the company had missed targets to clean up the landfills as part of the project.[32]
On November 18, 2015, North Arlington approved plans for FedEx to build a 139,000-square-foot (12,900 m2) freight distribution facility on a former steel dumping ground on Porete Avenue. FedEx pledged to build a new access road to Porete Avenue from Belleville Turnpike, complete with a signalized traffic light, as part of construction. The company planned to hire 225 people to work at the facility. FedEx planned to complete the building by early 2017.[33]
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 2.53 square miles (6.55 km2), including 2.48 square miles (6.43 km2) of land and 0.05 square miles (0.12 km2) of water (1.78%).[1][2]
Route 7 (Belleville Turnpike) occupies much of the border of between Bergen County to the north and Hudson County to the south, with North Arlington on one side and Kearny on the other. The bordering neighborhood in Kearny is called Arlington, from which the name North Arlington is derived. Cemeteries lie along both sides of the route, with North Arlington Jewish Cemetery in Bergen and Arlington Memorial Park in Hudson.
The 2010 United States census counted 15,392 people, 6,295 households, and 4,117 families in the borough. The population density was 6,010.3 per square mile (2,320.6/km2). There were 6,573 housing units at an average density of 2,566.6 per square mile (991.0/km2). The racial makeup was 82.59% (12,712) White, 1.43% (220) Black or African American, 0.23% (36) Native American, 7.87% (1,211) Asian, 0.01% (2) Pacific Islander, 6.03% (928) from other races, and 1.84% (283) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 20.86% (3,211) of the population.[20]
Of the 6,295 households, 25.4% had children under the age of 18; 49.4% were married couples living together; 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present and 34.6% were non-families. Of all households, 29.4% were made up of individuals and 12.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.05.[20]
17.6% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 28.8% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.5 years. For every 100 females, the population had 91.9 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 88.2 males.[20]
The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $71,232 (with a margin of error of +/− $6,829) and the median family income was $87,854 (+/− $9,834). Males had a median income of $56,437 (+/− $4,127) versus $47,794 (+/− $4,233) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $34,265 (+/− $2,555). About 4.6% of families and 5.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.7% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over.[44]
Same-sex couples headed 39 households in 2010, an increase from the 28 counted in 2000.[45]
2000 census
As of the 2000 United States census[17] there were 15,181 people, 6,392 households, and 4,129 families residing in the borough. The population density was 5,880.7 inhabitants per square mile (2,270.6/km2). There were 6,529 housing units at an average density of 2,529.2 per square mile (976.5/km2). The ethnic makeup of the borough was 89.61% White, 0.46% African American, 0.14% Native American, 5.61% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 2.29% from other races, and 1.87% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10.57% of the population.[42][43]
There were 6,392 households, out of which 24.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.7% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.4% were non-families. 30.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.3% 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 3.00.[42][43]
In the borough the population was spread out, with 18.0% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 19.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.1 males.[42][43]
The median income for a household in the borough was $51,787, and the median income for a family was $62,483. Males had a median income of $41,512 versus $34,769 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $24,441. About 3.4% of families and 5.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.2% of those under age 18 and 6.1% of those age 65 or over.[42][43]
Crime
According to the FBI's 2011 Uniform Crime Report, there were 263 crimes in the borough in 2011 (vs. 200 in 2010), of which 19 were violent crimes (vs. 12 in 2010) and 244 non-violent crimes (vs. 188 in the previous year). The 2011 total crime rate per thousand residents was 17.1 (vs. 13.0 in 2010), compared to 13.6 in Bergen County and 24.7 statewide. The violent crime rate was 1.2 per thousand in 2011 (up from 0.8 in the previous year), while the rate was 1.0 in the county and 3.1 in New Jersey.[46]
Economy
Companies based in North Arlington include Pizza Land, located at 260 Belleville Turnpike, which was featured in the opening credits of The Sopranos.[47][48] Additionally, in Law & Order episode 10.6, "Marathon" (1999), a pizza box from the restaurant was used by a suspect to transport and conceal firearms.[49]
Sports
The Inline Skating Club of America is a skating facility that is the home of the New Jersey Grizzlies of the Professional Inline Hockey Association Pro Division and the Wallington Grizzlies of the Professional Inline Hockey Association Minor League.[50]
North Arlington offers an extensive public athletic/recreation program for youth, offering a boys and girls basketball leagues, a recreation bowling league, a girls softball league, little league baseball, a soccer association, and a popular football and cheerleading program, the "Junior Vikings", named after the North Arlington High School "Vikings". Additionally, to meet the needs of a growing population of children with special needs, North Arlington recreation offers "Recreation for Developmentally Challenged Children". This program includes cooperation from neighboring towns, and consists of Spring baseball and soccer. The recreation program serves adults with an adult men's basketball league as well as an adult women's volleyball program.[51]
Parks and recreation
Riverside County Park is a Bergen County Park covering 85 acres (34 ha), located on River Road between Lyndhurst and North Arlington. It has a playground, athletic fields, tennis courts, a Bocce ball court and fitness center.[52]
Government
Local government
North Arlington 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.[53] 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 includes 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.[7] The borough form of government used by North Arlington 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.[54][55]
As of 2023[update], the mayor of North Arlington is Republican Daniel H. Pronti, whose term of office ends December 31, 2026.[56] Pronti, who won the 2018 mayoral election, replaced Joseph P. Bianchi on the ballot, following Biaanchi's death on October 10, 2018; Bianchi, a volunteer firefighter in the borough, who responded to Ground Zero after the September 11 terror attacks, died of cancer he initially contracted at the site.[57] Members of the North Arlington Borough Council are Council President Mario L. Karcic Jr. (R, 2023), Council Vice President Kirk Del Russo (R, 2025), Donna Bocchino (R, 2023), Lynette Cavadas (R, 2025), Brian A. Fitzhenry (R, 2024) and Allison C. Sheedy (R, 2024).[3][58][59][60][61][62]
In January 2019, Kirk DelRusso was unanimously selected from a list of three candidates nominated by the Republican municipal committee to fill the seat expiring in December 2020 that became vacant when Daniel H. Pronti was sworn in to the mayor's position.[63]
In January 2015, the borough council selected Brian Fitzhenry from a list of three candidates nominated by the Republican municipal committee to fill the council seat that was vacated by Joseph Bianchi when he took office as mayor; Fitzhenry would serve on an interim basis until the November 2015 election.[64] Republicans swept the November 2015 general election, giving the party full control of municipal government. Brian Fitzhenry and Allison Sheedy were elected to full three-year terms, while Mario Karcic Jr., was elected to fill the balance of Joseph Bianchi's council seat expiring in 2016.[65]
Peter Norcia was appointed in February 2013 to fill the vacant seat of Steve Tanelli, who won a seat on the Board of Chosen Freeholders.[66]
List of mayors of North Arlington
#
Name
Term Length
Party
1
George Bayliss*
April 28, 1896 - July, 1909
Republican
2
William Brandenburg Jr.
July, 1909 - December 31, 1919
Democrat
3
Harry McKinlay
January 1, 1920 - December 31, 1921
Republican
4
Alfred F. Barnard
January 1, 1922 - December 31, 1930
Republican
5
Daniel Rentschler
January 1, 1931 - December 31, 1936
Republican
6
Alexander Allan
January 1, 1937 - December 31, 1944
Republican
7
John R. Manson
January 1, 1945 - December 31, 1946
Unknown
8
Louis E. Gaeckle
January 1, 1947 - December 31, 1950
Unknown
9
Walter J. O'Connell
January 1, 1951 - December 31, 1954
Unknown
10
Leonard Barnett**
January 1, 1955 - May, 1956
Democrat
11
Peter R. Tonner
May, 1956 - December 31, 1964
Democrat
12
William D. McDowell
January 1, 1965 - December 31, 1968
Republican
13
Theodore R. Lapinski
January 1, 1969 - December 31, 1970
Republican
14
Edward J. Slodowski
January 1, 1971 - December 31, 1974
Democrat
15
Ernest T. Cerone
January 1, 1975 - December 31, 1978
Republican
16
Edward Martone
January 1, 1979 - December 31, 1982
Democrat
17
Leonard R. Kaiser
January 1, 1983 - December 31, 2002
Republican
18
Russell L. Pitman
January 1, 2003 - December 31, 2006
Democrat
19
Peter Massa
January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2013
Democrat
20
Joesph Bianchi***
January 1, 2014 - October 10, 2018
Republican
21
Daniel Pronti
January 1, 2019 - currently serving
Republican
*Resigned in July of 1909, Councilman Brandenburg elected to succeed him
**Resigned in May of 1956 to move to Florida for business reasons, Councilman Tonner elected to succeed him
***Passed away while serving in office, council did not elect new mayor immediately, Pronti elected via mayoral race
Federal, state and county representation
North Arlington is located in the 9th Congressional District[67] and is part of New Jersey's 36th state legislative district.[68][69][70]
Bergen County is governed by a directly elected County Executive, with legislative functions performed by a Board of County Commissioners composed 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 2025[update], the county executive is James J. Tedesco III (D, Paramus), whose four-year term of office ends December 31, 2026.[75]
As of March 2011, there were a total of 8,594 registered voters in North Arlington, of which 2,839 (33.0% vs. 31.7% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 1,603 (18.7% vs. 21.1%) were registered as Republicans and 4,146 (48.2% vs. 47.1%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 6 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens.[97] Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 55.8% (vs. 57.1% in Bergen County) were registered to vote, including 67.8% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 73.7% countywide).[97][98]
In the 2016 presidential election, Republican Donald Trump received 3,392 votes (48.4% vs. 41.1% countywide), ahead of Democrat Hillary Clinton with 3,351 votes (47.8% vs. 54.2%) and other candidates with 269 votes (3.8% vs. 4.6%), among the 7,097 ballots cast by the borough's 9,594 registered voters, for a turnout of 74.0% (vs. 72.5% in Bergen County).[99] In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 3,706 votes (56.7% vs. 54.8% countywide), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 2,703 votes (41.3% vs. 43.5%) and other candidates with 55 votes (0.8% vs. 0.9%), among the 6,541 ballots cast by the borough's 9,138 registered voters, for a turnout of 71.6% (vs. 70.4% in Bergen County).[100][101] In the 2008 presidential election, Republican John McCain received 3,500 votes (49.1% vs. 44.5% countywide), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 3,454 votes (48.5% vs. 53.9%) and other candidates with 76 votes (1.1% vs. 0.8%), among the 7,124 ballots cast by the borough's 9,317 registered voters, for a turnout of 76.5% (vs. 76.8% in Bergen County).[102][103] In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 3,376 votes (49.3% vs. 47.2% countywide), ahead of Democrat John Kerry with 3,370 votes (49.2% vs. 51.7%) and other candidates with 51 votes (0.7% vs. 0.7%), among the 6,847 ballots cast by the borough's 9,072 registered voters, for a turnout of 75.5% (vs. 76.9% in the whole county).[104]
In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 60.0% of the vote (2,477 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 39.1% (1,613 votes), and other candidates with 0.9% (38 votes), among the 4,256 ballots cast by the borough's 8,783 registered voters (128 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 48.5%.[105][106] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 2,131 votes (47.6% vs. 45.8% countywide), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 1,953 votes (43.6% vs. 48.0%), Independent Chris Daggett with 295 votes (6.6% vs. 4.7%) and other candidates with 30 votes (0.7% vs. 0.5%), among the 4,476 ballots cast by the borough's 8,940 registered voters, yielding a 50.1% turnout (vs. 50.0% in the county).[107]
In the 1970s and 1980s, declining enrollment led North Arlington to be one of the few school districts in the state that featured involuntary "combined classes" whereby classes at their Roosevelt School for grades 4 and 5 and for grades 6 and 7 were combined into a single classroom with a single teacher for each pair of grades.[118]
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, Applied Technology High School on Bergen Community College Campus, 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.[119][120]
Queen of Peace, a Roman Catholic parish, operates a parochial school, Queen of Peace Elementary School, which was founded in 1923 and serves Pre-K to 8th grade, under the auspices of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.[121][122]Queen of Peace High School, which served 9th–12th grades and was founded in 1930, closed after the 2016–17 school year. Despite a fundraising campaign that raised $1 million, in May 2017, the Archdiocese of Newark announced the closing of the high school as of June 30, 2017, in the wake of sharply dropping enrollment and financial challenges, though the affiliated K–8 grammar school remained open.[123]
Emergency services
Police
The North Arlington Police Department (NAPD) protects and services the citizens of North Arlington. Chief Michael Horton was sworn in as Chief of Police in July 2024, overseeing a police department that consists of 34 men and women. NAPD serves the residents in many roles which include Patrol, Detective Bureau, Special Operations Unit, Motorcycle Unit, and School resource officers.The North Arlington Police Department is located at 214 Ridge Road.[124]
Fire
The North Arlington Fire Department (NAFD) is an all-volunteer fire department organized in 1910. The department is staffed by 80 fully trained firefighters.[125] There are three separate firehouses. The three separate firehouses are manned by three fire companies: Hose Company 1 (established in 1910), Schuyler Engine Company 2 (established in 1916), and Eagle Truck Company 3 (established in 1923).
Apparatus
Stationed at Company 1: Engine 1 and Special Service Unit 39-SSU
The North Arlington Volunteer Emergency Squad works with a paid staff Monday thru Friday 6am - 6pm and volunteer staff from 6pm to 6am Monday through Friday and day and night Saturday and Sunday.
The North Arlington Volunteer Emergency Squad (NAVES), was founded on June 2, 1972. The squad consists of 55 members(2018) ranging in ages from 16 to 58 years of age.
NAVES currently operates four ambulances and a First Responder/ Command Vehicle. Operations Staff consists of a captain and three lieutenants. There is a crew chief on each tour that reports to a lieutenant. Executive board staff Consists of president, vice president, treasurer, secretary, and two trustees. NAVES has a youth squad and a growing auxiliary which assist in non-riding functions such as fundraising and administrative duties.[127]
Transportation
Roads and highways
As of May 2010[update], the borough had a total of 31.14 miles (50.11 km) of roadways, of which 25.90 miles (41.68 km) were maintained by the municipality, 3.06 miles (4.92 km) by Bergen County and 2.18 miles (3.51 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.[128]
Route 7[129] and Route 17[130] meet at the intersection of Ridge Road (Route 17) and Belleville Turnpike (Route 7), the latter of which crosses the Passaic River on the Belleville Turnpike Bridge. The bridge, also known as the Rutgers Street Bridge, connects the borough to Belleville in Essex County. The bridge was formally renamed on July 4, 2013, as the "Lance Corporal Osbrany Montes de Oca Memorial Bridge" in memory of a United States Marine Corps infantryman from North Arlington who was killed in February 2012 while serving in Afghanistan.[131][132]
^Levin, Jay. "North Arlington's sprawling cemetery a somber source of civic pride", The Record, August 18, 2013. Accessed August 19, 2013. "For every living soul in North Arlington, there are 20 who have ceased to be.... Some 289,600 people are interred in Holy Cross, which sprawls over 208 manicured acres, one-eighth of the borough's area. Several blocks away are several thousand graves in a small Jewish cemetery. That makes North Arlington, population 15,500, the resting place of close to 300,000 people — greater than the population of Newark and equivalent to that of Cincinnati."
^From the Hackensacks to the Dutch, Lyndhurst Historical Society. Accessed December 15, 2011. "Since Major Kingsland was stationed on Barbados and the shape of the territory he purchased here was a neck of land between two rivers, he named his acquisition 'New Barbadoes Neck.' In June 1671, Nathaniel Kingsland sold the southern third of New Barbadoes Neck (Harrison, East Newark, Kearny and North Arlington) to William Sanford for 200 pounds."
^NA History, Borough of North Arlington. Accessed September 10, 2015. "In the 1750s, it was the site of the first working steam engine in America, used to pump water from the copper mine located there."
^Na, Myles. "FedEx to build distribution center in North Arlington", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, November 18, 2015, updated January 17, 2019. Accessed October 3, 2019. "The borough has approved plans for FedEx to build a 139,000-square-foot freight distribution facility on a former steel dumping ground on Porete Avenue."
^Solares, Nick. "Pizzaland: The Pizza Place in the 'Sopranos' Opening Credits", Serious Eats, May 14, 2010. Accessed November 1, 2014. "'What style of pizza is this?' I asked Al Pawlowicz, owner and pizza maker at Pizzaland, the New Jersey pizzeria immortalized in the opening credits of HBO series The Sopranos."
^Recreation, Borough of North Arlington. Accessed December 15, 2011. North Arlington is home to the Garden State Rollergirls who are a part of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association.
^Mayor, Borough of North Arlington. Accessed March 14, 2023.
^Sheldon, Chris. "9/11-related cancer claims life of North Arlington mayor 17 years after attack", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, October 10, 2018. Accessed October 11, 2018. "North Arlington Mayor Joseph Bianchi, a lifelong borough resident and longtime firefighter, died Wednesday after a long battle with cancer, borough officials confirmed.... Pronti said Bianchi, who was a 26-year member of North Arlington Fire Department, died of '9/11-related cancer.' Bianchi, with the rest of the fire department, responded to Ground Zero on Sept. 11."
^Canessa, Kevin. "A Solemn Oath — Del Russo replaces Pronti on N.A. Council", The Observer Online, January 23, 2019. Accessed October 3, 2019. "When Daniel Pronti became North Arlington’s mayor in November, having succeeded the late Mayor Joseph Bianchi, he knew he would have to give up his vote and council seat once he took office. And, that opening was filled last week when the Borough Council voted 5-0, across party lines, to appoint real estate agent and NJ Turnpike Authority Supervisor Kirk Del Russo to the seat effective immediately."
^Croce, Zachary. "NA Council fill vacant seat", South Bergenite, January 25, 2015. Accessed May 20, 2016. "The North Arlington borough council voted unanimously to appoint Brian Fitzhenry to the council seat vacated by Mayor Joe Bianchi."
^Croce, Zachary. "Republicans sweep the council election in North Arlington; McDermott re-elected to Board of Education", South Bergenite, November 9, 2015. Accessed May 20, 2016. "North Arlington will have an all-Republican council after a close race. Republican Councilman Brian Fitzhenry and newcomer Allison Sheedy defeated Democratic incumbents Al Granell and Tom Zammatore while Republican Mario Karcic beat out Democrat Kelly Velez for the one-year unexpired term of Joe Bianchi, who was elected mayor last year."
^Klein, Corey. "North Arlington Borough Council names Peter Norcia to replace Tanelli", South Bergenite, February 7, 2013. Accessed March 19, 2013. "At its Jan. 24 meeting, the Borough Council chose Peter Norcia to fill the vacancy left by Steve Tanelli, the former Democrat councilman who recently joined the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders."
^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."
^North Arlington Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, North Arlington School District. Accessed June 9, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through twelve in the North Arlington School District. Composition: The North Arlington School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Borough of North Arlington."
^Mancino, Colleen. "For students in smallest district, combined classes are a way of life", The Record, October 5, 1988. Accessed June 9, 2020. "The students in the seventh grade at Roosevelt School love their school. But they don'y like sharing a teacher and a classroom with the sixth grade.... Combined classes came out of dwindling enrollment and budgets that could not support individual classes with few students."
^Grant, Meghan. "It's official: Queen of Peace High School to close in June", The Record, May 8, 2017. Accessed September 24, 2017. "The class of 2017 will be the last to graduate from the 86-year-old Queen of Peace High School. The school, which raised $1 million in just over a month last year to stay open, will be closing its doors at the end of June, the Archdiocese of Newark announced Monday. Archdiocese officials said the Catholic high school in North Arlington would cease operations as of June 30, due to low projected enrollment and 'financial shortfalls.' The K-8 Queen of Peace Grammar School will remain open."
^Police Department, Borough of North Arlington. Accessed January 4, 2025.
^Staff. "Heinrich Gebhard, Pianist And Teacher", The New York Times, May 6, 1963. Accessed August 26, 2018. "North Arlington, N. J., May 5 - Heinrich Gebhard, pianist, teacher and composer, died here today at the age of 84. He had lived with his daughter, Mrs. John Petrick of 5 Millar Place."
^Mills, Cliff. "Derek Jeter", p. 15. Infobase Publishing, 2009. ISBN9781438100456. Accessed December 11, 2013. "When Derek was four years old, his family moved from North Arlington, New Jersey, to Kalamazoo, Michigan."
^Carmiel, Oshrat; and Lamb, William. "William D. McDowell, 80, Bergen leader"[dead link], The Record, April 14, 2007. Accessed June 16, 2015. "He attended Seton Hall University and moved to North Arlington in 1952. He was elected to the borough council and in 1964 was elected mayor."
^Weinraub, Bernard. "Jersey Girl Makes It Big, at Least on TV", The New York Times, June 20, 2000. Accessed November 25, 2012. "After years of struggling as a writer and working as a waitress and bartender in and around the working- and middle-class North Jersey towns North Arlington and East Rutherford, Ms. Ruggiero (ROUGE-ear-oh) has been plucked from obscurity to write and help produce a new autobiographical television comedy series, That's Life, on CBS.... At the moment, Ms. Ruggiero, who is candid, funny and self-deprecating, is temporarily moving from her big $600-a-month apartment in North Arlington ('If I had the same apartment in Manhattan I'd have to, like, hire call girls to work for me so I could afford it') to Los Angeles."
^"Journey to Jadwin - Frank Sowinski", Princeton Tigers, May 14, 2020. Accessed August 14, 2022. "The grandson of coal miners, Sowinski was born in North Arlington, New Jersey, then moved to East Hanover, New Jersey, when he was two."
^James ZadrogaArchived 2010-12-20 at the Wayback Machine, Detectives' Endowment Association of New York City. Accessed October 23, 2012. "Zadroga grew up in North Arlington, New Jersey where his father was a police chief."
^Hayes, Melissa. "Cars honk as they pass North Arlington's Zadroga Field"Archived 2015-04-28 at the Wayback Machine, The Record, May 2, 2011. Accessed October 23, 2012. "Zadroga, a North Arlington native who died in 2006 of respiratory disease, was a New York City police officer who aided in the rescue and recovery effort at the World Trade Center following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks."
^Roberts, Sam. "Joseph Zadroga, Who Championed 9/11 Emergency Workers, Dies at 76", The New York Times, January 17, 2024. Accessed April 2, 2024. "After graduating from North Arlington High School, Joseph earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from William Paterson College (now William Paterson University) in Wayne, N.J., and a master’s in emergency management from Fairleigh Dickinson University."
Related reading
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.