Alpine, New Jersey Explained

Alpine, New Jersey
Settlement Type:Borough
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Pushpin Label:Alpine
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Bergen County##Location in New Jersey##Location in the United States
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Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Bergen
Government Type:Borough
Governing Body:Borough Council
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Paul H. Tomasko (D, term ends December 31, 2026)[1]
Leader Title1:Municipal clerk
Leader Name1:Stephanie Wehmann[2]
Established Title:Incorporated
Established Date:April 8, 1903
Named For:The Alps
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[3]
Area Total Km2:24.01
Area Land Km2:16.58
Area Water Km2:7.43
Area Total Sq Mi:9.27
Area Land Sq Mi:6.40
Area Water Sq Mi:2.87
Area Water Percent:30.61
Area Rank:218th of 565 in state
4th of 70 in county[4]
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:1762
Population Rank:497th of 565 in state
68th of 70 in county[5]
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Density Sq Mi:275.3
Population Density Rank:483rd of 565 in state
69th of 70 in county
Population Est:1750
Pop Est As Of:2023
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:−05:00
Timezone Dst:Eastern (EDT)
Utc Offset Dst:−04:00
Elevation Footnotes:[6]
Elevation Ft:518
Coordinates Footnotes:[7]
Coordinates:40.9688°N -73.9169°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:07620[8] [9]
Area Codes:201 exchanges: 750, 767, 768, 784.[10]
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Blank1 Info:0885139[13]

Alpine is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, approximately north of Midtown Manhattan. It is the easternmost community in New Jersey.

As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 1,762, a decrease of 87 (−4.7%) from the 2010 census count of 1,849, which in turn reflected a decline of 334 (−15.3%) from the 2,183 counted in the 2000 census.[14]

In 2012, Forbes ranked Alpine as America's most expensive ZIP Code with a median home price of $4.25 million.[15] It was ranked 4th in the magazine's 2010 listing of "America's Most Expensive ZIP Codes", with a median home price of $3,814,885.[16] In 2009, Forbes ranked Alpine first, along with Greenwich, Connecticut, with a median home price of $4.14 million.[17] Alpine was tied with Greenwich for first in both 2006 and 2007 on the ABC News list of most expensive ZIP Codes, with a median home sale price of $3.4 million.[18] [19] In 2019, PropertyShark ranked Alpine as the 53rd most expensive ZIP Code in the country with a median sales price of $1,785,000, a drop from a ranking of 33rd nationwide in 2018 due to a decline of 19% in sales prices.[20] Based on data from the 2006–2010 American Community Survey, the borough had a per-capita income of $107,604, ranked second in the state.[21]

New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Alpine as its 15th best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.[22]

Alpine was formed by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 8, 1903, from portions of Harrington Township. The borough acquired a portion of Cresskill in 1904.[23] [24] The borough's name came from the wife of journalist Charles Nordhoff, who found the setting reminiscent of the Swiss Alps.[25]

Geography

The borough has a total area of 9.22 square miles (23.89 km2), including 6.40 square miles (16.58 km2) of land and 2.82 square miles (7.31 km2) of water (30.61%).[4]

The borough borders Closter, Cresskill, Demarest, Norwood, Rockleigh and Tenafly in Bergen County. Across the Hudson River, the borough borders The Bronx in New York City, and in Westchester County the city of Yonkers and the village of Hastings-on-Hudson (within the town of Greenburgh). North of the New York State border, the borough borders the hamlet of Tappan (in the town of Orangetown) in Rockland County.[26] [27] [28]

Demographics

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 1,849 people, 611 households, and 529 families in the borough. The population density was . There were 670 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup was 68.14% (1,260) White, 2.38% (44) Black or African American, 0.05% (1) Native American, 26.07% (482) Asian, 0.00% (0) Pacific Islander, 1.30% (24) from other races, and 2.06% (38) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.81% (89) of the population.

Of the 611 households, 32.9% had children under the age of 18; 73.8% were married couples living together; 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present and 13.4% were non-families. Of all households, 11.8% were made up of individuals and 4.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.03 and the average family size was 3.24.

22.6% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 16.0% from 25 to 44, 36.2% from 45 to 64, and 19.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48.2 years. For every 100 females, the population had 101.9 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 100.4 males. The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $172,054 (with a margin of error of +/− $23,256) and the median family income was $192,188 (+/− $56,076). Males had a median income of $124,375 (+/− $28,708) versus $56,719 (+/− $21,358) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $107,604 (+/− $18,758). About 2.3% of families and 3.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.6% of those under age 18 and 2.0% of those age 65 or over.[29]

Same-sex couples headed four households in 2010, down from the eight counted in the 2000 Census.[30]

2000 census

As of the 2000 United States census there were 2,183 people, 708 households, and 623 families residing in the borough. The population density was 343.5sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 730 housing units at an average density of 114.9sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the borough was 77.37% White, 1.51% African American, 0.23% Native American, 19.10% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.32% from other races, and 1.42% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.52% of the population.[31] [32]

There were 708 households, out of which 36.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 79.8% were married couples living together, 4.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 12.0% were non-families. 9.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.08 and the average family size was 3.24.[31] [32]

In the borough the population was spread out, with 24.7% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 20.9% from 25 to 44, 34.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.8 males.[31] [32]

The median income for a household in the borough was $130,740, and the median income for a family was $134,068. Males had a median income of $87,544 versus $45,536 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $76,995. 6.2% of the population and 5.4% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 8.5% were under the age of 18 and 6.4% were 65 or older.[31] [32]

Government

Local government

Alpine 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.[33] 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.[34]

The borough form of government used by Alpine 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.[35] [36]

, the mayor of Alpine is Democrat Paul H. Tomasko, whose term of office ends December 31, 2026. Members of the Alpine Borough Council are Council President Gayle Gerstein (D, 2025), Scott Bosworth (D, 2025), Steven Cohen (D, 2024), Arthur I. Frankel (D, 2026), Vicki Frankel (D, 2024) and David Kupferschmid (D, 2026).[37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42]

In August 2022, David Kupferschmid was appointed to fill the seat expiring in December 2023 that had been held by Laurence A. Shadek until he resigned from office the previous month.[43]

In February 2021 the borough council appointed Scott Bosworth from a list of three candidates nominated by the Republican municipal committee to fill the council seat expiring in December 2022 that had been held by John Halbreich until he resigned from office earlier that month.[44] Bosworth served on an interim basis until the November 2021 general election, when he was elected to serve the balance of the term of office.[42]

Joan Ornstein was appointed by the borough council in February 2012 to fill the vacant seat of her husband Steve, who had died the previous month after being sworn in for a three-year term of office.[45]

In 2018, the borough had an average property tax bill of $21,299, the highest in the county, compared to an average bill of $8,767 statewide.[46]

Federal, state and county representation

Alpine is located in the 5th Congressional District[47] and is part of New Jersey's 39th state legislative district.[48]

Politics

As of March 2011, there were a total of 1,352 registered voters in Alpine, of which 341 (25.2% vs. 31.7% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 372 (27.5% vs. 21.1%) were registered as Republicans and 638 (47.2% vs. 47.1%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There was one voter registered to another party.[49] Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 73.1% (vs. 57.1% in Bergen County) were registered to vote, including 94.5% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 73.7% countywide).[49] [50]

Presidential Elections Results
YearRepublicanDemocraticThird Parties
2020[51] 47.0% 51052.1% 5660.8% 9
2016[52] 46.5% 41950.8% 4582.7% 25
2012[53] 59.7% 52239.1% 3421.3% 11
2008[54] 54.6% 53244.6% 4340.8% 8
2004[55] 56.2% 58839.5% 4510.9% 8
2000[56] 52.7% 51345.0% 4382.4% 23
199654.9% 48138.2% 3356.9% 60
199254.9% 52932.5% 31312.6% 121
198870.2% 61429.5% 2580.3% 3
198476.2% 66023.6% 2040.2% 2
198067.5% 56522.1% 18510.4% 87
197666.2% 49932.4% 2441.5% 11
197268.3% 46531.1% 2120.6% 4
196864.1% 38431.6% 1894.3% 26
196453.5% 29046.5% 2520.0% 0
196071.6% 37028.4% 1470.0% 0

In the 2016 presidential election, Democrat Hillary Clinton received 458 votes (50.8% vs. 54.8% countywide), ahead of Republican Donald Trump with 419 votes (46.5% vs. 41.6% countywide) and other candidates with 25 votes (2.7% vs. 3.7% countywide), among the 902 ballots cast by the borough's 1,480 registered voters for a turnout of 60.9% (vs. 73% in Bergen County).[57] In the 2012 presidential election, Republican Mitt Romney received 522 votes (59.0% vs. 43.5% countywide), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 342 votes (38.6% vs. 54.8%) and other candidates with 9 votes (1.0% vs. 0.9%), among the 885 ballots cast by the borough's 1,416 registered voters, for a turnout of 62.5% (vs. 70.4% in Bergen County).[58] [59]

In the 2008 presidential election, Republican John McCain received 532 votes (54.0% vs. 44.5% countywide), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 434 votes (44.1% vs. 53.9%) and other candidates with 8 votes (0.8% vs. 0.8%), among the 985 ballots cast by the borough's 1,378 registered voters, for a turnout of 71.5% (vs. 76.8% in Bergen County).[60] In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 588 votes (56.1% vs. 47.2% countywide), ahead of Democrat John Kerry with 451 votes (43.0% vs. 51.7%) and other candidates with 8 votes (0.8% vs. 0.7%), among the 1,048 ballots cast by the borough's 1,394 registered voters, for a turnout of 75.2% (vs. 76.9% in the whole county).[61] [62]

In the 2017 gubernatorial election, Republican Kim Guadagno received 53.0% of the vote (229 cast), ahead of Democrat Phil Murphy with 46.1% (199 votes), and other candidates with 0.9% (4 votes), among the 436 ballots cast by the borough's 1,416 registered voters (4 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 30.8%.[63] [64] In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 76.1% of the vote (348 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 23.2% (106 votes), and other candidates with 0.7% (3 votes), among the 465 ballots cast by the borough's 1,347 registered voters (8 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 34.5%.[65] [66]

In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 328 votes (54.8% vs. 45.8% countywide), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 227 votes (37.9% vs. 48.0%), Independent Chris Daggett with 34 votes (5.7% vs. 4.7%) and other candidates with 3 votes (0.5% vs. 0.5%), among the 599 ballots cast by the borough's 1,347 registered voters, yielding a 44.5% turnout (vs. 50.0% in the county).[67]

Education

The Alpine Public School District is a community school district serving students in kindergarten through eighth grade at Alpine School.[68] [69] As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 170 students and 21.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.9:1.[70] In the 2016–17 school year, Alpine had the 33rd smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 160 students.[71]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Tenafly High School in Tenafly as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Tenafly Public Schools under which the Alpine district pays tuition for each student.[72] [73] [74] As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,200 students and 103.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.6:1.[75]

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.[76] [77]

Transportation

Roads and highways

, the borough had a total of of roadways, of which were maintained by the municipality, by Bergen County and by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and by the Palisades Interstate Parkway Commission.[78]

U.S. Route 9W,[79] the Palisades Interstate Parkway[80] and County Route 502[81] all pass through Alpine.

Public transportation

Rockland Coaches provides service along Route 9W to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan on the 9T / 9AT routes and to the George Washington Bridge Bus Station on the 9 and 9A routes.[82] [83]

NJ Transit provides no bus or train service in Alpine.[84]

NJ Transit bus route 753 provides service in Cresskill, which runs between Cresskill and Paramus at the Bergen Town Center.

Media

Alpine is home to the tower and laboratory built by Edwin Howard Armstrong after RCA evicted him from the Empire State Building. Armstrong's experimental FM station, W2XMN, used various frequencies to broadcast from the tower, first on 42.8 MHz; later on 44.1 MHz; and finally on 93.1 MHz in the modern FM band. The laboratory building and the tower still stand; the 400-foot (122-m) tower is home to many two-way radio users, one modern FM station (Fairleigh Dickinson University's WFDU), and backup transmitters for several of New York's television stations. The tower served as a primary tower for the stations after the September 11 terrorist attacks destroyed the World Trade Center.[85]

There was some local opposition to this scheme, but the move was temporary, as the stations affected moved their primary broadcast facilities to the Empire State Building. The original lab building is home to a static display of historic communications equipment and offices; the USA Network cable channel operated from this building in the late 1970s.

Points of interest

Rio Vista is an upscale neighborhood in the southern section of Alpine. Rio Vista is home to Devil's Tower, a stone water tower that is claimed to be haunted. It was originally designed by Charles Rollinson Lamb for sugar baron Manuel Rionda (1854–1943) in order to allow his wife to see New York from the New Jersey side of the Hudson River. The legend has it that when his wife saw him with another woman, she committed suicide by jumping off the tower.[86]

After becoming upset over his wife's death, Rionda stopped all work on the tower.[86] In reality Harriet Rionda died of natural causes in 1922 and was interred nearby for approximately 20 years. Her coffin was moved to Brookside Cemetery, Englewood. The estate was later sub-divided into 197 housing sites consisting of miles of roadway, infrastructure, and related facilities in the mid-1980s.[87] [88]

The New Jersey Section of the Palisades Interstate Park runs the length of Alpine along the top of the New Jersey Palisades and along the Hudson River. The Alpine Boat Basin serves as both a public picnic area and small marina for private boats. The area is a scenic riverfront picnic area and boat basin, plus beach for car-top boat launches (canoe and kayak), with fishing, access to hiking trails and Henry Hudson Drive, restrooms, water, vending machines, and public phones. Alpine Pavilion, an open-air stone picnic pavilion built in 1934 by the Civil Works Administration and available for rental is located here, as well as the historic Blackledge-Kearney House, said to be the site where Lord Cornwallis and his troops landed on November 20, 1776, in their pursuit of the Continental Army following the rout of George Washington's forces in the Battle of New York.[87] [89]

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Alpine include:

Sources

External links

Notes and References

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  2. http://www.alpinenj07620.org/id8.html Borough of Alpine Business Office
  3. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. September 20, 2022.
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  6. 885139. Borough of Alpine. March 4, 2013.
  7. https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/gazetteer.html U.S. Gazetteer Files for 2000, 2010 and 2012-2016
  8. http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupResultsAction!input.action?resultMode=0&city=alpine&state=NJ Look Up a ZIP Code for Alpine, NJ
  9. http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/njzips.htm ZIP Codes
  10. http://www.area-codes.com/search.asp?frmNPA=&frmNXX=&frmState=NJ&frmCity=Alpine Area Code Lookup - NPA NXX for Alpine, NJ
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  15. Brennan, Morgan. "America's Most Expensive ZIP Codes", Forbes, October 12, 2011. Accessed June 25, 2012. "It comes in behind two ZIP Codes that regularly grace the top spots of our list: Alpine, N.J., 07620, at No. 1, and Atherton, Calif., 94027, at No. 2. Alpine is an exclusive New York City suburb where the median home price is $4,295,000, street addresses are regularly scrambled on Google and the residents include celebrities like Stevie Wonder and Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs."
  16. Staff. "America's Most Expensive ZIP Codes: In these neighborhoods $4 million homes are the norm.", Forbes, September 27, 2010. Accessed July 29, 2011.
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  27. https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/visitors-guide/county-maps Bergen County Map of Municipalities
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  37. http://www.alpinenj07620.org/id5.html Mayor & Council
  38. http://www.alpinenj07620.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/2024UFB.pdf 2024 Municipal User Friendly Budget
  39. https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/images/About_Bergen_County/2024-county-directory.pdf#page=34 2024 County and Municipal Directory
  40. https://www.bergencountyclerk.gov/_Content/pdf/ElectionResult/District%20Canvass%20NEW.pdf Official Statement of Vote 2023 General Election - November 7, 2023 Official Results
  41. https://www.bergencountyclerk.org/_Content/pdf/ElectionResult/Certified%20Statement%20of%20Vote%20Book%2011-21-22.pdf Bergen County November 8, 2022 General Election Statement of Vote
  42. https://www.bergencountyclerk.org/_Content/pdf/ElectionResult/Statement%20of%20Vote%2011-17-21(1).pdf Bergen County Statement of Vote November 2, 2021 Official results
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  44. http://www.alpinenj07620.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/MCminutes_February2021.pdf Borough Council Regular Meeting Minutes for February 24, 2021
  45. Staff. "Alpine Fills Council Vacancy", The Record, February 28, 2012, backed up by the Internet Archive as of February 2, 2015. Accessed September 5, 2017. "Joan Ornstein, the widow of Alpine Councilman Steven Ornstein, will fill his council seat for the remainder of the year, local officials said. The 73-year-old councilman was sworn to a new term on Jan. 1 and died Jan. 28 after a six-year battle with colon cancer."
  46. Marcus, Samantha. "These are the towns with the highest property taxes in each of N.J.’s 21 counties", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, April 22, 2019. Accessed November 5, 2019. "The average property tax bill in New Jersey was $8,767 last year. But there can be big swings from town to town and county to county.... The average property tax bill in Alpine Borough was $21,299 in 2018, the highest in Bergen County."
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  59. http://njelections.org/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-bergen.pdf Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast November 6, 2012 General Election Results - Bergen County
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  69. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/0080 New Jersey School Directory for the Alpine School District
  70. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3400870&DistrictID=3400870 District information for Alpine School District
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  72. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/03/0080/000.html Alpine School District 2016 Report Card Narrative
  73. Alvarado, Monsy. "Alpine to keep sending students to Tenafly", The Record, April 4, 2003, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 11, 2016. Accessed September 5, 2017. "Alpine - The borough's high school students will continue to attend Tenafly High School under a new contract approved by the Board of Education this week."
  74. Gemignani, Joseph. "Tenafly student registration recount lacks parent cooperation", The Record, June 20, 2011, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 19, 2016. Accessed September 5, 2017. "Students from Alpine, which has no high school, may attend Tenafly High under a so-called sending agreement that reimburses Tenafly. When the 2011-12 school budget was adopted, the cost per pupil was put at $14,392, though Trager said that figure has since been increased because Trenton has recalculated the formula to add items like special education."
  75. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3416110&ID=341611000864 School data for Tenafly High School
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  77. https://www.bergen.org/domain/544 Admissions
  78. http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Bergen.pdf Bergen County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction
  79. https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000009W_-.pdf U.S. Route 9W Straight Line Diagram
  80. https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000445__-.pdf#page=3 Palisades Interstate Parkway Straight Line Diagram
  81. https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000502__-.pdf#page=8 County Route 502 Straight Line Diagram
  82. http://www.coachusa.com/rockland/ss.commuter.asp Commuter Routes
  83. http://www.coachusa.com/CoachUsaAssets/files/97/route09.pdf 9A George Washington Bridge Bus Station / 9W to 42nd St. Port Authority Bus Terminal
  84. https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/Bergen_County_Map.pdf Bergen County System Map
  85. Strauss, Robert. "A Nation Challenged; A Tower in Alpine Keeps New York TV On the Air Now", The New York Times, October 14, 2001. Accessed August 23, 2014. "While the Alpine Tower has been there for 74 years -- it was built in 1937 by Edwin Howard Armstrong, considered the leading force in FM broadcasting -- it has long been disdained as an ugly resident in the upscale, mansion-strewn town of Alpine at the far northeast corner of the state."
  86. http://www.scripophily.net/riovistaland.html Riovista Land Corporation certificate
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  88. http://www.riovista.net/projects/completed/alpine.html Rio Vista, Alpine-Cresskill, NJ
  89. http://www.njpalisades.org/alpinePicnic.html Alpine Picnic Area
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  91. Kamin, Arthur Z. "State Becomes a Part of Celebrating Marconi's Achievements", The New York Times, October 23, 1994. Accessed December 24, 2011. "Mrs. Braga, who has lived in Alpine 40 years, said the Marconi International Fellowship Council had an endowment of about $3 million and her goal was to raise it to $4 million."
  92. Johnson, Brent. "How N.J. native Conway got Trump over the finish line", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, November 9, 2016. Accessed November 9, 2016. "Conway, who grew up in the Atco section of Waterford Township in Camden County, was hired in August, at a time when Trump was suffering from gaffes and drooping poll numbers.... Conway, her husband, and her four children now live in the northern part of the state, in Alpine in Bergen County."
  93. Staff. "Sunshine Superman: Johnny Damon, 'Sunshine' to his Yankees teammates, calls Alpine home", (201) magazine, 2008, backed up by the Internet Archive as of November 20, 2010. Accessed September 5, 2017. "The Yankees left fielder has been hitting over .300 in what's been a renaissance season in the Bronx. Damon has, meanwhile, also discovered peace – in Alpine, where his wife, Michelle, is about to give birth to the couple's second child."
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  95. Cahillane, Kevin. "Worth Noting; White Sox Fans? Say It Ain't So", The New York Times, September 25, 2005. Accessed December 9, 2007. "Mr. Einhorn -- who was born and raised in Paterson and lives in Alpine -- is the flamboyant yin to the steely yang of the principal owner, Jerry Reinsdorf."
  96. Hevesi, Dennis. "Henry Clay Frick II, 87, Physician And President of Frick Collection", The New York Times, February 15, 2007. Accessed December 24, 2011. "Henry Clay Frick II, a physician, professor of medicine and former president of the board of the Frick Collection, the art museum in his family's stately former home on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, died on Friday at his home in Alpine, N.J. He was 87."
  97. Wallace, William N. "Colleges Hockey: Notebook -- Division III; Middlebury Makes It Four Straight Titles", The New York Times, March 25, 1998. Accessed December 22, 2011. "Herr, the captain from the Hotchkiss School and Alpine, N.J., was held back by injuries earlier, but is fit now."
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  100. https://www.forbes.com/2007/02/19/star-neighborhoods-celebrity-forbeslife-cx_mw_0220starstudded_slide_2.html "In Pictures: Star-Studded Neighborhoods"
  101. Quinn, Liam. "Former Devil Kovalchuk's $14.9M Alpine mansion is close to sale, real estate agent says", The Record, March 11, 2022. Accessed May 21, 2023. "The Alpine mansion belonging to former New Jersey Devils player Ilya Kovalchuk is close to being sold after three years on and off the market, the property's listing agent said."
  102. Holahan, Catherine. "Just a hip, hop and jump -- Rappers making the move to Bergen County", The Record, October 10, 2005, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 11, 2016. Accessed September 6, 2017.
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  104. Miller, John J. "Shepherding a Lamb's Lost Legacy", The Wall Street Journal, August 26, 2009. Accessed December 3, 2013. "Lamb was born in 1892, in Alpine, N.J. His grandfather had founded Lamb Studios, which specialized in stained glass and survives to this day."
  105. Silverstein, Marilyn. "Nobel winner who's at home with Einstein", New Jersey Jewish News, November 8, 2007. Accessed September 6, 2017. "A native of New York, Maskin grew up in New Jersey, in a nonreligious Jewish home in the town of Alpine."
  106. Gulitti, Tom. "McGuire Open to Rangers", The Record, April 5, 2000, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 7, 2016. Accessed September 6, 2017. "Count Alpine native Pierre McGuire among those who will be keeping a close eye on the reconstruction of the Rangers' management."
  107. Levin, Jay. "Peter Moraites, Assembly speaker derailed by prison", The Record, January 15, 2014, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 4, 2016. Accessed September 6, 2017. "Peter Moraites, a Bergen County Republican who rose to Assembly speaker but whose promising political career ended in 1971 when he went to prison, died Jan. 7. He was 91 and formerly of Alpine."
  108. Triggs, Charlotte. "Lunch with ... Tracy Morgan; The 30 Rock Actor Talks About Losing His Bad-Boy Image, Getting a New Kidney and Dazzling Women with Just a Flick of His Wrist", People (magazine), April 9, 2012, Vol. 77, No. 15. Accessed September 6, 2017. "So these days, the reformed bad boy (he was twice arrested for DUI before getting sober in 2007) is living a far tamer lifestyle. 'We all evolve. I'm a middle-aged man,' says Morgan, who now spends his free time at home in Alpine, N.J., with fiancee Megan Wollover, a business student, kickboxing together and watching movies like The Godfather Part III."
  109. Friendly, David T. "The Eddie Murphy Script Derby: Winner Takes All", Los Angeles Times, May 19, 1985. Accessed September 5, 2017. "On a recent Sunday morning, Eddie Murphy glanced out the living room window of his Alpine, N.J., home and noticed a neighbor standing in the front yard. Under his arm the man carried a script, a sight that made Murphy take a deep breath as he opened the front door."
  110. http://www.njpalisades.org/history.html History
  111. Strauss, Robert. "So Jersey, He Deserves His Own Rest Area", The New York Times, August 7, 2005. Accessed September 5, 2017. "Mr. Piscopo's father, also named Joe, was a lawyer and the family mostly lived in Essex County, the younger Joe graduating from West Essex High School in North Caldwell. With his Saturday Night Live fame, he moved to one of the richest corners of New Jersey, Alpine, persuading Mr. Murphy to join him there in that wealthy enclave by the Palisades."
  112. Ritacco, Joseph. Circus Atmosphere; John Ringling's castle on the cliffs, (201) magazine, January 2015. Accessed January 11, 2015.
  113. Staff. "Gray Crag", Cliff Notes, May–June 2010, Palisades Interstate Park Commission. Accessed January 11, 2015. "It was in 1918 that John Ringling (that Ringing) and his wife Mable (née Burton) bought two big properties here and merged them into the hundred-acre estate they named Gray Crag."
  114. Staff. "The Most Expensive Home In New Jersey", Forbes, February 14, 2015. Accessed April 24, 2016. "The tower, formally known as Rio Vista, was built in 1910 by millionaire sugar importer Manuel Rionda."
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  118. Zwain, Heather. "Alpine's Paul Rosenberg is named CEO of Def Jam Recordings", The Record, August 3, 2017. Accessed March 23, 2021. "Paul Rosenberg, record label executive who is renowned for the careers of artists including Eminem, 50 Cent and D12, among others, has been named Chief Executive Officer of Def Jam Recordings, Jan. 1. Rosenberg, who lives in Alpine, is the founder and CEO of Goliath Artists Inc., a New York-based management firm that handles the careers of global superstar Eminem, Danny Brown and others."
  119. McCarron, Anthony. "Yankees will be 'in early' on Cliff Lee, source says, will face competition from Angels and Rangers", New York Daily News, November 6, 2010. Accessed September 5, 2017. "Beyond his contract, Sabathia is likely to figure into the Yankees' pursuit of Lee. The two are close friends from their days together in the Indians' organization and Lee has been a guest at Sabathia's Alpine, N.J., home. Sabathia's wife, Amber, scouted out a rental house for the Lee family when it appeared the Yankees would trade for the ex-Phillie last July."
  120. Yardley, William. "Norman Sas, Inventor of Electric Football, Dies at 87", The New York Times, July 12, 2012. Accessed July 24, 2012. "For more than 30 years he lived in Alpine, N.J., where he served on the borough council."
  121. Rodrick, Stephen. "Gary Sheffield is the Yankees' MVP. Just ask him.", New York (magazine), August 7, 2005. Accessed December 24, 2011. "'Why shouldn't I tell the truth?' asks Gary Sheffield from the living room of his Alpine, New Jersey, home. The Yankees' right-fielder turns toward the cook, the nanny, the publicist, the wife, and the car detailer who occupy his vast kitchen."
  122. Hyman, Vicki. "Britney Spears sets up house in Alpine", The Star-Ledger, March 25, 2009. Accessed December 24, 2011.
  123. Palmer, Joanne. "Big data is watching you; JCC U talk to focus on the role of googled analysis in social research", The Jewish Standard, February 15, 2018. Accessed June 14, 2020. "Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, who grew up in Alpine, went to high school in Tenafly, where he played on the baseball team, earned an undergraduate degree at Stanford and a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard, worked at Google — and he’s just 35! — and now studies and writes, in outlets including the New York Times, about big data, will be at the Kaplen JCC in Tenafly to explore how big data changes our understanding of the world (and also how it does not)."
  124. [Susanne Craig|Craig, Susanne]
  125. Rondinaro, Gene. "If You're Thinking of Living in Alpine", The New York Times, October 27, 1985. Accessed December 24, 2011. "Stevie Wonder, the songwriter and singer, and Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo, the comedians, are but a few of its more widely known personalities."
  126. Levin, Jay. "Robert E. Zoellner, investment firm founder and philanthropist from Alpine, dead at 82", The Record, December 30, 2014, backed up the Internet Archive as of December 31, 2014. Accessed September 6, 2017. "Alpine resident Robert E. Zoellner, an investment firm founder who was a benefactor of the Alpine Public School and of his alma mater, Lehigh University, has died at 82."

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