Bernardsville, New Jersey Explained

Bernardsville, New Jersey
Settlement Type:Borough
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Map Caption1:Census Bureau map of Bernardsville, New Jersey
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Pushpin Label:Bernardsville
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Somerset County##Location in New Jersey##Location in the United States
Pushpin Relief:yes
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2: Somerset
Government Type:Borough
Governing Body:Borough Council
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Mary Jane Canose (R, term ends December 31, 2026)[1]
Leader Title1:Administrator
Leader Name1:Nancy Malool[2]
Leader Title2:Municipal clerk
Leader Name2:Anthony Suriano[3]
Established Title:Incorporated
Established Date:April 29, 1924
Named For:Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[4]
Area Total Km2:33.44
Area Land Km2:33.24
Area Water Km2:0.19
Area Total Sq Mi:12.91
Area Land Sq Mi:12.84
Area Water Sq Mi:0.07
Area Water Percent:0.58
Area Rank:184th of 565 in state
9th of 21 in county[5]
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:7893
Population Rank:295th of 565 in state
13th of 21 in county[6]
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Density Sq Mi:614.9
Population Density Rank:428th of 565 in state
18th of 21 in county
Population Est:7837
Pop Est As Of:2023
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:−05:00
Timezone Dst:Eastern (EDT)
Utc Offset Dst:−04:00
Elevation Footnotes:[7]
Elevation Ft:682
Coordinates Footnotes:[8]
Coordinates:40.7304°N -74.5926°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:07924[9] [10]
Area Code:908[11]
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:3403505590[12] [13]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:0885159[14]

Bernardsville ([15]) is the northernmost borough in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Situated in the heart of the Raritan Valley region,[16] the borough is part of the Somerset Hills.[17] As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 7,893, an increase of 186 (+2.4%) from the 2010 census count of 7,707, which in turn had reflected an increase of 362 (+4.9%) from the 7,345 counted at the 2000 census.[18] Bernardsville is often mispronounced as "Ber-NARDS-ville" as opposed to the correct pronunciation, "BER-nards-ville".[19]

Bernardsville was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 6, 1924, from portions of Bernards Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 29, 1924.[20] The borough was named for Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet, who served as governor of the Province of New Jersey before the Revolutionary War.[21] In 2009, part of the borough was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Olcott Avenue Historic District.

In 2000, Bernardsville had the 10th-highest per capita income in New Jersey.[22] Based on data from the 2006–2010 American Community Survey, the borough had a per-capita income of $70,141, ranked 27th in the state.[23] In 2019, the borough was ranked by Bloomberg News as 64th of 100 on its 2019 list of Bloomberg Richest Places, one of 18 in the state included on the list.[24]

History

Bernardsville was originally a section of Bernards Township known as Vealtown.[25] [26] In 1840, Vealtown became Bernardsville, named after Sir Francis Bernard, Colonial governor of New Jersey from 1758 to 1760.[27] Located in the northernmost part of Somerset County, just south of Morristown, the borough includes some of the last vestiges of the Great Eastern Forest.[28]

During the Revolutionary War, General Charles Lee rested his troops in Vealtown around the night of December 12 to 13, 1776. General Lee and some of his guard spent the night about 3miles southeast at White's Inn on the southeast side of Basking Ridge, near the manor house of Continental Army general William Alexander, Lord Stirling. On the morning of December 13, General Lee was captured by the British and removed to New York.[29] The Vealtown Tavern, now known as the John Parker Tavern, was a regular stop during the 1779–1780 winter encampment at Morristown.[30]

After the Civil War, many wealthy and prominent New Yorkers moved into the area, first as summer visitors, then later as permanent residents of the Bernardsville Mountain. For most, the men worked in New York City while the women and children spent summers in Bernardsville. The Gladstone Branch of the existing railroad line was built through Bernardsville in 1872 and played an important role in the borough's development. The Gladstone line, whose five o'clock train was appropriately nicknamed "the millionaire's special," as it was direct route to Penn Station, allowed the men who built grand estates in Bernardsville to commute to the city on a daily basis rather than only visit their families on weekends.[31] Bernardsville did not become an independent municipality until 1924, when it split from Bernards Township.[20]

On November 4, 2020, The Bernardsville Library announced that it would join the MAIN Library System, which has member libraries in all of Morris County, all of Hunterdon County and parts of Somerset and Warren counties. The Bernardsville Library is the second library from Somerset County to join the MAIN System, after the Bernards Township Library in neighboring Bernards Township. The library joined the MAIN System on January 11, 2021[32]

On January 15, 2021, Kings Food Markets announced that it would close their Bernardsville location on Morristown Road, officially closing on January 23, 2021.[33]

Historic district

The New Jersey State Review Board for Historic Sites recommended the creation of the Olcott Avenue historic district on February 10, 2009. While the Olcott Avenue School is but one historic structure within Bernardsville's first historic district area, the area's appeal and historic significance is part of the story of the rise of the middle class in Bernardsville and how this particular location impacted the entire region, from the downtown, Little Italy, and the Mountain Colony areas.[34]

Olcott Avenue Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Location:Portions of Olcott, Childsworth, and Highview Avenues, and Church Street
Coordinates:40.7217°N -74.5675°W
Nocat:yes
Area:28acres
Architecture:Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival, Craftsman
Added:November 20, 2009
Refnum:09000940
Designated Other1 Name:New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Designated Other1 Abbr:NJRHP
Designated Other1 Link:New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Designated Other1 Date:May 20, 2009
Designated Other1 Number:4896[35]
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The Olcott Avenue Historic District is a 28acres historic district located along portions of Olcott, Childsworth, and Highview Avenues, and Church Street that recognizes a neighborhood developed in the early 20th century. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 20, 2009, for its significance in architecture, community planning and development, and education.[36]

According to the National Park Service:

The Olcott Avenue neighborhood in the borough of Bernardsville, located in northeast Somerset County, was developed at the turn of the 20th century as a carefully laid out middle class residential neighborhood. The streets in the district are characterized by lots of moderate size with regular setbacks with moderate to substantial dwellings constructed in a variety of late 19th and early 20th century architectural styles, several of which are particularly noteworthy examples. The original dwellings constructed during the first three decades or so of the 20th century all still stand and the streetscape has changed relatively little since curbs and sidewalks were added and the road was paved around 1916. Residents of the district have continued the long tradition of participation in civic activities.[37]

Olcott Avenue is named after Frederic P. Olcott, a New York banker, politician, and philanthropist, who lived here. The street was originally named after Stewart Wolfe. In 1905, Olcott financed the construction of a high school, the first in the township, and donated it to the Bernards Township Board of Education. The stone building features Tudor Revival style and was designed by architect Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, who also lived here. Hardenbergh also designed the Bernardsville United Methodist Church and the parish house at St. Bernard's Church. The district includes several houses designed with Colonial Revival style.[36]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 12.91 square miles (33.44 km2), including 12.84 square miles (33.24 km2) of land and 0.08 square miles (0.19 km2) of water (0.58%).[5]

Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the borough include Blaziers Corner, Mine Brook and Somersetin.[38]

The borough borders Bernards Township to the east, Far Hills to the southwest, and Peapack-Gladstone to the west in Somerset County, Harding Township to the northeast and both Mendham Borough and Mendham Township to the northwest in Morris County.[39] [40] [41]

Climate

Bernardsville has a climate that borders between Humid continental and Humid subtropical with cool sometimes cold winters and warm to hot, humid summers on average. High elevations of the town have a warm summer humid continental climate with more snow during the winter and more orographic precipitation. Summer is the wettest season with frequent afternoon thunderstorms while Winter is the driest season.

Demographics

Some of Bernardsville's Latino population are made up of residents of "Little Paraguay" located on the Basking Ridge side of the train tracks.[42]

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 7,707 people, 2,685 households, and 2,086 families in the borough. The population density was 597.2 per square mile (230.6/km2). There were 2,871 housing units at an average density of 222.5 per square mile (85.9/km2). The racial makeup was 91.38% (7,043) White, 0.88% (68) Black or African American, 0.14% (11) Native American, 3.27% (252) Asian, 0.06% (5) Pacific Islander, 2.18% (168) from other races, and 2.08% (160) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.72% (903) of the population.

Of the 2,685 households, 40.6% had children under the age of 18; 67.2% were married couples living together; 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present and 22.3% were non-families. Of all households, 19.1% were made up of individuals and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.87 and the average family size was 3.27.

28.6% of the population were under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 22.7% from 25 to 44, 31.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.1 years. For every 100 females, the population had 98.3 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 95.3 males.

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $128,333 (with a margin of error of +/− $12,233) and the median family income was $141,510 (+/− $17,179). Males had a median income of $87,500 (+/− $36,816) versus $73,250 (+/− $10,725) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $70,141 (+/− $9,890). About 1.9% of families and 2.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.2% of those under age 18 and 5.2% of those age 65 or over.[43]

2000 census

As of the 2000 United States census there were 7,345 people, 2,723 households, and 2,050 families residing in the borough. The population density was 568.1sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 2,807 housing units at an average density of 217.1sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the borough was 93.94% White, 0.25% African American, 0.15% Native American, 2.64% Asian, 1.55% from other races, and 1.47% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.98% of the population.[44] [45]

There were 2,723 households, out of which 35.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.2% were married couples living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.7% were non-families. 21.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.12.[44] [45]

In the borough the population was spread out, with 26.1% under the age of 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 28.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.3 males.[44] [45]

The median income for a household in the borough was $104,162, and the median income for a family was $126,601. Males had a median income of $91,842 versus $50,732 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $69,854. About 1.6% of families and 2.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.3% of those under age 18 and 2.5% of those age 65 or over.[44] [45]

Government

Local government

Bernardsville 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.[46] The governing body is comprised of the mayor and the 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 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.[47] The borough form of government used by Bernardsville 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.[48] [49]

, the mayor of Bernardsville is Republican Mary Jane Canose, whose term of office ends December 31, 2026. Members of the Borough Council are Council President Jena McCredie (R, 2025), Jay Ambelang (R, 2024), Chad McQueen (R, 2025), Albert Ribeiro (R, 2024), Jeffrey Roos (D, 2026) and Christine Zamarra (D, 2026).[50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55]

In June 2021, Democrat Thomas O'Dea Jr. resigned from office from a seat expiring in December 2023.[56] In July 2021, the borough council selected Matthew Marino from a list of three candidates nominated by the Democratic municipal committee to fill the vacant seat on an interim basis.[57] In November 2021, Republican Diane Greenfield was elected to serve the balance of the term of office.[55]

In December 2018, the borough council selected Diane Greenfield from a list of three candidates nominated by the Republican municipal committee to fill the balance of the unexpired term of office ending in December 2019 that had been held by Michael C. Sullivan until he resigned from office earlier that month.[58]

In February 2018, Republican John Donahue was selected by the borough council from three candidates nominated by the local party committee and appointed to fill the seat expiring in December 2018 that had been held by Michael dePoortere until he resigned from office earlier that month; Donohue will serve on an interim basis until the November 2018 general election.[59]

In March 2018, Mayor Kevin Sooy, elected as a Republican, announced that he was switching parties and would run for re-election as a Democrat, saying that he was in sync with the platform of the local Democratic Party on issues facing the town.[60] He would be defeated in the primary by Thomas O'Dea Jr. who was defeated in the general election by Republican Mary Jane Canose.[61]

In 2018, the borough had an average property tax bill of $15,362, the highest in the county, compared to an average bill of $8,767 statewide.[62]

Federal, state and county representation

Bernardsville is located in the 7th Congressional District[63] and is part of New Jersey's 21st state legislative district.[64]

Politics

As of March 2011, there were a total of 5,341 registered voters in Bernardsville, of which 955 (17.9% vs. 26.0% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 2,472 (46.3% vs. 25.7%) were registered as Republicans and 1,913 (35.8% vs. 48.2%) were registered as unaffiliated. There was one voter registered to another party.[65] Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 69.3% (vs. 60.4% in Somerset County) were registered to vote, including 97.1% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 80.4% countywide).[65] [66]

In the 2012 presidential election, Republican Mitt Romney received 61.5% of the vote (2,318 cast), ahead of incumbent President Barack Obama, a Democrat, with 37.3% (1,408 votes), and other candidates with 1.2% (44 votes), among the 3,788 ballots cast by the borough's 5,673 registered voters (18 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 66.8%.[67] [68] In the 2008 presidential election, Republican John McCain received 2,295 votes (55.8% vs. 46.1% countywide), ahead of Democrat Obama with 1,753 votes (42.6% vs. 52.1%) and other candidates with 41 votes (1.0% vs. 1.1%), among the 4,113 ballots cast by the borough's 5,208 registered voters, for a turnout of 79.0% (vs. 78.7% in Somerset County).[69] In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 2,495 votes (61.0% vs. 51.5% countywide), ahead of Democrat John Kerry with 1,543 votes (37.7% vs. 47.2%) and other candidates with 37 votes (0.9% vs. 0.9%), among the 4,093 ballots cast by the borough's 4,909 registered voters, for a turnout of 83.4% (vs. 81.7% in the whole county).[70]

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 77.9% of the vote (2,118 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 20.7% (564 votes), and other candidates with 1.4% (37 votes), among the 2,762 ballots cast by the borough's 5,728 registered voters (43 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 48.2%.[71] [72] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Christie received 1,867 votes (60.2% vs. 55.8% countywide), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 747 votes (24.1% vs. 34.1%), Independent Chris Daggett with 463 votes (14.9% vs. 8.7%) and other candidates with 13 votes (0.4% vs. 0.7%), among the 3,099 ballots cast by the borough's 5,304 registered voters, yielding a 58.4% turnout (vs. 52.5% in the county).[73]

Bernardsville vote by party
in presidential elections
YearDemocraticRepublicanThird Parties
202053.8% 2,60843.7% 2,1161.7% 84
201645.2% 1,86050.4% 2,0714.4% 180
201237.3%1,40861.5% 2,3181.2% 54
200842.6% 1,75355.8% 2,2951.0% 41
200437.7% 1,54361.0% 2,4950.9% 37

Education

Public school students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade attend the schools of the Somerset Hills Regional School District, a regional school district serving students from Bernardsville, Far Hills and Peapack-Gladstone, along with students from Bedminster who are sent to the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[74] [75] As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,797 students and 155.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.6:1.[76] Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[77]) are Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School[78] with 471 students in grades Pre-K–4, Bernardsville Middle School[79] with 474 students in grades 5–8 and Bernards High School[80] with 819 students in grades 9–12.[81] [82] [83] The district's board of education is comprised of nine elected members (plus one appointed member representing Bedminster) who set policy and oversee the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration.[84] The nine elected seats on the board are allocated to the constituent municipalities based on population, with six seats allocated to Bernardsville.[85]

The School of Saint Elizabeth, established in 1916, is a parochial school serving students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade that operates under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen.[86] [87]

Transportation

Roads and highways

, the borough had a total of of roadways, of which were maintained by the municipality, by Somerset County and by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.[88]

The most prominent roads directly serving Bernardsville are U.S. Route 202[89] and County Route 525.[90] Interstate 287 passes by just outside the borough.

Public transportation

NJ Transit train service is offered at the Bernardsville station on the Gladstone Branch and Morristown Line of the Morris & Essex Lines, with service to Hoboken Terminal, Newark Broad Street station Secaucus Junction and to Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan.[91] [92]

Lakeland Bus Lines provides Route 78 rush-hour service from Bedminster to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan.[93]

Notable people

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

External links

Notes and References

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  2. https://www.bernardsvilleboro.org/departments/administrator Administration
  3. https://www.bernardsvilleboro.org/departments/clerk Borough Clerk
  4. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. October 11, 2022.
  5. https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_34.txt 2019 Census Gazetteer Files: New Jersey Places
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  7. , Geographic Names Information System. Accessed March 4, 2013.
  8. https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990
  9. http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupResultsAction!input.action?resultMode=0&city=bernardsville&state=NJ Look Up a ZIP Code for Bernardsville, NJ
  10. http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/njzips.htm ZIP Codes
  11. http://www.area-codes.com/search.asp?frmNPA=&frmNXX=&frmState=NJ&frmCity=Bernardsville&frmCounty=Somerset Area Code Lookup - NPA NXX for Bernardsville, NJ
  12. https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website
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  16. https://www.njwsa.org/uploads/1/0/8/0/108064771/raritanbasinhydro.png Raritan Basin Hydrology
  17. https://somersethillshistoricalsociety.org About Us
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  25. Variant name: Vealtown
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  27. Staff. "A look at Bernards through the centuries", Courier News, August 27, 2003. Accessed January 25, 2012. "1760 King creates Bernardston Township by charter in honor of Sir Francis Bernard, provincial governor of New Jersey, 1758-60. At that time, the township also includes Far Hills, Warren and Bernardsville, then known as Vealtown."
  28. http://www.bernardsvilleboro.org/pages01/history.html History
  29. [Benson John Lossing|Lossing, Benson John]
  30. Web site: Downtown Bernardsville Walking Tour . Bernardsville, New Jersey.
  31. Book: Schleicher, William A.. Images of America: In The Somerset Hills, The Landed Gentry. Arcadia Publishing. 1997. 0-7524-0899-2. Dover, New Hampshire. Introduction.
  32. Web site: 2020-11-18. MAIN Welcomes Bernardsville Public Library to its Consortium • MAIN. 2021-01-05. MAIN. en.
  33. Web site: 2021-01-14. Warren, Bernardsville Food Markets To Close Next Week. 2021-01-15. Warren, NJ Patch. en.
  34. Zavalick, Charles; and Baratta, Amy. "Monsignor John Torney dies at 102; services Thursday and Friday", The Bernardsville News, May 14, 2013. Accessed August 26, 2013. "'It was a very unusual parish, with Little Italy on one side and on the other side the Mountain colony,' Msgr. Torney said in a 2012 interview with this newspaper."
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  39. https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/1010478/touches.html Areas touching Bernardsville
  40. https://www.co.somerset.nj.us/about/county-info/maps/municipalities Municipalities
  41. https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries
  42. Zavalick, Charlie. " A parade of dissension in Bernardsville; Debate rages over Paraguayans' celebration of bicentennial during borough's Memorial Day", The Bernardsville News, June 10, 2011. Accessed September 26, 2016. "Was it inappropriate for members of the borough's sizable Paraguayan community to celebrate that nation's bicentennial during the Memorial Day parade here?"
  43. https://archive.today/20200212083656/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0600000US3403505590 DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Bernardsville borough, Somerset County, New Jersey
  44. http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/1603405590.pdf Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Bernardsville borough, New Jersey
  45. https://archive.today/20200212112106/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3403505590 DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Bernardsville borough, Somerset County, New Jersey
  46. https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/inventory_of_municipal_forms_of_government_in_new_jersey.pdf Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey
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  50. https://www.bernardsvilleboro.org/government/mayor Elected Officials
  51. https://www.bernardsvilleboro.org/government/budgets/2024-1/1347-2024-introduced-budget-public-hearing-may-28th-7-00pm/file 2024 Municipal Data Sheet
  52. https://www.co.somerset.nj.us/home/showpublisheddocument/46227/638203671214730000#page=54 2023 Directory of County & Municipal Offices
  53. https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Somerset/119024/web.317647/#/summary 2023 General Election November 7, 2023 Certified Official Results RESULTS
  54. https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Somerset/116175/web.307039/#/summary General Election November 8, 2022 Final Certified Results
  55. https://www.co.somerset.nj.us/home/showpublisheddocument/43891/637725959984900000 2021 General Election Winning Candidates
  56. Kipp, Guy. "Tom O'Dea Takes Part in His Final Bernardsville Council Meeting", TAPinto Bernardsville and Bedminster, June 29, 2021. Accessed April 25, 2022. "Bernardsville Councilman Thomas O'Dea Jr. attended his final Borough Council meeting as a member of the town's governing body on Monday night. O'Dea announced earlier in June that he would be resigning his seat on the Borough Council effective June 30."
  57. https://www.bernardsvilleboro.org/meetings/meeting-documents/mayor-council-meeting/2021-mayor-council-meeting-documents/2021-minutes-mayor-council/330-07-12-2021-mayor-council-meeting-minutes/file Meeting Minutes for July 12, 2021
  58. Zavalick, Charlie. "Diane Greenfield appointed to Bernardsville Council", The Bernardsville News, December 29, 2018. Accessed September 10, 2019. "In a selection process that involved three borough Republican leaders, Diane Greenfield was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Borough Council on Thursday morning, Dec. 27. A resident of Old Wood Road, Greenfield was unanimously chosen by the council to fill the final year of a three-year term vacated by former Republican Councilman Mike Sullivan, who resigned for business reasons."
  59. Polakiewicz, David. "Donahue to fill Bernardsville Council vacancy Sparring, criticism mark selection process", The Bernardsville News, February 28, 2018. Accessed June 29, 2018. "South Street resident John Donahue was chosen from among three nominees proposed by the Republican Municipal Committee (RMC) to fill 10 months remaining on the vacant council term of Michael dePoortere, a Republican who resigned in early February for job-related reasons."
  60. Deak, Mike. "Bernardsville Mayor Kevin Sooy switches parties, will run as Democrat", Courier News, March 23, 2018. Accessed June 29, 2018. "For the first time in decades, Bernardsville, where Democrats were once considered an endangered species, has a Democratic mayor. Mayor Kevin Sooy has declared he is switching parties and will run for re-election as a Democrat.... Sooy said he is 'fully aligned' with the issues Bernardsville Democrats have championed in their last few campaigns, including infrastructure development, recreational facilities, downtown revitalization, open space and walkability, aquifer protection, safe housing in all neighborhoods, and fiscal responsibility."
  61. Tarrazi, Alexis. "Real-Time Results: Bernardsville, Bedminster Election 2018", Bernardsville-Bedminster, NJ Patch, November 7, 2018. Accessed April 11, 2023. There are two candidates vying for the four-year mayor seat including: Democratic Councilman Thomas O'Dea, Jr. and Republican Mary Jane Canose.... Bernardsville Borough Mayor Votes; Thomas O'Dea, Jr. - D 1,729; Mary Jane Canose - R; 1,882"
  62. 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 Bernardsville Borough was $15,362 in 2018, the highest in Somerset County."
  63. https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2012-congressional-districts/njcd-2011-plan-components-county-mcd.pdf Plan Components Report
  64. https://pub.njleg.gov/publications/pdf/2023-NJ-Leg-District-Map.pdf Municipalities Sorted by 2023-2031 Legislative District
  65. http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-somerset-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Somerset
  66. https://www.census.gov GCT-P7: Selected Age Groups: 2010 - State -- County Subdivision; 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey
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  68. Web site: Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 6, 2012 - General Election Results - Somerset County. March 15, 2013 . New Jersey Department of Elections . December 24, 2014.
  69. http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-somerset.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Somerset County
  70. http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_somerset_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Somerset County
  71. Web site: Governor - Somerset County . January 29, 2014 . New Jersey Department of Elections . December 24, 2014.
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  73. http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-somerset.pdf 2009 Governor: Somerset County
  74. http://www.co.somerset.nj.us/home/showdocument?id=12598 Somerset County School Districts-Sending/Receiving/Regional
  75. https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=ebcd309cb9ee4b758b1c481e888cddad Somerset Hills Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification
  76. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3400009&DistrictID=3400009 District information for Somerset Hills Regional School District
  77. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3400009 School Data for the Somerset Hills School District
  78. https://bes.shsd.org/ Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School
  79. http://bms.shsd.org/ Bernardsville Middle School
  80. http://bhs.shsd.org/ Bernards High School
  81. https://www.co.somerset.nj.us/home/showpublisheddocument/43585/637716261277570000#page=36 2021-2022 Somerset County Public School Directory
  82. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/35/4815 School Performance Reports for the Somerset Hills Regional School District
  83. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/4815 New Jersey School Directory for the Somerset Hills School District
  84. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/cafr/search/18/4815.pdf#page=49 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Somerset Hills School District
  85. http://www.shsd.org/b_o_e/members___committees Board of Education Members / Committees
  86. http://diometuchen.org/find-a-school Find a school
  87. http://www.steschool.org/history/ History
  88. http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Somerset.pdf Somerset County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction
  89. https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000202__-.pdf#page=12 U.S. Route 202 Straight Line Diagram
  90. https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000525__-.pdf#page=3 County Route 525 Straight Line Diagram
  91. http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=18 Bernardsville station
  92. https://web.archive.org/web/20100726183351/http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusRoutesSomersetCountyTo Somerset County Bus / Rail Connections
  93. http://www.lakelandbus.com/m/bus_schedule.php?route=route-78-eastbound-to-new-york Route 78 – Eastbound to New York
  94. via Associated Press. "Walt Ader Takes Auto Race Honors; Jersey Driver Wins Feature at Williams Grove Before 41,743--Two Are Hurt", The New York Times, April 15, 1946. Accessed July 11, 2018. "The feature race was won by Walt Ader of Bernardsville, N. J., competing in the first big car race in this section."
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  96. Gardner, Amanda. "Theater; Tony Awards' New Jersey Ties", The New York Times, July 23, 2008. Accessed August 26, 2013. "Mr. Chamberlin met Roger Bart (hailing from Bernardsville and nominated in the category of best performance by a featured actor in a musical for The Producers) early in his freshman year at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University."
  97. Aron, Michael. "Interview with Roger Bodman", Rutgers University, January 27, 2009. Accessed March 27, 2016.
  98. Staff. "Philip Charles Capice; 78, Bernardsville native, noted television producer", The Bernardsville News, January 4, 2010. Accessed June 22, 2013. "Philip Charles Capice, 78, a native of Bernardsville and a notable television producer, died peacefully on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009, at his home in Los Angeles, Calif."
  99. Baratta, Amy. "Big band leader among owners of historic home in Bernardsville; Dorsey hosted Frank Sinatra, other celebrities", The Bernardsville News, April 20, 2012. Accessed June 6, 2016. "Known as 'the sentimental gentleman of swing,' the musician purchased the 21-acre estate for $32,000 in 1935 and lived there with his first wife, Mildred 'Toots' Kraft, and their two children, Patricia and Tommy, for nearly a decade."
  100. Menendez, Albert J.; and Menendez, Shirley. New Jersey Trivia, p. 51. Rutledge Hill Press, 1993. .
  101. Staff. "Forrest F. Dryden, Financier, Is Dead; Former Head of the Prudential Insurance Company, Which Was Founded by His Father. Active In Jersey Utilities Also Served on Board of Newark Public Library - Was Long Active in National Guard.", The New York Times, July 20, 1932. Accessed July 11, 2018. "Bernardsville, N. J., July 19 - Forrest Fairchild Dryden, president of the Prudential Insurance Company of America, of Newark, N. J., from 1912 to 1922, and a figure in the investigation of insurance and banking conditions in New York by the Lockwood committee in 1921, died today of heart disease at his home here in his sixty-eighth year."
  102. Staff. "John F. Dryden Dies Worth $50,000,000; Ex-Senator from New Jersey Succumbs to Pneumonia, Following an Operation.", The New York Times, November 25, 1911. Accessed July 11, 2018. "At the time of his death Mr. Dryden had about completed the building of his property at High Point, N. J., which is the largest private estate in New Jersey and said to be one of the largest of its kind in the United States. This is apart from his large estate at Bernardsville, N. J."
  103. https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/28/obituaries/dr-ernest-duncan-74-mathematics-professor.html "Dr. Ernest Duncan, 74, Mathematics Professor"
  104. Rockland, Kate. "By The Way; A Monument to Sagging", The New York Times, June 12, 2006. Accessed July 11, 2018. "Mr. Ecko, a Rutgers dropout who was born and raised in Lakewood, recently bought a scandal-tainted villa in Bernardsville that completes the New Jersey spin to his Cinderella story."
  105. Lambert, Bruce. "Millicent Fenwick, 82, Dies; Gave Character to Congress", The New York Times, September 17, 1992. Accessed January 25, 2012. "Millicent H. Fenwick, a retired Republican Congresswoman renowned for her political independence and championing of liberal causes, died yesterday at her home in Bernardsville, N.J. She was 82 years old. She died of heart failure, her family said."
  106. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000078 Millicent Hammond Fenwick
  107. Douglas, Sarah. "The Bumpy Adolescence of Zach Feuer: A Story of the Art Market", December 20, 2010 "By now, the broad outlines of his meteoric rise are well-known: the modest Bernardsville, New Jersey"
  108. Staff. "Guy Gabrielson, G.O.P. Figure, Dies; National Chairman in 1952 and a Jersey Leader, 84", The New York Times, May 2, 1976. Accessed July 11, 2018. "For the last 10 months, Mr. Gahrielson had lived at 965 East Avenue in Mantoloking, N.J. Earlier he had resided for about 35 years in Berriardsville, N.J."
  109. Larson, Erik. "Trump's Lawyer Leads Counterattack From Her 5-Attorney Firm; Alina Habba is spearheading the former president’s aggressive legal tactics", Bloomberg News, May 13, 2022. Accessed January 22, 2023. "In the Bernardsville, New Jersey home she shares with her husband, a commercial real estate investor, she has two Make America Great Again hats signed by Trump and ensconced in glass boxes, as well as Trump-related books and a photo of the former president smiling with their children by a pool"
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  111. Cheslow, Jerry. "If You're Thinking of Living In/Peapack and Gladstone; Fox-Hunting and High-Priced Homes", The New York Times, August 7, 1994. Accessed January 25, 2012. "She does have a story about Aristotle Onassis, who rented a home in neighboring Bernardsville with his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis."
  112. Staff. "Elmer M. Matthews, veteran, lawyer and former N.J. legislator, dies", Palm Beach Daily News, February 7, 2015. Accessed November 23, 2015. "Elmer M. Matthews of Palm Beach and Sea Girt, N.J., died Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, after a brief illness. He was 87. Born in Orange, N.J., Mr. Matthews lived in South Orange, Verona, Bernardsville and Sea Girt, N.J., before moving to Palm Beach."
  113. Newman, Melinda. "From Brat Pack to Backpack; Andrew McCarthy still acts and directs, but the Summit native has won new acclaim writing about his global travels.", New Jersey Monthly, August 15, 2011. Accessed November 1, 2016. "Born in Summit, McCarthy grew up in Westfield, the third of four boys.... The family moved to Bernardsville when he was 14: 'Apparently, it's where Meryl Streep was from. I never saw her.'"
  114. Staff. "Katie Meyler featured at benefit March 16 in Bernardsville", The Bernardsville News, March 9, 2015. Accessed March 24, 2017. "A Bernardsville native, Meyler is a Bernards High School graduate and founder of the More Than Me Foundation, a non-profit organization that educates girls in Liberia. She was named a 2014 Time magazine 'Person of the Year' for her work in this impoverished West African nation, which has been hit hard by the deadly Ebola virus."
  115. Staff. "DWI For Moyers", St. Paul Pioneer Press, August 3, 2002. Accessed March 21, 2011. "Moyers, 68, of Bernardsville, N.J., who served as special assistant to President Lyndon Johnson and publisher of Newsday before turning to public TV in the '70s, was stopped by state police last Saturday in Arlington, Vt."
  116. Staff. "Robert Nash Dies at 84", The New York Times, February 2, 1977. Accessed July 11, 2018. "Born in Ireland, Mr. Nash spent his early years in Bernardsville, N. J."
  117. News: Staff . Frederic P. Olcott, Financier, Is Dead.. . April 16, 1909 . Frederic P. Olcott, a former Controller of the State of New York and the ex-President of the Central Trust Company, died at his home in Bernardsville, N. J., yesterday..
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  119. Schleicher, William A.; Winter, Susan J. (1997). Images of America: In The Somerset Hills, The Landed Gentry. Dover, New Hampshire: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 8, 10, 11. .
  120. Roan, Richard W. "Roebling's Amphibian: The Origin Of The Assault Amphibian". Accessed March 21, 2011. "By the end of World War I, John A. Roebling II had concentrated his efforts on banking and the management of the Roebling family fortune, leaving the leadership of the John A. Roebling's Sons plants to other family members. John and his wife, Margaret, built a sprawling estate called the Boulderwood Mansion in Bernardsville, New Jersey, only thirty miles west of John's office complex in New York City.... Donald Roebling was born in New York City on 15 November 1908. Young Roebling, strong-willed, temperamental, and overweight, spent his childhood in the luxury of his parents' Bernardsville, New Jersey, mansion."
  121. Lohrer, Fred E. "John A. Roebling, II (1867-1952), Builder of the Red Hill Estate (1929-1941), Lake Placid, Florida", Archbold Biological Station, October 2, 2006, last updated July 17, 2017. Accessed October 24, 2018.
  122. Baratta, Amy. "Bernards High grad now a leader at ESPN", The Bernardsville News, July 13, 2012. Accessed October 15, 2020. "Former Bernardsville resident Carol Stiff, shown here in her high school yearbook photo, has made her mark in women’s basketball, first as a player at Bernards High School and Southern Connecticut State University, then as a coach at Western Connecticut State University, Rensselaer Polytechnic University and Brown University, and now as a programming executive at ESPN."
  123. https://www.newjerseyhills.com/bernardsville_news/news/fox-news-ceo-now-calls-bernardsville-home/article_230bee4f-6090-5c51-9374-94d0213e6dd3.html "FOX News CEO now calls Bernardsville home"
  124. Schneider, Wolf. AFI Award: Meryl Streep, The Hollywood Reporter, June 10, 2004. "A New Jersey girl made good, Streep grew up middle-class and mousy-haired in Summit and Bernardsville, suburbs in which those around her would remember Streep as a bossy child."
  125. Gross, Ken. "As Wife Robin Givens Splits for the Coast, Mike Tyson Rearranges the Furniture", People, October 17, 1998. Accessed March 21, 2011. "The food lies untouched. The only sounds across the breakfast table in the Bernardsville, N.J., mansion are the loud silences of words being swallowed. Finally, Robin Givens, 24, star of the ABC-TV sitcom Head of the Class, pushes herself away from the table and announces, 'I have to pack.' 'Me, too,' says her husband, Mike Tyson, 22, the world heavyweight boxing champion. Suddenly the Sunday morning atmosphere is tense and full of menace."
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