borough
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History
In the Middle Ag ...
New Jersey
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, United States. As of the
2020 United States Census
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, the borough's population was 13,484.
What is now Woodland Park was formed as a borough under the name West Paterson, by an act of the
New Jersey Legislature
The New Jersey Legislature is the legislative branch of the government of the U.S. state of New Jersey. In its current form, as defined by the New Jersey Constitution of 1947, the Legislature consists of two houses: the General Assembly and the ...
on March 25, 1914, from portions of Little Falls Township, based on the results of a referendum held on May 1, 1914.Snyder, John P ''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 211. Accessed October 25, 2012.
On November 4, 2008, the citizens of West Paterson voted to change the official name of the borough from West Paterson to Woodland Park. The new name retains the initials "W.P." and is a reference to the community's wooded areas. At a November 10, 2008 community meeting attended by 200 residents, a number of residents demanded that a recount be held if the official results showed that the measure had passed. In case the recount demand was unsuccessful, the group discussed filing a petition to change the name back to West Paterson, including discussion of how to raise the $33,000 needed to cover the cost of a special election in spring 2009 for voters to reconsider the name. By November 25, 2008, the provisional vote counts had been tallied, and the name change won by 25 votes. The Mayor and Council approved a resolution in December 2008, officially changing the borough's name to the Borough of Woodland Park, effective January 1, 2009. The name change is an attempt to "distance" itself from nearby urban
Paterson, New Jersey
Paterson ( ) is the largest city in and the county seat of Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.United States Census Bureau
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, the borough had a total area of 3.08 square miles (7.97 km2), including 2.94 square miles (7.61 km2) of land and 0.14 square miles (0.36 km2) of water (4.51%).
Slippery Rock Brook
Slippery Rock Brook is a tributary of the Passaic River in Passaic County, New Jersey in the United States.
Slippery Rock Brook flows north as it drains part of the western flank of First Watchung Mountain. Traveling south from its confluence w ...
is a
tributary
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of the
Passaic River
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that flows north as it drains part of the western flank of
First Watchung Mountain
The Watchung Mountains (once called the Blue Hills) are a group of three long low ridges of volcanic origin, between high, lying parallel to each other in northern New Jersey in the United States. The name is derived from the American Native ...
. Traveling south from its confluence with the Passaic River, it passes through the city of Paterson and the borough of Woodland Park.
The borough borders the Passaic County municipalities of
Clifton
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Borough residents voted in November 2008 to change the community's name to Woodland Park. This close decision—the majority was only 33 votes according to early results—marked the fourth attempt to change the borough's historic name of West Paterson: voters rejected the names "Whispering Pines", "West Park," and "Garret Mountain" in 1989, 1995, and 2001 respectively.A new push for a new name ''
The Record
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'', October 2, 2008. Accessed November 5, 2008
Such a change is not unique in recent New Jersey history: Dover Township in
Ocean County
Ocean County is a county located along the Jersey Shore in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey. It borders the Atlantic Ocean on the east. Its county seat is Toms River.Toms River Township in November 2006, and Washington Township in Mercer County became Robbinsville Township in November 2007. The borough of East Paterson, located in adjacent
Bergen County
Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Elmwood Park in 1972.
Both East and West Paterson changed their names in hopes of dissociating themselves from the larger city of Paterson, which is significantly poorer and faces higher levels of crime, while preserving their E.P. and W.P. initials. In West Paterson, proponents of name change argued that their proposal would improve the borough's reputation and thus property values within the borough, as outsiders would be less likely to confuse it with Paterson. Opponents of the renaming saw no need to change, with businesses and the fire department citing the cost of changing references to the borough's name and the consequences of forgetting the community's history as West Paterson. The name change has been marred with accusations of racism and discrimination due to the city of Paterson's lower quality of life and diverse minority demographics. Some Paterson residents and advocates have jokingly suggested renaming Paterson to East Woodland Park and West Elmwood Park.
Residents who voted "No" to the name change petitioned the municipal government in an attempt to change the name back to West Paterson. A referendum was held on November 3, 2009, and the proposal was defeated by 2,248 votes to 2,216.
There is an unincorporated area called Woodland Park in the city of
Summit
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The term (mountain top) is generally used only for a m ...
New Providence
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.
Economy
Cytec Industries is a specialty chemicals and materials technology company. Cytec was created in a 1993 spin off of
American Cyanamid
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's industrial chemicals businesses. In July 2015, Solvay S.A. announced its intent to acquire Cytec for a purchase price of US$5.5 billion.
North Jersey Media Group
North Jersey Media Group is a newspaper publishing company headquartered in Woodland Park, New Jersey and owned by the Gannett Company, Inc. It publishes ''The Record'', the ''Herald News'' of Passaic County, the ''Daily Record'' of Morris Count ...
, owned by
Gannett
Gannett Co., Inc. () is an American mass media holding company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.The Record
The Record may refer to:
Music
* ''The Record'' (album), a 1982 studio album by the hardcore-punk band Fear
* The Records, an English power pop band
* '' Their Greatest Hits: The Record'', a 2001 greatest-hits album by the pop-music group Bee G ...
'' and ''
Herald News
The ''Herald News'' is a daily broadsheet newspaper headquartered in Woodland Park, New Jersey, that focuses on the Passaic County, New Jersey area. Today's ''Herald News'' is descended from several papers, but did not come to be until two Pass ...
'' newspapers. The company relocated the operations of the ''Herald News'' to Woodland Park in 1999, and shifted its staff at ''The Record'' from Hackensack to Woodland Park from 2008 through 2010.
Parks and recreation
Garret Mountain Reservation
Garret Mountain Reservation (also spelled Garrett) is a park located on First Watchung Mountain (Garret Mountain) in Paterson and Woodland Park (formerly West Paterson) in southern Passaic County, New Jersey. In 1967, it was designated a Natio ...
is a county park covering . The site of
Lambert Castle
Lambert Castle, originally called Belle Vista, is located within the Garret Mountain Reservation in Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey. The building was built in 1892 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 3, 19 ...
, the park offers views of the New York City skyline, as it rises above sea level. The park is primarily within Woodland Park, but it also extends into the cities of Paterson and
Clifton
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People
* Clifton (surname)
* Clifton (given name)
Places
Australia
*Clifton, Queensland, a town
** Shire of Clifton
*Clifton, New South Wales, a suburb of Wollongong
* Clifton, Western Australia
Canada
* Clifton, Nova Sc ...
.
Rifle Camp Park is a county park covering located mostly within Woodland Park, but its eastern edge extends into Clifton as well. The park includes hiking trails, an observatory, nature center, fitness trail, amphitheater, a bird watching blind, and an overnight camping facility for local
scout
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organizations.
Demographics
Census 2010
The Census Bureau's 2006–2010
American Community Survey
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median household income
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was $67,250 (with a margin of error of +/− $8,035) and the median family income was $75,080 (+/− $7,661). Males had a median income of $48,514 (+/− $6,624) versus $41,659 (+/− $6,602) for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the borough was $31,623 (+/− $3,252). About 5.6% of families and 6.6% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 7.6% of those under age 18 and 9.1% of those age 65 or over.
Same-sex couples
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headed 32 households in 2010, a 60% increase from the 20 counted in 2000.
Census 2000
As of the
2000 United States Census
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there were 10,987 people, 4,397 households, and 3,025 families residing in the borough. The
population density
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was 3,715.5 people per square mile (1,433.1/km2). There were 4,497 housing units at an average density of 1,520.8 per square mile (586.6/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 86.53%
White
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, 3.16%
African American
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Pacific Islander
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, 3.17% from
other races
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, and 3.19% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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United States Census Bureau
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United States Census Bureau
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. Accessed August 30, 2012.
As of the 2000 census, 34.3% of Woodland Park residents were of
Italian
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ancestry, the 18th-highest percentage of any municipality in the United States, and seventh-highest in New Jersey, among all places with more than 1,000 residents identifying their ancestry.
There were 4,397 households, out of which 26.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.9% were
married couples
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living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.2% were non-families. 25.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.01.
In the borough the population was spread out, with 19.6% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 33.9% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 15.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.3 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $60,273, and the median income for a family was $67,292. Males had a median income of $47,389 versus $36,814 for females. The
per capita income
Per capita income (PCI) or total income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. It is calculated by dividing the area's total income by its total population.
Per capita i ...
for the borough was $29,758. About 3.2% of families and 3.4% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 5.0% of those under age 18 and 3.0% of those age 65 or over.
Government
Local government
The Borough of Woodland Park was chartered by the State of New Jersey to function under the
Faulkner Act
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(formally known as the Option Municipal Charter Law) within the Small Municipality form of government (Plan C), implemented by direct petition as of January 1, 1967. The borough is one of 18 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government. The governing body is comprised of the Mayor and the Borough Council, with all positions elected
at-large
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on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. The Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a three-year term of office. The Borough Council is comprised of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with elections take place in a three-year cycle, with the mayor elected one year and three council seats up for election in the second and third years in the cycle.''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'',
Rutgers University
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Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, April 2006, p. 148 A government reorganization takes place on January 1 of every year, at which time a mayor-elect or newly elected council members are sworn in.
, the
Mayor
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of Woodland Park is Democrat Keith Kazmark, whose term of office ends December 31, 2023. Members of the Woodland Park Borough Council are Adam Chaabane (D, 2022; appointed to serve an unexpired term), Vincent Bennett DeCesare (D, 2024), Tina Gatti (D, 2024), Gary W. Holloway (D, 2022), Tracy Kallert (D, 2024) and Rita Pascrell (D, 2022).Governing Body Borough of Woodland Park. Accessed July 20, 2020.''Passaic County 2021 Directory''
Passaic County, New Jersey
Passaic County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of New Jersey that is part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the population of Passaic County was enumerated at 524,118, an increase of 22,892 (4.6%) from ...
Passaic County, New Jersey
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, updated November 18, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.
In May 2022, the Borough Council selected Adam Chaabane from a list of three candidates nominated by the Democratic municipal committee to fill the seat expiring in December 2022 that had been held by Joseph Spinelli who resigned after serving more two decades in office.
In 2012, Borough resident Matthew La Corte was fined for his planting of a political lawn sign. After nationwide backlash towards the borough and a series of court hearings, the borough agreed to drop the case and waive the nearly $24,000 in fines that had accumulated at $100 per day for each day the signs were up.
New Jersey Department of State
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League of Women Voters
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League of Women Voters
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. Accessed May 22, 2015. Prior to the 2010 Census, Woodland Park had been part of the , a change made by the New Jersey Redistricting Commission that took effect in January 2013, based on the results of the November 2012 general elections.Passaic County is governed by
Board of County Commissioners
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, comprised of seven members who are elected
at-large
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to staggered three-year terms office on a partisan basis, with two or three seats coming up for election each year as part of the November general election in a three-year cycle. At a reorganization meeting held in January, the board selects a Director and Deputy Director from among its members to serve for a one-year term.
, Passaic County's Commissioners are
Director Bruce James ( D,
Clifton
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, term as commissioner ends December 31, 2023; term as director ends 2022),
Deputy Director Cassandra "Sandi" Lazzara (D, Little Falls, term as commissioner ends 2024; term as deputy director ends 2022),
John W. Bartlett (D, Wayne, 2024),
Theodore O. "T.J." Best Jr. (D, Paterson, 2023),
Terry Duffy (D, West Milford, 2022),
Nicolino Gallo ( R, Totowa, 2024) and
Pasquale "Pat" Lepore (D, Woodland Park, 2022).Board of County Commissioners Passaic County, New Jersey. Accessed June 21, 2022. "Passaic County is governed by a seven-member Board of County Commissioners. Each County Commissioner is elected at large for a three-year term. The board is headed by a director, who is selected for a one-year term at the board's annual reorganization meeting (at the first meeting of the year in January)."''Passaic County 2021 Directory'' Passaic County, New Jersey, updated as of April 2021. Accessed April 29, 2022.2021 General Election November 2, 2021 Official Results Passaic County, New Jersey, updated November 18, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.November 3, 2020 Summary Report Official Results Passaic County, New Jersey, updated November 20, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.2019 General Election November 5, 2019 Summary Report Passaic County Official Results Passaic County, New Jersey, updated November 18, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.
Constitutional officers, elected on a countywide basis are
County Clerk Danielle Ireland-Imhof ( D, Hawthorne, 2023),
Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik (D, Clifton, 2022) and
Surrogate Zoila S. Cassanova (D, Wayne, 2026).
Politics
As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 7,930 registered voters in Woodland Park, of which 2,309 (29.1% vs. 31.0% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 1,448 (18.3% vs. 18.7%) were registered as Republicans and 4,171 (52.6% vs. 50.3%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 2 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens.Voter Registration Summary - Passaic
New Jersey Department of State
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Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed January 16, 2013. Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 67.1% (vs. 53.2% in Passaic County) were registered to vote, including 83.6% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 70.8% countywide).
In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat
Barack Obama
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received 55.4% of the vote (3,119 cast), ahead of Republican
Mitt Romney
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with 43.9% (2,471 votes), and other candidates with 0.8% (44 votes), among the 5,714 ballots cast by the borough's 8,489 registered voters (80 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 67.3%. In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 2,897 votes (49.0% vs. 58.8% countywide), ahead of Republican
John McCain
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with 2,782 votes (47.0% vs. 37.7%) and other candidates with 68 votes (1.1% vs. 0.8%), among the 5,918 ballots cast by the borough's 8,031 registered voters, for a turnout of 73.7% (vs. 70.4% in Passaic County). In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat
John Kerry
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received 2,686 votes (48.6% vs. 53.9% countywide), ahead of Republican George W. Bush with 2,642 votes (47.8% vs. 42.7%) and other candidates with 37 votes (0.7% vs. 0.7%), among the 5,531 ballots cast by the borough's 7,506 registered voters, for a turnout of 73.7% (vs. 69.3% in the whole county).
In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican
Chris Christie
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Christie, who was born in N ...
received 59.4% of the vote (2,188 cast), ahead of Democrat
Barbara Buono
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with 39.7% (1,461 votes), and other candidates with 0.9% (32 votes), among the 3,769 ballots cast by the borough's 8,648 registered voters (88 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 43.6%. In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 2,165 votes (45.3% vs. 43.2% countywide), ahead of Democrat
Jon Corzine
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with 2,151 votes (45.0% vs. 50.8%), Independent Chris Daggett with 238 votes (5.0% vs. 3.8%) and other candidates with 64 votes (1.3% vs. 0.9%), among the 4,776 ballots cast by the borough's 7,814 registered voters, yielding a 61.1% turnout (vs. 42.7% in the county).
Education
Students in public school for
kindergarten
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through
eighth grade
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are educated by the Woodland Park School District. As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,080 students and 88.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a
student–teacher ratio
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National Center for Education Statistics
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. Accessed April 1, 2020. Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the
National Center for Education Statistics
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) are
Charles Olbon School with 368 students in grades K–2,
Beatrice Gilmore School with 217 students in grades 3–4 and
Memorial Middle School with 493 students in grades 5–8.
For
ninth
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through
twelfth grade
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s, public school students attend
Passaic Valley Regional High School
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, which also serves students from Little Falls and Totowa. The school facility is located in Little Falls. As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,186 students and 102.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a
student–teacher ratio
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of 11.6:1.
The Garret Mountain campus of
Berkeley College
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is located in Woodland Park.
Transportation
Roads and highways
, the borough had a total of of roadways, of which were maintained by the municipality, by Passaic County and by the
New Jersey Department of Transportation
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and by the
New Jersey Turnpike Authority
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.
Interstate 80
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runs along the northwest corner of the borough for , entering from Totowa to the west and continuing east into Paterson, and includes Exit 56 for County Route 636 (Squirrelwood Road), with Exit 56A for Woodland Park and 56B for Paterson.
U.S. Route 46
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enters from Little Falls from the west, follows the borough's southern border with Little Falls for and continues into
Clifton
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People
* Clifton (surname)
* Clifton (given name)
Places
Australia
*Clifton, Queensland, a town
** Shire of Clifton
*Clifton, New South Wales, a suburb of Wollongong
* Clifton, Western Australia
Canada
* Clifton, Nova Sc ...
.
Public transportation
NJ Transit
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provides bus service to the
Port Authority Bus Terminal
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in
Midtown Manhattan
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on the 191 and 194 routes, with local service offered on the
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route.
Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Woodland Park include:
* Rick Cerone (born 1954), former MLB catcher who played most of his career with the
New York Yankees
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*
Jeff Chase
Jeff Chase (born Jeffrey L. Sniffen; January 17, 1968) is an American film and television actor who played for the Albany Firebirds of the Arena Football League.
Chase was born in Paterson, New Jersey. Raised in Totowa, New Jersey and West Pate ...
(born 1968), film and television actor who played for the
Albany Firebirds
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of the
Arena Football League
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*
Darius Hamilton
Darius Hamilton (born December 29, 1993) is an American football defensive end who is currently a free agent. He attended Rutgers University.
High school career
A native of Woodland Park, New Jersey (formerly known as West Paterson), Hamilton a ...
(born 1993),
defensive end
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This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formations over the years have substantially changed how the position is p ...
for the
Rutgers Scarlet Knights football
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defensive tackle
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who played his entire 12-season career with the
New York Giants
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*
Kendall Holt
Kendall Holt (born June 14, 1981) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2013, and held the WBO junior welterweight title from 2008 to 2009.
Early life
Holt had a very tough upbringing in his native Paterson, New Je ...
(born 1981), former
professional boxer
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who competed from 2001 to 2013, and held the
WBO
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junior welterweight
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Boxing Professional boxing
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title from 2008 to 2009
* Víctor Santos (born 1976), MLB relief pitcher who has played for the
Detroit Tigers
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,
Colorado Rockies
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Milwaukee Brewers
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,
Pittsburgh Pirates
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,
Cincinnati Reds
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, and the
Baltimore Orioles
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* Natalia Shaposhnikova (born 1961), former Soviet gymnast and two-time Olympic champion who resides and coaches gymnastics in Woodland Park
*
Omar Sheika
Omar Sheika (born February 20, 1977) is an American former professional boxer and multiple time super middleweight world title challenger. He is of Palestinian descent.
Raised in Paterson, New Jersey, Sheika attended Eastside High School and ...
(born 1977), former
professional boxer
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and multiple time
super middleweight
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Boxing
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world title challenger
*
Frank Tripucka
Francis Joseph TripuckaProfile , polishsportshof.com; accessed December 28, 2015.
(1927–2013), former pro football quarterbackFrankel, Jeff "Funeral set for Broncos quarterback Tripucka, formerly of Bloomfield" ''Bloomfield Life'', September 13, 2013. Accessed September 15, 2013. "Funeral plans are set for Frank Tripucka, the Denver Broncos' first quarterback.... Tripucka, 85, a 1945 Bloomfield High School graduate, died Thursday at his Woodland Park home."
National Center for Education Statistics
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