Bernards Township () is a

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in Somerset County, in the

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. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 27,830, an increase of 1,178 (+4.4%) from the 2010 census count of 26,652, reflecting an increase of 2,077 (+8.5%) from the 24,575 counted in the 2000 census. Located on the eastern end of the

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region, the township is a

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in the much larger

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, located within the Raritan Valley region.

History

Bernards Township was originally formed by

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on May 24, 1760, as Bernardston Township from remaining portions of Northern precinct.Sadlouskos, Linda
"250th anniversary tea to celebrate Bernards history"
''

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'', January 6, 2010. Accessed March 22, 2011. "The events commemorate the 250th anniversary of the granting of a charter from British King George II to create the township of Bernardston, Kennedy said." It was incorporated as Bernards Township by an act of the

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on February 21, 1798, as one of New Jersey's initial group of 104 townships. Portions of the township were taken to form Warren Township (March 5, 1806), Far Hills (April 7, 1921) and

Bernardsville Bernardsville (Melisurgo, Len NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, June 23, 2017. Accessed December 1, 2024. "Same goes with the neighboring borough of Bernardsville. (It should be pronounced BERN-ards-vil.)") is the northernmost borough in Somerset C ...

(March 6, 1924).Snyder, John P
''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''
Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 221. Accessed May 8, 2012. The township celebrated its 250th charter anniversary in May 2010. A set of

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s to create independent boroughs from portions of Bernards Township were held in June 1921, which would have left only Liberty Corner and Lyons remaining in Bernards Township if all three proposals had been approved; The referendum in Far Hills passed and the vote in Bernardsville failed in 1921, but ultimately passed in 1924. Voters rejected the creation of proposed borough of Basking Ridge by a more than 4–1 margin. The township was named for

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, who served as governor of the Province of New Jersey.

Geography

According to the

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, the township had a total area of 24.33 square miles (63.01 km²), including 24.20 square miles (62.68 km²) of land and 0.13 square miles (0.33 km²) of water (0.52%). The township is roughly bounded by the Second Watchung Mountain in the southwest, the Dead River swamp on the south, the

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, and Millington Gorge in the east.

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, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Basking Ridge, Franklin Corners, Green Knoll, Hardscrabble, Liberty Corner,

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, Madisonville, Mount Horeb, Somerset Mills, State Park, Stone House and White Bridge. Martinsville is an unincorporated area in Bridgewater Township, whose 08836 ZIP Code also covers portions of Bernards Township. The township borders Bedminster Township and Far Hills to the west,

to the northwest, Bridgewater Township to the southwest, and Warren Township to the southeast in Somerset County and Harding Township to the northeast and Long Hill to the east in Morris County.

Demographics

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 26,652 people, 9,783 households, and 6,897 families in the township. The

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was 1,113.6 per square mile (430.0/km²). There were 10,103 housing units at an average density of 422.1 per square mile (163.0/km²). The racial makeup was 81.83% (21,809)

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, 1.89% (504) Black or African American, 0.08% (20) Native American, 13.80% (3,679) Asian, 0.03% (7)

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, 0.55% (147) from other races, and 1.82% (486) from two or more races.

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of any race were 3.95% (1,054) of the population. Of the 9,783 households, 40.0% had children under the age of 18; 61.7% were married couples living together; 6.9% had a female householder with no husband present and 29.5% were non-families. Of all households, 26.6% were made up of individuals and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.27. 28.8% of the population were under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 20.6% from 25 to 44, 32.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.1 years. For every 100 females, the population had 93.5 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 88.5 males. The Census Bureau's 2006–2010

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showed that (in 2010

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dollars)

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was $123,285 (with a margin of error of +/− $7,030) and the median family income was $153,906 (+/− $14,565). Males had a median income of $123,390 (+/− $9,621) versus $86,272 (+/− $9,195) for females. The

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for the borough was $67,809 (+/− $4,972). About 2.1% of families and 2.9% of the population were below the

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, including 1.3% of those under age 18 and 8.0% of those age 65 or over.

2000 census

At the 2000 United States census there were 24,575 people, 9,242 households and 6,487 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 9,485 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 89.20%

, 1.44%

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, 0.05% Native American, 7.85% Asian, 0.01%

, 0.40% from other races, and 1.05% from two or more races.

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or Latino people of any race were 2.63% of the population.Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Bernards township, Somerset County, New Jersey

. Accessed February 10, 2013.DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Bedminster township, Somerset County, New Jersey

. Accessed February 10, 2013. There were 9,242 households, of which 37.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.0% were

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living together, 5.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.8% were non-families. 26.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.17. Age distribution was 27.7% under the age of 18, 3.2% from 18 to 24, 31.2% from 25 to 44, 25.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.0 males. The median income for a household in the township was $107,204, and the median income for a family was $135,806. Males had a median income of $95,758 versus $60,865 for females. The

for the township was $56,521. About 0.6% of families and 1.3% of the population were below the

, including 1.2% of those under age 18 and 2.9% of those age 65 or over.

Economy

The headquarters of

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, Hitachi Power Systems USA and

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are located in the township.

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, which maintains its world headquarters in New York City, has located operations of its major business units in buildings that were formerly AT&T's world headquarters.

Government

Local government

Bernards Township operates under the

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form of New Jersey municipal government, one of 141 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form, the second-most commonly used form of government in the state. The Township Committee is comprised of five members, who are elected directly by the voters

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in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats coming up for election each year as part of the November general election in a three-year cycle.''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'',

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, March 2013, p. 77. At an annual reorganization meeting held during the first week of January, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and another as Deputy Mayor. , members of the Bernards Township Committee are

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Janice M. Fields ( R, term on committee and as mayor ends December 31, 2025), Deputy Mayor Andrew J. McNally (R, term on commititee and as deputy mayor ends December 31, 2027), Gary S. Baumann (R, 2026), Ana Duarte McCarthy ( D, 2026) and Jennifer L. Asay (R, 2027).Township Committee
Bernards Township. Accessed May 19, 2024. "Bernards Township operates under the Township form of New Jersey municipal government. The Township Committee is comprised of five members, elected by the public in partisan elections for three-year terms of office on a staggered schedule, with one or two seats coming up for election each year.... At the annual Reorganization meeting held in January, the Mayor is elected by the committee from among its members."''2023 Directory of County & Municipal Offices''

Somerset County, New Jersey Somerset County is a county located in the north-central part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, the county was the state's 13th-most-populous county,2023 General Election November 7, 2023 Certified Official Results RESULTS

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, December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020. and is part of New Jersey's 21st state legislative district.Municipalities Sorted by 2023-2031 Legislative District

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. Accessed September 1, 2023. Prior to the 2010 Census, Bernards Township had been part of the , a change made by the

that took effect in January 2013, based on the results of the November 2012 general elections.''2011 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''
, p. 55, New Jersey

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. Accessed May 22, 2015.

Politics

As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 18,377 registered voters in Bernards Township, of which 3,544 (19.3% vs. 26.0% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 7,019 (38.2% vs. 25.7%) were registered as

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and 7,803 (42.5% vs. 48.2%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 11 voters registered to as

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or Greens.Voter Registration Summary - Somerset

Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed February 10, 2013. Among the township's 2010 Census population, 69.0% (vs. 60.4% in Somerset County) were registered to vote, including 96.9% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 80.4% countywide). In the

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, Republican

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received 59.2% of the vote (7,879 cast), ahead of Democrat

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with 40.1% (5,338 votes), and other candidates with 0.8% (101 votes), among the 13,383 ballots cast by the township's 19,555 registered voters (65 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 68.4%. In the 2008 presidential election, Republican

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received 8,078 votes here (56.1% vs. 46.1% countywide), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 6,143 votes (42.6% vs. 52.1%) and other candidates with 99 votes (0.7% vs. 1.1%), among the 14,405 ballots cast by the township's 18,039 registered voters, for a turnout of 79.9% (vs. 78.7% in Somerset County). In the 2004 presidential election, Republican

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received 8,364 votes here (60.6% vs. 51.5% countywide), ahead of Democrat

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with 5,317 votes (38.5% vs. 47.2%) and other candidates with 84 votes (0.6% vs. 0.9%), among the 13,812 ballots cast by the township's 16,534 registered voters, for a turnout of 83.5% (vs. 81.7% in the whole county). In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican

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received 77.1% of the vote (6,505 cast), ahead of Democrat

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with 21.7% (1,829 votes), and other candidates with 1.2% (105 votes), among the 8,547 ballots cast by the township's 19,701 registered voters (108 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 43.4%. In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 6,124 votes here (59.5% vs. 55.8% countywide), ahead of Democrat

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with 2,639 votes (25.6% vs. 34.1%), Independent

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with 1,427 votes (13.9% vs. 8.7%) and other candidates with 33 votes (0.3% vs. 0.7%), among the 10,293 ballots cast by the township's 18,244 registered voters, yielding a 56.4% turnout (vs. 52.5% in the county).

Education

Students in public school for

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through

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are served by the Bernards Township School District. As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of six schools, had an enrollment of 4,874 students and 456.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 10.7:1.District information for Bernards Township School District

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. Accessed February 15, 2022. Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the

) are Cedar Hill Elementary School with 483 students in grades K-5, Liberty Corner Elementary School with 466 students in grades K-5, Mount Prospect Elementary School with 507 students in grades PreK-5, Oak Street Elementary School with 406 students in grades K-5, William Annin Middle School with 1,201 students in grades 6-8 and

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with 1,794 students in grades 9-12. The district offers its Integrated Preschool Program for children on the autism spectrum, utilizing the principles of

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. During the 2009–10 school year, Ridge High School was awarded the National Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the

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, the highest award an American school can receive. The school had also won the award for the 1986–1987 school year. Mount Prospect Elementary School was one of 11 in the state to be recognized in 2014 by the United States Department of Education's National Blue Ribbon Schools Program. In 2015, Liberty Corner School was one of 15 schools in New Jersey, and one of nine public schools, recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School in the exemplary high performing category. Ridge High School was ranked 194th, the second-highest in New Jersey, in ''

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'' magazine's 2010 rankings of America's Best High Schools. The school was the 9th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 328 schools statewide, in ''

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'' magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 12th in 2010 out of 322 schools. The Ridge High School was ranked 37th best in America in 2015 by ''Newsweek''.

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, a private

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, has its upper campus, for grades 6 to 12, located in Basking Ridge (prior to 2013 the campus was listed as being located in Martinsville). Saint James School is a parochial elementary school for students in preschool through eighth grade that operates under the supervision of the

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. In 2024, the school was one of 11 statewide that was recognized as a

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by the

Transportation

Roads and highways

, the township had a total of of roadways, of which were maintained by the municipality, by Somerset County and by the

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. Major roads serving Bernards Township include

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and

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Public transportation

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train service is available at the Basking Ridge station and Lyons station on the

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, providing service between

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and

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provides Route 78 rush-hour service from Bedminster to the

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Points of interest

* Alward Farmhouse * Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church and Cemetery – listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

* The Brick Academy – A restoration of what was known as the Basking Ridge Classical School, a prep school for those hoping to attend

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. The Brick Academy is the current home of the Historical Society of the

. * Town Hall and Astor Estate * Franklin Corners Historic District – Includes Van Dorn's Mill and the Grain House Restaurant, listed on the NRHP * Liberty Corner Village * Lyons VA Medical Center – A

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with

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brick buildings, listed on the NRHP * The Devil's Tree – A solitary

oak An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' of the beech family. They have spirally arranged leaves, often with lobed edges, and a nut called an acorn, borne within a cup. The genus is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisp ...

tree in a field off Mountain Road in the southern corner of the township that has been subject of several stories in ''

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'' magazine * Kennedy–Martin–Stelle Farmstead – Farmstead Arts Center, listed on the NRHP * Boudinot–Southard Farmstead – Also known as the Ross Farm, listed on the NRHP * Southard Park * Mountain Park *

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Volunteer Effort - Terrebonne Parish

In 2005, after

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and

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, which had a devastating effect on the Greater New Orleans area, the Bernards Township Regional Chamber of Commerce, under the leadership of former Mayor Albert LiCata, organized and sent truckloads of supplies to assist residents of

Houma, Louisiana Houma ( ) is the largest city in and the parish seat of Terrebonne Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is also the largest principal city of the Houma– Bayou Cane– Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area. The city's governme ...

. In 2007, the Parish returned the favor by sending the

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Marching band on a 26-hour bus ride to the Bernards Township Chamber's Holiday Parade to march at their event and perform a Christmas concert for the public at a local church.

Justice Department lawsuit

On November 22, 2016, the

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filed a lawsuit against Bernards Township, alleging "that the township violated the

Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), , codified as et seq., is a United States federal law that protects individuals, houses of worship, and other religious institutions from discrimination in zoning and landmar ...

(RLUIPA) when it denied

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approval to allow the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge to build a

mosque A mosque ( ), also called a masjid ( ), is a place of worship for Muslims. The term usually refers to a covered building, but can be any place where Salah, Islamic prayers are performed; such as an outdoor courtyard. Originally, mosques were si ...

on land it owns." In January 2017 the township hired Trenton-based Burton Trent Public Affairs for up to $45,000 to help manage the negative publicity associated with the Justice Department's allegations.

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Bernards Township include: *

William Alexander, Lord Stirling William Alexander, also known as Lord Stirling (December 27, 1725 – January 15, 1783), was a Scottish-American major general during the American Revolutionary War. He held a claim to be the male heir to the Scottish title of Earl of Stirl ...

(1726–1783),

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major general during the

American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which Am ...

* John Jacob Astor VI (1912–1992), socialite, shipping businessman and member of the

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. *

J. C. Chandor Jeffrey McDonald J. C. Chandor (; born November 24, 1973) is an American filmmaker, best known for writing and directing the critically acclaimed films ''Margin Call'' (2011), ''All Is Lost'' (2013), and ''A Most Violent Year'' (2014). His acco ...

(born 1974),

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-nominated writer/director of the 2011 film ''

Margin Call ''Margin Call'' is a 2011 American drama film written and directed by J. C. Chandor in his feature directorial debut. The principal story takes place over a 24-hour period at a large Wall Street investment bank during the initial stages of the ...

'' *

(born 1950), President and CEO of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation who ran as an independent candidate in the

2009 New Jersey gubernatorial election The 2009 New Jersey gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 2009. Incumbent Democratic governor Jon Corzine ran for a second term against Republican Chris Christie, Independent Christopher Daggett, and nine others, in addition to ...

Marc Del Gaizo Marc Douglas Del Gaizo (born October 11, 1999) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the Laval Rocket of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was ...

(born 1999), professional

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defenseman Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from Goal (ice hockey), scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the l ...

for the

Nashville Predators The Nashville Predators (colloquially referred to as the Preds) are a professional ice hockey team based in Nashville, Tennessee. The Predators compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (NHL), Central Divisio ...

of the

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Scott Fischer Scott Eugene Fischer (December 24, 1955 – May 11, 1996) was an American mountaineer and mountain guide. He was renowned for ascending the world's highest mountains without supplemental oxygen. Fischer and Wally Berg were the first Americans ...

(1955–1996), climber and guide who was the first American to climb

Lhotse Lhotse ( ; ; ) is the List of highest mountains#List, fourth-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga. At an elevation of above sea level, the main summit is on the border between Tibet Autonomous Region of Chin ...

, the fourth-highest mountain in the world, who died during an attempt to climb

Mount Everest Mount Everest (), known locally as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at it ...

in the

1996 Everest Disaster The 1996 Mount Everest disaster occurred on 10–11 May 1996 when eight expedition climbing, climbers caught in a blizzard died on Mount Everest while attempting to descend from the summit. Over the entire season, 12 people died trying to reach ...

* Patricia Lee Gauch (born 1934), author of over 30 works of

children's literature Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. In addition to conventional literary genres, modern children's literature is classified by the intended age of the reade ...

; inducted into the New Jersey Literary Hall of Fame in 1993 * Jarryd Goldberg (born 1985), former professional soccer player who played for

Miami FC Miami FC is an American professional association football, soccer team based in Miami, Florida that competes in the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid. The club began play in the North American Soccer League (201 ...

* Jeff Grace, comedian,

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

, film producer,

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

and actor; directed ''

Folk Hero & Funny Guy ''Folk Hero & Funny Guy'' is a 2016 American comedy film written, directed, and produced by Jeff Grace, in his directorial debut. It stars Alex Karpovsky, Wyatt Russell, Meredith Hagner, Michael Ian Black, Hannah Simone, Heather Morris, Melanie L ...

'' * Jon Gutwillig (born 1974), guitarist of the

Disco Biscuits The Disco Biscuits are an American jam band from Philadelphia. The band consists of Allen Aucoin (drums), Marc "Brownie" Brownstein (bass guitar, vocals), Jon "The Barber" Gutwillig (guitar, vocals), and Aron Magner (keyboards, synths, voca ...

Tobin Heath Tobin Powell Heath (born May 29, 1988) is an American professional soccer player and entrepreneur. Playing primarily as a forward and midfielder for the United States national team, she won gold at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, 2012 Lon ...

(born 1988), soccer player and member of the United States women's national team who won a gold medal as youngest member of the US team in the 2008 Olympics *

Jared Isaacman Jared Taylor Isaacman (born February 11, 1983) is an American billionaire entrepreneur, pilot, and commercial astronaut. He is the founder and Executive Chairman of Shift4, Shift4 Payments, a payment processor, and the founder of Draken Internati ...

(born 1983), entrepreneur, pilot, philanthropist and commercial astronaut * Vincent R. Kramer (1918–2001),

United States Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines or simply the Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is responsible for conducting expeditionar ...

colonel Colonel ( ; abbreviated as Col., Col, or COL) is a senior military Officer (armed forces), officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, a colon ...

who was a

guerrilla warfare Guerrilla warfare is a form of unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military, such as rebels, partisans, paramilitary personnel or armed civilians, which may include recruited children, use ambushes, sabotage, terrori ...

expert and was awarded the

Navy Cross The Navy Cross is the United States Naval Service's second-highest military decoration awarded for sailors and marines who distinguish themselves for extraordinary heroism in combat with an armed enemy force. The medal is equivalent to the Army ...

during the

Korean War The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was s ...

Peter Kuhn Peter Kuhn (April 14, 1955, in Summit, New Jersey – June 25, 2009, in Stafford Township, New Jersey ) was an American race car driver. In 1980, he won both the USAC and SCCA Formula Super Vee championships. Late in the 1984 season he competed in ...

(1955–2009), race car driver who won both the USAC and SCCA

Formula Super Vee Formula Super Vee was an open-wheel racing series that took place in Europe and the United States from 1970 to 1990. The formula was created as an extension of Formula Vee, a racing class that was introduced in 1959. Formula Super Vee in Europe w ...

championships in 1980 *

George Ludlow Lee Sr. George Ludlow Lee Sr. (March 25, 1901 - August 8, 1966) was chairman of the board of Red Devil, Inc. Biography He was born on March 25, 1901. He married Dulcinea Harrison Smith. He had four children, George Ludlow Lee Jr., John Landon Lee, Dulc ...

(1901–1966),

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Red Devil, Inc. Red Devil is a manufacturer of caulking, glazing (window), glazing, sealants and related surface preparation tools for glaziers, painters and masons. They are a privately owned family business with manufacturing facilities in Pryor, Oklahoma. The c ...

Philip Lindsley Philip Lindsley (1786–1855) was an American Presbyterian minister, educator and classicist. He served as the acting president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) from 1822 to 1824, and as the first president of the now-defun ...

(1786–1855), Presbyterian minister, educator, and classicist; acting president of the College of New Jersey (now

), 1822–1824 *

Kelly-Anne Lyons Kelly-Anne Lyons (born March 17, 1985) is an American actress, television presenter, writer and model. Lyons' breakthrough role was as the female lead, Kelly-Anne Manhattan, in the BBC comedy '' Dick and Dom's Funny Business''. Before this, Lyon ...

(born 1985), actress, television presenter, writer and model, who starred in the

BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...

comedy ''

Dick and Dom's Funny Business ''Dick and Dom's Funny Business'' is a British comedy television series for children, hosted by comic presenting duo Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood (Dick and Dom). The series was broadcast in a Saturday morning slot on BBC Two and simulcast o ...

'' * Max Mahoney (born 1998, class of 2016), professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

player for

VfL Kirchheim Knights VfL Kirchheim Knights, also known as Bozic Estriche Knights Kirchheim for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany. The team plays in the ProA The ProA is the German basketball league system, ...

of the

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Page McConnell Page Samuel McConnell (born May 17, 1963) is an American multi-instrumentalist, most noted for his work as the keyboardist and a songwriter for the band Phish. McConnell joined Phish in 1985, and is the only member of its long-standing quartet li ...

(born 1963), keyboardist best known for his work with the rock band

Phish Phish is an American rock band formed in Burlington, Vermont, in 1983. The band consists of guitarist Trey Anastasio, bassist Mike Gordon, drummer Jon Fishman, and keyboardist Page McConnell, all of whom perform vocals, with Anastasio being the ...

Robert Mulcahy Robert Edward Mulcahy III (1932 – February 7, 2022) was an American college athletics administrator. He served as the athletic director at Rutgers University from 1998 to 2009. Early life and education Mulcahy attended Millburn High School in ...

(1932–2022), athletic director at

* Akshay Nanavati (born 1984), United States Marine Corps veteran, speaker, entrepreneur, ultra runner and author of ''Fearvana'' *

Jasbir Puar Jasbir K. Puar (born 1967) is an American academic and author. She is Professor and Graduate Director of Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University. Her most recent book is ''The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability'' (2017). Sh ...

(born 1967), queer theorist, Professor of Women and Gender Studies at

and author of ''The Right to Maim'' *

Perry Scott Leonard Perry Scott Jr. (August 27, 1917 – April 4, 1988) was an American football player and coach. He played college football for Muhlenberg from 1937 to 1940 and professional football for the Detroit Lions in 1942 and the Bethlehem Bulldo ...

(1917–1988),

American football American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...

player and coach, who played in the NFL for the

Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. The team plays their home game ...

* Helen J. Shen (born 1999/2000), actress and singer, known for her roles on and off-

Broadway Broadway may refer to: Theatre * Broadway Theatre (disambiguation) * Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S. ** Broadway (Manhattan), the street ** Broadway Theatre (53rd Stre ...

* J. Robert Sims (born ), chemical / mechanical engineer and inventor, who served as president of the

American Society of Mechanical Engineers The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is an American professional association that, in its own words, "promotes the art, science, and practice of multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences around the globe" via "continuing edu ...

* Samuel Lewis Southard (1787–1842),

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Secretary of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) is a statutory officer () and the head (chief executive officer) of the Department of the Navy, a military department within the United States Department of Defense. On March 25, 2025, John Phelan was confirm ...

, and the 10th

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Mike Tannenbaum Mike Tannenbaum (born February 14, 1969) is an American professional football analyst and former executive. He served as the executive vice president of football operations for the Miami Dolphins from 2015 to 2018. Prior to that, he served as th ...

(born 1969), former general manager of the

New York Jets The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Jets compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC East, East division. The team p ...

LaDainian Tomlinson LaDainian Tarshane Tomlinson (born June 23, 1979), nicknamed "LT", is an American former professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. After a successful college football career with the T ...

(born 1979), former NFL running back who played for the

* Kelly Williford (born 1994), professional tennis player *

Zip the Pinhead William Henry Johnson ( or – April 9, 1926), known as Zip the Pinhead, was an American freak show performer known for his tapered head. Early life William Henry Johnson was likely born in New Jersey, and was one of six children in a very poo ...

(–1926), turn-of-the-century sideshow performer who was born in Liberty Corner as William Henry JohnsonSceurman, Mark
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''. Accessed June 5, 2011.

References

External links

Bernards Township official website
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