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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003
GLEN RIDGE, 3.8 miles (200 alt., 7,365 pop.), is a commuters' borough with its own cultural life. The tone is set by its Women's Club, Men's Forum, Home and School Association, and a Civic Conference Committee that prides itself on the avoidance of politics by nominating a slate of Republicans and Democrats to the dollar-a-year town council and board of education. Based on the New England town-meeting idea, the committee plan was adopted in 1913 with little opposition. The committee's slate is invariably elected; the only opposition arose in 1923, when Sephas Shirley ran unsuccessfully for mayor on a rump ticket. Officers of the committee are, in turn, selected with the approval of the town council. Minor parties are ignored. Glen Ridge's three-block business center has aroused a good deal of interest as an example of town planning, and its most prominent landmarks are all community-owned-the large brick GLEN RIDGE SCHOOL (R), a fairly new MUNICIPAL BUILDING (R), an ATHLETIC FIELD (R), and a big brick building known as the COMMUNITY STORES (R).
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