Bergen County, New Jersey
County in New Jersey
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| 2024 | Nellie Pou (D), Benjie E. Wimberly (D), and Shavonda E. Sumter (D) continue to represent the 35th legislative district in the 2024-2025 session. |
| 2024 | Bergen County shifts heavily to the right, cutting the Democratic margin to less than 4% - the best Republican result since 1992, returning to voting to the right of the state. |
| 2023 | Waldwick (30.43%), Ho-Ho-Kus (26.72%), and Hillsdale (24.94%) reported as having the highest percentages of Irish American residents in Bergen County. |
| March 2023 | Rafael Marte was selected to fill the county commissioner seat previously held by Ramon Hache, who resigned earlier that month. |
| 2022 | Leonia was redistricted from the 9th congressional district to the 5th congressional district. |
| 2022 | Bureau of Economic Analysis calculated Bergen County's gross domestic product at $81.5 billion, ranking first in New Jersey and representing a 1.2% increase from the previous year. |
| 2022 | Berkeley College announced the closure of its Paramus campus in the spring, consolidating it with the Woodland Park campus in Passaic County. |
| 2022 | Median home price in Bergen County exceeded $600,000. |
| 2021 | The Marvel Comics storyline featuring Leonia is loosely adapted in the TV series WandaVision, though the location is changed to the fictional town of Westview, New Jersey. |
| 2021 | The negotiations to merge the Bergen County Police Department with the Sheriff's Office were successfully completed. |
| 2021 | Jollibee restaurant chain planned to open its first Bergen County location in East Rutherford. |
| November 2021 | Dennis Bonagura ran for and was elected to serve the balance of his own unexpired term on the borough council. |
| July 2021 | The borough council chose Susan McGowan to fill a vacant council seat after Dennis Bonagura's resignation due to a new nepotism policy. |
| June 2021 | Thomas J. Duch took the position of County Administrator, succeeding Julien X. Neals who was appointed as a federal judge. |
| 2020 | United States census recorded Leonia's population at 9,304, showing a 4.1% increase from the 2010 census. |
| 2020 | United States census recorded Franklin Lakes' population at 11,079, showing a 4.6% increase from the 2010 census. |
| 2020 | Joe Biden wins Bergen County by the largest Democratic margin since 1964, marking the first time the county voted to the left of the state since 1904. Biden made significant gains in typically Republican northern communities. |
| 2020 | Census recorded the county's highest population ever at 955,732 residents, representing a 5.6% increase from the 2010 census. |
| October 1 2020 | Third stage of American Dream Meadowlands mall opens, with remaining stages to follow. |
| December 5 2019 | Second stage of American Dream Meadowlands mall opens, continuing the phased launch of the megamall. |
| October 25 2019 | American Dream Meadowlands retail and entertainment complex officially opened to the public. |
| January 2019 | Christopher Chung was sworn in as the first Korean-American mayor of Palisades Park. |
| 2018 | Jack Wallace was a member of the gold medal-winning US team in Para ice hockey at the Winter Paralympics |
| August 2018 | Saint Peter's University officially closed its Englewood Cliffs campus after operating for 43 years. |
| April 2018 | The largest Korean-themed supermarket in Bergen County opened in Paramus. |
| January 2018 | Dennis Calo was sworn in as acting prosecutor, succeeding Gurbir Grewal who left to become New Jersey Attorney General. |
| January 22 2018 | Leonia officials implemented a ban on nonresidents using residential streets during rush hours, restricting traffic to only Fort Lee Road, Grand Avenue, and Broad Avenue. The ban was later reconsidered due to complaints from local business owners about decreased revenues. |
| 2017 | American Community Survey recorded the county's median household income at $109,497, significantly higher than the state and national averages. |
| November 2017 | County Executive James Tedesco initiated a minimum wage increase for full-time Bergen County workers, raising the wage to $15 per hour through a gradual 6-year implementation plan, marking the first such minimum wage increase for employees in any New Jersey county. |
| 2016 | Academy of the Most Blessed Sacrament was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education, being one of ten schools in New Jersey and one of four non-public schools in the state to receive this honor. |
| 2016 | American Muslim Union held its 18th annual brunch gathering in Teaneck, highlighting the growing Muslim community in the area. |
| 2016 | Bergenfield's Filipino-American population increased to 5,062, representing 18.4% of the town's population. |
| 2016 | Gurbir Grewal, a member of Bergen County's Indian American Sikh community, was sworn in as county prosecutor. |
| 2016 | First county-wide Diwali celebration held under a unified sponsorship banner. |
| November 2016 | Ellen Park was elected to the borough council in Englewood Cliffs. |
| June 28 2016 | Bergen County officials raise the rainbow-colored gay pride flag at the county administration building in Hackensack for the first time, commemorating the gay rights movement. |
| 2015 | Negotiations began to merge the Bergen County Police Department with the Sheriff's Office. |
| October 2015 | Kitex Garments, India's largest children's clothing manufacturer, opened its first U.S. office in Montvale. |
| September 2015 | Bergen County's first female police chief took office in Bergenfield. |
| August 2015 | A county government branding campaign was launched, featuring the official seal of Bergen County depicting a Dutch settler shaking hands with a Native American. |
| April 3 2015 | Meadowlands Arena closed after decades of hosting sports teams and events. |
| February 2015 | Glen Rock Public Schools board of education voted to designate Diwali as an annual school holiday, becoming the first district in the county to do so. |
| January 2015 | Mercedes-Benz USA announced its headquarters would be relocated from Montvale, Bergen County to the Atlanta, Georgia area, despite having been based in northern New Jersey since 1972. The company planned to maintain its Northeast regional headquarters in Montvale and build a new training center in the borough. |
| 2014 | James Tedesco challenged and defeated incumbent Kathleen Donovan in the County Executive race, winning 54.2% of the vote and campaigning on merging the Bergen County Police Department with the sheriff's office. |
| 2014 | Bergen County was recognized for having three of the top ten municipal high schools in New Jersey: Northern Highlands Regional High School (ranked #3), Pascack Hills High School (ranked #7), and Glen Rock High School (ranked #8). |
| 2014 | Teaneck selected its first female African-American mayor, marking a significant milestone in the town's political representation. |
| 2014 | A survey was conducted to assess the Jewish population in Bergen County, with expectations of an increase from the 2000 demographic data. |
| September 2014 | The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation launched ArtsBergen, an initiative aimed at connecting artists and arts organizations within Bergen County, headquartered in Englewood. |
| 2013 | Leonia was redistricted from the 9th congressional district to the 9th congressional district. |
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