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Paramus is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 25,737. As of the Census Bureau's 2005 estimate, the population was 26,545. Paramus is one of the largest shopping meccas in the country, with over $5 billion in annual retail sales, more than any other ZIP Code in the United States. Despite this, Paramus is also noted for having some of the most restrictive blue laws in the United States, banning nearly all retail and white-collar businesses from opening on Sundays.
Paramus was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 2, 1922, based on the results of a referendum held on April 4, 1922 that passed by a vote of 238 for, 10 against. Paramus was created from portions of Midland Township, which now exists as Rochelle Park.
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Paramus Education
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The Paramus Public Schools serve students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade. For the 2005-06 school year, the district opened school with 4,500 youngsters in five K-4 schools (Memorial Elementary School, Midland Elementary School, Parkway Elementary School, Ridge Ranch Elementary School and Stony Lane Elementary School), two grade 5-8 middle schools (Eastbrook Middle School and Westbrook Middle School) and Paramus High School. Three of the district's schools have been formally designated as National Blue Ribbon Schools: Paramus High School, Parkway Elementary School and Ridge Ranch Elementary School.
Befitting the diversity in the region, Paramus is home to many private religious schools. Paramus is the home of Paramus Catholic High School, a co-educational Roman Catholic high school founded in 1965 and operated by the Archdiocese of Newark. It is the largest Roman Catholic high school in the state of New Jersey, enrolling approximately 1,500 students. It is also the location of Visitation Academy, a K-8 Catholic school. Paramus is home to both the Yavneh Academy, a K-8 Jewish day school, and the Frisch School, a large Modern Orthodox Jewish yeshiva serving high-school age students in grades 9-12.
Bergen Community College, the county college of Bergen County, is based in Paramus, with other satellite centers located elsewhere around the county. The Bergen campus of Berkeley College is located in Paramus.
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Paramus History
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The term Paramus comes from the Lenni Lenape Native American word meaning "land of the wild turkey" or "place of fertile soil". That is why there is a giant metal statue of a turkey in the Paramus Park mall.
Paramus, and the neighboring communities of Ridgewood and Hackensack, was the scene of a great deal of activity during the American Revolutionary War.
A section of Paramus known as Dunkerhook (meaning dark corner in Dutch) was an African-American community dating back to the early 18th century. Although historical markers on the current site and local oral tradition maintain that this was a slave community, contemporary records document that this was actually a community of free blacks, not slaves.
During World War II, Farview Avenue was closed off by the United States Army. The military had lined up anti-aircraft cannons along the street to prevent any attack on New York City. Farview Avenue is located at the highest peak of Paramus and has a clear view of the New York City skyline.
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Paramus Lifestyle
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In 1931, one of the earliest drive-in theaters opened in Paramus, and boasted the world's largest and brightest screen, located behind what is now the Garden State Plaza Shopping Mall. The Paramus Drive-In closed sometime around 1983.
Paramus' lone movie theater complex is a 16-screen AMC Theatre located in an area of new construction at the Westfield Garden State Plaza. Two theatres which have been closed within the last five years include the Route 4 Tenplex and the Cineplex Odeon Route 17 Triplex, once located next to the Westfield Garden State Plaza on Route 17. The Triplex theatre was opened in 1965 by Century Theatres and was closed on January 19, 2006 by Loews Cineplex Entertainment. The Tenplex on Route 4 was closed on May 24, 2007, the day before the new AMC Theatre opened at the Westfield Garden State Plaza. The Cinema 35 was also closed when the Plaza 35 Shopping Center was renovated in 2005.
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Paramus News
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Search for "Paramus NJ" - 10.10 Coach of the week - New York Giants
| OCTOBER 10, 2008 EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - The New York Giants have selected Mr. Steve DiGregorio of Nutley High School as 'The Lou Rettino High School Football Coach of the Week' for the week of October 6th, 2008. |
- N.J. Schools Turn To Bergen County For Loans - WCBS
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- Retail Report | Free People to open in downtown Seattle - The Seattle Times
| Free People opened a store at Bellevue Square in August and plans a second location next month in downtown Seattle. |
- New Jersey's Children 'Read for the Record' And Raise... - PRWeb
| The Campaign created the world's largest shared reading experience, while breaking the record for the number of people reading the same book on the same day all across America. |
- Baron Financial Group Paricipates in BergenFest 2008 - The Paramus Post
| Annual Fund-raising Event Draws 1,000+ to Honor Award Recipients Baron Financial Group, LLC, recently participated in the Bergen Health and Life's Best of Bergen County BergenFest 2008 celebration in River ... |
- Backline: Kaz Tambi guides top U.S. girls - Soccer America
| As a teenager, Kazbek Tambi constantly checked the New York Cosmos' schedule. When a road game on natural grass came next, Tambi knew Pele, Beckenbauer and Chinaglia were coming to town. |
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Paramus Recreation
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The Van Saun County Park is located in Paramus. It has Bergen County's only zoo, home to a wide variety of wild and domestic animals living in recreated habitats natural to each species.
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