Susan P. Thomases (born 1944) is a New York -based attorney . She served as personal counsel and an informal adviser to Hillary Clinton during the presidency of Bill Clinton . She was a prominent witness during the Senate Whitewater Hearings in 1995. She served as the model for the character Lucille Kaufmann from the 1996 political novel Primary Colors .
96-877: Thomases grew up in Englewood, New Jersey . She earned a B.A. from Connecticut College in three years, her M.A. in European Intellectual History from Columbia University , and her J.D. from Columbia Law School . In 1968, at the prompting of her former boyfriend, Harold M. Ickes , Thomases supported Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy 's unsuccessful bid to become the Democratic Party's candidate for president . She met Bill Clinton in 1970, and joined him in 1974 in Fayetteville, Arkansas , to work on his campaign to challenge incumbent Republican congressman John Paul Hammerschmidt . It
192-667: A Mayor-Council form of government to a modified Council-Manager plan of government in accordance with a special charter granted by the New Jersey Legislature . The city is one of 11 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use a special charter granted by the Legislature. The governing body is comprised of the Mayor and the City Council. Under this charter, the mayor has powers to appoint and veto, while
288-530: A writ of certiorari for a hearing with the Supreme Court. On June 21, 2007, in an opinion authored by Chief Justice John G. Roberts , the court ruled in favor of Starr's client, finding that "a principal may, consistent with the First Amendment, restrict student speech at a school event, when that speech is reasonably viewed as promoting illegal drug use." Starr represented Blackwater in
384-597: A Supreme Court justice. George H. W. Bush nominated David Souter instead of Starr. Starr also considered running for the United States Senate, from Virginia in 1994, against incumbent Chuck Robb , but opted against opposing Oliver North for the Republican nomination. In August 1994, pursuant to the newly reauthorized Ethics in Government Act ( 28 U.S.C. § 593(b) ), Starr
480-629: A banner at a school-sponsored event saying " Bong Hits 4 Jesus " as the Olympic torch was passing through Juneau, before arriving in Salt Lake City , Utah, for the 2002 Winter Olympics . The board decided to suspend the student. The student then sued and won at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit , which stated that the board violated the student's first amendment right to free speech . On August 28, 2006, Starr filed
576-578: A case involving the deaths of four unarmed civilians killed by Blackwater contractors in Fallujah, Iraq , in March 2004. On December 19, 2008, Proposition 8 supporters named Starr to represent them in post-election lawsuits to be heard by the Supreme Court of California . Opponents of the measure sought to overturn it as a violation of fundamental rights, while supporters sought to invalidate
672-492: A construction engineer, with whom she had one son. Bettridge died January 5, 2004. Englewood, New Jersey Englewood is a city in Bergen County , in the U.S. state of New Jersey . Englewood was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1899, from portions of Ridgefield Township and the remaining portions of Englewood Township . As of the 2020 United States census ,
768-443: A female householder with no husband present and 32.5% were non-families. Of all households, 27.3% were made up of individuals and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.24. 22.2% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
864-671: A focus on Hebrew language immersion, had planned to open for grades K–5 in September 2011, serving students from both Englewood and Teaneck , but failed to receive final approval from the New Jersey Department of Education . Englewood is the home to a number of private schools. Dwight-Englewood School serves 900 students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade, housed in three separate divisions. Founded in 1930, Elisabeth Morrow School serves students in preschool through eighth grade. Moriah School of Englewood , one of
960-401: A household in the city was $ 58,379, and the median income for a family was $ 67,194. Males had a median income of $ 41,909 versus $ 34,358 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 35,275. 8.9% of the population and 6.6% of families were below the poverty line . 10.2% of those under the age of 18 and 8.6% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line. Englewood Golf Club
1056-532: A private wing of the Palm Beach jail, and register as a sex offender. Starr said he was "in the room" when then-US attorney Alex Acosta made the deal that yielded the plea bargain for Epstein and later described Acosta as "a person of complete integrity," adding that "everyone was satisfied" with the agreement. On January 16, 2020, Starr was announced as a member of then-President Donald Trump 's legal team for his Senate impeachment trial . He argued before
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#17327763010301152-611: A shared-time or full-time basis, with admission based on a selective application process and tuition covered by the student's home school district. As an alternative to regular public education, the city is home of the Englewood on the Palisades Charter School, which had an enrollment of 317 students in Kindergarten through fifth grade, as of the 2018–2019 school year. Shalom Academy, a charter school with
1248-544: A total of 15,033 registered voters in Englewood, of which 8,571 (57.0% vs. 31.7% countywide) were registered as Democrats , 1,215 (8.1% vs. 21.1%) were registered as Republicans and 5,240 (34.9% vs. 47.1%) were registered as Unaffiliated . There were 7 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens . Among the city's 2010 Census population, 55.4% (vs. 57.1% in Bergen County) were registered to vote, including 71.2% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 73.7% countywide). In
1344-691: A turnout of 74.8% (vs. 76.9% in the whole county). In the 2013 gubernatorial election , Democrat Barbara Buono received 62.5% of the vote (3,367 cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 36.6% (1,972 votes), and other candidates with 0.9% (49 votes), among the 5,557 ballots cast by the city's 15,615 registered voters (169 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 35.6%. In the 2009 gubernatorial election , Democrat Jon Corzine received 5,304 ballots cast (73.8% vs. 48.0% countywide), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 1,613 votes (22.5% vs. 45.8%), Independent Chris Daggett with 170 votes (2.4% vs. 4.7%) and other candidates with 20 votes (0.3% vs. 0.5%), among
1440-765: A visiting professor at New York University , the Chapman University School of Law , and the George Mason University School of Law . Starr worked as a partner at Kirkland & Ellis , specializing in litigation. He was one of the lead attorneys in a class-action lawsuit filed by a coalition of liberal and conservative groups (including the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Rifle Association of America ) against
1536-403: A volunteer company established in 1887 as the city's first organized fire protection service, built a firehouse on North Van Brunt Street, near the site of Englewood's current city hall. A professional paid fire department was created in 1912 with the establishment of a Board of Fire Examiners. The fire headquarters constructed on William Street in 1926 was used for 90 years until its replacement by
1632-415: Is a former golf club that was located between Englewood and Leonia . It hosted the 1909 U.S. Open tournament . Englewood Field Club is a sports club that features tennis courts, a pool, and an outdoor hockey rink. MacKay Park, located on North Van Brunt Street, includes an ice hockey rink, a pool, a walking path, and athletic fields. Flat Rock Brook Nature Center, located at 433 Van Nostrand Avenue,
1728-445: Is governed by a directly elected County Executive , with legislative functions performed by a Board of County Commissioners composed of seven members who are elected at-large to three-year terms in partisan elections on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats coming up for election each November; a Chairman and Vice Chairman are selected from among its seven members at a reorganization meeting held every January. As of 2024 ,
1824-502: Is made up of the remnants of the Palisades Forest. The center, established in 1973, is a 150-acre (61 ha) preserve and education center that includes 3.6 miles (5.8 km) of walking trails and several gardens including the newly renovated Butterfly Garden. Flat Rock allows visitors to learn about the natural ecosystem preserved in the park through exhibits and tours available year-round. In 1980, Englewood switched from
1920-591: The 2012 presidential election , Democrat Barack Obama received 8,855 votes (76.8% vs. 54.8% countywide), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 2,502 votes (21.7% vs. 43.5%) and other candidates with 71 votes (0.6% vs. 0.9%), among the 11,533 ballots cast by the city's 16,586 registered voters, for a turnout of 69.5% (vs. 70.4% in Bergen County). In the 2008 presidential election , Democrat Barack Obama received 9,412 votes (77.0% vs. 53.9% countywide), ahead of Republican John McCain with 2,625 votes (21.5% vs. 44.5%) and other candidates with 58 votes (0.5% vs. 0.8%), among
2016-594: The Churches of Christ who also worked as a barber. Starr attended Sam Houston High School in San Antonio and was a popular, straight‑A student. His classmates voted him most likely to succeed. In 1970, Starr married Alice Mendell, who was raised Jewish but converted to Christianity. They had three children. Starr attended the Churches of Christ –affiliated Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas , where he
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#17327763010302112-629: The Southwestern Advantage entrepreneurial program and later attended Brown University , where he earned a Master of Arts degree in 1969. Starr then attended the Duke University School of Law , where he was an editor of the Duke Law Journal and graduated with a Juris Doctor in 1973. After he graduated from law school, Starr was a law clerk to judge David W. Dyer of the U.S. Court of Appeals for
2208-700: The United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker ( Newark , term ends 2027) and George Helmy ( Mountain Lakes , term ends 2024). For the 2024-2025 session , the 37th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the New Jersey Senate by Gordon M. Johnson ( D , Englewood ) and in the General Assembly by Shama Haider (D, Tenafly ) and Ellen Park (D, Englewood Cliffs ). Bergen County
2304-582: The United States Senate , which had come under Republican control after the 1994 midterm elections , convened the Special Committee to Investigate Whitewater Development Corporation and Related Matters, under the chairmanship of Senator Alfonse D'Amato . Thomases was questioned by Senators D'Amato and Faircloth and majority counsel, Michael Chertoff , about telephone calls that she had exchanged with Hillary Clinton, Hillary's chief of staff Maggie Williams and White House counsel Bernard Nussbaum
2400-560: The United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics needed someone to review Republican senator Bob Packwood 's diaries, the committee chose Starr. In 1990, Starr was the leading candidate for the U.S. Supreme Court nomination after William Brennan 's retirement. He encountered strong resistance from the Department of Justice leadership, which feared Starr might not be reliably conservative as
2496-426: The 12,221 ballots cast by the city's 16,065 registered voters, for a turnout of 76.1% (vs. 76.8% in Bergen County). In the 2004 presidential election , Democrat John Kerry received 8,087 votes (73.6% vs. 51.7% countywide), ahead of Republican George W. Bush with 2,798 votes (25.5% vs. 47.2%) and other candidates with 65 votes (0.6% vs. 0.7%), among the 10,990 ballots cast by the city's 14,702 registered voters, for
2592-464: The 18,000 same-sex marriages performed in the state before Proposition 8 passed. Oral arguments took place on March 5, 2009, in San Francisco. Starr argued that "Prop. 8 was a modest measure that left the rights of same-sex couples undisturbed under California's domestic-partner laws and other statutes banning discrimination based on sexual orientation," to the agreement of most of
2688-492: The 2000 Census, the ninth-highest percentage of the population of any municipality in the United States. There were 9,273 households, out of which 31.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.9% were married couples living together, 17.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.1% were non-families. 24.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.0% had someone living alone who
2784-450: The 2010–2011 school year, with an expected student body of 85 students for K–8 in the following year constituting less than half of the number of students needed to keep the school financially viable. St. Cecilia High School, where Vince Lombardi coached football 1939–1947, had been closed in 1986. As of May 2010 , the city had a total of 75.06 miles (120.80 km) of roadways, of which 64.30 miles (103.48 km) were maintained by
2880-494: The 2020 United States presidential election . When Trump was impeached for a second time in 2021, Starr condemned the impeachment as "dangerous" and "unconstitutional". Starr was the Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean and Professor of Law at Pepperdine University , when on February 15, 2010, Baylor University announced that it would introduce Starr as its newest president. Starr became Baylor's 14th president, replacing John Lilley who
2976-759: The 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of five schools, had an enrollment of 2,923 students and 247.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1. Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ) are D. A. Quarles Early Childhood Center with 430 students in grades PreK-K, Dr. John Grieco Elementary School with 348 students in grades 1-2, Dr. Leroy McCloud School with 490 students in grades 3-5, Janis E. Dismus Middle School with 547 students in grades 6-8 and Dwight Morrow High School / Academies @ Englewood with 1,003 students in grades 9-12. In 2009, Cleveland School
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3072-514: The 7,184 ballots cast by the city's 15,534 registered voters, yielding a 46.2% turnout (vs. 50.0% in the county). The Englewood Public School District serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade . It operates Dwight Morrow High School . Students from Englewood Cliffs attend Dwight Morrow High School, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Englewood Cliffs Public Schools . As of
3168-451: The Board of Regents said Starr was to have continued as Chancellor and also as a faculty member at Baylor Law School. Starr announced his resignation as Chancellor on June 1, effective immediately. He told an interviewer that he took that action "as a matter of conscience." He said he "willingly accepted responsibility" and " The captain goes down with the ship ." He resigned his position as
3264-582: The City Manager. The six seats in the governing body are elected in a three-year cycle as part of the November general election, with wards two and four both up together, followed a year later by wards one and three, and then the at-large council and mayoral seats. Each ward votes in two of the three years in the cycle, once for its ward seat, in the other year for the two positions voted at-large and one year with no election. The mayor appoints members to
3360-826: The Department of Justice to assign him to oversee the Lewinsky investigation personally, saying, "the most fundamental thing that could have been done differently" would have been for somebody else to have investigated the matter. As with many controversial figures, Kenneth Starr was the subject of political satire. For example, the book, And the Horse He Rode in On by James Carville attempted to portray Mr. Starr's time as special prosecutor in comically negative light. After five years as independent counsel, Starr resigned and returned to private practice as an appellate lawyer and
3456-594: The Englewood region were of the "turtle clan" which used a stylized turtle as its symbol. 2,000 Lenape originally lived in Englewood, but due to conflicts with the Europeans their population dwindled down to 50 by 1832. When Henry Hudson sailed up what would become known as the Hudson River in 1607, he claimed the entirety of the watershed of the river, including Englewood, for the Netherlands , making
3552-695: The Fifth Circuit from 1973 to 1974. From 1975 to 1977, he clerked for chief justice Warren E. Burger of the U.S. Supreme Court . In 1977, Starr joined the Washington, D.C., office of the Los Angeles–based law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (now Gibson Dunn ). In 1981 he was appointed counselor to U.S. attorney general William French Smith . Starr was a member of the Federalist Society . On September 13, 1983, he
3648-614: The House Judiciary Committee was right in 1998 to have rejected one of the planks for impeachment he had advocated for. He also invoked a 1999 Hofstra Law Review article by Yale law professor Akhil Amar , who argued that the Clinton impeachment proved just how impeachment and removal causes "grave disruption" to a national election. Starr was called as a witness by Sen. Ron Johnson on a senate hearing concerning electoral fraud amidst Trump's attempts to overturn
3744-583: The Jack Drakeford Englewood Firehouse on South Van Brunt Street, which was dedicated on May 14, 2016. The department has a uniformed force of 57 members, including a Chief, Deputy Chief, 4 Captains, 9 Lieutenants and 42 firefighters. The city's police department includes 85 employees, of whom 79 are sworn officers and an additional six dispatchers. After a no-confidence vote against the department's leadership in December 2020,
3840-552: The Jones deposition excluded his receiving oral sex . Starr's investigation eventually led to the impeachment of President Clinton , with whom Starr shared Time ' s Man of the Year designation for 1998. Following his impeachment, the president was acquitted in the subsequent trial before the United States Senate as all 45 Democrats and 10 Republicans voted to acquit. In 2004, Starr expressed regret for ever having asked
3936-634: The Planning Board, the Library Board of Trustees, and, with council confirmation, the Board of Adjustment. The mayor serves on the Planning Board. The mayor attends and may speak at council meetings, but only votes to break a tie for passage of an ordinance or resolution. The mayor has veto power over ordinances, but can be overridden with votes from four council members. The City Council is the legislative branch of government, deciding public policy, creating city ordinances and resolutions, passing
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4032-488: The Senate on Trump's behalf on January 27, 2020. Slate journalist Jeremy Stahl pointed out that as he was urging the Senate not to remove Trump as president, Starr contradicted various arguments he used in 1998 to justify Clinton's impeachment. In defending Trump, Starr also claimed he was wrong to have called for impeachment against Clinton for abuse of executive privilege and efforts to obstruct Congress and also stated that
4128-647: The Starr Report, which alleged that Clinton lied about the existence of the affair during a sworn deposition. The allegation led to the impeachment of Clinton and the five-year suspension of Clinton's Arkansas law license. Starr served as the dean of the Pepperdine University School of Law . He was later both the president and the chancellor of Baylor University in Waco, Texas , from June 2010 until May and June 2016, respectively, and at
4224-472: The United States were named for Englewood as settlement in North America expanded westward. J. Wyman Jones is credited with convincing residents to choose Englewood for the city's name when it was incorporated over such alternatives as "Brayton" and "Paliscena". Englewood, like the rest of New Jersey, was populated by Lenape Native Americans prior to European colonization. The Lenape who lived in
4320-613: The West Wing; First Ladies traditionally operated out of the East Wing . Thomases was granted a pass to enter the Executive Residence and became known among Hillary's staff as the "Midnight Caller". Thomases suggested the name of her friend, Zoe Baird , for U.S. Attorney General . Confirmation hearings for Baird faltered when the story emerged that Baird had hired undocumented workers as domestic help. In May 1995,
4416-490: The Whitewater matter, Christopher Ruddy , was a frequent critic of Starr's handling of the case. The law conferred broad investigative powers on Starr and the other independent counsels named to investigate the administration, including the right to subpoena nearly anyone who might have information relevant to the particular investigation. Starr would later receive authority to conduct additional investigations, including
4512-498: The area, which during the colonial era was known as the English Neighborhood . Street names in Englewood still recall the relative diversity of its earliest settlers; Brinckerhoff, Van Brunt, Lydecker, Van Nostrand and Durie (Duryea), all Dutch; Demarest (de Marais), DeMott and Lozier (Le Sueur), French Huguenot; and Moore, Lawrence, Cole and Day, English. From 1906 until March 16, 1907, when it burned down, Englewood
4608-600: The basis of the impeachment of Bill Clinton . He headed an investigation of members of the Clinton administration , known as the Whitewater controversy , from 1994 to 1998. Starr previously served as a federal appellate judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1983 to 1989 and as the U.S. solicitor general from 1989 to 1993 during the presidency of George H. W. Bush . Starr received
4704-403: The borough was $ 41,533 (+/− $ 2,981). About 6.9% of families and 10.0% of the population were below the poverty line , including 10.7% of those under age 18 and 15.8% of those age 65 or over. Same-sex couples headed 73 households in 2010, an increase from the 63 counted in 2000. As of the 2000 United States census , there were 26,203 people, 9,273 households, and 6,481 families residing in
4800-585: The city budget, appropriating funds for city services, and hiring the City Manager. The City Council meets generally four times per month (except during summer months). As of 2024 , the Mayor of Englewood is Democrat Michael Wildes , whose term of office ends December 31, 2024. Members of the City Council are Charles Cobb (D, 2024; At-Large), Angela David (D, 2026; Ward 3), Kenneth Rosensweig (D, 2026; Ward 1), Kevin A. Wilson (D, 2025; Ward 4) and Lisa Wisotsky (D, 2025; Ward 2). The Englewood Fire Association,
4896-518: The city include Highwood. The city borders the Bergen County municipalities of Bergenfield , Englewood Cliffs , Fort Lee , Leonia , Teaneck and Tenafly . The 2010 United States census counted 27,147 people, 10,057 households, and 6,788 families in the city. The population density was 5,524.6 per square mile (2,133.1/km ). There were 10,695 housing units at an average density of 2,176.5 per square mile (840.4/km ). The racial makeup
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#17327763010304992-463: The city's population was 29,308, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 2,161 (+8.0%) from the 2010 census count of 27,147, which in turn reflected an increase of 944 (+3.6%) from the 26,203 counted in the 2000 census . Englewood Township, the city's predecessor, is believed to have been named in 1859 for the Engle family. The community had been called the " English Neighborhood ", as
5088-555: The city. The population density was 5,322.0 inhabitants per square mile (2,054.8/km ). There were 9,614 housing units at an average density of 1,952.7 per square mile (753.9/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 42.49% White , 38.98% African American , 0.27% Native American , 5.21% Asian , 0.05% Pacific Islander , 8.50% from other races , and 4.50% from two or more races. 21.76% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. About 7.17% of Englewood residents identified themselves as being of Colombian American ancestry in
5184-467: The committee in order to conceal Mrs. Clinton's pivotal role in the decisions surrounding the handling of Mr. Foster's documents following his death." Thomases had answered "I don't recall" 184 times during the course of the hearings. Independent counsel Kenneth Starr rejected the committee's criminal referral against Thomases for possible perjury. Thomases has suffered from multiple sclerosis which compelled her to retire. She married William Bettridge,
5280-436: The council functions as a legislative body, with some power to appoint and confirm appointments. The city is divided into four wards which are approximately equal in population. The City Council includes five members, each elected for a three-year term. Four are elected from the individual wards in which they live and the other is elected by a citywide vote as an at-large member. Administrative functions are responsibilities of
5376-722: The county executive is James J. Tedesco III ( D , Paramus ), whose four-year term of office ends December 31, 2026. Bergen County's Commissioners are: Thomas J. Sullivan Jr. (D, Montvale , 2025), Chair Germaine M. Ortiz (D, Emerson , 2025), Joan Voss (D, Fort Lee , 2026), Vice Chair Mary J. Amoroso (D, Mahwah , 2025), Rafael Marte (D, Bergenfield , 2026), Steven A. Tanelli (D, North Arlington , 2024) and Tracy Silna Zur (D, Franklin Lakes , 2024). Bergen County's constitutional officials are: Clerk John S. Hogan (D, Northvale , 2026), Sheriff Anthony Cureton (D, Englewood , 2024) and Surrogate Michael R. Dressler (D, Cresskill , 2026). As of March 2011, there were
5472-478: The county's largest, is a Jewish day school with an enrollment that had been as high as 1,000 students in preschool through eighth grade. Yeshiva Ohr Simcha serves students in high school for grades 9–12 and offers a postgraduate yeshiva program. In the face of a declining enrollment, St. Cecilia Interparochial School was closed by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark at the end of
5568-639: The firing of White House Travel Office personnel, potential political abuse of confidential FBI files , Madison Guaranty , Rose Law Firm , Paula Jones lawsuit and, most notoriously, possible perjury and obstruction of justice to cover up President Clinton's sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky . The Lewinsky portion of the investigation included the secret taping of conversations between Lewinsky and coworker Linda Tripp , requests by Starr to tape Lewinsky's conversations with Clinton, and requests by Starr to compel Secret Service agents to testify about what they might have seen while guarding Clinton. With
5664-711: The firm's records regarding WDC and Madison Guaranty and provide documentation to the Times . Once Bill Clinton was elected, Thomases did not take an official role at the White House , but she continued to advise the First Lady in an unofficial capacity. Thomases helped to arrange an office for Hillary Clinton in the West Wing of the White House. This marked the first time that a First Lady had taken an office in
5760-607: The first hip hop single to become a Top 40 hit. Sites in the city listed on the National Register of Historic Places include: According to the United States Census Bureau , the city had a total area of 4.95 square miles (12.82 km ), including 4.93 square miles (12.76 km ) of land and 0.02 square miles (0.06 km ) of water (0.46%). Unincorporated communities , localities and place names located partially or completely within
5856-672: The first customer-dialed long-distance call , to Mayor Frank Osborne of Alameda, California . As of that date, customers of the Englewood 3, Englewood 4 and Teaneck 7 exchanges, who could already dial some exchanges in the New York City area, were able to dial 11 cities across the United States by dialing the three-digit area code preceding the local number. Two years after his graduation from Fordham University , Vince Lombardi began his football coaching career at Englewood's St. Cecilia High School , which closed in 1986. The Sugarhill Gang recorded " Rapper's Delight " in 1979,
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#17327763010305952-578: The first person to hold the positions of president and chancellor at Baylor at the same time. In September 2015, Baylor's Board of Regents initiated an external review of the university's response to reports of sexual violence to be conducted by the Pepper Hamilton law firm. Baylor had been accused of failing to respond to reports of rape and sexual assault filed by at least six female students from 2009 to 2016. Former football player Tevin Elliot
6048-495: The first primarily English -speaking settlement on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River after New Netherland was annexed by England in 1664, though other sources mention the Engle family and the heavily forested areas of the community as the derivation of the name. Other sources indicate that the name is derived from "wood ingle", meaning "woody nook", or that the name was coined anew. Numerous other settlements in
6144-519: The future region of Englewood a part of New Netherland . However, the region remained largely unsettled under Dutch rule as the Dutch did little to encourage settlement north of modern Hudson County , as the imposing New Jersey Palisades blocked expansion on the west bank of the Hudson. In 1664, after the Dutch surrendered all of New Netherland to England, the rate of settlement picked up. The English were generous with land grants, and many families, not only English but also Dutch and Huguenot , settled
6240-423: The genitals or anus of another person, or contact of one's genitals or anus and any part of another person's body either directly or through clothing. The judge ordered that Clinton be given an opportunity to review the agreed definition. Clinton flatly denied having sexual relations with Lewinsky. Later, at the Starr grand jury , Clinton stated that he believed the definition of "sexual relations" agreed upon for
6336-433: The investigation of Clinton's possible adultery, critics of Starr believed that he had crossed a line and was acting more as a political hit man than as a prosecutor. In his deposition for the Paula Jones lawsuit, Clinton denied having "sexual relations" with Monica Lewinsky. On the basis of the evidence provided by Monica Lewinsky , a blue dress stained with Clinton's semen , Ken Starr concluded that this sworn testimony
6432-458: The judges. The main issue that arose during the oral argument included the meaning of the word " inalienable ," and to which extent this word goes when used in Article I of the Californian Constitution. Christopher Krueger of the attorney general 's office said that inalienable rights may not be stripped away by the initiative process. Starr countered that "rights are important, but they don't go to structure ... rights are ultimately defined by
6528-420: The jurors who determined Morales's death sentence were included in the package sent to Schwarzenegger. Prosecutors alleged that the documents were forgeries , and accused investigator and anti-death penalty activist Kathleen Culhane of falsifying the documents. Lead defense attorney David Senior and his team soon withdrew the documents. Ultimately, clemency was denied, but the falsified documents were not used in
6624-523: The morning after the suicide of Vince Foster . After the telephone calls, Nussbaum had removed documents from Vince Foster's offices before they were searched by the FBI. Thomases testified that the calls were of a personal nature and that she had not discussed the impending search of Foster's office with Hillary Clinton. In June 1996, the committee published its report, describing Thomases, Williams, Nussbaum and Hubbell as "not candid" and concluding that they had "provided inaccurate and incomplete testimony to
6720-531: The most public attention for his tenure as independent counsel while Bill Clinton was U.S. president. Starr was initially appointed to investigate the suicide of deputy White House counsel Vince Foster and the Whitewater real estate investments of Clinton. The three-judge panel charged with administering the Ethics in Government Act later expanded the inquiry into numerous areas including suspected perjury about Clinton's sexual affair with Monica Lewinsky . After more than four years of investigation, Starr filed
6816-406: The municipality, 8.39 miles (13.50 km) by Bergen County, 1.94 miles (3.12 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation , and 0.43 miles (0.69 km) by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority . Kenneth Starr Kenneth Winston Starr (July 21, 1946 – September 13, 2022) was an American lawyer and judge who as independent counsel authored the Starr Report , which served as
6912-597: The people." The court ultimately held that the measure was valid and effective, but would not be applied retroactively to marriages performed prior to its enactment. Starr was an advisory board member for the legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom . In 2007, Starr joined the legal team defending Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey Epstein , who was accused of the statutory rape of numerous underage high school students. Epstein would later plea bargain to plead guilty to several charges of soliciting and trafficking of underage girls, serve 13 months on work release in
7008-414: The police union suspended a group of eight officers, seven of them Black, who had supported the chief and deputy chief. Englewood is located in the 5th Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 37th state legislative district. For the 118th United States Congress , New Jersey's 5th congressional district is represented by Josh Gottheimer ( D , Wyckoff ). New Jersey is represented in
7104-503: The rationale. Eventually, Culhane was criminally charged with forging the documents and, under a plea agreement, was sentenced to five years in prison. On May 4, 2006, Starr announced that he would represent the school board of Juneau, Alaska , in its appeal to the United States Supreme Court in a case brought by a former student, Joseph Frederick. A high school student at that time, Joseph Frederick unfurled
7200-536: The regulations created by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, known informally as McCain - Feingold Act. On April 6, 2004, he was appointed dean of the Pepperdine University School of Law . He originally accepted a position at Pepperdine as the first dean of the newly created School of Public Policy in 1996. He withdrew from the appointment in 1998, several months after the Lewinsky controversy erupted. Critics charged that there
7296-637: The same time the Louise L. Morrison chair of constitutional law at Baylor Law School . On May 26, 2016, following an investigation into the mishandling by Starr of several sexual assaults at the school , Baylor University's board of regents announced that Starr's tenure as university president would end on May 31. The board said he would continue as chancellor, but on June 1, Starr resigned that position with immediate effect. On August 19, 2016, Starr announced he would also resign from his tenured professor position at Baylor Law School, completely severing his ties with
7392-468: The university in a "mutually agreed separation", following accusations that he ignored allegations of sexual assault on campus. On January 17, 2020, Starr joined President Donald Trump 's legal team during his first impeachment trial . Starr was born near Vernon, Texas , the son of Vannie Maude (Trimble) and Willie D. Starr, and was raised in Centerville, Texas . His father was a minister in
7488-495: Was 38.9 years. For every 100 females, the population had 90.0 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 86.3 males. The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $ 69,915 (with a margin of error of +/− $ 7,291) and the median family income was $ 87,361 (+/− $ 9,616). Males had a median income of $ 58,776 (+/− $ 7,972) versus $ 48,571 (+/− $ 3,984) for females. The per capita income for
7584-428: Was 45.28% (12,292) White , 32.58% (8,845) Black or African American , 0.54% (147) Native American , 8.10% (2,199) Asian , 0.04% (12) Pacific Islander , 9.73% (2,641) from other races , and 3.72% (1,011) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 27.48% (7,460) of the population. Of the 10,057 households, 28.7% had children under the age of 18; 45.1% were married couples living together; 17.1% had
7680-452: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.29. In the city the population was spread out, with 23.9% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.2 males. The median income for
7776-525: Was a conflict of interest due to substantial donations to Pepperdine from billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife, a Clinton critic who funded many media outlets attacking the president. In 2004, some five years after President Clinton's impeachment, Starr was again offered a Pepperdine position at the School of Law and this time accepted it. In 2005, Starr worked to overturn the death sentence of Robin Lovitt , who
7872-559: Was an honor student, a member of the Young Democrats , and a vocal supporter of Vietnam protesters. He later transferred to George Washington University , in Washington, D.C., where he received a Bachelor of Arts in history, in 1968. While there, he became a member of Delta Phi Epsilon . Starr was not drafted for military service during the Vietnam War , as he was classified 4‑F , because he had psoriasis . He worked in
7968-451: Was appointed by a special three-judge division of the D.C. Circuit to continue the Whitewater investigation . He replaced Robert B. Fiske , a moderate Republican who had been appointed by attorney general Janet Reno . Starr took the position part-time and remained active with his law firm, Kirkland & Ellis , as this was permitted by statute and was also the norm with previous independent counsel investigations. As time went on, he
8064-623: Was convicted of rape. Elliot is currently serving a 20-year sentence after his conviction in January 2014. Another student, Sam Ukwuachu, was convicted but has since had that conviction overturned and was retried, only to see it reinstated by the Texas Court of Appeals in 2018. Pepper Hamilton reported their findings to the regents on May 13, 2016, and on May 26, the regents announced Starr's removal as university president, effective May 31. The May 26, 2016, announcement of personnel changes by
8160-625: Was eventually named as the campaign's chief scheduler. Hillary Clinton retained Thomases as her lawyer so that their discussions would be protected by attorney–client privilege . In early 1992, Hillary Clinton sent Thomases to be interviewed by New York Times investigative reporter Jeff Gerth about the Clintons' dealings with the Whitewater Development Corporation (WDC). Thomases worked with Rose Law Firm attorneys Vince Foster and Webster Hubbell to review
8256-551: Was false and perjurious. During the deposition in the Jones case, Clinton was asked, "Have you ever had sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky, as that term is defined in Deposition Exhibit ;1, as modified by the Court?" The definition included contact with the genitalia, anus, groin, breast, inner thigh, or buttocks of a person with an intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of that person, any contact of
8352-653: Was here that she met Hillary Rodham , who had just moved to Arkansas after having graduated from Yale Law School the previous year. Rodham had been dating Clinton since 1971. Hammerschmidt was reelected, but Rodham and Thomases became close friends. In 1976, Thomases got a job in the Carter Administration as an aide to Vice President Mondale. In 1978, she ran former basketball star Bill Bradley 's successful campaign to unseat New Jersey Senator Clifford P. Case . Thomases joined Harold Ickes as early advisers to Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign . She
8448-625: Was increasingly criticized for alleged conflicts of interest stemming from his continuing association with Kirkland & Ellis. Kirkland, like several other major law firms, was representing clients in litigation with the government, including tobacco companies and auto manufacturers. The firm itself was being sued by the Resolution Trust Corporation , a government agency involved in the Whitewater matter. Additionally, Starr's own actions were challenged because Starr had, on one occasion, talked with lawyers for Paula Jones, who
8544-538: Was nominated by Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated by George MacKinnon . He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 20, 1983, and received his commission on September 20, 1983. He resigned on May 26, 1989. Starr was the United States solicitor general , from 1989 to 1993, under George H. W. Bush . When
8640-418: Was on Virginia 's death row for murdering a man during a robbery in 1998. Starr provided his services to Lovitt pro bono . On October 3, 2005, the Supreme Court denied certiorari . On January 26, 2006, the defense team of convicted murderer Michael Morales (which included Starr) sent letters to California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger requesting clemency for Morales. Letters purporting to be from
8736-488: Was ousted in mid‑2008. Starr was introduced as the new president on June 1, 2010. His inauguration was held on September 17, 2010, where Stephen L. Carter was the keynote speaker. Within his first two weeks in office, Starr was "leading the charge" to keep the university in the Big 12 Conference for athletics. Starr was additionally named chancellor of Baylor in November 2013, a post that had been vacant since 2005. He became
8832-719: Was released to the public by the Special Division. The complete report is 137 pages long and includes an appendix added to the Report by the Special Division over Starr's objection. The report agrees with the findings of previous independent counsel Robert B. Fiske that Foster committed suicide at Fort Marcy Park , in Virginia, and that his suicide was caused primarily by undiagnosed and untreated depression. As CNN explained on February 28, 1997, "The [Starr] report refutes claims by conservative political organizations that Foster
8928-791: Was renamed in memory of the district's first African-American principal, Dr. Leroy McCloud, who had a 50-year career in the district. Public school students from the city, and all of Bergen County, are eligible to attend the secondary education programs offered by the Bergen County Technical Schools , which include the Bergen County Academies in Hackensack , and the Bergen Tech campus in Teterboro or Paramus . The district offers programs on
9024-423: Was suing Bill Clinton over an alleged sexual harassment. Starr had explained to them why he believed that sitting U.S. Presidents are not immune to civil suit. When this constitutional question ultimately reached the Supreme Court, the justices unanimously agreed. On October 10, 1997, Starr's report on the death of deputy White House counsel Vince Foster , drafted largely by Starr's deputy Brett Kavanaugh ,
9120-499: Was the site of Upton Sinclair 's socialist-inflected intentional community , the Helicon Home Colony . Associated with the project were Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Sinclair Lewis . Direct distance dialing , which allowed callers to reach other users outside their local calling area without operator assistance, was introduced to the public in Englewood. On November 10, 1951, Englewood Mayor M. Leslie Denning made
9216-594: Was the victim of a murder plot and coverup," but "despite those findings, right-wing political groups have continued to allege that there was more to the death and that the president and first lady tried to cover it up." CNN also noted that organizations pushing the murder theory included the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review , owned by billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife , and Accuracy in Media , supported in part by Scaife's foundation. Scaife's reporter on
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