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Rockleigh Borough, New Jersey (485 words) |
 | n addition to Northvale to the west, Rockleigh Borough is bounded on the North by Orangetown, NY, to the east by Alpine, NJ, and to the south by Norwood, NJ. |
| To the east, Borough parklands preserve as open space the natural habitat of a vast portion of the Lamont track on the wooded western slope of the Palisades. |
| The Borough is an example to the fact that the balanced inclusion of recreational and commercial activity within a residential area can do much to enhance all aspects of rural community living, exceptional recreational opportunity, and healthy commercial activity. |
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Borough: Encyclopedia II - Borough - Historical boroughs (1059 words) |
| In each case, the new body was allowed to use the regalia of the old corporation, and appoint ceremonial office holders such as sword and mace bearers as provided in their original charters. |
| Boroughs and cities were collectively known as municipalities, and were enclaves separate from their surrounding counties. |
| In the 1980s some boroughs and cities began to be merged with their surrounding counties to form districts with a mixed urban and rural population. |
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