Stone Harbor, New Jersey: Difference between revisions

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In 2006, ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine ranked Stone Harbor (08247) as #47 on its list of the most expensive zip codes in the United States, based on median home sale prices<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/7/ZIP08247.html Stone Harbor, Cape May, NJ], ''[[Forbes]]'', accessed [[April 20]], [[2006]]</ref>. As of 2001, Worth Magazine put Stone Harbor at #101 on its list of the Richest Towns in America, which was based on median annual real estate prices<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A05E3D71F31F936A35756C0A9649C8B63 WORTH NOTING; Feeling Flush, Big Spender? You Must Not Be From Here], ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[May 5]], [[2002]]</ref>. Most vacationers come from New Jersey, [[Pennsylvania]], [[New York]], [[Connecticut]], [[Maryland]] and [[Delaware]].

Stone Harbor was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] on [[April 3]], [[1914]], from portions of [[Middle Township, New Jersey|Middle Township]], based on the results of a referendum held on [[April 28]], [[1914]]. The borough gained a portion of [[Avalon, New Jersey|Avalon]] on [[December 27]], [[1941]].<ref name=Story>"The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968", John P. Snyder, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 116.</ref>

==Geography==

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== Government ==

=== Local government ===

The [[Mayor]] of Stone Harbor Borough is Suzanne M. Walters. Members of the Stone Harbor Borough Council are Council President Barry D. Mastrangelo, Randall S. Bauer, Karl A. Giulian, Brian Levinson, Julian Miraglia and Anne Wannen.<ref>[http://www.stone-harbor.nj.us/Boro%20Government/boro%20officials.htm Borough Officials], accessed [[September 21]], [[2006]]</ref>.

=== Federal, state and county representation ===

Stone Harbor is in the Second Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 1st Legislative District.<ref>[http://www.lwvnj.org/pubs/CG06.pdf League of Women Voters: 2006 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government], p. 64, accessed [[August 30]], [[2006]]</ref>.

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*[http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3415810 National Center for Education Statistics data for the Stone Harbor Elementary School]

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