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Far Hills is a borough in the Somerset Hills of northern Somerset County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [18] As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 924, [9] an increase of 5 (+0.5%) from the 2010 census count of 919, [19] [20] which in turn reflected an increase of 60 (+7.0%) from the 859 counted in the 2000 census. [21]
In contract law, a severable contract (or "divisible contract") is a contract that is composed of several separate contracts concluded between the same parties, such that failing one part of such a 'severable' contract does not breach the whole contract. Therefore, the other party must still honor the other subparts and cannot cancel the whole ...
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of New Jersey. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2018 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 507 law enforcement agencies employing 30,261 sworn police officers, about 341 for each 100,000 residents.
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Local government in New Jersey is composed of counties and municipalities. Local jurisdictions in New Jersey differ from those in some other states because the entire area of the state is part of a municipality; each of the 564 municipalities is in exactly one county; and each of the 21 counties has more than one municipality.
Among New Jersey's 564 municipalities, the borough is the most common form of local government, though the majority of state residents actually reside in townships. In 2023 there were 253 boroughs in New Jersey. [2] However, boroughs were not always so common. In 1875 only 17 boroughs had been created, all by special acts of the legislature.
Peapack-Gladstone (also written as Peapack and Gladstone) is a borough in the Somerset Hills region of northern Somerset County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [21] As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 2,558, [10] a decrease of 24 (−0.9%) from the 2010 census count of 2,582, [22] [23] which in turn reflected an increase of 149 (+6.1%) from the 2,433 counted in ...
The Optional Municipal Charter Law or Faulkner Act (N.J.S.A 40:69A-1 [1], et seq.) provides New Jersey municipalities with a variety of models of local government. This legislation is called the Faulkner Act in honor of the late Bayard H. Faulkner, former mayor of Montclair, New Jersey, U.S., and former chairman of the Commission on Municipal Government.