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Chester
Borough
Quaint antique and craft shops on
Main Street bring visitors from the tri-state area to this historic
community, which was founded in 1930 when the borough split from
Chester Township.
2002 POPULATION:
1,635
GOVERNING BODY:
Borough council. Mayor Dennis Verbaro, Robert Davis, president.
Peter Bogaard, Julia Robinson, Valle Schloesser, Jerry Shammas,
Donald Storms Jr. Meets at 7:30 p.m. the first and third Monday
of each month in the municipal building. (908) 879-5361
E-ACCESS:
www.chesterboro.org
SCHOOL BOARD:
Derek Moore, president; Erica Taterka, vice president. Michael Adelman,
Robert Agree, Janet Hoven, Russell Nordmark, Jennifer Cooper Napolitano,
Suzanne Patnaude, and Tim Schmidt. The board meets the first and
third Tuesdays of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the Black River Middle
School, Route 513. www.chester-nj.org
SCHOOLS: Chester
Township Consolidated District (K-8), (908) 879-7383, is comprised
of the Bragg and Dickerson elementary schools and the Black River
Middle School. High school students attend West Morris Mendham High
School, (908) 879-6404.
SUPERINTENDENT: Michael
Roth
PARKS:
Grove Street Park, Grove Street; Memorial Field, Main Street; Chester
Park, off Collis Lane.
LIBRARY: Joint
Library of the Chesters, 250 W. Main St., (908) 879-7612
RECREATION: Cultural
Arts Program for kindergarten to 5th grade; youth group program
for grades 6 to 8; Chester Area Pool; Chester Summer Camp, (908)
879-5361, ext. 3207
SENIOR CITIZEN FACILITIES:
Chester Area Senior Housing
POLICE: Nonemergency
number: (908) 879-5361, ext. 3014; Chief Neil Logan
BOROUGH SERVICES:
Trash pickup on Mondays; weekly recycling collections; curbside
leaf pickup in the fall; large item pickup the last Monday of each
month; flu clinic in October; monthly well-baby checkups; rabies
clinic in November at the Chester Firehouse.
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from The Daily
Record
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