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Presidential Palace: Nixon's Bergen County Home Hits Market Presidential Palace: Nixon's Bergen County Home Hits Market
Presidential Palace: Nixon's Bergen County Home Hits Market How would you like to own a piece of presidential history right in Park Ridge? The former home of President Richard Nixon has hit the market for $1.2 million from Christie's International Real Estate Group-Ridgewood.  Nixon and his wife, Pat, lived at 23 Sherwood Downs in the early 90s. In April 1994, he had a stroke at the home while he was getting ready to eat dinner, dying in a New York City hospital four days later. After Nixon's death, the house was sold for $775,000.  Aside from presidential mystique, the 3-bedroom, 5-bathroom house features an elevator, a wet bar, a s…
After Racist Comments Surface, Calls For Renaming Elizabeth's Reagan Academy After Racist Comments Surface, Calls For Renaming Elizabeth's Reagan Academy
After Racist Comments Surface, Calls For Renaming Elizabeth's Reagan Academy A college student and Democratic Party activist has started a petition calling for the Ronald Reagan Academy in Elizabeth to be renamed after a recording of the 40th president referring to Africans as "monkeys" emerged a few weeks ago.  Ricky Castaneda, 21, launched the petition on Change.org and hopes to have it signed by 1,000 people in time for the next Elizabeth Board of Education meeting Aug 22.  "In [the] wake of the damaging October 1971 racist phone conversation between Governor Ronald Reagan and President Richard Nixon that recently surfaced, outraged human/civil rights a…