As of May 2010, the township had a total of 43.48 miles (69.97 km) of roadways, of which 34.76 miles (55.94 km) were maintained by the municipality, 6.90 miles (11.10 km) by Bergen County and 1.82 miles (2.93 km) by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.
Updated March 05, 2017. Composer Henry Purcell (1659-1695)'s first opera and one of the earliest English operas, Dido and Aeneas was written around 1688 and premiered shortly after at the Josias Priest Girls School in London. The opera is based on the story of Dido and Aeneas from Book IV of Virgil's Latin Epic Poem,
In the work, dedicated to King Henry VIIâs son, Arthur, Caxton translates the French phrase, âhors de soiâ (meaning âoutside herselfâ) to âmad & beside herselfâ (with regard to Didoâs mental state when she learned of Aeneasâ departure), marking the first time the expression is used in print.[1]