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Elmwood Park

American  
[elm-wood pahrk] / ˈɛlmˌwʊd ˈpɑrk /

noun

  1. Formerly East Patterson. a city in northeastern Illinois.

  2. a city in northeastern New Jersey.


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Sara Harrington, a manager at the Elmwood Park Zoo in Norristown, Pa., recruits, prepares and supervises more than 350 volunteers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025

Neka said at 8 a.m. or 4:30 p.m. before the sun started dipping into the clouds and at 8 p.m. when the lights popped on Elmwood Park.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2024

A spokesperson for Elmwood Park told CBS2 that a black Jeep was involved in all four burglaries.

From Fox News ● Jan. 19, 2022

Mayor Andre Sayegh said in a Facebook Live video that he was “having flashbacks of Marcal,” referring to the January fire that destroyed the historic paper plant in Elmwood Park.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 25, 2019

What he did have was the deer shed at the Elmwood Park Zoo, which is where he slept his first few nights in town.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

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