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,
Now Playing. Dido and Aeneas: a synopsis in pictures. 'Dido and Aeneas' by Henry Purcell documents the story of Dido, Queen of Carthage, and the Prince of Troy, Aeneas. Based on book IV of Virgilâs epic poem, âThe Aeneidâ, Purcellâs opera is his first and only all-sung work.