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- ↑ Rohan, Virginia. "Bergen County native’s ‘Dirt’ character reaps what he sows" Archived 2007-12-25 at the Wayback Machine , The Record (Bergen County) , January 1, 2007. Accessed September 22, 2007. "Nordling was born 3,000 miles from the craziness, at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, and grew up mostly in Washington Township (in the only house on the town's Times Square). When he was 15, the family moved to Saddle River, and Nordling transferred to Ramsey High School, where he became a soccer star."
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