KATHLEEN DONOVAN FOR BERGEN COUNTY EXECUTIVE
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Avery, Republican Bergen County freeholder candidate, learned about politics at home
OCTOBER 5, 2014, 4:27 PM LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2014, 4:29 PM
BY JOHN C. ENSSLIN
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
Politics came naturally to Robert Avery, a Ridgefield lawyer and Republican candidate for Bergen County Freeholder.
Avery’s late father, Henry, was once editor of the Hudson Dispatch, a now-defunct daily newspaper in Union City.
Because of his job, Henry Avery was often in contact with mayors, councilmen and state lawmakers, some of whom would stop by his house. Nor was it unusual for a governor to telephone the home.
“His life was so involved in politics that it often spilled over into household conversations,” Robert Avery said of his father in a Record Talk Radio interview in May.
“It seemed so interesting to me,” he said. “I had a comfort level with it that allowed me to transition into politics pretty easily.”
Avery still lives in the house where he grew up. He still has his father’s Underwood typewriter. He also has a collection of old business machines.
He has been a lawyer for 38 years, including a 16-year stint as a Ridgefield municipal judge. For 36 of those years, Avery has practiced law from an unassuming second-floor walk-up to an office that almost feels like a living room.
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