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| | Preservation awarded
05/06/2008
When Robert Giangeruso first laid eyes on the West Gouverneur Arts and Crafts style bungalow in 1999, he could have said it needed to make way for a bigger home, possibly a McMansion. Giangeruso, however, saw beyond that.
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| | Retired captain will head police department
05/06/2008
Former Rutherford Police Captain John Thompson was appointed to be the borough?s new civilian police director at last week?s mayor and council meeting.
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| | New group gets gays 'out and about'
05/06/2008
A group that serves as a combined social club for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community in the area has started meeting at the Rutherford Congregational Church, United Church of Christ.
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| | Rec director will be PT
05/06/2008
Almost a year after the last one left, a new director has been appointed for Rutherford's Recreation Department. Denise Brennan, a part-time recreation director with experience in Mountain Lakes, is expected to join the department in June.
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| | Horse elevator on its way to museum
05/06/2008
After months of planning, machinery from a century-old horse elevator, possibly one of its kind in the state, is to be removed from the former Hunts livery stable on 22 Union Ave.
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| | Trump: I'll see you in court
05/06/2008
Celebrity real estate mogul Donald Trump wrote a scathing letter to Rutherford Mayor John Hipp in response to a notice of default on the EnCap agreement sent by Rutherford special council.
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| | Bounty hunting could have rules in this boro
05/06/2008
Nearly three years after Rutherford police allowed bounty hunters to seize a borough resident from her home on suspicion she was a fugitive, the mayor has begun talking about establishing a bounty hunter ordinance.
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| | EnCap tour open to the public
05/05/2008
The Trump Organization and the borough of Rutherford will offer a tour of the EnCap site on Thursday, May 8. The bus will be picking up from the DPW garage at 3 p.m.
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| | Trump to Rutherford: I’ll see you in court
05/01/2008
Celebrity real estate mogul Donald Trump wrote a scathing letter to Rutherford Mayor John Hipp in response to a notice of default on the EnCap agreement sent by Rutherford special council.
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| | Rutherford: EnCap not living up to its side of the deal
04/30/2008
Landfill remediator owes boro over $1.2 million, according to a letter from borough redevelopment attorney Joseph Maraziti to EnCap project executive Michael Cohen dated today.
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| | Former RPD captain appointed civilian director
04/30/2008
Former Rutherford Police Captain John Thompson was appointed to be the borough's new civilian police director at last night's mayor and council meeting.
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| | Lady Gaels top Lady Vikings to help along tourney bid
04/29/2008
With the seeding this week for the Bergen County Tournament, South Bergenite teams were looking last week to either get in or improve their seeding.
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| | Upgrades for police station in the works
04/29/2008
The borough is in the very early stages of considering a series of capital improvements to the town's police station on Park Avenue.
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| | The many faces of Mary
04/29/2008
In a church devoid of rosaries and statues of Mary, Muslims, Protestants and Catholics gathered last Sunday to discuss the importance of the woman who gave birth to Jesus.
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| | Smile, you're on candid camera
04/29/2008
Rutherford residents may find themselves on camera in some unexpected places soon.
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| | Borough manager could be part-time
04/29/2008
The position of borough manager, which has been unfilled since former administrator Timothy Stafford retired at the end of 2007, could be made part time depending on the needs of the town, according to Councilwoman Maura Keyes.
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| | Life west of 16w
04/22/2008
"The ridge slopes downward, taking me past a massive brownstone church and house of the late William Carlos Williams where Ridge Road meets Park Avenue... one cohesive main street distinctively Rutherford in character."
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| | Garden will bloom with hands
04/22/2008
Rutherford’s Washington School is planning on building an environmental study garden outside the school to help give students a more active appreciation for outdoor field work in science.
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| | Help tree committee - plant a tree
04/22/2008
The Borough of Trees is now a Tree City, according to the Arbor Day Foundation. The official award will be presented to the borough at the April 29 meeting of the mayor and council.
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| | Town is high in tax appeals
04/22/2008
At least 165 tax appeals have been filed in Rutherford, according to Caryn Miller, the borough tax collector, over 60 percent more than were filed last year.
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| | Town delays BOE payment
04/22/2008
Rutherford recently got an extension on a $2.6 million payment the borough was supposed to make to the Board of Education for the month of April due to concerns over the borough's cash flow.
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| | Medical building could become apartments
04/22/2008
A company is looking to turn a vacant one-story former medical office on Glen Road into a three-story combined retail and apartment building. The application appeared before the Board of Adjustment at its April 8 meeting.
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| | Hometown girl draws on local teen scene for book
04/15/2008
Siobhan Vivian thought she found her calling as a writer when she took her first creative writing class at Rutherford High School. A little over a decade later, she has proven it with her first published novel.
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