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| | Candidates talk improvements
04/08/2008
This year three incumbents are running against three challengers for this year?s elections. After two years of dramatic tax increases, the topic most on Rutherfordians? minds is how to maintain the current level of services while avoiding large tax increa
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| | Library to be finished in May
04/08/2008
Library renovations are running longer than expected, according to Director Jane Fisher.
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| | Escaped snake found in apartment
04/02/2008
A local plumber was more than a little taken aback last week when what he thought was a soft rotted pipe started moving under his hand. It turned out the pipe was a several foot-long snake that had coiled its way around the plumbing.
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| | Three cops are back on the force
04/01/2008
Three of the four police officers fired in the wake of the 2005 incident in which borough she was taken from her Yahara Avenue home by two bounty hunters are back on the force.
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| | Regulating retirements
04/01/2008
The mayor and council have presented an ordinance that establishes new guidelines for the retirement and particularly for the retirement pay outs for borough officers and employees.
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| | Fingerprinting back on the table
04/01/2008
The mayor and council voted down a capital ordinance to appropriate $31,700 for an automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS) and a listening device at its meeting on March 25
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| | Cell tower approval postponed
04/01/2008
About 30 Rutherford residents attended a Board of Adjustment special meeting last week in order to object to the placement of eight new cellular antennae on the top of an apartment building at 270 Union Ave.
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| | Fired cops back to work
03/26/2008
Three of the four Rutherford police officers terminated in the wake of the 2005 incident in which borough resident Claudia Santana was wrongfully taken from her home by two bounty hunters are heading back to the force.
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| | Rutherford police seize illegal weapons cache
03/25/2008
The Rutherford Police Department and the New Jersey State Police Street Gang Unit North arrested Joseph Leone of Rutherford last Friday after executing a search warrant of his Hastings Avenue residence and seizing a cache of at least 35 weapons.
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| | School traffic has some snarling, others nervous
03/18/2008
Parents and nearby residents are concerned about the build-up of traffic and double- and illegally-parked cars that forms as parents drop off and pick up their children at the Washington School.
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| | Poly-topics brought group together
03/18/2008
Rutherford has its own semi-secret society, a group called the Polytopics Club, whose history stretches back 92 years and involves the poet William Carlos Williams.
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| | The Maples' takes its last stand
03/18/2008
The Maples was stripped of its siding last Thursday, revealing its once architectural splendor and ending an era when rooming houses were more serviceable than hotels.
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| | Four plus will replace two-family
03/18/2008
A four-unit combined condominium and office building at 22 Sylvan St. has been approved.
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| | Taxes going up 6.85 percent
03/11/2008
The mayor and council unanimously approved a preliminary budget with a 6.85-percent increase in municipal taxes for the average homeowner last week.
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| | Taxes set to increase
03/11/2008
The school tax bill for a Rutherford homeowner with a house assessed at the borough's average of $449,333 will see an increase of $82.62, bringing the average bill up from $4,939 to $5,022.
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| | Why they bare it all
03/11/2008
Virginia Fort, a 22-year-old People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) campaign coordinator arrived at the corner clothed in a robe, but that would soon change.
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| | Rutherford introduces a 6.85 percent tax increase
03/05/2008
The mayor and council unanimously approved a preliminary budget with a 6.85 percent increase in municipal taxes for the average homeowner last week.
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 | Broadway to Rutherford
03/04/2008
For the past 34 years, Lyndhurst resident and Broadway star Michael O'Carroll balances between the unpredictable nature of the theatre business with the more stable, though no less challenging, teaching profession.
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| | The Quilt Code
03/04/2008
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| | Sgt never paid for retirement
03/04/2008
A police sergeant who retired four and a half years ago never received payment for the sick and vacation time he was due.
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| | More density set in master plan
03/04/2008
Council members and the Planning Board plan to begin reviewing the master plan, approved late last year, at the board's upcoming March meeting.
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| | Half M pay out makes state mad
03/04/2008
The state reprimanded the borough for spending as much as it did on the police chief and captains, according to chief financial officer Ed Cortright.
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| | Condos, retail get bounced
03/04/2008
The Rutherford Planning Board voted to transfer an application for a proposed development at 22 Sylvan St. to the Board of Adjustment, claiming the application was better suited to be heard by the other board.
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| | Civilian director ordinance passes first reading
02/27/2008
The mayor and council voted 3-2 last night on the first reading of an ordinance to eliminate the rank of police chief and replace it with a civilian police director.
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 | Their passion sets the stage
02/26/2008
Easter comes early this year, not just on the Christian calendar but for the parishioners of the Rutherford Congregational Church who will see a performance of the passion of Crhist on Sunday, March 3.
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| | Director job still under fire
02/26/2008
Controversial ordinances to eliminate the position of police chief and replace it with a civilian police director were added to the agenda for the mayor and council's Feb. 26 meeting.
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| | Development plan sent back to zoning board
02/26/2008
The Rutherford Planning Board voted to transfer an application on its Feb. 21 agenda for three bulk variances for a proposed development at 22 Sylvan Street to the Board of Adjustment.
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| | Softball clinic change questioned
02/19/2008
Following a series of complaints and unpaid fees, the Rutherford Recreation Department switched vendors for its Girls’ Softball Clinic, leaving some parents asking "why."
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| | Administrators and supervisors get 4% raise
02/19/2008
The Rutherford Board of Education (BOE) voted to approve an agreement with the Rutherford Administrators Association (RAA) and the Rutherford Supervisors Association (RSA) that would limit pay raises for supervisors and administrators in the district.
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| | Town considers cell tower sale
02/19/2008
Omnipoint Communications, a wireless technology company, is seeking several variances in order to place a series of cellular antennae on top of an apartment building at the corner of Union and Carmita avenues.
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| | Ship lover designs sea-borne 9/11 memorial
02/12/2008
Memorials have been planned or erected in nearly every town impacted by 9/11. But having a job on the U.S.S. Intrepid gave Rutherford resident Scott Koen a unique idea as how to memorialize those lost.
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| | District mulls $3.5M energy overhaul
02/12/2008
The Rutherford Board of Education is in the early phases of considering a proposal for an "energy performance project," a potentially multi-million dollar series of capital improvements to make the district's schools more energy efficient.
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| | Too young to vote, but not to care
02/12/2008
The results of a mock primary organized by members of Rutherford High School's political club came out quite differently from the real thing.
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| | Elevator's move delayed due to changes in council, administrator
02/12/2008
Changes in administration and engineers have resulted in the delay of a plan by the Rutherford Historical Commission to move pieces of a turn-of-the-century horse elevator to a Meadowlands Museum.
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| | Fire marshal gives circuit breaker warning
02/12/2008
Rutherford's fire marshal is warning residents to check circuit breaker panels and electrical outlets after a recent pair of electrical fires involving a controversial breaker model.
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| | Judge: Put officer back on the force
02/12/2008
One of the four fired police officers entangled in a 2005 wrongful arrest incident involving a pair of bounty hunters and a Rutherford woman is one step closer to getting back on the force.
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| | McPherson gets county committee assignments
02/11/2008
Former Rutherford Mayor Bernadette McPherson, a member of the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders, has been assigned the chair position in two county committees, Law and Public Safety and Organization and Internal Affairs.
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| | Judge rules Santana case officer should be reinstated
02/06/2008
An administrative law judge has come to an initial decision on the appeal of one of the four officers that were fired in the wake of the 2005 incident where Rutherford resident Claudia Santana was wrongfully taken from her home by two bounty hunters.
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| | Reenstra-Bryant still in the running
02/05/2008
Robin Reenstra-Bryant, the mayor’s choice to fill former borough administrator Tim Stafford’s position, did not accept the appointment last Tuesday. The borough has passed the 30-day statutory time to fill the post by mayoral appointment and will now
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| | Fighting fuego with LEGO
02/05/2008
For 50 years LEGOs® have provided the means to create almost anything a child can imagine. But for 34 year-old Rutherford firefighter Bob Karpowicz, LEGOs® go beyond child’s play.
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| | Reenstra-Bryant rejects appointment
01/30/2008
The front runner for the position of new borough administrator in Rutherford has asked Mayor John Hipp not to appoint her at the deadline in which a mayoral appointment was allowable under borough ordinance.
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| | One Eyed Jack will not give in to the cover bands
01/28/2008
On a Thursday night in a dingy industrial park on the border of Clifton and Passaic, dozens of bands played loud enough to cut through the sound-proofed walls.
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| | Police, town seek arbitration over contract
01/28/2008
Police contracts expired at the end of 2007 and the union has now filed for binding arbitration in a document dated Jan. 2, according to Mayor John Hipp.
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| | Chief vs. director decision deferred
01/28/2008
The mayor and council elected to put off the first reading of its ordinances to create a new civilian police director position to replace the police chief at last week's council meeting.
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| | Super task for a Giant cause
01/28/2008
The jerseys the New York Giants will wear to the Super Bowl on Sunday hang safely on a rack in the back of a tiny cleaners in Rutherford.
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| | Tax levy rises 52 percent since 2000
01/28/2008
Rutherford has seen a tremendous increase in its total tax levy in the past two years: over $9.89 million in just the last two years, more than the total of all the increases from 2000 to 2005.
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| | Mayor: Stafford’s new job a conflict
01/28/2008
Mayor John Hipp questioned the legality of former borough administrator’s move to vice president of legal and community affairs for the Trump Organization.
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| | Rutherford tries what fails in Lyndhurst
01/21/2008
The mayor and council proposed the elimination of the position of police chief from the borough and the creation of a new position called "civilian police director."
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| | Lt. sues boro over captain appointments
01/21/2008
Lieutenant Thomas Reid of the Rutherford Police Department has filed a complaint against the borough with the Bergen County Court, according to documents received by the borough clerk.
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| | Area poets paint the town red
01/21/2008
Pedestrians walking past the Rutherford Public Library may have noticed a red wheelbarrow as a permanent part of the landscaping. It’s not long-term gardening that’s going on, it’s an announcement that budding poets reside here.
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| | Three make history
01/21/2008
Three homes representing three styles of architecture stretching over 50 years were recently commended by the Rutherford Historic Preservation Commission for excellence in preservation.
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| | Rutherford receives five applications for boro administrator
01/22/2008
Five people have applied for the position of borough administrator, according to Mayor John Hipp.
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| | Egbert replaces Merli as acting chief
01/17/2008
Captain George Egbert, who had been out on extended sick leave since mid-October, was appointed to the position of Acting Chief when he returned to work on Jan. 7.
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| | Rutherford lieutenant to sue borough
01/14/2008
Lieutenant Thomas Reid of the Rutherford Police Department will be filing a complaint with the borough, according to Mayor John Hipp.
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| | Out with the old, in with the new
01/07/2008
New Year’s Day in Rutherford saw many political changes with three new Republicans taking the oaths of office accompanied by a tide of new appointments and re-organized committees.
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| | Engineering costs more than doubled
01/07/2008
The borough accrued over $40,000 in engineering fees paid to CMX (formerly Schoor DePalma) for work done on the Memorial Field tennis courts project.
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| | Realtor sign ordinance still open
01/07/2008
Before the New Year the then- mayor and council voted to table a controversial ordinance regulating open house signs in the borough.
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| | Hipp announces appointments
01/02/2008
New Year’s Day in Rutherford saw many political changes with three new Republicans taking the oaths of office accompanied by a tide of new appointments and re-organized committees.
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| | Discovered documents could reveal hidden history
12/28/2007
Several century-old documents were found recently behind the cornerstone of a house that once served as the first home for Rutherford’s Congregational Church.
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| | New year, new faces
12/28/2007
New Mayor John Hipp said he plans to replace the borough attorney and the borough engineer as well as other contracted positions in the borough.
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| | Town wants old-time ad signs regulated
12/28/2007
Although it seems every other business on the Avenue uses them to advertise the wares inside their doors, the borough has taken a stance that sandwich board advertising is illegal.
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| | Crook's condos head to county
12/28/2007
The Crook Family Partnership is planning to appeal in Bergen County Court the decision made by the Rutherford Zoning Board of Adjustment to deny its application for an eight-unit development on Orient Way tentatively entitled "Ashby Heights."
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| | Boro's master plan approved
12/21/2007
The Rutherford Planning Board approved the new draft master plan at its Dec. 20 meeting last week.
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| | Free parking not a win-win for all
12/21/2007
For years, the borough of Rutherford has offered free two-hour parking in metered spots in the downtown shopping district during the last two weeks of the year. However, free parking costs the borough an estimated $6,000 in revenue.
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| | A celebration of faith
12/17/2007
It’s this time of year that the many faiths that make up this nation hold many different important events that help bring together its followers and in the same token, help keep a community bond together.
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| | Sylvan plans partially approved
12/17/2007
The Rutherford zoning board of adjustment partially approved an application by GFM Development to build a combined condo-office building on Sylvan Avenue.
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| | Dormant home stirs concern
12/17/2007
Residents of West Gouverneur Avenue in Rutherford are concerned about the state and safety of a currently empty house on the block.
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| | Boro creative with police payout
12/10/2007
Recently retired Rutherford police officers Chief Steven Nienstedt and Captain Thomas Farrell both opted to receive their unused time in one payment, thus creating an unanticipated half million dollar expense for the borough.
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| | Rutherford's library gets rocked
12/10/2007
Rutherford teens looking for a place to rock found just that at a seemingly unlikely venue: the public library. On Dec. 8, the library’s teen advisory committee held a rock show with four bands, drawing teens to the library for a night of music.
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| | Holiday deliveries expected
12/10/2007
A liquor store in Rutherford is planning on starting up home delivery.
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| | Nienstedt, Farrell to collect half a million in unused time
12/07/2007
Recently retired Rutherford police officers Chief Steven Nienstedt and Captain Thomas Farrell both opted to receive their unused time in one payment, thus creating an unanticipated half million dollar expense for the borough.
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| | Faulty wiring blamed for blaze
12/04/2007
A faulty wire is being blamed for a fire that destroyed an Ayer Place home and resulted in its 89-year-old resident suffering serious burns.
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| | Council makes last minute promotions
12/03/2007
Before 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 27, the borough of Rutherford had "no official notice" that anyone in the police department was going to retire. By 9:30 p.m., the chief and one captain had retired and four officers had been promoted.
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| | Sign control costly to agents, sellers
12/03/2007
The mayor and council narrowly approved the first reading of an ordinance to place restrictions on open house signs in Rutherford. The ordinance limits the size, height, number and location of signs--even the time of day they can be put up.
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| | Boro gets title to DPW garage
12/03/2007
The borough was to take the title to the Department of Public Works garage, salt barn and the land they sit on Dec. 4, according to Linque Director of Development Robert Schenkel.
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| | Citizen catches double pay to Cliffhanger
12/03/2007
Cliffhanger Productions, the entertainment production company used by Rutherford to organize and put on public events, was mistakenly paid twice for the same event. The mistake was caught by a borough resident.
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| | Nienstedt and Farrell retire; four officers promoted
11/28/2007
The Rutherford mayor and council approved Chief Steven Nienstedt and Captain Thomas Farrell’s retirement at last night’s meeting.
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| | Locals open holiday season with welcome tradition
11/26/2007
Donkeys, sheep and llamas aren’t common sights in the borough of Rutherford. But Holiday Festival-goers got a chance to see them this past weekend at the First Presbyterian Church’s annual living nativity pageant.
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| | Top guns set to retire at top pensions
11/26/2007
Chief Steven Nienstedt and Captain Thomas Farrell of the Rutherford Police Department have both filed for retirement effective Dec. 1, according to the New Jersey State Department of Treasury.
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| | Nienstedt and Farrell to retire
11/21/2007
Chief Steven Nienstedt and Captain Thomas Farrell of the Rutherford Police Department have both filed for retirement effective Dec. 1, according to a state source.
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| | Rumored sale puts rush on horse elevator
11/21/2007
The Rutherford Historic Preservation Commission hopes to move an old horse elevator out of the old livery stable at the corner of Union and Agnew and into the Meadowlands Museum. However, time might be running out.
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| | Area Hindus and Jains celebrate New Year
11/21/2007
India natives Sarla and Naresh Jain say a Diwali celebration in their homeland is equivalent to America’s Christmas and July 4 wrapped up in one. This year the Rutherford couple opened their home to people of all religions for a Diwali celebration.
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 | Young filmmakers garner awards
11/20/2007
Looking for the next generation in filmmakers? One needn’t search farther than one’s own backyard.
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 | Townhouses get ‘no’ due to density
11/20/2007
The Rutherford Board of Adjustment voted to deny an application presented by the Crook Family Partnership to build an eight-unit townhouse development on Orient Way.
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| | Key Foods in Rutherford closing for good
11/13/2007
Key Foods on Union Avenue, Rutherford, closed for good last Friday. Although the store has been advertising marked down goods storewide claiming a remodeling sale for weeks, the store will not open.
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 | Trees should make site plans, but seldom do
11/13/2007
Confusion abounds over whether local developers are required to indicate the number and location of existing trees on site plans submitted to the borough.
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| | Residents find new life for furniture with recycling program
11/13/2007
“Chairs that Care,” not only helps community members that are down on their luck, but helps the environment as well. Furniture is “recycled” by giving it to those in need at no cost.
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| | Boro seeks to streamline grant process
11/06/2007
Rutherford's Mayor and Council passed a resolution at their last meeting to submit planning materials to the state Department of Community Affairs’ Office of Smart Growth for plan approval.
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 | Commission pushes for law after 20 trees felled
11/06/2007
Jonathan Hughes came home from school one day last week to find a large clearing where trees used to be. The site brought the 10-year-old Riverview Avenue resident to tears.
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 | Businesses have a history in the boro of trees
11/06/2007
In honor of its own 10th anniversary, the Rutherford Downtown Partnership (RDP) recently requested information about the ages of Rutherford’s businesses.
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| | Candidate Forum tonight on Comcast
10/30/2007
Tune in to your local Comcast station tonight at 7 p.m. to see a broadcast of last week's Rutherford candidate forum. For complete coverage of the forum, see the Oct. 31 edition of the South Bergenite.
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| | Memorial, Tryon to get upgrades
10/30/2007
The mayor and council are planning to spend about $157,000 in funds left over from a Bergen County Open Space grant on a new snack-stand and bathroom facility at Tryon Field.
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| | First forum in decade brings out hundreds
10/29/2007
For the second time in three days the council chambers at Rutherford’s Borough Hall were full last Thursday when close to 300 people came to see the candidate forum.
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| | Station to get old-fashion fix-up
10/29/2007
Two million dollars in federal funds have been obtained to renovate the interior of the Rutherford train station. The money is coming out of a five-year federal authorization bill totaling $244 billion in funding for surface transportation.
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| | Rutherford holds candidate forum
10/26/2007
For the second time in three days the council chambers at Rutherford’s Borough Hall were full last Thursday when close to 300 people came to see the candidate forum.
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| | Rutherford candidates' forum is tonight
10/25/2007
Representatives from the South Bergenite and the Leader will ask mayoral and council candidates questions.
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| | Taxes, ratables discussed
10/23/2007
In the Borough of Rutherford, two candidates are vying for mayor and four candidates are competing for two council seats.
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| | Salaries make up almost half the budget
10/23/2007
Rutherford’s total municipal budget for 2007 is $25.7 million. Of that just under $11 million, 42.7 percent, goes towards salaries and wages.
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| | Key Foods could close permanently
10/19/2007
A source at the store who wished to remain anonymous confirmed the store would be closing at least temporarily for renovations, but that the doors could be shut permanently.
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| | Blood bank marks 50 years of saving lives
10/16/2007
Today, several groups in the borough sponsor blood drives, but the Rutherford Community Blood Bank continues to set the gold standard and is celebrating 50 years of commitment and service to the Borough of Rutherford with a blood donation drive.
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| | Route 3 wall fight remains
10/16/2007
A vocal group of local residents continue to oppose the construction of 25-foot high noise abatement walls along Route 3 as part of the New Jersey Department of Transportation’s (NJDOT) Route 3 at the River Crossing project.
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| | Borough reinstates shade tree committee
10/16/2007
The Rutherford Shade Tree Committee planted four fairly mature maples donated by the Macagna Diffily Funeral Home in Lincoln Park last week. The committee was recently reformed by a resolution of the mayor and council.
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| | Kip condos get boro approval
10/16/2007
The Rutherford Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a 10-unit condominium development for Kip Avenue after the board and the developer GFM Development reached a settlement in Bergen County Superior Court.
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| | Borough to house county Film Commission
10/16/2007
With an audience made up predominantly of high school students, the Third Annual Jersey Filmmakers of Tomorrow Bergen County High School Film Festival got underway at the Williams Center in Rutherford Oct. 9.
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 | New worlds come to Rutherford
10/09/2007
Rutherford held its fourth annual Multi-Cultural Festival on Sept. 30 at the Williams Center Plaza. Scotland, Dominican Republic, India, Korea, the Middle East, Japan and the United States were represented in dance, song and refreshments.
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| | Sunday at Rutherford Library ends due to funds
10/08/2007
The Rutherford Library won't be reopening for Sunday service this fall due to budget cuts. The library started Sunday service a year ago in the fall of 2006. The service continued through the winter and spring and was paused during the summer.
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 | Rising up from the ashes
10/08/2007
Rutherford’s Congregational Church is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year with a series of events and festivities that will culminate in this month’s grand celebration weekend Oct. 26 - 28.
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| | Cable contract is up
10/01/2007
The borough is in the midst of considering renewing its cable franchise. The mayor and council held the second of two public meetings to discuss the town's cable in late August. The borough's contract with Comcast of Meadowlands, LLC expires Dec. 31, 2008
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| | Master plan gets delayed due to Web posting
10/01/2007
Adoption of the new Master Plan was delayed again this month when the planning board chose to put off a vote until its next meeting in October. The board originally meant to approve the plan by June, but delayed it until September as a result of revisions
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| | What to expect during renovations
10/01/2007
The Rutherford Public Library is in the midst of $1.5 million in renovations and capital improvements. The library re-opened after closing for six days last month for asbestos abatement. The abatement was part of a long series of capital improvements curr
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| | Arby's gets go-ahead after many changes
10/01/2007
The Rutherford Planning Board approved plans for a new Arby’s restaurant at 96 Meadow Road at last week’s meeting. The owner Stephen Cox of Franklin Lakes, who originally applied to build a Nathan’s at the same location in 2003, agreed to a host of
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| | Candidate Forum takes place October 25
10/01/2007
The Rutherford Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with the South Bergenite newspaper and The Leader newspaper will be holding a Candidates Forum on October 25 at 7:00 p.m. in the Rutherford Council Chambers.
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| | Most win tax appeals this year
09/25/2007
About 75 percent of all residential tax appeals filed against the Borough of Rutherford for 2007 were decided in the applicant’s favor. However, county figures estimate the borough, as a whole, was assessed equitably.
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| | FEMA pays for April storm damage
09/25/2007
The Rutherford mayor and council passed a resolution declaring a sewer collapse that occurred on Meadow Road several months ago a "disaster area" in order to apply for up to $80,000 in reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
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| | County film commission could call center home
09/17/2007
The Fort Lee Film Commission has approached the county asking to create a Bergen County Film and Television Commission and make the Williams Center its new home. The move could help make the Williams Center a broader cultural arts venue and expand its aud
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| | BOE: taxes could stay stable
09/17/2007
The Rutherford Board of Education announced at its Sept. 10 meeting a zero percent increase in the school tax levy may be possible for the next academic year.
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| | College board never receives AP tests
09/17/2007
At least 20 Advanced Placement exams out of about 150 taken by Rutherford High School students last May have been lost in transit, according to the College Board, the company that runs the program. Officials at both the high school and the College Board a
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| | Meadow condos get indoor pool
09/17/2007
The Rutherford Board of Adjustments approved an application by GFM Development to build a combined pool and fitness center behind a 40-unit Meadow Road condo complex already under construction. The board previously rejected the application by a vote of 4
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| | What to expect during renovations
09/17/2007
The Rutherford Public Library is in the midst of $1.5 million in renovations and capital improvements. The library re-opened after closing for six days last month for asbestos abatement. The abatement was part of a long series of capital improvements curr
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 | More than Queen for a day
09/17/2007
Eight-year-old Annunziata Paolano of Rutherford has been celebrating her German heritage by recently being crowned Little Miss Schuetzen Park Queen at the 133rd German-American Augustober Fest at Schuetzen Park, on Kennedy Boulevard, North Bergen.
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| | Edward Van Winkle passes away at 94
09/17/2007
Edgar Walling Van Winkle of Rutherford passed away Sept. 9. He was 94 years of age. Mr. Van Winkle was born at his home on Pierrepont Avenue and lived in town his entire life, spending his summers at Green Pond, NJ.
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 | Fabulous finds, fabulous fun
09/11/2007
Thousands came out to "shop till they drop" and enjoy the music, rides and food at Rutherford’s Labor Day Street Fair, even Governor Jon Corzine.
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| | Tax bills set to go out to residents
09/11/2007
With third quarter tax bills still not sent out as of press time and the due date for fourth quarter taxes holding firm at Nov. 1, Rutherford residents can expect to get hit with two property tax bills due within a month of each other.
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| | Williams poet symposium set
09/11/2007
The Williams Center will host the third annual William Carlos Williams Poetry Symposium this Sunday, Sept. 16, one day before the 124th anniversary of the poet’s birth.
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| | 7-Eleven owner denied temporary 24-hour status
09/11/2007
Judge Menelaos W. Toskos denied 7-Eleven’s request for a preliminary injunction to allow the store to continue operating 24 hours a day while its case against the borough proceeds, according to borough attorney Anne Marie Rizzuto.
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| | Sex offender arrested in Rutherford
09/04/2007
Rutherford police arrested 41-year-old Andrew Puetz for failure to register as a sex offender in town. Puetz was arrested on several charges and transferred to the Bergen County Jail with bail set at $12,000 with no 10 percent option.
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| | Grant may fund Wall Field facelift
09/04/2007
The borough is applying for a $200,000 Bergen County Open Space grant to make improvements to Wall Field. The field, located at the intersection of Highland Cross and Eastern Way, hasn't had any significant renovations performed on it for years and many n
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| | Artist's work is just heavenly
09/04/2007
Gordon Henderson may no longer live and work in Rutherford but his life and craft are inextricably bound with both the history of the borough and the life of a millennium-old art that has grown increasingly rarer in today's society. Henderson is an 87-yea
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| | Boro passes 15.7% tax hike
09/04/2007
The mayor and council passed and adopted the amended budget at their public meeting last week by a vote of four to two with Councilmen John Genovesi and Joseph Sommer voting against. The meeting was attended by over 60 people, many of whom came to registe
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 | St. Marys mourns an icon.
09/04/2007
Parishioners at The Church of St. Mary on Home Avenue in Rutherford are still mourning the loss of Father Joseph L. Cassidy, a retired priest who lived in Rutherford and served the parish from 1968 till his death at the age of 92 early last month.
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 | Immigration debate hits couple hard
08/28/2007
Rutherford has grown on Jennifer Janfeshan and her husband Mohammad. It’s quaint and provides a sense of neighborhood and security as opposed to the trials and tribulations of everyday life abroad as seen in the news. It’s a far cry from Iran, a natio
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 | Rutherford filmmaker eyes up Hollywood
08/28/2007
Zach Pennetta, a 15-year-old Rutherford teenager and filmmaker, is holding his breath right now as his film "Duck Love," a comedy chosen from thousands of entries submitted to the 2007 Samsung Fresh-Films Teen Filmmaking Program, enters its final judging
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 | Looking back on historic downtown
08/28/2007
Before it was "The Borough of Trees," Rutherford had a different motto. "The Hub of South Bergen:’ that was [Rutherford’s] slogan years ago," said Margaret Schak, Rutherford’s first female mayor and council member. The line referred to Rutherford’
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 | St. Mary's holds mysterious spring
08/20/2007
Outside the Saint Mary's High School gymnasium on Chestnut Street in Rutherford, just under the building's historical corner stone is a mysterious little stream of water, running clear from the bowels of the building into a hole in the pavement.
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 | Local Harry fans rock out to Moaning Myrtles
08/20/2007
Rutherford got its first taste of wizard rock last Tuesday when the Moaning Myrtles, a singing/songwriting performing duo from Hillsborough came to perform at the Rutherford Public Library.
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 | Cinemas revamp falls behind schedule
08/20/2007
Despite delays, Williams Center officials are hoping the new theater improvements, originally planned to be completed at first in May, then pushed off until summer, will be complete by October.
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| | St. Mary’s last nuns leave boro
08/14/2007
St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church is making way for a series of improvements. Recently the last sisters to live at St. Mary’s moved out of the church's convent on 98 Home Ave. in preparation for the changes.
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| | Employee wages, resident services at risk with new budget
08/14/2007
The Rutherford Library will have to trim its budget this year. The amended 2007 municipal budget introduced by the Rutherford Mayor and Council last week included $939,732 for the library: $25,929 less than what the library received in 2006 and $77,700 le
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| | Residents brace for double digit tax rise again
08/14/2007
The Mayor and Council approved an amended budget with a 15.7 percent municipal tax increase for the average homeowner at a special meeting last week. Initially the borough proposed a 24 percent increase in municipal taxes. The amended budget will raise th
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| | Lincoln Park to get eternal flame
08/14/2007
The borough took another step forward in its plans to build an Eternal Flame Monument to commemorate the town’s veterans. Bids for the project were originally opened on April 10. Two bids were received and both were well over the proj-ect's budget. Tec-
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| | Bringing back days of grandeur
08/14/2007
Less than a year after Felician College finished renovating the roof and exterior of the historic Iviswold Castle located on its campus, the college has received another grant to begin work on its interior.
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| | Mayor calls special budget-amendment meeting
08/08/2007
The Mayor and Council of Rutherford are having a special meeting at 7 p.m. tomorrow Aug. 9 to vote on amendments to this year’s municipal budget.
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| | Historians seek funds for WWI monument overhaul
08/07/2007
Borough historians are seeking grant money from the Bergen County Historic Preservation Trust Fund and Rutherford to restore the World War I monument at the circle intersection of Lincoln, Park and Passaic avenues.
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| | New president wants more input
08/07/2007
The Rutherford Downtown Partnership elected Michael Fencik as its new president June 18. While Fencik and Rutherford Downtown Partnership (RDP) manager Robin Reenstra-Bryant were hesitant to use the word "contested", Fencik and mayoral appointee Denise Ro
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| | Departments told to cut 20 percent
08/07/2007
After receiving $500,000 from the state in extraordinary aid — a quarter of what Rutherford requested — the borough is attempting to cut 20 percent from each department’s operating expenses, a move some think will have only a minimal effect on the 2
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| | Meadows condos will be minus pool, fitness center
07/31/2007
The Rutherford Board of Adjustments failed to approve an application from GFM Development to build a combined pool and fitness center behind the 40-unit condo complex already under construction on Meadow Road. The applicant needed five votes for approval
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| | Cop sues boro over Santana affair
07/31/2007
A recently fired police sergeant caught in the middle of a highly publicized case with bounty hunters and mistaken identity, has filed a complaint against the borough, police department and Bergen County Prosecutor for wrongful arrest and violation of his
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| | Townhouse decision postponed
07/31/2007
The Rutherford Board of Adjustment has put off making a decision on a new Orient Way townhouse development until its next meeting scheduled for Aug. 14. On July 23 over 50 people attended the board’s 4 1 / 2 hour meeting in order to speak for and agains
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| | Young church comes to town
07/31/2007
It’s not exactly the Exodus, but it’s an important move nonetheless. Fledgling ministry Good Shepherd Church has packed up shop in Kearny and headed up the road to Rutherford. The contemporary Christian church held its first service in town at the Rut
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| | Get ready to serve one up; courts get revamp
07/31/2007
The Rutherford mayor and council approved a plan to refurbish the Memorial Park tennis courts. The plan would renovate six courts at Memorial Park, and in the process, restore what is currently a basketball half-court to its original purpose.
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| | Rutherford delays taxes, bonds for $8.5 million
07/25/2007
Third quarter tax bills for Rutherford will be delayed. Rather than send out estimated tax bills for the quarter, Rutherford is borrowing $8.5 million in a short term loan to cover expenses until the municipal budget is finalized.
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| | Parking lot woes for Arby's plan
07/23/2007
Plans for a proposed Arby’s restaurant at 96 Meadow Road hit a snag when the developer and the planning board clashed last week over parking lot design issues.
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| | 7-Eleven owner sues for round the clock service
07/23/2007
After passing an ordinance limiting convenience store hours, the borough now faces a lawsuit from 7-Eleven, the only store in town with plans to stay open all night.
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| | Master Plan adoption delayed until September
07/23/2007
A decision to increase the area along the west side of Meadow Road potentially open to townhouse development has delayed the final adoption of the borough’s Master Plan until September.
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| | Neighbors not happy with 17 widening
07/17/2007
The improvements to Route 17 proposed by the state two years ago will soon come to fruition. However, as engineers and surveyors begin the preliminary work, some residents are expressing alarm.
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| | 7-Eleven owner sues town
07/17/2007
The owner of a 7-Eleven store is suing the Borough of Rutherford after the mayor and council passed an ordinance banning convenience stores from remaining open 24 hours a day.
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| | Debt refinance on hold until aid numbers come in
07/17/2007
Rutherford has delayed resubmitting an application for debt restructuring to the Local Finance Board until August. If approved, the application could help bring this year’s average municipal tax increase down from 24 to 12 percent.
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| | Rutherford's little firecrackers
07/11/2007
Rutherford held its 76th annual Baby Parade in Lincoln Park July 4.
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| | Need for tennis court upgrade questioned
07/10/2007
Devoted tennis players in Rutherford will soon have something to cheer about: new courts are coming thanks to $400,000 in grant funds. However, the design and location of the new courts are still up in the air.
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| | Club hits barrier in bulkhead project
07/10/2007
The Nereid Boat Club may have hit a serious snag in its efforts to replace its bulkhead and build a new park next to its boathouse.
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| | 4th of July fireworks postponed
07/05/2007
Rutherford's Fourth of July fireworks display has been postponed due to rain.
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| | Two acres could see new life
07/03/2007
The planning board has designated the area between Chestnut Street and Union and West Erie avenues a planned commercial district in the upcoming Master Plan.
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| | Cornucopia in Williams Plaza
07/03/2007
Residents come to Rutherford's Williams Plaza each Wednesday for the farmer's market, hoping to find fresher produce and some unique treats.
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| | Lincoln oaks to get the ax
06/26/2007
The council introduced a draft of the upcoming community forestry management plan, began considering candidates for the soon to be formed Shade Tree Committee and announced five old oak trees will be removed from Lincoln Park.
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| | Multi-families a highlight of Master Plan
06/26/2007
As the borough’s new Master Plan progresses toward its final draft, discussion among the planning board turned to consolidating land uses along certain blocks.
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| | The power of dance
06/19/2007
In Rutherford, young legs have been busting some classic moves this spring as the 120 seventh- and eighth-graders at Union School got a taste of ballroom dancing, courtesy of a $1,800 grant from the Rutherford Education Foundation.
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| | Borough denied debt refinance
06/19/2007
The Local Finance Board rejected Rutherford’s $10.5 million debt restructuring application Wednesday, potentially derailing the borough’s plans to reduce a 24 percent tax increase in the introduced budget.
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| | Townhouses up for review
06/19/2007
Eight townhouses are slated to go up along Orient Way and East Passaic Avenue if the board of adjustment approves of the plan. A hearing was postponed by the cancellation of the board’s June 12 meeting. It will likely be heard at next month's meeting Ju
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| | "Taste of Rutherford" to spice up the night
06/19/2007
The 5th Annual "Taste of Rutherford" sponsored by the Rutherford Downtown Partnership in conjunction with the South Bergenite will be held Wednesday, June 27, 6-8:30 p.m. on Park Avenue.
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| | Local finance board rejects Rutherford debt restructure
06/14/2007
The Local Finance Board rejected Rutherford’s $10.5 million debt restructuring application on Wednesday, potentially derailing the borough’s plans to reduce a 24 percent tax increase in the introduced budget.
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| | Townhouse proposal postponed
06/13/2007
A hearing for the eight townhouses planned for construction along Orient Way and East Passaic Avenue was postponed by the cancellation of the June 12 meeting of the Rutherford Board of Adjustments. It will likely be heard at next month's meeting on July 1
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| | 7-Eleven owner fined; ends 24 hour service
06/12/2007
The ordinance approved by the Rutherford council just two weeks ago, which calls for convenience stores in the borough to remain closed between 5 a.m. and midnight, is already proving to be problematic for Nasser Nasser, owner of the only 24-hour convenie
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| | Seniors take the bronze!
06/12/2007
On Friday, 144 competitors from six regions met on the fields in Rutherford to put their athletic prowess to the test. The twist? Most of them are probably grandparents.
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| | Council proceeds with debt restructure
06/04/2007
The borough has approved the first of two ordinances that will refinance $15 million of its $16.5 million debt.
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| | Making Moses out of a molehill
05/31/2007
Local artist builds 10-foot-tall concrete and wire-mesh sculpture of Moses in his Ridge Road backyard. The sculpture features the Old Testament figure in several different poses simultaneously.
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| | 7-Eleven owner set to sue town
05/31/2007
Convenience stores in Rutherford must remain closed between midnight and 5 a.m. after the council approved an ordinance last week. However, the owner of a 7-Eleven franchise slated to open on Jackson Avenue is prepared to fight to keep his doors open all
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