East Rutherford, New Jersey East Rutherford, New Jersey Official seal of East Rutherford, New Jersey Map highlighting East Rutherford's locale within Bergen County.

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Inset: Bergen County's locale within New Jersey Enumeration Bureau map of East Rutherford, New Jersey Enumeration Bureau map of East Rutherford, New Jersey East Rutherford, New Jersey is positioned in New Jersey East Rutherford, New Jersey - East Rutherford, New Jersey State New Jersey East Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's populace was 8,913, reflecting an increase of 197 (+2.3%) from the 8,716 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 814 (+10.3%) from the 7,902 counted in the 1990 Census. It is an inner-ring suburb of New York City, positioned 7 miles (11 km) west of Midtown Manhattan.

Under the terms of an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 17, 1889, a portion of the old Union Township was incorporated under the name of Boiling Springs Township. The new township took its name from a spring in the community.

On March 28, 1894, the Borough of East Rutherford was created, based on the results of a popular vote held the previous day, and Boiling Springs Township was dissolved. While there was no change in its borders, the name and form of government were changed. The borough was the second formed amid the "Boroughitis" phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County, in which 26 boroughs were formed in the county in 1894 alone. The arena is best known as the longtime home of the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association and the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League, and also hosted college basketball, arena football, concerts, and other affairs.

Met - Life Stadium is home of the New York Giants and New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL) and hosted Super Bowl XLVIII, which made East Rutherford the smallest town/city ever to host a Super Bowl.

East Rutherford is bounded on the north by the boroughs of Carlstadt and Wallington and to the south by the borough of Rutherford in Bergen County; by Secaucus in Hudson County; and by Passaic in Passaic County. The Passaic River is the boundary, and the Hackensack River is the easterly boundary.

The East Rutherford Operations Center handles currency in the region veiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, a task that includes removing and destroying 5 million currency notes every day. East Rutherford is governed under the Borough form of New Jersey municipal government.

The Borough Council consists of six members propel to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle. The Borough form of government used by East Rutherford, the most common fitness used in the state, is a "weak mayor / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie.

East Rutherford is positioned in the 9th Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 36th state legislative district. New Jersey's Ninth Congressional District is represented by Bill Pascrell (D, Paterson). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Cory Booker (D, Newark, term ends 2021) and Bob Menendez (D, Paramus, 2019).

Tedesco III (D, Paramus; term ends December 31, 2018). The seven freeholders are propel at-large in partisan elections on a staggered basis, with two or three seats coming up for election each year, with a Chairman, Vice Chairman and Chairman Pro Tempore chose from among its members at a reorganization meeting held each January. Bergen County's Freeholders are Freeholder Chairwoman Joan Voss (D, 2017; Fort Lee), Vice Chairman Steve Tanelli (D, 2015; North Arlington) Chairman Pro Tempore John A.

Becton Regional High School in East Rutherford, which serves high school students from both Carlstadt and East Rutherford.

Public school students from the borough, and all of Bergen County, are eligible to attend the secondary education programs offered by the Bergen County Technical Schools, which include the Bergen County Academies in Hackensack, and the Bergen Tech ground in Teterboro or Paramus.

The East Rutherford Police Department provides emergency and protective services to the borough of East Rutherford.

As of May 2010, the borough had a total of 30.53 miles (49.13 km) of roadways, of which 20.21 miles (32.52 km) were maintained by the municipality, 4.20 miles (6.76 km) by Bergen County and 4.44 miles (7.15 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and 1.68 miles (2.70 km) by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. The only interstate that passes through and serves East Rutherford is Interstate 95 (the New Jersey Turnpike Western Spur) at Exit 16 - W.

The Rutherford station, which is positioned on the Rutherford - East Rutherford border, provides train service on NJ Transit's Bergen County Line. See also: Category:People from East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Henry Helstoski (1925 1999), represented New Jersey's 8th congressional district, served as councilman of East Rutherford in 1956 and as mayor from 1957 to 1965. Hollenbeck (born 1938), politician who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1983. Dick Vitale (born 1939), sports broadcaster who attended high school and coached at his alma mater, East Rutherford High School; inducted into the East Rutherford Hall of Fame in 1985. a b c d e f 2010 Enumeration Gazetteer Files: New Jersey County Subdivisions, United States Enumeration Bureau.

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"When Henry Hook was fourteen years old, living in East Rutherford, New Jersey, his grandmother gave him a crossword jigsaw puzzle for Christmas." "In October, when President Barack Obama impel New Jersey Magistrate Judge Patty Shwartz to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, he commented that the East Rutherford resident 'has a long and impressive record of service and a history of handing down fair and judicious decisions.'" Municipal Incorporations of the State of New Jersey (according to Counties) prepared by the Division of Local Government, Department of the Treasury (New Jersey); December 1, 1958 History of Bergen and Passaic Counties, New Jersey, with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men.

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