Rutherford, New Jersey Rutherford, New Jersey Official seal of Rutherford, New Jersey Map highlighting Rutherford's locale within Bergen County.
Inset: Bergen County's locale within New Jersey.
Map highlighting Rutherford's locale within Bergen County.
Inset: Bergen County's locale within New Jersey.
Enumeration Bureau map of Rutherford, New Jersey Enumeration Bureau map of Rutherford, New Jersey State New Jersey Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
Rutherford was formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on September 21, 1881, from portions of Union Township, based on the results of a popular vote held on the previous day. The borough was titled for John Rutherfurd, a U.S.
Rutherford has been called the "Borough of Trees" and "The First Borough of Bergen County". The ridge above the New Jersey Meadowlands upon which Rutherford sits was settled by Lenape Native Americans long before the arrival of Walling Van Winkle in 1687.
During the early days of settlement, the territory that is now Rutherford was part of New Barbadoes Township, as Berry had lived in Barbados, another English colony, before claiming his grant in New Jersey.
New Barbadoes was part of Essex County from 1693 to 1710, when Bergen County was formed.
When Hudson County was formed in 1840, the region that is today North Arlington, Lyndhurst, Rutherford and East Rutherford became part of Harrison Township (of which today's remaining portion is Harrison town).
At the time, much of the property in Rutherford was farmland owned by the estate of John Rutherfurd, a former New Jersey legislator and U.S.
Hayes, who was propel President in 1876, or could have been because of a clerical error done by the United States Postal Service. The Post Office opened a facility called "Rutherford" in 1876.
New Jersey Transit initiated a $1 million universal in 2009 to renovate the station, which had been constructed in 1898, to restore the interior of the structure. Rutherford is an inner-ring suburb of New York City, positioned 8 miles (13 km) west of Midtown Manhattan. The borough is bounded by the Passaic River bordering Clifton and Passaic to the west, the Erie Railroad bordering East Rutherford to the north and east, the Hackensack River bordering Secaucus to the southeast, and Berrys Creek, Wall Street West and Rutherford Avenue bordering Lyndhurst to the south and southwest. On May 27, 2008, the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission terminated its agreement with En - Cap Golf Holdings, the business that had the contract to redevelop the site, after the business had missed targets to clean up the landfills as part of the project. Rutherford holds an annual street fair on Labor Day which is the longest running street fair in New Jersey and usually attracts 20,000 citizens . 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 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.
As of 2017, the Mayor of the Borough of Rutherford is Republican Joseph De - Salvo Jr., whose term of office ends December 31, 2019.
Members of the Rutherford Borough Council are Council President Frank Nunziato (R, 2018), Mark Goldsack (D, 2019), Stephanie Mc - Gowan (D, 2017), Thomas Mullahey (D, 2019), Carolyn Smith (D, 2017) and Sean Walker (R, 2018). 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.
As of May 2010, the borough had a total of 46.84 miles (75.38 km) of roadways, of which 36.52 miles (58.77 km) were maintained by the municipality, 6.48 miles (10.43 km) by Bergen County, 3.36 miles (5.41 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and 0.48 miles (0.77 km) by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. Following the 1927 New Jersey State Highway renumbering, the new NJ 2 (later NJ 17) was assembled in 1928, skirting the southeast edge of the borough, between the residentiary region and the New Jersey Meadowlands.
A short portion of the New Jersey Turnpike Western Spur (Interstate 95) passes through the southern section of Rutherford, but the closest interchange is positioned in neighboring East Rutherford (exit 16 - W).
Thanks to its easy access to New York City by rail, Rutherford became an early bedroom community.
The 191, 192 and 195 routes all serve the portion of Rutherford that is adjoining to NJ-3, as well as the portion of NJ-17 that goes through Rutherford.
Rutherford's train station, which was assembled by the Erie Railroad in 1898, serves passengers on NJ Transit's Bergen County Line. Service is available to Suffern and various stations along Metro-North Railroad's Port Jervis Line, as well as all other Bergen County Line stations as Rutherford is the last stop before Secaucus Junction.
Service is also provided to Hoboken Terminal with connections to Hudson Bergen Light Rail, PATH, and NY Waterway service, and customers can connect at Secaucus for trains to New York Penn Station, Newark Liberty International Airport, and points west and south along the Morris & Essex Lines, North Jersey Coast Line, Northeast Corridor Line, and Montclair-Boonton Line.
The Rutherford Police Department (RPD) provides emergency and protective services to the borough of Rutherford.
The Rutherford School District serves the borough's enhance school students in kindergarten through twelfth grade.
Public education began in Rutherford before to 1900, but the earliest school structure that is still standing is the former Park School, assembled in 1902.
As of the 2011 12 school year, the district's five schools had an enrollment of 2,480 students and 194.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student teacher ratio of 12.75:1. The schools in the precinct (with 2010 11 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Lincoln School (grades K 3; 371 students), Washington School (K 3; 346), Pierrepont School (4 6; 508), Union School (7 8; 497) and Rutherford High School (9 12; 758). Rutherford formerly had three "neighborhood" schools for grades K 5 (Washington, Lincoln, and Sylvan) which fed into two "magnet" schools for 6-8.
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.
See also: Category:People from Rutherford, New Jersey.
George Dayton (1827 ?), represented Bergen County in the New Jersey Senate from 1875 1877. (1920 1996), member of the New Jersey Senate in 1968. Kathleen Donovan (born 1952), County Executive of Bergen County, New Jersey who had previously been County Clerk and a member of the New Jersey General Assembly. Ely (1891 1942), precinct judge in New Jersey from 1924 1928 and represented Bergen County in the New Jersey Senate from 1932 1934. Daniel Holsman, represented Bergen County in the New Jersey Senate from 1863-1865. Mc - Pherson, former member of the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders who served as Rutherford's mayor from 2000 2007. Winant Van Winkle (1879 1943), represented Bergen County in the New Jersey Senate from 1935-1940. Rolon is one of the first state licensed MMA competitors in New Jersey as well as the 2001 IFC Battleground Heavyweight champion. New Jersey certified tree expert Bill Comery, who works part-time for Rutherford, said that means trouble for trees not just in the near future but for years to come." "Rutherford, while accessible through bustling Route 17, is 'The Borough of Trees' because of tall trees that form canopies over its residentiary streets." History of Rutherford, Rutherford Downtown Partnership.
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"Up until this resolution was adopted, Rutherford's Master Plan only recognized seven sites in the borough that were already on the state or nationwide register of historic sites.
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"Hoping to start a new improve tradition, the Borough of Trees is planning on holding its first Rutherford Soap Box Derby next spring.The derby aims to give Rutherford kids and grownups a chance to design, build and race cars." Parks and Facilities, Borough of Rutherford.
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"Born in Jersey City, raised in Rutherford (she cut her acting teeth with the Bergen County Players in Oradell), she lived in Teaneck, Hawthorne and Glen Rock before settling, eight years ago, in New Milford." Louis Frey Jr., Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Rutherford is just 25 minutes from New York City, and close enough to the airports that jet him to Hollywood." "In 1999, Mc - Pherson was first propel to office as a Councilwoman in Rutherford, New Jersey.
"Morrow, a warm, affable man who puts a visitor on a first name basis immediately, was born in 1942, the son of two New Jersey psychiatrists, and interval up in the New York suburbs of Rutherford and Passaic." Manuscript Group 398, Rutherfurd Family, New Jersey Historical Society.
In 1808, he moved to Bergen County, New Jersey, near present-day Rutherford." "Family, military pay tribute to Tuskegee Airman Calvin Spann", The Dallas Morning News, Born in Rutherford, N.J., Spann was a Tuskegee Airman and fighter pilot with the 100th Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group." "Growing up in Rutherford, NJ, he graduated from Rutherford High School and received an S.B.
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The prominent WCBS-TV news anchor was born in Hackensack, raised in Rutherford and moved to Mahwah when he was in sixth grade." "Garrett, who started his longterm position at Rutherford High School, Rutherford, N.J.
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"The A's started Vin Mazzaro, a 22-year-old rookie who interval up a Yankees fan while starring at Rutherford High School in New Jersey." 'They always do things right in New Jersey,' said center Shaun O'Hara, a Rutgers grad who interval up in Hillsborough and now lives in Rutherford." "Leo Paquin, 83, One of Fordham's Blocks of Granite", The New York Times, December 3, 1993.
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