Rutherford

Rutherford Multicultural Festival!

Multicultural Festival May 21

Rutherford’s Civil Rights Commission will be holding the 13th Annual Rutherford Multicultural Festival on Saturday, May 21, 2016 (rain date May 22), at Lincoln Park from noon to 7 p.m. The Festival will feature food, dancing and music from around the world. People with disabilities will have priority for all events and there will be a bathroom and quiet room for families. For more information, updates or would like to assist or be a sponsor, visit www.rutherfordtogether.com

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Rutherford NJ Tree Planting Day

Rutherford Clean Up Day & Tree Planting
When: 9:00 a.m.
Sat, April 23, 9am – 12pm
Where
Throughout Rutherford (map)
Description
Residents are invited to help make sure various areas around our borough are nice and clean during Rutherford’s second annual Clean Up Day. Residents may volunteer at sites such as the Train Station, Williams Center Plaza, Memorial Park Leisure Lane and the Ettrick Terrace Parking Lot.

Participants must sign-in at Borough Hall at 9 a.m. Children under 12 must be accompanied by a responsible adult. Participants will be welcomed and then divide into groups.

At 11:30 a.m., there will be a tree planting ceremony at Union School. This year, the tree will be planted in honor of of Board of Education Board Member, Thom Casadonte, and Arbor Day (which is April 29).

Full Pink Moon in Northern NJ

The April full moon will appear on Friday, April 22, 2016, at 1:24 a.m. It is called the “Full Pink Moon.” According to the “Farmer’s Almanac,” this name came from the herb, moss pink, or wild ground phlox, which is one of the earliest widespread flowers of the spring. Other names include the “Full Sprouting Grass Moon,” the “Egg Moon,” and, among Coastal tribes, the “Full Fish Moon,” because this was the time that the shad swam upstream to spawn. The Native American Indians of the northern and eastern United States kept track of the seasons by giving a name to each recurring full moon. European settlers followed the custom.    Gazette