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Lifelong Friends Make Rutherford Pool Reopening Happen Lifelong Friends Make Rutherford Pool Reopening Happen
Lifelong Friends Make Rutherford Pool Reopening Happen Two best friends and lifelong Rutherford residents joined forces to save the town’s historic community pool after it had been shut down. Thanks to Mike Lazzara, and Chris Dunn, Rutherford's community pool reopened Tuesday with COVID-19 guidelines in place. Lazzara, 29, and Dunn, 27, dreamed of starting their own aquatics program even as children. Their dream became a reality in February of 2019, when they developed the concept for the Rutherford Swim Association. But it certainly wasn’t easy.  At the time, the pool had been severely underutilized due to neglect. Lazzara and Dunn — who b…

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by Valerie Musson