Editing Chatham Borough, New Jersey (section)

==Fishawack Festival==
First celebrated in 1971, the Fishawack Festival is held in the beginning of summer, on South Passaic Avenue and Fire House Plaza, which are blocked off so up to 20,000 attendees may walk freely in the streets. Local vendors set up booths to sell food, clothing, toys, and various other souvenirs, as well as offering games and rides for children. The festival has been sponsored by the Madison [[YMCA]], PipeWorks Services, and Klas Electrical. Funds generated from the Fishawack Festival go toward various community groups located in Chatham and Chatham Township.

The word "Fishawack" is derived from the Lenni Lenape name for the Passaic River. In a book about the derivation of the name for the festival, ''Chatham at the Crossing of the Fishawack'' by John T. Cunningham, the author noted, "Fishawack was the Lenni Lenape Indian name for the Passaic River and Chatham was located at the narrowest part making it the ''Crossing of the Fishawack in the Valley of the Great Watchung''... In 1971, a Chamber of Commerce sidewalk sale day, called Fishawack Day, was held. Thus began an event, which in time was adopted by Fishawack Inc., the governing body of volunteers who turned it into a big biennial town-wide Festival.".<ref>Staff. [http://www.nj.com/independentpress/index.ssf/2013/06/fishawack_festival_held_in_dow.html "Fishawack Festival held in downtown Chatham on June 8"], ''Independent Press'', June 6, 2013. Accessed July 27, 2015. "Fishawack was the Lenni Lenape Indian name for the Passaic River and Chatham was located at the narrowest part making it the ''Crossing of the Fishawack in the Valley of the Great Watchung'', according to John T. Cunningham's book, ''Chatham at the Crossing of the Fishawack''... In 1971, a Chamber of Commerce sidewalk sale day, called Fishawack Day, was held. Thus began an event, which in time was adopted by Fishawack Inc., the governing body of volunteers who turned it into a big biennial town-wide Festival."</ref>