A Message from Mayor Mahr
This Sunday, April 5th I invite all Fanwood households to leave an extra light on to show our support and gratitude for medical teams, first responders, mail and delivery workers, pharmacy grocery, and restaurant workers, teachers and child care workers, government employees, gas station attendants and all the other essential service workers who serve us each and every day during this outbreak.
The state is reporting another 4,372 positive COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number in NJ to 29,895. We now have a total of 2,487 confirmed cases in Union County. During today’s press briefing, Governor Murphy stressed that the numbers will continue to rise in part due to the increasing number of testing sites that are now available and in part due to the delay in testing results some of which take a week.
Earlier today, I addressed some of the many COVID-19 resources available to residents in a live video. You can listen to the full video by clicking HERE.
Finally, I’d like to remind those who are struggling to reach out for help. These are confusing, stressful times but you are not alone in your experiences. I urge you to connect with friends, family and neighbors. Any individual struggling to meet their daily needs, or access required resources, should email me directly at mayor@fanwoodnj.org.
– Mayor Colleen Mahr
Special Mayor & Council Meeting Set for April 6
A Special Meeting by the Mayor and Council for the Borough of Fanwood will be convened on Monday, April 6, 2020 at 7pm. Due to COVID-19, the council meeting will be conducted remotely via video conference.
To participate and/or listen to the Meetings of the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Fanwood on Monday, April 6, 2020 at 7pm, EST, please call 1-872-240-3412. When prompted to enter an access code, please enter: 201-378-181
Questions may be submitted by email to gotomeeting@fanwoodnj.org.
Resource Kit from U.S. House
The U.S. House of Representatives has released a COVID-19 Toolkit to assist residents in utilizing the recently passed stimulus package. We urge all residents to take a look at the guide and consider it an additional resource.
View the guide here
State Update
Today Governor Murphy ordered to flags in the state to be lowered to half-staff immediately and indefinitely in honor of those who have lost their lives, and those who will lose their lives, to COVID-19.
State Tax Filing Moved to July 15
Governor Phil Murphy, Senate President Steve Sweeney, and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin issued the following joint statement today on the tax filing deadline and the state budget timetable:
“The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused hardships, financial strain, and disruptions for many New Jerseyans and New Jersey businesses. As part of our response, we have reached an agreement that the state income tax filing deadline and the corporation business tax filing deadline will be extended from April 15 to July 15,” they said in a statement.
