Due to the delay in receiving the 2017 tax rate, printing of the tax bills for the 3rd & 4th quarter 2017; 1st & 2nd quarter 2018 will be delayed.  There will be an extension to the grace period for 3rd quarter to accommodate this late mailing.  

Beginning tonight at 8 p.m. Monday, July 10, until 6 a.m. the next day, and continuing Monday through Friday evenings for the next several weeks, NJDOT’s contractor Schifano Construction Corp., is scheduled to close up to two lanes between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. on I-78 eastbound local for milling and paving. Initial resurfacing will start in Berkeley Heights and move eastward for approximately six miles to ...

 The Carriage House Poetry Series invites the public to attend a free evening of poetry readings on Tuesday, July 18th beginning at 8:00 p.m. in the Patricia Kuran Arts Center on Watson Road, off North Martine Avenue, adjacent to Fanwood Borough Hall (GPS use 75 N. Martine Avenue). The evening’s readings will feature two distinguished New Jersey poets, Laura ...

Hundreds of Fanwood residents gathered at La Grande Park for the annual Party in the Park on Tuesday, June 27. This year’s event boasted a wide array of activities including bouncy houses, slides, laser-tag, a challenge course, and a special Secret Life of Pets themed scavenger hunt. As the sun set and the movie ...

Fanwood Memorial Library director Dan Weiss participated in a workshop presentation in Chicago over the weekend at the American Library Association’s 2017 Annual Conference. Over 75 librarians from around the US and Canada gathered to hear Dan speak about his award-winning project, Libraries and Autism: We’re Connected (www.librariesandautism.org). The project, which centers on autism awareness, ...

The Borough of Fanwood is dedicated to the fight against climate change.  Having already achieved Bronze Status in the Sustainable Jersey Program, Mayor Colleen Mahr recently pledged to join the national “Climate Mayors Initiative”, which will help the Borough to target its  efforts to reduce waste, cut greenhouse gas emissions, and work towards environmental equity. ...

Fanwood Mayor Colleen Mahr, members of the Borough Council and Planning Board, and developer Landmark Companies broke ground June 22nd, 2017, on a project more than a decade in the making, the redevelopment of the parcel of land at 2nd Street and LaGrande Avenue known as the former Dean Oil site. Station Square at Fanwood, ...

At the regular June Fanwood Borough Council on June 19, the Council named Bill Lee the Volunteer of the Month. Mr. Lee has been a member of the Fanwood Planning Board for the past 12 years. The Planning Board, like all of our boards and commissions, is made up of volunteers who dedicate their time ...

Since its inception in 1933, the College Club of Fanwood –Scotch Plains objectives have been to increase the interest of local young women in going to college, and to provide “material aid” by way of scholarships. To date the College Club has awarded approximately $630,000 in scholarships. This past May, the College Club of Fanwood ...