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Recycling Center Open August 7

The Fanwood Recycling Center will be open on August 7 from 8 am to 11 am for self-service drop off of specialty recycling. In order to comply with social distancing guidelines, residents will be asked to unload materials from their vehicles by themselves. If you are unable to unload the materials from your vehicle, it is ...

July 27th, 2021|

FanJam is BACK!

On Saturday, September 11th from 11 – 7, The community will come together in Fanwood’s LaGrande Park for the first major local event since New Jersey lifted Covid restrictions. The date is also special because it marks the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. In addition to the signature combo of live bands, food ...

July 27th, 2021|

Agenda for Monday, July 19, 2021 Mayor & Council Meeting

OPEN PUBLIC MEETING STATEMENT   This Meeting was called pursuant to the provisions of the Open Public Meetings Act. Notice of this meeting was sent to the Times, Westfield, New Jersey, the Courier News, Bridgewater, New Jersey, the Star Ledger, Newark, New Jersey, and the Alternate Press (TAP Into.net). In addition, copies of notice were ...

July 20th, 2021|

New basketball & pickleball courts highlight Forest Road Park improvements

Mayor Colleen Mahr cut the ribbon to officially reveal the new and improved Forest Road Park, the first phase of a renewal project which includes a new regulation basketball court and two pickleball courts. The Mayor was joined by members of the Fanwood Recreation Commission, Borough Council, County Commission, Borough Engineer, and designers from CME ...

July 16th, 2021|

Fanwood Party in the Park Returns

Karate demonstration After a year’s absence due to the COVID pandemic, the Party in the Park returned to Fanwood’s LaGrande Park on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, drawing several hundred happy participants, many of them children. Mayor Colleen Mahr flanked by Recreation Commissioners Scott Sinclair and Ivan Solomahhin Despite temperatures in the ...

June 30th, 2021|

Volunteers bring Fanwood Pollinator and Monarch Butterfly gardens to life

Sandy Redder at the Monarch garden The beauty of nature is helped along in a big way by volunteers in Fanwood, specifically members of the Fanwood Environmental Commission and helpers who’ve been planting, weeding, and watering gardens around Borough Hall. “The Pollinator Garden provides the basic food source for our native pollinators,” explained ...

June 30th, 2021|

Recycling Center Open July 10

Due to the July 4 Holiday, The Fanwood Recycling Center will be open on July 10 (the second Saturday of the month), from 8 am to 11 am for self-service drop off of specialty recycling. In order to comply with social distancing guidelines, residents will be asked to unload materials from their vehicles by themselves. If ...

June 29th, 2021|

PD: Cooling Stations Available for upcoming heat

In light of the ongoing heatwave, the Fanwood Police department has set up a cooling center at the Fanwood Carriage House, also known as the Patricia Kuran Cultural Arts Center, from June 28 through July 2, 8 am to 8 pm. Access to the Carriage House is from the path leading from the front of ...

June 28th, 2021|

Scotch Plains/Fanwood Community turns out for first Juneteenth celebration

(Scotch Plains, NJ)--The first Juneteenth community celebration sprang to life in Scotch Plains Saturday, June 19, 2021, with a spectrum of events celebrating the end of slavery in the U.S. and a restating of racial equity goals going forward. The mayors and councils of Scotch Plains and Fanwood took part in the dedication ceremony, capping ...

June 21st, 2021|

Midpoint Review of Housing Element and Fair Share Plan Implementation

Fanwood Borough’s Settlement Agreement with the Fair Share Housing Center (FSHC) requires that the Borough comply with the midpoint realistic opportunity review requirements of the Fair Housing Act (FHA) at NJSA 52:27D-313. Specifically, Paragraph 16.a of the Settlement Agreement stipulates that: For the midpoint realistic opportunity review due on July 1, 2020, as required pursuant ...

June 18th, 2021|