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The new Fanwood Memorial Library opened to the public this week and a ribbon cutting on Saturday, September 14th, 2024, attracted more than 100 residents, local VIPs and elected officials. The opening of the new building is the culmination of a decade of planning that began seeing daylight with the demolition of the 70-year-old original library ...
Statement by Mayor Colleen Mahr January 1, 2024 It has come to my attention that over the New Year’s weekend, Fanwood was one of several New Jersey municipalities where buses presumably carrying migrants from Texas arrived so they could be loaded onto trains to New York. The New Jersey Governor’s office, in remarks to the ...
The public is invited to the annual Reorganization meeting of the Borough of Fanwood and swearings-in of Mayor Colleen Mahr and Councilmen Jeff Banks and Anthony Carter January 3rd, 2024 at 5:30 PM. The meeting will also be carried live on Community TV and Facebook. Reception to follow at Darby Road Public House 450 Park ...
At its last official meeting of 2023, Mayor Colleen Mahr swore-in a new police lieutenant and the Council approved the designation of the Fanwood Memorial Library as a book sanctuary in response to concerns of book bannings around the country. Sgt. Ryan Gilmore was promoted to Lieutenant and sworn in by the mayor in the ...
A loud and colorful convoy traveled through Fanwood on Saturday, December 16, 2023, bringing Santa Claus door to door delivering presents to the town’s children. The annual Santa Parade, a tradition that began as a neighborhood celebration in the 1950s, has grown to a town-wide journey which this year visited hundreds of homes. Escorted by ...
Some timely reminders to school zone drivers and pedestrians during the holiday season: Crossing Guards are at various intersections in town. Please be patient as their job is to ensure the safety of pedestrians and not to direct traffic. Please be vigilant when they are in crosswalks. Police officers will continue to be in school ...
A cold, light drizzle didn’t stop many Fanwoodians from attending this year’s holiday celebration and tree lighting on the North Avenue lawn of the old train station. Mayor Colleen Mahr and members of the Borough Council hosted several hundred visitors who stood in line to see Santa, enjoy coffee and cookies, a petting zoo, Christmas ...
Join the Fanwood Police Department and First Children School in providing gifts for the needy this holiday season! The Giving Tree helps our local residents and those in neighboring communities. A Holiday tree has been set up at Borough Hall and contains “wish tags” from needy residents identifying gifts they and their families would appreciate ...
There was an awful drunk driving accident at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School the morning of November 16th, 2023, but it was staged to simulate the damage, grief and death that result from poor decisions behind the wheel. Scotch Plains EMTs “treat” unresponsive patient First responders raced to the scene on Happle Court where ...
The Borough of Fanwood held its annual Veterans Day ceremony under a bright, blue sky at the North Avenue train station on Saturday, November 11th, 2023. Joe McCourt speaking Two local veterans’ groups, American Legion Post 209 and Veterans of Foreign Wars post 10122 sponsored the event. Army veteran Joe McCourt was the ...