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Fanwood New Jersey
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June 2022 Council meeting

Fanwood Council honors student champions, moves dogs-in-parks ordinance amendment to next step The Fanwood Borough Council and Mayor Colleen Mahr honored high school athletes’ achievements, passed the new budget and voted to adopt on first reading an amendment to the ordinance prohibiting dogs in Borough parks at the regular monthly Council meeting Monday, June 20, ...

June 21st, 2022|

Curbside Recycling Now on Wednesdays

Fanwood has a new curbside recycling vendor and pick-up days are switching to Wednesdays. Our new vendor, Grand Sanitation Service, will conduct collections  on alternating Wednesdays for the northside and southside of town. Here's the schedule so far: June 22nd: Southern quadrants June 29th:  Northern quadrants July 6th:  Southern quadrants What changes: Pickup days will ...

June 20th, 2022|

Juneteenth 2022 celebrated with heart and soul

Juneteenth 2022, sponsored by the Township of Scotch Plains, the Borough of Fanwood and Social Justice Matters kicked off on Saturday, June 18th with a brisk wind and a lot of excitement. Opening ceremonies featured a reading of the meaning of Juneteenth by the president and vice president of the Black Student Union at SPF ...

June 19th, 2022|

Cooling Station Available

The Fanwood Carriage House (Patricia M. Kuran Cultural Arts Center), which is next to Borough Hall, is available to those who need a cooling station. Please let friends and neighbors know that this service is available in the event their air conditioning fails. If you need use of the building, call Fanwood Police at the ...

May 21st, 2022|

Fanwood 2022 Road Projects

The Borough of Fanwood is fortunate to have been awarded two NJDOT grants in the amounts of $415,000 and $495,000 to continue upgrading our roadways.  We were awarded an additional grant of $40,000 from the Union County Infrastructure Trust. Using these grants and local funding, this year’s road improvement program includes the reconstruction of Glenwood ...

May 18th, 2022|

Take the Green Team survey

The Fanwood Green Team wants to hear from you The Fanwood Green Team, volunteers dedicated to our environment and maintaining our Sustainable Jersey certification, is asking for your input. They have created a Household Sustainability Survey to learn more about what individuals are already doing to support sustainability. Please take a few minutes to respond to ...

May 17th, 2022|

May Council Action: Recognizing Local Achievers

Here are the highlights of the regular monthly meeting of the Fanwood Borough Council and Mayor, Monday, May 16, 2020: Proclamations and Honors:  Mental Health Awareness Month—Councilwoman Francine Glaser read the proclamation; Mayor Mahr reminded all that Fanwood was designated a Stigma-Free Zone a year ago which specifically addresses community resources available to those with ...

May 17th, 2022|

Rec Director shares comic book artistry

A roomful of about 40 aspiring comic book artists sat at tables inside the Forest Road Park recreation building one night in May 2022 and got lessons in pencil drawing, 3D shapes and the basics of making comic book characters come to life. The instructor was a 20-year veteran of Marvel Comics whose work lives ...

May 11th, 2022|

Fanwood COVID and Monkeypox Update

As of Sept. 8, 2022,  from our local health authority, the Westfield Regional Health Department: This week Union County is showing low covid activity.  There were 34 cases reported during the month of August (down from 61 in July).  The rate of transmission remains below 1, at .89, meaning the number of people testing ...

May 11th, 2022|