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The entire community is invited to honor Fanwood veterans at the annual Veterans Day observance at the North Side train station on Saturday, November 11th, Veterans Day. Meanwhile, show your support for our vets by taking part in Operation Green Light, a nationwide campaign to honor our military veterans by shining a green light at ...
Mayor Colleen Mahr, the Borough Council and Planning Board hosted a town hall tonight to get the community’s input on the Fanwood Master Plan, a blueprint for the next phase of the Borough’s development and priorities. Last examined in 2021, the Master Plan’s purpose is to state goals and objectives regarding land use, historic preservation, ...
Sunday’s 5K Pizza Run, Family Fun Run and Health Fair received rave reviews at the October regular meeting of the Mayor and Council Monday, October 16, 2023. “It was a great day,” said Councilwoman Erin McElroy Barker who reported the 5K and Fun Run saw a total of 595 registered runners compared to around 200 ...
The Fanwood 5K Pizza and Family Fun Run took off from Borough Hall Sunday, October 15, 2023, along new routes through the north side of town and sharing space on the front lawn with the annual Fanwood Health Fair. 5K runners Fanwood Eye Care was among the local practices at the Health ...
The annual Fanny Wood Day street fair drew families from across the region for a day of live music, eclectic food, contests, kiddie rides and, for the first time, an exhibition of professional wrestling in an arena erected right on South Avenue. A color guard made up of Boy Scouts from Troop 33 brought the ...
At its monthly work/agenda meeting Monday, October 2, 2023, the Borough Council voted final passage to two ordinances affecting certain property owners in the Borough. One amends Chapter 12 of the Borough Code to mandate new safety & maintenance inspections for homes, businesses or apartments being sold, rented or leased to ensure that incoming homeowners ...
Paul Muldoon, a renowned poet and winner of the Pulitzer and T.S. Eliot prizes, was the guest reader at a celebration Tuesday, September 26th, of the 25th anniversary of Fanwood’s Carriage House Poetry Series. The event was organized and hosted by Fanwood’s Cultural Arts Commission co-chaired by Adele Kenny and Tom Plante, both published poets ...
During its regular monthly meeting on September 18, 2023, the Borough Council adopted on first reading an ordinance that will revise the town’s flood maps in an effort to prevent isolated repeated flooding following extraordinarily heavy rainstorms. The new Chapter 257 of the Borough Code would provide for new flood hazard maps and a floodplain ...
NE & NW QUADRANTS: SEPTEMBER 11 SE & SW QUADRANTS: SEPTEMBER 18 This program is for brush & branches only! Materials are to be placed curbside on the street by 7:00 a.m. on Monday on the dates above. Each resident will receive one (1) pickup during their scheduled week. Branches shall not exceed 4’ in ...
Fanwood’s annual Halloween Parade and Costume Contest brought families from across the region to march through the downtown and LaGrande Park in fantastic costumes Tuesday, October 31st. Led by the SPF High School Marching Band, the large crowd made its way from the North Avenue train station down Martine Avenue to Marion Avenue and LaGrande ...