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Little League season launched in Fanwood

Mayor Colleen Mahr threw out a ceremonial first pitch Saturday, April 16th, to launch the 2016 season of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Youth Baseball League. The inaugural pitch came at LaGrande Park and capped off the daylong Rockin' for Autism music festival. It's the first time the League launched its season in Fanwood since the Scotch ...

April 16th, 2016|

Deadline approaching for Fanwood Rec summer programs enrollment

If you have children entering grades 6–9 in September, the Tweens & Teens Travel Camp is now open for registration, too. Register by April 3 and save $15. The camp is scheduled for the weeks of July 18 and July 25. Destinations include Delaware River Tubing, Mountain Creek Water Park, Zoom Ziplines, New York Mets, NYC ...

April 1st, 2016|

Leaving soon! Fanwood’s caboose making trip to new home

The caboose that's been sitting in the recycling center since 2010 is destined for a new life at a new home. At the Borough Council meeting Monday, March 21, the Council approved a resolution to donate the caboose to the Sterling Hill Mining Museum in Ogdensburg, N.J., a familiar destination for class trips by school ...

March 26th, 2016|

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March 16th, 2016|

Fanwood police help turn Girl Scouts’ cookie clash into happy ending

Selling Girl Scout cookies on their own street in Scotch Plains turned ugly for two little girls in February. But as one of them now says, it was a blessing in disguise. Angelina Skolar, 9, and her sister Natalie, 12, now have boxes and boxes of Girl Scout cookies in their dining room, the result ...

March 13th, 2016|

Police, officials gather in Fanwood to hear gun safety message

Nearly two dozen government and law enforcement officials from Union County met Thursday, March 3, at Fanwood's Forest Road Park to hear from the New Jersey chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America on how a gun safety campaign the group advocates, Be SMART, can work in their towns. "Our ultimate goal ...

March 3rd, 2016|

MLK Day of Service draws a large turnout of volunteers

The seventh annual Martin Luther King Day of Service drew several hundred volunteers to more than two dozen events throughout the area Monday as people made it, "a day on, not a day off" by taking part in a wide range of activities. There was something for everyone as kids made cards for other kids ...

February 26th, 2016|

Large crowd turns out for recycling town hall, offers ideas, comments

Mayor Colleen Mahr, members of Council and recycling officials heard from more than two dozen people Tuesday, Feb. 23, during a crowded town hall meeting at Forest Road Park on recycling in the borough. A standing-room-only crowd of more than 125 people turned out on the rainy night to comment on possible recycling options, including ...

February 23rd, 2016|

Writer, lyricist Rupert Holmes visits ‘Drood’ cast and crew at SPFHS

Members of the cast and crew of the Scotch Plains Fanwood High School production of  The Mystery of Edwin Drood got top-level advice and a glowing review from Tony Award-winning writer and lyricist Rupert Holmes Feb. 17 at the high school. Holmes, who wrote the script and the music for the play, dropped by to ...

February 17th, 2016|

Raritan Valley Rail Coalition unveils new video, petition drive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BScxo4d36aQ&feature=youtu.be The Raritan Valley Rail Coalition (RVRC) has unveiled a new video and has also begun a petition drive to support the call for expanded "one-seat" ride service on the rail line. The new video, which was partially shot in Fanwood, illustrates the benefits to people along the Raritan Valley train line of a ...

February 9th, 2016|