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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Colleen Mahr was sworn in for her unprecedented fourth term as Fanwood mayor and Councilman Jack Molenaar and Councilwoman Erin McElroy Barker were also sworn in for their new terms during ceremonies at Borough Hall New Year's Day. Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) administered the oath to Mahr and Molenaar while State Sen. Nicholas Scutari ...
A crowd of more than 200 people turned out Sunday, Dec. 13, as Fanwood Mayor Colleen Mahr and the New Jersey chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America held a commemoration to mark the third anniversary of the Sandy Hook school shootings and to honor all survivors and victims of gun violence. ...
Community Access Unlimited (CAU) executive director Sid Blanchard, center, leads the way as Union County Freeholders Bette Jane Kowalski, left, Vernell Wright and Al Mirabella are joined by Fanwood Mayor Colleen Mahr and Council president Kathy Mitchell and a large group at the formal opening of the new CAU facility at Terrill Road and Midway ...
America's veterans, particularly those from Fanwood who have served or are currently on active duty, were honored Wednesday, Nov. 11, in Veterans' Day ceremonies at the Fanwood Memorial Library. Jointly sponsored by American Legion Post 209 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10122, the ceremonies featured speakers, an eight-person joint color guard from the two ...
Fanwood Mayor Colleen Mahr was elected to an unprecedented fourth term Nov. 3, leading all vote-getters on the ballot in the borough. Councilman Jack Molenaar won re-election while Erin McElroy-Barker won a seat on Council in her first race. Mahr, Molenaar and McElroy-Barker were joined by other Council members at Fanwood Borough Hall to see ...
Rail advocates and New Jersey Transit officials are saying evening one-seat ride service to New York on the Raritan Valley Line will begin in January, according to nj.com. The move comes after the planned start in November was cancelled by NJT. Passengers won't need to change trains in Newark on the new service, running between 8 p.m. ...
It's been a busy year on Fanwood's highways and byways as road and sidewalk improvements and work on the aging gas and water infrastructure has had construction crews in action. This year's projects are beginning to wrap up now, according to borough engineer Peter Bondar. In the meantime, construction is continuing on roadway improvements on ...