Borough Hall: 908.322.8236
Borough Hall: 908.322.8236
Due to the delay in the receipt of a final tax rate for 2023, final property tax bills for 2023 have not been mailed. Once we receive the new tax rate you will receive your bill. The due date for 3rd quarter taxes remains August 1, BUT due to the delay in mailing the grace ...
Fanwood’s amazing high school athletes took center stage at the July regular meeting of the Fanwood Mayor and Council Monday, July 17th, 2023. Record setting track and field achievements by Boys’ and Girls’ Track-and-Field athletes were recognized by the Council which presented proclamations congratulating them on the following: Jenai Berry for State Sectional Championship in ...
Fanwood families turned out for the Party in the Park, rescheduled because of last week’s poor weather, and there were old and new attractions this year at the event’s usual site, LaGrande Park. New was a pillow case race sponsored by Fanwood’s Shovlin Mattress Company. Owner Ron Shovlin and his staff signed up racers at ...
Mayor Colleen Mahr and members of the Borough Council participated in raising a Pride Flag at Borough Hall on Monday, June 19th, in observance of Pride Month recognizing LGBTQ members of the community. The event was suggested by Caden Swiatek, a Fanwood resident and rising senior at the Newmark School in Scotch Plains, about celebrating ...
Fanwood Police Director Michael Bramhall told the Borough Council at its regular June meeting Monday that police are ramping up measures to both prevent vandalism in Borough parks and catch the perpetrators. Ongoing vandalism at Forest Road Park, LaGrande Park and the Fanwood Nature Center hit a low point late last week with racist and ...
The third annual Juneteenth event attracted families from across the Fanwood-Scotch Plains area to celebrate diversity, local Black History and the end of slavery in the shadow of the first Black country club, the Shady Rest on Jerusalem Road in Scotch Plains. MC Marklyn "MisterDirect" Johnson Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021 ...
Ladies Night filled downtown Fanwood with excitement and shoppers for the tenth consecutive year on Thursday, June 1st, 2023. Local merchants and vendors from around the area set up shop in and around the South Avenue plaza between Fanwood Crossing I and II. South Avenue businesses Enchantments, Fanwood Eye Care and Monk’s Home Improvements offered ...
Mayor Colleen Mahr welcomed citizens, veterans, first responders and other dignitaries to Fanwood’s official observance of Memorial Day held this year at the historic train station on North Avenue. Bright sun shone on the gathering of about 150 people who came to remember those lost in war and pay tribute to those serving today. ...
The new Fanwood Memorial Library Foundation received its first donation this week in memory of a resident who lived across the street from the former library and spent hours there reading. The family of Carlo Bravo, who died one year ago on May 24th, the day after his 56th birthday, donated $20 thousand to the ...
Fanwood Community TV, represented by Cologna Productions, took home awards for excellence from the Jersey Access Group (JAG) at their annual convention and awards ceremony in Edison on May 18th. The JAG Awards promote merit by recognizing those who make significant contributions to public, education, and government access media in support of local communities. We ...