DMV Event
Your MVC “Agency on Wheels” is coming to Fanwood! Monday, November 6 from 10am-2pm at Forest Rd Park. Please register at: https://forms.gle/qKGP5jcTWumY2mKb8
Residents voice concerns at Master Plan town meeting
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, ...
SPF BBQ
Sunday, November 5th, from 3 pm – 5 pm at Italian American Club. Please RSVP by November 1st at. SPFHEROES@gmail.com. Read more about events celebrating our Veterans here.
Mayor, Council & Officials Give Thumbs Up to 5K Planners & Volunteers
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 ...
Fanwood 5K & Health Fair Share Borough Hall Spotlight
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 ...
Police and Pumpkins Saturday, Oct. 28th
Have coffee or hot chocolate with our police officers at this annual event. Bring the kids to decorate a pumpkin and get a look inside some of our police equipment.
Wrestling Draws Crowd at Fanny Wood Day 2023
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 ...
Council passes ordinance requiring new property inspections
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 ...
Pulitzer Winner Celebrates Fanwood Poetry 25th Anniversary
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 ...
Council Hires New Borough Admin, Addresses Flooding
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 ...