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The Fanwood Community Foundation 2023 grant recipients are: clockwise from top left: Fanwood Volunteer Rescue Squad, Scotch Plains-Fanwood YMCA, Jam Kancer in the Kan Foundation, Caring Contact, Wolves Basketball Academy, and the Tiny Tim Fund. Fanwood -- The Fanwood Community Foundation (FCF) has announced six local nonprofits have been awarded a total of $7,500 ...
Members of the Fanwood Green Team will have a table set up during the opening ceremony of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood MLK Day of Service where they will have a collection of Lego bricks to be donated to First Book for kids in need. The opening ceremony, which begins at 10 am, will be held at ...
As a reminder to all Fanwood residents, dog and cat license registrations and renewals are due by January 31. All dogs and cats in the Borough of Fanwood are required to be licensed each year. Licenses may be obtained in person at the office of the Municipal Clerk at the Fanwood Borough Hall (75 N. ...
New Jersey Lieutenant Governor Tahesha L. Way poses for a group picture with Mayor Colleen Mahr and the Borough Council prior to Wednesday’s reorganization meeting. Pictured from left to right: Councilwoman Gina Berry, Councilwoman Patricia Walsh, Lt. Gov. Way, Mayor Mahr, Councilwoman Katherine Mitchell, Councilman Jeff Banks, and Councilman Anthony Carter. The Fanwood ...
Statement by Mayor Colleen Mahr January 1, 2024 It has come to my attention that over the New Year’s weekend, Fanwood was one of several New Jersey municipalities where buses presumably carrying migrants from Texas arrived so they could be loaded onto trains to New York. The New Jersey Governor’s office, in remarks to the ...
The public is invited to the annual Reorganization meeting of the Borough of Fanwood and swearings-in of Mayor Colleen Mahr and Councilmen Jeff Banks and Anthony Carter January 3rd, 2024 at 5:30 PM. The meeting will also be carried live on Community TV and Facebook. Reception to follow at Darby Road Public House 450 Park ...
At its last official meeting of 2023, Mayor Colleen Mahr swore-in a new police lieutenant and the Council approved the designation of the Fanwood Memorial Library as a book sanctuary in response to concerns of book bannings around the country. Sgt. Ryan Gilmore was promoted to Lieutenant and sworn in by the mayor in the ...
A loud and colorful convoy traveled through Fanwood on Saturday, December 16, 2023, bringing Santa Claus door to door delivering presents to the town’s children. The annual Santa Parade, a tradition that began as a neighborhood celebration in the 1950s, has grown to a town-wide journey which this year visited hundreds of homes. Escorted by ...
Some timely reminders to school zone drivers and pedestrians during the holiday season: Crossing Guards are at various intersections in town. Please be patient as their job is to ensure the safety of pedestrians and not to direct traffic. Please be vigilant when they are in crosswalks. Police officers will continue to be in school ...
A cold, light drizzle didn’t stop many Fanwoodians from attending this year’s holiday celebration and tree lighting on the North Avenue lawn of the old train station. Mayor Colleen Mahr and members of the Borough Council hosted several hundred visitors who stood in line to see Santa, enjoy coffee and cookies, a petting zoo, Christmas ...