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Fanwood New Jersey
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Borough Eyes Second Phase of Improvements at Forest Rd. Park

The borough council will hear a presentation at its Monday, February 5 agenda meeting on a concept plan for the second phase of improvements at Forest Road Park as prepared by a civil engineering firm retained by the borough. A survey was sent last Friday through a special e-blast on what residents would like to ...

January 19th, 2024|

Fanwood Council Supports Safe Nurse Staffing Measure

Fanwood Council Supports Safe Nurse Staffing Measure Fanwood – At its first regular meeting of the year Tuesday night, the borough council unanimously passed a resolution supporting state legislation setting minimal standards for professional nurse staffing at state health-care facilities. Amanda Leger of Piscataway, a nurse at Robert Wood University Hospital, spoke in support of ...

January 17th, 2024|

Fanwood Community Foundation Awards Six Nonprofits $7,500

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 ...

January 17th, 2024|

Green Team Collecting Used Legos

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 ...

January 16th, 2024|

Dog and Cat Licenses Due

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. ...

January 10th, 2024|

Swearing in Ceremony

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 ...

January 4th, 2024|

Mayor’s statement on migrants transported to Fanwood train station

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 ...

January 1st, 2024|

Fanwood Reorganization meeting Jan. 3, 2024

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 ...

December 26th, 2023|