Fanwood neighbors turned out Wednesday, December 21st, for a ceremonial lighting of a giant Menorah to celebrate Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights. Rabbi Avrohom Blesofsky of The Chabad of Union County officiated, injecting great energy into the small gathering on North Avenue near the train station where the Menorah stands. He launched into a spirited ...

At its final regular meeting of 2022, the Fanwood Borough Council and Mayor Colleen Mahr honored the people they called True Heroes for intervening during an October automobile accident in which the driver suffered cardiac arrest. Bridget Keyes, a nurse from Berkeley Heights, went unconscious on October 25, 2022 and crashed her car into a ...

Fanwood’s decades-old tradition, the Santa Parade, returned on Saturday, December 17th, 2022, with Santa and his escorts from the Fanwood Fire Department, Rescue Squad and Police Department making their way through the entire town to deliver presents to children. This year’s event delivered gifts to more than 440 homes, an increase of almost 100 over ...

More bittersweet moments are in store in the coming days for supporters of the Fanwood Memorial Library as final preparations are made to tear down the 70-year old building at North Avenue and Tillotson Road. The Friends of the Fanwood Library, volunteers who support and raise funds for the library, were joined by Library Director ...

Fanwood's holiday tree lighting is always a big event the first weekend of December. Good weather, Santa, hot coffee, carolers and new lights on the giant tree made for a wonderful event. Mayor Mahr and Council members Trisha Walsh, Anthony Carter, Francine Glaser and Councilwoman-elect Gina Berry were also on hand.   Watch a video ...

The annual Shop Small Saturday festivities brought eager shoppers to downtown Fanwood Saturday, November 26th. A brisk but sunny day brought seasonal good cheer to the Martine and South Avenue shopping district. A “welcome table” was established at the plaza next to the Railside Café. Mayor Colleen Mahr and officials of the Greater Westfield Area ...

The Fanwood Borough Council unanimously approved final adoption of the financing package for Carano Square, the residential project planned for the South Avenue site of the former A&P supermarket during the regular November Council meeting Monday, November 21, 2022. The project, representing a $52-million investment by owners Robert and Carl Checchio, will build 119 market-rate ...

  THE FANWOOD LIBRARY IS MOVING, FOR A WHILE After years of planning and hard work, Mayor Colleen Mahr, the Fanwood Borough Council and the Board of Trustees of the Fanwood Memorial Public Library announce the construction of the new Fanwood Memorial Public Library. The new library will be bigger, brighter, modern, ADA-compliant and accessible ...

The Shovlin Mattress Factory on South Avenue has been around for 50 years, though Ron Shovlin's name has been on it for the past 13. His company has become perhaps the most eco-friendly business in Fanwood, if not Union County, thanks to a significant commitment to recycling, solar power and reforestation. "For every wood product ...

(Fanwood, NJ)--One of Fanwood’s long-standing businesses, Scotchwood Florist, celebrates it’s 50th anniversary with a customer appreciation day this Saturday, October 22, 2022. The South Avenue shop, owned and operated by Lori and Dale Flowers, began business in 1972 after Lori’s family, the DeMilts, purchased the former Crowder’s Home Ranch, a home and garden center. The ...