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Fanwood New Jersey
Fanwood New Jersey

Recycling Center Open July 10

Due to the July 4 Holiday, The Fanwood Recycling Center will be open on July 10 (the second Saturday of the month), from 8 am to 11 am for self-service drop off of specialty recycling. In order to comply with social distancing guidelines, residents will be asked to unload materials from their vehicles by themselves. If ...

June 29th, 2021|

PD: Cooling Stations Available for upcoming heat

In light of the ongoing heatwave, the Fanwood Police department has set up a cooling center at the Fanwood Carriage House, also known as the Patricia Kuran Cultural Arts Center, from June 28 through July 2, 8 am to 8 pm. Access to the Carriage House is from the path leading from the front of ...

June 28th, 2021|

Midpoint Review of Housing Element and Fair Share Plan Implementation

Fanwood Borough’s Settlement Agreement with the Fair Share Housing Center (FSHC) requires that the Borough comply with the midpoint realistic opportunity review requirements of the Fair Housing Act (FHA) at NJSA 52:27D-313. Specifically, Paragraph 16.a of the Settlement Agreement stipulates that: For the midpoint realistic opportunity review due on July 1, 2020, as required pursuant ...

June 18th, 2021|

Boro Hall Open to Public Monday, June 7

Borough Hall will officially open back up to the public on Monday, June 7. Summer Hours are: Monday - Wednesday: 7:30 to 4 PM Thursdays: 7:30 to 7 PM Friday: 7:30 to Noon PLEASE NOTE: Masks will be required to enter and employees will mask when interacting with the public.

June 4th, 2021|

County Designates New Polling Location in Fanwood

Voters in Fanwood’s District 3 will have a new polling place for the June 8th NJ Primary Election. Instead of voting at First Children’s School as they have for years, the Union County Board of Election has designated the Carriage House, also known as the Patricia Kuran Cultural Arts Center, located at 75 N Martine Avenue (off ...

May 20th, 2021|

Recording & Info from the 5/18 South Ave Infrastructure Project Meeting

You can watch the May 18 meeting by clicking here.    BOROUGH OF FANWOOD PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING SOUTH AVENUE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT VIRTUAL MEETING Date: May 18, 2021 Time: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm The Borough of Fanwood is performing preliminary engineering for the South Avenue Transportation Infrastructure Development Project, consisting of the streetscape ...

May 19th, 2021|

Highlights from the May 17, 2021, regular Borough Council Meeting

As we start to slowly emerge from the pandemic, it was appropriate that front-line responders and nurses were honored with proclamations and citations tonight. Thirteen officers from the Fanwood Police Department received citations for extraordinary service to the town, intervening in a number of life-threatening situations to arrest perpetrators, help save lives and get victims ...

May 18th, 2021|

Rayna Harris tackles the business of running Fanwood

(Fanwood, NJ)--Mayor Colleen Mahr is delighted to introduce Rayna E. Harris as Administrator for the Borough of Fanwood.  Born and raised in Union County, and currently living in Linden, Ms. Harris comes from a family of public servants and always felt that working in government to serve the people was her calling. Well qualified for ...

May 17th, 2021|

What can you bring to the Recycling Center?

The following items will be accepted at the Recycling Center: Appliances & Scrap Metal Electronics as follows: TVs, PCs, (Desktop & Laptops, Monitors, Printers), Copiers, Scanners, Fax Machines Light Bulbs: Fluorescent light bulbs (unbroken), Compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) are NOT accepted. Incandescent bulbs are NOT recyclable. Oil ONLY - Antifreeze is NOT accepted. Old American ...

April 30th, 2021|

New NJEDA Grants for Small Businesses

The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) has announced $85 million in new grants for small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic through Phase 4 of the Small Business Emergency Assistance Grant Program. This round of funding will provide grants up to $20,000 to small and medium sized businesses and non-profits that have been negatively ...

April 15th, 2021|