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Fanwood Mayor Colleen Mahr joined neighboring mayors at a recent meeting with Governor Phil Murphy to discuss opportunities for shared services between municipalities. Mayor Mahr is a long-time advocate of cooperative agreements between towns to provide services at a cost savings for residents. This year, the mayor has met with Westfield Mayor Shelley Brindle and ...
Read below for some highlights of the Fanwood Borough Council meeting held on Monday, November 19th. VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH is Oshanda Erb of Fanwood, Air Force reservist who was Fanwood’s representative on the committee that created the Veterans Banners across Scotch Plains and Fanwood. Oshanda joined the Air Force at age 17 and became ...
The Friends of the Fanwood Memorial Library 32nd Fall Book Sale generated $12,780, a record breaker. Much of the credit goes to the 78 volunteers who worked more than 600 hours sorting, selling, and cleaning up. According to Volunteer Coordinator Sally Hogan, "It was an amazing turn out of volunteers who worked hard and long ...
Fanwood residents just received their first Sewer Utility Bill. Why? Fanwood Town Council established a Sewer Utility on April 2018 to begin the critical planning process to address required ongoing and long-term maintenance of the Borough’s infrastructure system, as well as plan upgrades to the Borough’s aging sewer infrastructure system. Two immediate tasks of the ...
Fanwood's unique Poetry Series celebrated its 20th anniversary on Tuesday evening, November 8, 2018, with live music, special guests and of course, poetry at the Carriage House. The event was hosted by Adele Kenney, Fanwood's Poet Laureate and founder of the Poetry Series, along with her poetry partner Tom Plante. For 20 years, poets and ...
Congratulations to Councilwoman Erin McElroy Barker for being re-elected and to Trisha Walsh for being elected to the Fanwood Council. They were joined by Mayor Colleen Mahr, friends, family and supporters at Sheelen's Crossing tonight. UNOFFICIAL RETURNS: McElroy Barker: 2065 Walsh: 2216 Walter: 1253 Votes must be certified by the County Board of Elections.
Today, my heart is heavy and filled with sadness for America. Our fellow Americans killed at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh were victims of religious hatred. Our fellow Americans killed at a supermarket in Kentucky were victims of racial hatred. A mass assassination attempt on leaders of the Democratic Party were targeted by ...
The 9th annual Fanwood 5K and Family Fun Run saw the chilliest weather anyone could remember. Wind chills around 40 degrees or below made the runners eager to get started. Dressed in superhero costumes, families started the Fun Run, launched by Councilman Tom Kranz and Recreation Commission president Joe Valente at 9 a.m., followed shortly ...
Mayor Colleen Mahr and the Fanwood Borough Council condemn in the strongest terms the racist and disgusting graffiti someone scrawled on our high school walls over the weekend. Words and images of hate do not define us in any way, shape or form. We are confident law enforcement will catch up with the perpetrators in ...
Fanwood Mayor Colleen Mahr was a featured panelist at the recent Governor’s Conference of Housing and Economic Development in Atlantic City, NJ. Mayor Mahr shared Fanwood’s success in attracting investment, new business and more housing options. The conference was organized to showcase how communities can and should work across boundaries to develop partnerships that benefit ...