BOROUGH NEWS
Important Notice Regarding 3rd Quarter Tax Bills
Due to the delay in the adoption of the Municipal Budget, the County will be delayed in striking a final tax rate for the Borough for the calendar year 2021. As a result, the printing and mailing of final tax bills for 2021 will be held up. Due ...
Fanwood Names Police Director
The Fanwood Borough Council passed a resolution during its regular monthly meeting on August 16, 2021, to hire Michael Bramhall as Police Director. Director Bramhall is the former chief of the West Caldwell Police Department where he served for 27 years, starting as a patrolman and rising through ...
Fanwood Night Out draws large crowd to mingle with public safety responders
Fanwood’s finest were out in force for fun Tuesday night at the National Night Out celebration in LaGrande Park. The National Night out is a community-building event held across the country that brings police and first responders together with citizens to foster better understanding. K9 officer Gialanella ...
FanJam is BACK!
On Saturday, September 11th from 11 – 7, The community will come together in Fanwood’s LaGrande Park for the first major local event since New Jersey lifted Covid restrictions. The date is also special because it marks the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. In addition to ...
PUBLIC NOTICES
Fanwood Awarded Grant for Historic Restoration and Preservation
Some of the most treasured historic sites in Union County will receive a total of $300,000 in matching grants toward restoration work and other upgrades, through the Preserve Union County program. The grant program is funded by the Freeholder Board through the Union County Open Space, Recreation and ...
Fanwood Mayor Colleen Mahr Hosts Regional Economic Development Workshop
Fanwood Mayor Colleen Mahr hosted the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority (NJRA)'s Creative Community Investments workshop attended by business administrators and economic development experts from across the state at the Carriage House on Thursday. The program highlighted Fanwood's award-winning downtown redevelopment endeavors that transformed dilapidated buildings, empty storefronts, neglected properties and unsightly ...
Redevelopment Seminar in Fanwood
The story of redevelopment in the Borough of Fanwood has become a case study in small-town transit-oriented-development. Spurning the traditional approach of having a single developer work with local government to assemble properties through eminent domain, Fanwood worked hand-in-hand with local property owners to create a cohesive and ...
