BOROUGH NEWS
New basketball & pickleball courts highlight Forest Road Park improvements
Mayor Colleen Mahr cut the ribbon to officially reveal the new and improved Forest Road Park, the first phase of a renewal project which includes a new regulation basketball court and two pickleball courts. The Mayor was joined by members of the Fanwood Recreation Commission, Borough Council, County ...
Fanwood Rescue Squad gets happy update of baby born in ambulance 23 years ago
(Fanwood, NJ)--Among the treasured moments for Fanwood Rescue Squad members is the privilege of assisting with the birth of a baby. In 1998 there were two ambulance births within two months. Born in July was Haley Knudsen, whose family moved away some years later. Then in September, Lisa ...
Fanwood dedicates tree and granite plaque to memorialize beloved employee
(Fanwood, NJ)-- Fanwood's Mayor, administrators, Council members, Department of Public Works employees, first responders and friends and family of late DPW employee Ken Blom were on hand for today's dedication of a tree in Ken's name on the front lawn of Borough Hall. The tree and an accompanying ...
Volunteers bring Fanwood Pollinator and Monarch Butterfly gardens to life
Sandy Redder at the Monarch garden The beauty of nature is helped along in a big way by volunteers in Fanwood, specifically members of the Fanwood Environmental Commission and helpers who’ve been planting, weeding, and watering gardens around Borough Hall. “The Pollinator Garden provides the basic ...
PUBLIC NOTICES
Fanwood 5K and Family Fun Run was a success!
It was like a summer day, temperature in the 80's and a slight breeze greeting several hundred participants in this year's Fanwood 5K and Family Fun Run Saturday, October 21, 2017. It was an afternoon event for the first time, but the route was the same and the ...
Gas Main Replacements in Fanwood
Gas line replacement work is continuing in Fanwood, working in the northeast quadrant roughly bounded by Martine Ave. and Westfield Rd., Woodland and Portland Avenues (see map linked below). On the streets that are marked red, Elizabethtown Gas will be replacing the main that runs the length of ...
Vigil for Peace: Remembering the Las Vegas Shooting Victims
Residents of Fanwood and Scotch Plains gathered Friday night, Oct. 6, 2017, in the meditation garden of the Dhammakaya Temple on Midway Avenue in Fanwood for a vigil of remembrance for the victims of the Las Vegas shooting. Mayor Colleen Mahr hosted the event, which featured a poetry ...
Fanwood’s First Home-Based Business Reception
Fanwood Mayor Colleen Mahr and Economic Development Director Liz Jeffrey hosted an informative round-table for Fanwood’s home-based businesses on Thursday, September 28th. The informal gathering, inside Fanwood’s historic Carriage House on Watson Road, was a networking opportunity for the town’s sometimes hidden entrepreneurs. About 20 business owners enjoyed ...