BOROUGH NEWS
Celebrating Black History Month: Thomas Chatterton Williams
During Black History Month we are recognizing those individuals and organizations with Fanwood roots or in the Fanwood-Scotch Plains community who are or have made a difference. This week we are recognizing Thomas Chatterton Williams, an author and staff writer at The Atlantic. Raised in Fanwood, he is ...
Black History Month: Savory Selections Catering
During Black History Month we are recognizing those individuals and organizations with Fanwood roots or in the Fanwood-Scotch Plains community who are or have made a difference. This week we are recognizing Savory Selections Catering, which was established in 2009. Savory’s owners, Felton Jones and Jill Jackson Jones, ...
Fanwood Issues Black History Month Proclamation, Approves Resolutions for Grants
(Fanwood, NJ) -- The Borough Council held its monthly regular meeting on Tuesday, February 18. The council approved several resolutions and issued a proclamation for February as Black History Month. At the start of the meeting, Mayor Colleen Mahr swore in Diane Cukrow as an alternate member of ...
Raritan Valley Line Service Resumes on Thursday, Feb. 20th
On Thursday, February 20, the Raritan Valley Line will resume full regular weekday service, following a Conrail freight train derailment near Union Station.
PUBLIC NOTICES
Swearing in Ceremony
New Jersey Lieutenant Governor Tahesha L. Way poses for a group picture with Mayor Colleen Mahr and the Borough Council prior to Wednesday’s reorganization meeting. Pictured from left to right: Councilwoman Gina Berry, Councilwoman Patricia Walsh, Lt. Gov. Way, Mayor Mahr, Councilwoman Katherine Mitchell, Councilman Jeff Banks, ...
Mayor’s statement on migrants transported to Fanwood train station
Statement by Mayor Colleen Mahr January 1, 2024 It has come to my attention that over the New Year’s weekend, Fanwood was one of several New Jersey municipalities where buses presumably carrying migrants from Texas arrived so they could be loaded onto trains to New York. The New ...
Fanwood Reorganization meeting Jan. 3, 2024
The public is invited to the annual Reorganization meeting of the Borough of Fanwood and swearings-in of Mayor Colleen Mahr and Councilmen Jeff Banks and Anthony Carter January 3rd, 2024 at 5:30 PM. The meeting will also be carried live on Community TV and Facebook. Reception to follow ...
Planning Board Meeting Cancelled 12/13/23
LEGAL NOTICE Meeting Cancellation The Planning Board of the Borough of Fanwood has canceled the December 13, 2023, virtual Regular meeting previously scheduled for 7:00 PM. All matters will be carried to the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Planning Board, to be held virtually on January 17, ...