BOROUGH NEWS
Halloween Parade and Costume Contest Attracts Large Crowds
Fanwood’s Halloween Parade kicked off Thursday night at the newly Fanwood Library, filling the streets downtown and LaGrande Park with cartoon and movie characters, princesses and superheroes. The parade route proceeded down Martine Avenue and over the bridge to Marian Avenue and LaGrande Park. The Fanwood Recreation Commission ...
2025 Parking Permit Sales
2025 Parking Permits will be available beginning Monday, November 25 for Fanwood residents. Non-Fanwood residents permits will be available Monday, December 2. Access the Parking Permit Portal here Click Here to View Terms and Conditions
Tax Bill Update
Property taxes are due on November 1st, 2024, grace period thru November 12th.
Mayor, Council Issue Proclamations for Metastatic Awareness Day, 75th Anniversary of Arc of Union County
(Fanwood, NJ) -- Mayor Colleen Mahr and the Borough Council presented proclamations recognizing Metastatic Awareness Day and the #LightUpMBC national campaign to benefit METAvivor, and the 75th anniversary of the Arc of Union County at Monday’s regular October meeting. Councilwoman Trish Walsh presents a proclamation for Metastatic Breast ...
PUBLIC NOTICES
New Library Construction Achieves Milestone
The construction of the new Fanwood Memorial Library is moving along at good clip thanks to hard work by the construction trades and favorable weather. Mayor Colleen Mahr, Library Director Dan Weiss and other officials paid the site a visit on Wednesday, June 7th, signed a steel girder ...
Fanwood to open discussion on cannabis sales
Mayor Colleen Mahr told this week’s work meeting of the Borough Council that discussions will begin on whether to allow the licensing of cannabis in the Borough. When the recreational sale of cannabis to adults in New Jersey became legal in 2021, municipalities were given six months to ...
Board of Health Special Meeting 5/25/23
PUBLIC NOTICE BOARD OF HEALTH SPECIAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, in compliance with the provisions of the “Open Public Meetings Act” of the State of New Jersey, N.J.S.A. 10:4 et seq., specifically N.J.S.A. 10:4-8 (d), the Board of Health of the Borough of Fanwood, County of ...
Volunteers needed at Center for Hope Hospice
If you are looking for a truly rewarding volunteer experience, our visiting volunteers are a special group of individuals who provide direct (nonmedical) support services to our palliative care and hospice patients and their families in our Elizabeth and Scotch Plains facilities, as well as throughout Union County. ...