BOROUGH NEWS
2026 Fanwood Reorganization Meeting
The annual Reorganization Meeting of the Mayor and Council of Fanwood will be held on Monday, January 5, 2026 at 5:30 PM. The purpose of this meeting is to conduct the business of reorganizing the municipal government of the Borough of Fanwood for 2026.
Fanwood Approves Shared Municipal Court Agreement with Garwood
(Fanwood, NJ) – The Borough Council approved a resolution at Monday’s final meeting of the year for an agreement with the Borough of Garwood to share municipal court operations. Fanwood Borough Administrator Jesse Moehlman said the two towns currently share the position of court administrator. He said the ...
Fanwood Community Gathers for Lighting of Menorah
(Fanwood, NJ) – Residents were joined by Mayor Colleen Mahr and Councilman Jeff Banks Monday night for the ceremonial lighting of the giant Menorah to celebrate Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights. The lighting ceremony was proceeded by a procession of cars with lighted Menorahs on top through ...
Menorah Lighting at 6:30 pm Tonight
As we prepare for the Fanwood Menorah lighting at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Northside Train Station, the Borough mourns the loss of innocent lives of the horrific attack at a Chanukah celebration in Sydney, Australia. Join us tonight as we celebrate the first night of Chanukah together ...
PUBLIC NOTICES
Mayor & Council Special Budget Meeting 6/26/23
PUBLIC NOTICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL SPECIAL BUDGET 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 Mayor and Council of the Borough of Fanwood, County ...
No-Knock List
We've revised our No-Knock list so you can now fill it out online or download a hard copy and send it in. A Borough ordinance allows residents to put their names and addresses on a No-Knock list indicating they do not want solicitors to knock on their door ...
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 ...