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
Highlights from the May 17, 2021, regular Borough Council Meeting
As we start to slowly emerge from the pandemic, it was appropriate that front-line responders and nurses were honored with proclamations and citations tonight. Thirteen officers from the Fanwood Police Department received citations for extraordinary service to the town, intervening in a number of life-threatening situations to arrest ...
Rayna Harris tackles the business of running Fanwood
(Fanwood, NJ)--Mayor Colleen Mahr is delighted to introduce Rayna E. Harris as Administrator for the Borough of Fanwood. Born and raised in Union County, and currently living in Linden, Ms. Harris comes from a family of public servants and always felt that working in government to serve the ...
What can you bring to the Recycling Center?
The following items will be accepted at the Recycling Center: Appliances & Scrap Metal Electronics as follows: TVs, PCs, (Desktop & Laptops, Monitors, Printers), Copiers, Scanners, Fax Machines Light Bulbs: Fluorescent light bulbs (unbroken), Compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) are NOT accepted. Incandescent bulbs are NOT recyclable. Oil ONLY ...
New NJEDA Grants for Small Businesses
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) has announced $85 million in new grants for small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic through Phase 4 of the Small Business Emergency Assistance Grant Program. This round of funding will provide grants up to $20,000 to small and medium sized ...