BOROUGH NEWS
Volunteers Make for a Clean Community
For the 34th year, Fanwood residents donned gloves and grabbed trash bags to take part in the annual Clean Community Day, a celebration of Earth Day and our Borough’s commitment to the ecology. Organized by the Clean Community Committee and the Public Works Department, volunteers gathered at the ...
Mayor and Council Recognize Volunteers, Take First Step to Becoming “Film Ready Community”
The Fanwood Borough Council on Monday, April 17, 2023, gave final passage to an ordinance that sets procedures and expectations for film and video production companies seeking to use Fanwood as a setting for future projects. The ordinance creates Chapter 150 of the Borough Code, a process for ...
Easter Egg Hunt Draws Huge Turnout
The annual Fanwood Easter Egg Hunt attracted hundreds of residents, children, families and friends under a blue sky and beautiful spring weather. Forest Road Park was ground zero for the mad dash to find eggs filled with candy and prizes, more than 1700 of them. Contests included jellybean ...
Fanwood’s Oshanda Erb Named Memorial Day Parade Grand Marshall
Fanwood is proud to be home to Air Force First Sgt. Oshanda Erb, Grand Marshall of the 2023 Memorial Day Parade and a tireless advocate for veterans in Fanwood and Scotch Plains. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- by John Mooney, republished with permission from tapinto.com SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- Fanwood resident and ...
PUBLIC NOTICES
Fanwood will Celebrate Wear Red Day
Did you know cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 killer of women, causing 1 in 3 deaths each year? On Friday, February 7 Fanwood will celebrate the American Heart Association's Wear Red Day to raise awareness about heart disease in women. Wear Red Day and Go Red for ...
NJ DoH Opens 2019 Novel Coronavirus Call Center for Public
New Jersey Department of Health Opens 2019 Novel Coronavirus Call Center for Public Collaborates with New Jersey Poison Center to Educate Community The New Jersey Department of Health today announced the opening of a hotline (1-800-222-1222) for the public to ask questions about the 2019 Novel Coronavirus. “Although ...
Fanwood Soldier returns Home
Photos Courtesy of Tom Kranz Fanwood Army Reservist Capt. Patrick Moore returned home today after almost a year of deployment including the past eight months in Iraq. His arrival was a surprise event for his twins, Reland and Spencer, third graders at School One, and the ...
Summer Counselor Applications are Available
The Fanwood Recreation Commission is now accepting applications for summer counselor jobs as part of the Summer Park Program at La Grande Park and the Tweens and Teens Travel Camp. Several positions are currently posted . More information and application forms can be found at fanwoodrecreation.org/job-applications.