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
RVL Rally Planned at Newark Penn Station
The Raritan Valley Line Mayors Alliance and Fanwood Mayor Colleen Mahr are asking NJ Transit commuters to attend a rally at Newark Penn Station Platform #5 on Wednesday September 18 from 5-7 pm. The RVL Alliance is advocating for same platform transfers, one-seat ride service and expedited progress ...
Find Bargains at the Friends Fall Book Sale
The Friends of the Fanwood Memorial Library will host its 33rd Fall Book Sale from September 19 to 22, 2019. Donation days begin September 13. Browsers at the sale easily find books by subject matter: history, romance, classics, art, cookbooks, politics, crafts, science, parenting, children, and general fiction. ...
Fanwood named NJMonthly’s Best Small Town!
The Borough of Fanwood is extremely excited to announce that New Jersey Monthly Magazine has named Fanwood as New Jersey’s Best Small Town! “After four suspense-filled rounds, Fanwood has emerged as the winner of New Jersey Monthly’s 2019 Small Town Showdown,” NJMonthly announced on Tuesday. “The Union County ...
Poetry Reading to Feature Poets Darla Himeles and James Arthur
FANWOOD, NJ – The Carriage House Poetry Series invites the public to a free event on Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 8:00 p.m., featuring distinguished poets Darla Himeles and James Arthur in the Kuran Arts Center on Watson Road, off North Martine Avenue, adjacent to Fanwood Borough Hall. (GPS ...