BOROUGH NEWS
Mayor’s statement on migrants transported to Fanwood train station
Statement by Mayor Colleen Mahr January 1, 2024 It has come to my attention that over the New Year’s weekend, Fanwood was one of several New Jersey municipalities where buses presumably carrying migrants from Texas arrived so they could be loaded onto trains to New York. The New ...
Fanwood Reorganization meeting Jan. 3, 2024
The public is invited to the annual Reorganization meeting of the Borough of Fanwood and swearings-in of Mayor Colleen Mahr and Councilmen Jeff Banks and Anthony Carter January 3rd, 2024 at 5:30 PM. The meeting will also be carried live on Community TV and Facebook. Reception to follow ...
New police lieutenant sworn-in; Library designated book sanctuary at Council meeting
At its last official meeting of 2023, Mayor Colleen Mahr swore-in a new police lieutenant and the Council approved the designation of the Fanwood Memorial Library as a book sanctuary in response to concerns of book bannings around the country. Sgt. Ryan Gilmore was promoted to Lieutenant and ...
Santa Parade honors decades-old tradition
A loud and colorful convoy traveled through Fanwood on Saturday, December 16, 2023, bringing Santa Claus door to door delivering presents to the town’s children. The annual Santa Parade, a tradition that began as a neighborhood celebration in the 1950s, has grown to a town-wide journey which this ...
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 ...