BOROUGH NEWS
Council members and other officials sworn in for 2022
The Fanwood Borough Council and Mayor Colleen Mahr ushered in the new year with the annual Reorganization Meeting, held virtually this year on Monday, January 3, 2022. The meeting is required by law to set the local government and its associated contracts and contractors in motion for the ...
Santa’s helpers gather presents for his door-to-door visit on December 18
(Fanwood, NJ)—Volunteers began accepting presents tonight for Santa Claus to deliver to Fanwood children during his cross-town trek on December 18, 2021. The Santa Parade, interrupted last year due to the pandemic but back in full force this year, is a production of the Fanwood Fire Department. Firefighters ...
Fanwood welcomes Hanukkah with Menorah Lighting
Fanwood neighbors and Council members turned out tonight for a ceremonial lighting of a giant Menorah to celebrate Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights. Rabbi Avrohom Blesofsky of The Chabad of Union County officiated, injecting great energy into the small gathering at the North Avenue side of the ...
Santa Parade is back Dec. 18th!
Fanwood’s beloved Santa Parade, reduced to a drive-by last year due to the COVID pandemic, is back in all its glory! Santa will ride around town delivering presents to our good boys and girls, escorted by the Fanwood Fire Department, Rescue Squad, and police officers of PBA Local ...
PUBLIC NOTICES
Fanwood Goes RED for Wear Red Day!
Today is Wear Red Day! On this day, we wear red to raise awareness for women's heart health. Heart disease is the number-one leading cause of death among women in the United States. Let's do something about it. The American Heart Association created Wear Red Day and Go ...
Notice: Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program
Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (“DCA”) Division of Housing and Community Resources (“DHCR”) will be accepting pre-applications for the lottery for placement on the statewide Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (“HCV”) program waiting list. Submission of a pre-application does not ...
MLK Day of Service Recap 1/21/19
On Monday, January 21, the Borough of Fanwood joined together with the Township of Scotch Plains, Social Justice Matters, Scotch Plains/Fanwood YMCA, Scotch Plains/Fanwood JCC, and the Scotch Plains/Fanwood Ministerium to participate in the MLK Day of Service. During the all-day event, residents and community leaders volunteered alongside ...
Fanwood Township Partners with Other Community Leaders to Help Local Federal Workers Affected by Government Shutdown
SPF Ministerium and Scotch Plains and Fanwood Townships have partnered to help all Scotch Plains/Fanwood federal workers affected by the government shutdown. As the shutdown heads into its fourth week, the SPF Ministerium and the Townships recognize that it is becoming a hardship for some of our community ...