BOROUGH NEWS
ANCHOR Tax Rebate Extended to Feb. 28
The ANCHOR program (Affordable New Jersey Communities for Homeowners and Renters), formerly the Homestead Rebate Program, provides tax rebates to NJ residents who owned or rented their home as of October 1, 2019, filed state income taxes and meet income requirements. Those who qualify may receive rebates of ...
Library building demolished to make way for new facility
The Fanwood Memorial Library, a center of community activity for more than 70 years, was reduced to rubble on January 3, 2023, the most visible sign yet of the planned construction of a modern new facility. Library Director Dan Weiss watches in the rain Library Director ...
Councilwomen Berry & Mitchell Sworn In
Kathy Mitchell and Gina Berry were sworn-in as Fanwood Council members today during the Borough’s annual reorganization meeting of the Mayor and Council on Monday, January 2, 2023. Councilwoman Mitchell sworn in Mitchell, sworn-in to her eighth consecutive term by Borough Attorney Russell Huegel, was accompanied ...
NJ Tax Rebate: The ANCHOR Program Deadline Extended to Jan. 31
The new ANCHOR program (Affordable New Jersey Communities for Homeowners and Renters), formerly the Homestead Rebate Program, provides tax rebates to NJ residents who owned or rented their home as of October 1, 2019, filed state income taxes and meet income requirements. Those who qualify may receive rebates ...
PUBLIC NOTICES
Revaluation Town Hall Meeting Recap from 4/2/2019
Thank you to the Fanwood residents who were able to attend the Revaluation Program Town Hall Meeting this past Tuesday at Forest Road Park. More than 100 people were able to hear a presentation on why Fanwood is undergoing this program and were given the opportunity to ask ...
March 2019 Council Meeting Recap
Katie Wilbur, a third grader at McGinn Elementary, was Mayor for a Day and presided with Mayor Colleen Mahr. Katie read the Open Public Meetings Act at the beginning of the meeting and several other proclamations. Girl Scouts from Troops 40105 and 40547 presented Girl Scout cookies to ...
Council resolution calls for return of off-peak “one-seat ride” service to Penn Station
On March 18, the Fanwood Borough Council passed a resolution calling for the restoration of off-peak "one-seat ride" train service on the Raritan Valley Line. The resolution urges Governor Phil Murphy, DOT Commissioner Gutierrez-Scaccetti and state legislators to support the immediate restoration of the one-seat ride service ...