BOROUGH NEWS
Party In The Park Returns to La Grande Park
Fanwood Recreation is excited to kick off our Free Summer Movie Series in La Grande Park with the Party in the Park on Tuesday June 29th from 6 - 8:30pm. The party will offer family fun for all ages including music, food, inflatables, arts & crafts, and other ...
Scotch Plains/Fanwood Community turns out for first Juneteenth celebration
(Scotch Plains, NJ)--The first Juneteenth community celebration sprang to life in Scotch Plains Saturday, June 19, 2021, with a spectrum of events celebrating the end of slavery in the U.S. and a restating of racial equity goals going forward. The mayors and councils of Scotch Plains and Fanwood ...
Fanwood Welcomes Seniors Back With Indoor Picnic
Most of Fanwood’s government and departments turned out today to welcome our seniors to an indoor picnic, a first gathering of our Seniors Club in almost 15 months, and another sign of post-pandemic normalcy. Seniors at table including WWII veteran Dante Mariani and wife Betty in the ...
Fanwood and Scotch Plains leaders move forward with racial healing strategy
(Fanwood, NJ)--A community-wide effort to further a dialogue on combatting racism has resulted in an action plan now being carried out across the Fanwood-Scotch Plains community by groups of concerned elected and community leaders. This action plan addresses ongoing concerns about bias, especially in the areas of policing ...
PUBLIC NOTICES
July Council Meeting Highlights
At the Monday, July 16th Regular Meeting of Mayor and Council, Joanna Budries of the Fanwood Recreation Commission was named Volunteer of the Month. Joanna has been a volunteer commissioner since 2012 and involved in the planning of all of the Recreation Department’s signature events including the Easter ...
Fanwood Friends Win State Library Award
The Friends of the Fanwood Memorial Library has been named Library Champion of the Year by the New Jersey Library Association. This award is given annually in recognition of an exceptional contribution to a state library, group of libraries, or library community. The Fanwood Friends has been recognized ...
Fanwood Summer Fan Jam Highlights!
Thousands of Fanwood residents and visitors made their way to LaGrande Park for the 2nd Annual Fanwood Summer FanJam! Sunday brought a nice, summer afternoon filled with live music, a classic car show, food, drink, activities for kids and more! We were thrilled to see such an amazing ...
Monday Nights at the Fanwood Memorial Library | Summer Reading Club & Family Events for 2018
Join us each Monday evening through the Summer for a fun performance on the front lawn of the Fanwood Memorial Library. Bring a blanket or beach chair and enjoy the night. In case of rain or extreme heat, join us inside on the main level of the Library ...