BOROUGH NEWS
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 ...
Pet Food Drive Benefits Plainfield Area Humane Society
Thank you to Edward Jones Investments in Fanwood for recently collecting a tremendous amount of pet food and supplies to benefit the dogs and cats in the care of Plainfield Area Humane Society. Edward Jones, located on Martine Avenue in Fanwood, received a generous response from our local ...
PUBLIC NOTICES
Elizabethtown Gas Road Paving Summary: Summer 2018
In June, Elizabethtown Gas was making the final road restoration improvements for their “Terrill Road” project which included either full-width or half-width paving of the following streets: Belvidere Ave Helen St Burns Way Herbert Ave Carsam Street MacDermott Pl Chetwood Terrace Marian Ave Coriell Ave Robin ...
Lightbridge Academy Grand Opening
Mayor Colleen Mahr and members of the Greater Westfield Area Chamber of Commerce recently joined Fanwoodians Vishal and Bhavna Ajwani for a ribbon cutting at the grand opening of the new Lightbridge Academy, located at 15 South Ave. The former Sun Tavern began its transition to an early childhood ...
Fanwood Partners with Military Veteran Peer for Families
Military Veteran Peers for Families is a free and confidential helpline designed to help veterans and their families. The helpline is dedicated to being an extra resource to assist our veteran families. MVP operates as a free and confidential support network for the family of veterans and active ...
Rockin’ for Autism raises $17,500 in 2018 for Autism NJ
A proud moment for the Banks Family of Fanwood as they presented a check for $17,500 to Autism New Jersey, money raised during the annual Rockin' For Autism fair at LaGrande Park in April and several other fundraisers. The fundraisers began nine years ago when Mallory Banks decided ...