BOROUGH NEWS
Party in the Park draws big crowd
Fanwood’s Party in the Park brought kids of all ages to LaGrande Park tonight with a variety of contests, fun activities, food and the first of the free summer movies. The Fanwood Recreation Commission and Director Bob Budianski worked tirelessly to bring the fun to hundreds of folks ...
June 2022 Council meeting
Fanwood Council honors student champions, moves dogs-in-parks ordinance amendment to next step The Fanwood Borough Council and Mayor Colleen Mahr honored high school athletes’ achievements, passed the new budget and voted to adopt on first reading an amendment to the ordinance prohibiting dogs in Borough parks at the ...
Curbside Recycling Now on Wednesdays
Fanwood has a new curbside recycling vendor and pick-up days are switching to Wednesdays. Our new vendor, Grand Sanitation Service, will conduct collections on alternating Wednesdays for the northside and southside of town. Here's the schedule so far: June 22nd: Southern quadrants June 29th: Northern quadrants July 6th: ...
Juneteenth 2022 celebrated with heart and soul
Juneteenth 2022, sponsored by the Township of Scotch Plains, the Borough of Fanwood and Social Justice Matters kicked off on Saturday, June 18th with a brisk wind and a lot of excitement. Opening ceremonies featured a reading of the meaning of Juneteenth by the president and vice president ...
PUBLIC NOTICES
NJ Transit Continues to Advance Positive Train Control Program
Temporary Suspension of Atlantic City Rail Line Required For Installation Beginning Sept. 4th; One-Seat Rides To New York On Raritan Valley Line to Be Temporarily Discontinued NJ TRANSIT continues the installation of Positive Train Control (PTC) equipment on its rail fleet throughout the state. ...
National Night Out 2018 Highlights!
Fanwood’s public safety responders opened their vehicles and their hearts to the community on Tuesday evening, August 7th, for the National Night Out in LaGrande Park. Sponsored by the Fanwood Police Department, Fire Department, Rescue Squad and PBA Local 123, the town’s first responders gathered their cool police ...
Remembering Bruce Walsh, former Councilman
Bruce Walsh, a Fanwood attorney and three-time Borough Councilman, died Saturday, July 28, 2018, after a long illness. He was 73. Mr. Walsh served a total of 12 years as a Councilman. He was first elected in 1988 and served through 1991. After a year off, he was ...
The Chelsea at Fanwood Wins Top National Award for Assisted Living Week Program
The National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) today announced The Chelsea at Fanwood, 295 South Avenue, was selected for the National Assisted Living Week Program of the Year for its fabulous Assisted Living Week program in September 2017. The Fanwood community embodied the theme “Family is Forever” by ...