BOROUGH NEWS
Update on COVID-19 – June 5, 2020
A Message from Mayor Mahr Dear Fanwoodians, In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the American people mobilized to achieve the social distancing required to successfully limit the contagion of COVID-19. Even as we continue to grapple with the pandemic, the events of this past week have once ...
Public Notice: June 4 Mayor & Council Meeting to be Remote
PUBLIC NOTICE FOR INFORMATION ONLY Meetings of the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Fanwood to be held via video and telephone conference. INFORMATION FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 4, 2020 PURSUANT TO THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETING ACT N.J.S.A. 10:4-8 and ...
Update on COVID-19 – June 1, 2020: Remote Council Meeting Information
A Message from Mayor Mahr On Friday we announced that our daily COVID-19 emails will move to a twice-weekly schedule. Below you will find a summary of Governor Murphy's announcements today regarding re-opening. We also want to remind residents that tonight's June 1 Council Meeting will be held ...
Update on COVID-19 – May 29, 2020
A Message from Mayor Mahr Earlier today, the state reported another 1,117 COVID-19 positive test results, bringing the statewide total to 158,844. Union County currently has a total of 15,610 confirmed cases. As of this publication, our number of cases remains at 92. As we move into the next phase and attempt to piece together ...
PUBLIC NOTICES
Fanwood Police Officer Joins NJ Law Enforcement Team in Puerto Rico, Finds Misery and Optimism
(Fanwood, NJ)-- Like many other visitors to post-hurricane Puerto Rico, Fanwood Police Officer Elliott Bernard says the images you see on TV and online simply don’t capture the enormity of the damage, even two months after the storm. Roads with giant fissures, downed utility poles, epic food and ...
Fanwood Awarded Grant for Historic Restoration and Preservation
Some of the most treasured historic sites in Union County will receive a total of $300,000 in matching grants toward restoration work and other upgrades, through the Preserve Union County program. The grant program is funded by the Freeholder Board through the Union County Open Space, Recreation and ...
Fanwood Mayor Colleen Mahr Hosts Regional Economic Development Workshop
Fanwood Mayor Colleen Mahr hosted the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority (NJRA)'s Creative Community Investments workshop attended by business administrators and economic development experts from across the state at the Carriage House on Thursday. The program highlighted Fanwood's award-winning downtown redevelopment endeavors that transformed dilapidated buildings, empty storefronts, neglected properties and unsightly ...
Redevelopment Seminar in Fanwood
The story of redevelopment in the Borough of Fanwood has become a case study in small-town transit-oriented-development. Spurning the traditional approach of having a single developer work with local government to assemble properties through eminent domain, Fanwood worked hand-in-hand with local property owners to create a cohesive and ...