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Special Library Board Meeting
There will be a special meeting of the Fanwood Memorial Library Board of Trustees - at the library’s temporary location at the Historic Northside Train Station at 5:00 pm on Wednesday, February 28.
Council Oks Resolution for Park Grant Application; McGinn Student Raises Funds for Fire Dept.
(Fanwood, NJ) - The Fanwood Borough Council approved a resolution Tuesday night to apply for a $100,000 New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Local Recreation Improvement Grant for phase 2 of improvements at Forest Road Park. The council is also ...
Performance Series Announces Spring Concerts
New Jersey jazz artists, a nationally touring roots-rock band and singer-songwriters from Nashville and New York will appear in concert in the spring season of the Fanwood Performance Series. Now in its 16th year, the series returns to its home ...
“Almost two decades of hard work is now paying off for our citizens as we see property values rising and young families taking root in our thriving town.”
— Mayor Colleen Mahr
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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 ...
Reorganization Meeting January 2, 2023
Public Notice Mayor and Council of the Borough of Fanwood January 2, 2023 Reorganization Meeting PLEASE BE ADVISED in compliance with the provisions of the “Open Public Meetings Act” of the State of New Jersey, N.J.S.A. 10:4 et seq. and N.J.S.A. 40:45A-1, the Mayor and Council of ...
Hanukkah Celebrated With Menorah Lighting
Fanwood neighbors turned out Wednesday, December 21st, for a ceremonial lighting of a giant Menorah to celebrate Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights. Rabbi Avrohom Blesofsky of The Chabad of Union County officiated, injecting great energy into the small gathering on North Avenue near the train station where ...
Mayor and Council Honor Rescuers Who Saved Accident Victim’s Life
At its final regular meeting of 2022, the Fanwood Borough Council and Mayor Colleen Mahr honored the people they called True Heroes for intervening during an October automobile accident in which the driver suffered cardiac arrest. Bridget Keyes, a nurse from Berkeley Heights, went unconscious on October 25, ...