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Scotch Plains & Fanwood Residents Invited to Participate in the Trex Thin Film Plastics Recycling Program
How do you turn 500 pounds of thin film plastic into a high-performance park bench for Fanwood & Scotch Plains? By participating in the Trex Thin Film Plastics Recycling Challenge! The Fanwood & Scotch Plains Green Teams are joining forces ...
Local Fanwood-Scotch Plains Couple Ties the Knot
Happy Valentines Day Fanwood! Recently Mayor Colleen Mahr had the honor of officiating a very special wedding for longtime local residents Luba Diakoff Schnable and Harry (Skip) Ungar. The couple was married on Saturday, December 28, 2019, at home in ...
RFQ: 2020 Events Manager
BOROUGH OF FANWOOD 75 North Martine Ave, Fanwood, NJ 07023 REQUEST FOR QUOTE 2020 Events Manager The Borough of Fanwood is seeking an events manager to oversee several annually recurring community events plus one new event. Questions should ...
“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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Party in the Park launches summertime in Fanwood
Hundreds of Fanwood residents gathered at La Grande Park for the annual Party in the Park on Tuesday, June 27. This year’s event boasted a wide array of activities including bouncy houses, slides, laser-tag, a challenge course, and a special Secret Life of Pets themed scavenger hunt. ...
Fanwood Library Director Presented at National Conference
Fanwood Memorial Library director Dan Weiss participated in a workshop presentation in Chicago over the weekend at the American Library Association’s 2017 Annual Conference. Over 75 librarians from around the US and Canada gathered to hear Dan speak about his award-winning project, Libraries and Autism: We’re Connected (www.librariesandautism.org). ...
Volunteers Wanted!
The Borough of Fanwood is dedicated to the fight against climate change. Having already achieved Bronze Status in the Sustainable Jersey Program, Mayor Colleen Mahr recently pledged to join the national “Climate Mayors Initiative”, which will help the Borough to target its efforts to reduce waste, cut greenhouse ...
Station Square Groundbreaking
Fanwood Mayor Colleen Mahr, members of the Borough Council and Planning Board, and developer Landmark Companies broke ground June 22nd, 2017, on a project more than a decade in the making, the redevelopment of the parcel of land at 2nd Street and LaGrande Avenue known as the former ...