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Important Update on COVID-19- March 27, 2020
A Message from Mayor Mahr As we come to the end of our second week of living our “new normal,” I think I speak for so many of us in saying we are glad to see the weekend again. Our ...
Important Update on COVID-19 – March 26, 2020
Today Governor Phil Murphy announced 2,492 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 for a new total of 6,876 across the state. In Union County, the state announced we are now at 432 positive cases. The Borough of Fanwood would like to make our residents ...
Important Update on COVID-19 – March 25, 2020
Today Governor Phil Murphy announced 736 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 for a total of 4,402 across the state. In Union County, the state announced we are now at 262 positive cases. Yesterday the Union County drive-up testing site processed 120 people during ...
“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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Fanwood’s National Night Out 2017
Fanwood's Police, Fire and Rescue Squad responders came out in full force to participate in the annual National Night Out at LaGrande Park on August 1st. National Night Out, which began three decades ago as a demonstration of police solidarity against neighborhood crime, has become an opportunity for police, ...
Fanwood-born Man Becomes Oldest Skydiver in the World
Recently, NJ.com reported on a story of a 102-year-old man who recently became the world's oldest skydiver. Kenny Meyer, born right here in Fanwood, broke the world record last week for becoming the oldest man in the world to go sky diving, recently beating out a 101-year-old British man ...
Borough Addressing Trash Trouble in Municipal Lot
Some recent complaints about rats in the area of the trash dumpsters in our municipal parking lot have sparked action by the Borough, the local businesses who maintain the dumpsters, the Health Department and the Fanwood Police Department. Following a meeting Tuesday, July 25th, that included representatives of ...
Fanwood Receives Grant for Transportation Development Project
Fanwood is proud to announce that the NJTPA’s Board of Trustees has authorized $802,000 in funding for Fanwood's South Avenue Transportation Infrastructure Development Project. This grant was awarded among a group of 27 transportation projects throughout northern New Jersey, totaling over $19 million granted by the NJTPA. “I ...