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Memorial Day Weekend 2025 Events
After being rained out last year, the beloved Memorial Day Parade returns to Fanwood and Scotch Plains on May 26th, 2025. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II Greg Ruffa will serve as this year’s Grand Marshal. ...
Memorial Day Ceremony, Parade Draws Crowds Under Sunny Skies
(Fanwood, NJ) – After last year’s cancellation of Memorial Day ceremonies, sunny skies greeted attendees at Monday’s 9 am program on the lawn of the Fanwood Memorial Library. Mayor Colleen Mahr asked everyone to thank a veteran and asked veterans ...
“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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April Performance Series at the Carriage House
Fanwood's Performance Series returns Saturday, April 5, with folk trio Lara Herscovitch & The Highway Philosophers, in a double-bill with The Honey Badgers. Herscovitch is a singer-songwriter-poet who brings authenticity, integrity, humor and heart to her music. Sound Waves Magazine called her work “songwriting at its best… good for your ears and ...
Coffee with Mayor Mahr
Join Mayor Mahr on Saturday, April 5th, at the Library's Community Room between 9:30 a.m. and noon for coffee and to discuss topics that may be on your mind.
Library Presents an Evening of Poetry With Adele Kenny and Tom Plante
The Fanwood Memorial Library will present an Evening of Poetry on Thursday, April 3rd at 7 p.m. featuring local poets Adele Kenny and Tom Plante. Adele Kenny’s poems, reviews, and articles have been published throughout the U.S. and abroad, and her poems have appeared in books and anthologies ...
Vendor Popup Festival Today at Southside Train Station Lot
Stop by the Southside Fanwood Train Station Parking for good food, great music, and 75+ exhibitors from 10-4 today, April 6th. Parking is available at the North side train station.