Scotch Plains Council Meeting, Coffee With New Town Manager This Week

Here, a look at just some of the Scotch Plains and Fanwood news we will cover this week. See you around!

• Scotch Plains council meets this Tuesday at 7 p.m. On the agenda: officially approving the hire of new town manager Jerry Giaimis, vote on the smoking ban, an update on the search for a SPTV manager. Fanwood council also meets on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

• We'll get an update on what charges, if any, will be brought against the Plainfield man who drove his car off the road and across the lawns of three Fanwood homes. 

• Scotch Plains will also hold a "meet the new manager" coffee event on Thursday. The public is invited to attend the event held in the conference room 202 of the municipal building at 6:30 p.m. 

• We'll tell you what happened at the Fanwood-Scotch Plains Consolidation Commission meeting last week. Check out our story about the group's first official meeting and swearing-in.