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Monday, December 1, 2008

A wish for Plainfield.. 7 towns respond to fire.. Bernice: City's mid-level managers.. Olddoc: Tenure in the schools.. Plainfield Sports adds staff..

PLAINFIELD


PLAINFIELD TODAY:
Checking in after the Thanksgiving weekend, our Plainfield bloggers have been busy: Bernice notes World AIDS Day, meditates on middle-level management at City Hall, and confronts technology head-on. Olddoc gives a tip o' the hat to the Courier, ponders tenure in the education system and posts plenty of pix -- tiptoe through those tulips! PEPtalk continues the I's for intelligent parenting series. Plainfield Sports News notes Queen City baseball signups, the PHS-Westfield Thanksgiving Day game, and welcomes Noel Pyne to the website and highlights an improved calendar function.


Fire: "Seven towns respond to fire that leaves family homeless"

Economic Recovery: "Mayors look to Obama for help" -- US Conference of Mayors' plan.
Hospitals: "State has authority to investigate ailing hospitals' finances, will it?"

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WHAT'S HAPPENING
  • Food Donations Needed: Consider donating to your a local religious organization's feeding program or food pantry, or give to the COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF NJ: Accepts dry, refrigerated or frozen food. Distributes food to charities throughout the state. Location: 31 Evans Terminal Road, Hillside, N.J. Info: (908) 355-3663; or visit njfoodbank.org/.

  • FY2009 BUDGET: A three-year budget comparison document is online here.

  • Today - December 1. 8 PM. City Council Business Meeting. City Council Chambers/Courthouse. Watchung Avenue and East 4th Street.

  • Wednesday - December 3. 7 PM. LWV Forum on School Funding. Plainfield's school funding formula may be changing, and you can learn what this will mean for our District and our taxpayers. Gordon McInnes spent five years as Assistant Commissioner of Education with responsibility for the Abbot Schools. He is presently a lecturer at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton. McInnes will be joined by Plainfield Schools Superintendent Dr. Steve Gallon. Sponsored by the Plainfield chapter of the League of Women Voters. At the new Emerson Community School, East 3rd Street and Emerson Avenue.

  • Wednesday - December 3. 7 PM. Zoning Board of Adjustment. City Hall Library. Public invited.

  • Wednesday - December 3. 7:30 PM. Plainfield Shade Tree Commission. City Hall Library. Public invited.

  • Thursday - December 4. 8 PM. Planning Board. City Hall Library. Public invited.

  • Friday - December 5. 6 PM. Annual Holiday Tree Lighting. Kids and parents join in the annual holiday tree lighting festivities, topped off by a visit from Santa. Refreshments. At City Hall, 515 Watchung Avenue. (In case of inclement weather, reschedule date is December 12.) FREE.

  • Saturday - December 6. 10 AM - 1 PM. Holiday Bazaar. Crafts, gifts, jewelry, art, cards, decorations, books (some with author signings), cosmetics and services. Cake and pie raffle. Dessert items for sale -- by the piece or whole. (Orders taken for desserts to be delivered later.) Proceeds benefit the scholarship fund of the New Covenant Christian Academy (NCCA) -- last year the school offered 10 scholarships. At First Park Baptist Fellowship Hall, West 7th & Central (parking in the lot on Central Avenue, entry to the Fellowship Hall is directly off the lot). New Covenant Christian Academy (NCCA) is a private school housed at First Park Baptist.

  • Saturday - December 6. Noon - 3 PM. 4th Annual Holiday Horse & Wagon Ride. Catch your ride in one of two staging areas: West Front Street (near McDonald's) and Plainwood Square Park on South Avenue. Wagon rides. Hot chocolate. Goody bags (with $5 KFC gift certificates). Drawing for 'World's Largest Christmas Stocking' at 3:30 PM at Plainwood Square (entry forms at both sites, winner must be present). Special appearances by Santa and his Elf. EVERYTHING IS FREE.

  • Monday - December 8. 6:30 PM. YWCA: Holiday Open House and Hanging of the Greens. Celebrate the new leadership, new energy and new vision for the Plainfield area's YWCA. Welcoming the return of the performing arts to the YW's historic theatre, as well as performances by the award-winning Soumas HERITAGE Gospel Choir, the YW's very own M.PoWer dancers and the cast of Annie Jr. Tricky Tray, refreshments. At the Central Jersey YWCA, East Front and Church Streets. Info: (908) 756-3500.

  • Monday - December 8. 7:30 PM. City Council Agenda Session. City Hall Library. 515 Watchung Avenue.

  • Monday - December 8. 8 PM. Van Wyck Brooks HD Monthly Meeting. Continuing to plan for the annual 12th Night Dinner (January 10, 2009) and an update on the Abbott Manor Nursing Home situation. Meeting at 977 Madison Avenue.
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CENTRAL JERSEY

First Night: "Morristown's 17th First Night has 45 acts in 25 venues"
Newark --
STATE

Affordable Housing: "Anxiety grows about NJ affordable housing rules"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.


NATION / WORLD

Obama Transition --
 India: "How Mumbai attackers executed their plan"
Mortgage Mess: "Regulators ignored warnings long before meltdown"
Palin: "A GOP star, but little liked by the center"


OF INTEREST

Historic Preservation: "Churches are declining historic designation"

Alternative Energy: "Geothermal systems being taken up to save energy costs"

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Posted by Dan at 9:56 AM