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Saturday, April 4, 2009

Green picks Sharon, Greaves.. Bernice: Spivey wins award, meeting notes.. Maria: School budget, subs.. Olddoc on Jerry's vocabulary..

PLAINFIELD


PLAINFIELD TODAY:
Be sure to check out fellow Plainfield bloggers: Bernice notes Courier reporter Mark Spivey won a NJ press award for reporting (Congrats, Mark!) and a miscellany of meeting and election items. Maria reports on the school budget hearing and discusses substitute teacher issues. Olddoc notes that while beuaty is only skin deep, maleficence is something else indeed (in a nod to Jerry's vocabularic excess), and has a pic of a truly s-c-a-r-y auto bridge. Assemblyman Green praises Courier reporter Mark Spivey for his objectivity and press award. File that.

Humane Society: "Plainfield shelter gets temporary license while repairs continue" -- Another workday today, details in 'What's Happening'.
Muhlenberg SED: "Emergency department staying busy" -- Whadaya wanna bet this will be in tomorrow's print edition?

Coniglio Corruption Trial: "Ex-Judge: Documents were withheld in grant probe"
Foreclosure Prevention Workshop: "Hundreds flood foreclosure prevention fair"
Greenfest: "2nd Annual PSE&G Greenfest this weekend"
Jewelry Heist: "Thieves take $300K in stones in brazen daylight robbery"
Munoz Funeral: "Assemblyman remembered as passionate and witty"
Pension Funds: "FDIC plan calls for NJ pensions to buy 'toxic assets'"
'Provisional' Workers: "Newark fires 35 provisional workers" -- Faced fines for using non-civil service workers.
Stimulus Money: "Orange police seek $1M for police computer upgrade"

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WHAT'S HAPPENING
  • Help! The computer ate the master calendar. Please resend any events scheduled from April forward to this email. Thanks!

  • Today - April 4. 9 AM. Volunteer Workday at Humane Society. Volunteers are invited to join in demolition of remaining kennels to make way for new kennels and fencing; those wishing to help should bring work gloves and eye protection and wear old clothing. The Plainfield Area Human Society is on Rock Avenue next to the PMUA Transfer Station and the Green Brook bridge. Info: contact.pahs@verizon.net. Note that though progress on fundraising has been made, they are still not out of the woods. You can help.

  • Today - April 4. 9 AM - 1 PM. Free Rabies Clinic. Bring your cat or dog to a free rabies clinic. Cats must be in secure carrier and dogs must be on a leash. At the South Avenue Firehouse, next to Netherwood Station. Dog and cat licenses will be available.

  • Monday - April 6. 7:30 PM. City Council Agenda Session. A deer management presentation is scheduled for 7:45 by Principal NJ Biologist Susan Predl. City Hall Library. 515 Watchung Avenue. (Parking and entry at rear of building.) Public may speak at end of meeting.

  • Tuesday - April 7. 4 - 8 PM. Free Rabies Clinic. Bring your cat or dog to a free rabies clinic. Cats must be in secure carrier and dogs must be on a leash. At the Bergen Street Firehouse. Dog and cat licenses will be available.

  • Tuesday - April 7. 6:30 PM. Board of Ed Work/Study Session. At the Plainfield Public Schools Administration Building (Jefferson School), 1200 Myrtle Avenue. Public invited.

  • Tuesday - April 7. 7 PM. City Council Budget Hearing. At City Hall Library. 515 Watchung Avenue. Parking and entry at the rear of the building. Public welcome.

  • Tuesday - April 7. 7 PM. PMUA Board of Commissioners. At PMUA headquarters, 127 Roosevelt Avenue (corner of East 2nd Street). Public invited.

  • Thursday - April 9. 7 PM. Cable TV Advisory Board. At City Hall Library, 515 Watchung Avenue. Parking and entry in lot behind behind building. Public welcome.

  • Saturday - April 11. Noon - 4 PM. Sabor Latino: A Taste of Latin Plainfield. Taste the dishes and treats of Plainfield's Latino cultures. The event commemorates the late Pepsi Charles, who founded 'Plainfield Cooks'. Entertainment, music and vendors. At Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, East 7th Street and Watchung Avenue (parking in lot on First Place or at Swain Galleries). Tickets: $10/person. At the door or in advance from Venture & Venture, 102 East Front Street, 2nd floor. Info: (908) 561-9600.

  • Saturday - April 11. 12:30 PM. Easter Egg Hunt. Bring the little ones ages 3-8 to this fun event and support a worthy cause, too. Games, prizes, and of course Easter Eggs galore! (Bring your own Easter basket.) Proceeds go to Breast Cancer Research Foundation. At Green Brook Park. For ages 3 - 8. $5/per child. Come on time for registration, hunt starts at 1 PM sharp.

  • Monday - April 13. 7 PM. United Way Plainfield Community Council. Planning continues for the joint UW House Tour and FOSH Garage Sale scheduled for May 31 (mark your calendars!) as well as the upcoming National Volunteer Week (April 19 - 25). At the YWCA of Central NJ, 232 East Front at Church Street.

  • Monday - April 13. 8 PM. VWB Historic District Meeting. Regular monthly meeting. 967 Madison Avenue.

  • Friday - Sunday - April 17-19. Scrapbooking Weekend Getaway at The Pillars. Plainfield's B&B innkeepers Lamont Blowe and Nancy Fiske host a weekend for scrapbookers, including meals, constant snacks, endless pots of coffee and plenty of workspace. Best experienced as a 'stayover' event, arrangements can be made for those who cannot book a room. Give The Pillars a call at (908) 753-0922 for more details. Visit The Pillars website at www.pillars2.com/.

  • Saturday - April 18. 6:30 PM. 'Camp Discovery' Benefit Auction. Wine, cheese and desserts will be featured at this event to raise funds for a six-week summer educational camp for exceptional Plainfield public school students. Local entertainer Gloria Walsh will preside over live and silent auctions of over 200 items, services, gift baskets and business gift certificates. An evening of fun, hilarity and bargains for all. Sponsored by United Plainfield CDC, a registered nonprofit. At United Church of Christ, Congregational. West 7th Street and Madison Avenue (parking in Madison Avenue lot and on the street). Tickets $10 in advance. For tickets and info, call (732) 996-7359 or (908) 531-4979.
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Posted by Dan at 9:51 AM