Tomorrow - February 1. 7:30 PM. City Council Agenda Session. City Hall Library. 515 Watchung Avenue. (Parking and entry at rear of building.) Public may speak at end of meeting.
Thursday - February 4. 6:30 PM. Relay For Life Organizing Meeting. Join with the team organizing this year's Relay for Life event in a kickoff meeting, celebrating a world with less cancer and more birthdays! At PNC Bank, 2nd and Park Avenue (use the ATM entrance on West 2nd Street). Also, mark your calendar for the 2010 Relay For Life, at Hub-Stine Field, May 22-23. See Plainfield's website here. Info: Farrah at (973) 634-4985 or email farrah.stephenson@cancer.org.
Thursday - February 4. 6:30 - 9:15 PM. Talk and Exhibit: Negro League Baseball at Yankee Stadium, 1930-48. Join with Robert Scott, former pitcher and first baseman for the NY Black Yankees of the Negro National League, and Dr.Lawrence Hogan, senior history professor at Union County College. The talk will also include memorabilia as well as excerpts from a video of the League's historic first game at Yankee Stadium, July 5, 1930. A special exhibit will feature New Jersey players, including Plainfield's Joe Black, who pitched for the Baltimore Elite Giants before joining the Brooklyn Dodgers. At the Roy Smith Auditorium, Union County College, 1033 Springfield Avenue, Cranford. Registration: $10/person. To register or to request a program brochure, call the Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs at (908) 558-2550 or email culturalinfo@ucnj.org.
Monday - February 8. 6 PM. PMUA Rate Hearing. PMUA Commissioners will conduct the public hearing on the agency's proposed 2010 rate changes, at which the public may speak. At PMUA headquarters, 127 Roosevelt Avenue (corner of East 2nd Street). Info: (908) 226-2518. Regular meetings are often very brief though the rate hearing may be longer, still you should not dawdle if you're going.
Monday - February 8. 6:30 - 8:30 PM. Queen City Baseball League Registration. Groups offered: T-Ball (ages 4-6), Minor League (7-9), Major League (10-12), Pony League (13-14), Girls Junior Softball (5th/6th, 12 and under), Girls Senior Softball (7th/8th, 14 and under). $85/first child, 20% discount ($17) for all siblings (with fundraising commitment). Total or 50% due at registration (deposits non-refundable). Registration at McDonald's, 1241 South Avenue. Info: Karen, (908) 298-4888; Anthony (908) 451-1935; or Tasha (908) 361-2865; or visit the QCBL website here.
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Plainfield observers (click on name to go to post): Bernice has been busy: a crime wave close to home, Tuesday's BOE meeting and the miasma hanging over all, a Lady Bug on patrol and a famous person has unclaimed property.Marianotes it was a good week to ask for 'civility' and probes a doggie park prank.CBAC (budget advisory committee) looks for your questions and/or comments -- citizens are chiming in, check it out and add your voice. Don't miss these personal blogs by Plainfielders, each with a point of view: Rebecca Williams' Confessions of a Bathrobe Blogger; Renata Hernandez' PEPTalk: Revisited, Renata has the latest on the schools situation; Jackie Schnoop's The (TV) Show Must Go On; and Dottie Gutenkauf's Dottie G Sez.
Today - January 30. Noon (weigh-in), 3 PM (start). NJLBC Boxing Tournament Show. Plainfield 5-Star Gym, East 5th Street at Roosevelt Avenue. See USABoxing website here.
Today - January 30. 7 PM. Concert: Lycoming College Tour Choir. Selected each year by competitive audition from the college's 105-voice College Choir, the Tour Choir presents the very finest in choral music, having performed in venues ranging from St. Patrick's and St. John the Divine cathedrals in New York to the National Cathedral in Washington and California's famed Crystal Cathedral. At Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, East 7th Street and Watchung Avenue (parking in lot on First Place or at Swain Galleries). No charge, but a freewill offering will be taken.
Today - January 30. 7 PM. Dramatic Reading: 'Intimate Apparel'. Grace Episcopal Church opens its Black History Month celebrations with a dramatic reading of Lynn Nottage's most celebrated play, Intimate Apparel. An early 20th century African American seamstress' social network figures in a long-distance romance that leads to the conflict of propriety and transgression on all fronts. At Grace Episcopal Church, East 7th Street and Cleveland Avenue. Parking in public lot across street. Info: (908) 756-1520 or visit www.graceplainfield.org/. FREE.
Monday - February 1. 7:30 PM. City Council Agenda Session. City Hall Library. 515 Watchung Avenue. (Parking and entry at rear of building.) Public may speak at end of meeting.
Thursday - February 4. 6:30 PM. Relay For Life Organizing Meeting. Join with the team organizing this year's Relay for Life event in a kickoff meeting, celebrating a world with less cancer and more birthdays! At PNC Bank, 2nd and Park Avenue (use the ATM entrance on West 2nd Street). Also, mark your calendar for the 2010 Relay For Life, at Hub-Stine Field, May 22-23. See Plainfield's website here. Info: Farrah at (973) 634-4985 or email farrah.stephenson@cancer.org.
Thursday - February 4. 6:30 - 9:15 PM. Talk and Exhibit: Negro League Baseball at Yankee Stadium, 1930-48. Join with Robert Scott, former pitcher and first baseman for the NY Black Yankees of the Negro National League, and Dr.Lawrence Hogan, senior history professor at Union County College. The talk will also include memorabilia as well as excerpts from a video of the League's historic first game at Yankee Stadium, July 5, 1930. A special exhibit will feature New Jersey players, including Plainfield's Joe Black, who pitched for the Baltimore Elite Giants before joining the Brooklyn Dodgers. At the Roy Smith Auditorium, Union County College, 1033 Springfield Avenue, Cranford. Registration: $10/person. To register or to request a program brochure, call the Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs at (908) 558-2550 or email culturalinfo@ucnj.org.
Monday - February 8. 6 PM. PMUA Rate Hearing. PMUA Commissioners will conduct the public hearing on the agency's proposed 2010 rate changes, at which the public may speak. At PMUA headquarters, 127 Roosevelt Avenue (corner of East 2nd Street). Info: (908) 226-2518. Regular meetings are often very brief though the rate hearing may be longer, still you should not dawdle if you're going.
Monday - February 8. 6:30 - 8:30 PM. Queen City Baseball League Registration. Groups offered: T-Ball (ages 4-6), Minor League (7-9), Major League (10-12), Pony League (13-14), Girls Junior Softball (5th/6th, 12 and under), Girls Senior Softball (7th/8th, 14 and under). $85/first child, 20% discount ($17) for all siblings (with fundraising commitment). Total or 50% due at registration (deposits non-refundable). Registration at McDonald's, 1241 South Avenue. Info: Karen, (908) 298-4888; Anthony (908) 451-1935; or Tasha (908) 361-2865; or visit the QCBL website here.
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Plainfield observers (click on name to go to post): Bernice. Olddoc. Mariaposts a link to Gov. Christie's education task force transition report.Piv.Jerry (post comments on Jerry's blog here).Bo on the 22nd .Councilor Mapp. Councilor Storch. Councilor Burney. Councilor McWilliams.CBAC (budget advisory committee) looks for your questions and/or comments -- citizens are chiming in, check it out and add your voice. Don't miss these personal blogs by Plainfielders, each with a point of view: Rebecca Williams' Confessions of a Bathrobe Blogger, honors author Zora Neale Hurston, who died 50 years ago; Renata Hernandez' PEPTalk: Revisited, Renata invites help in planning a public meeting on the schools and supplies important state-level contact info; Jackie Schnoop's The (TV) Show Must Go On, this week's American Idol auditions; and Dottie Gutenkauf's Dottie G Sez.
Tomorrow - January 30. Noon (weigh-in), 3 PM (start). NJLBC Boxing Tournament Show. Plainfield 5-Star Gym, East 5th Street at Roosevelt Avenue. See USABoxing website here.
Tomorrow - January 30. 7 PM. Concert: Lycoming College Tour Choir. Selected each year by competitive audition from the college's 105-voice College Choir, the Tour Choir presents the very finest in choral music, having performed in venues ranging from St. Patrick's and St. John the Divine cathedrals in New York to the National Cathedral in Washington and California's famed Crystal Cathedral. At Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, East 7th Street and Watchung Avenue (parking in lot on First Place or at Swain Galleries). No charge, but a freewill offering will be taken.
Monday - February 1. 7:30 PM. City Council Agenda Session. City Hall Library. 515 Watchung Avenue. (Parking and entry at rear of building.) Public may speak at end of meeting.
Thursday - February 4. 6:30 PM. Relay For Life Organizing Meeting. Join with the team organizing this year's Relay for Life event in a kickoff meeting, celebrating a world with less cancer and more birthdays! At PNC Bank, 2nd and Park Avenue (use the ATM entrance on West 2nd Street). Also, mark your calendar for the 2010 Relay For Life, at Hub-Stine Field, May 22-23. See Plainfield's website here. Info: Farrah at (973) 634-4985 or email farrah.stephenson@cancer.org.
Thursday - February 4. 6:30 - 9:15 PM. Talk and Exhibit: Negro League Baseball at Yankee Stadium, 1930-48. Join with Robert Scott, former pitcher and first baseman for the NY Black Yankees of the Negro National League, and Dr.Lawrence Hogan, senior history professor at Union County College. The talk will also include memorabilia as well as excerpts from a video of the League's historic first game at Yankee Stadium, July 5, 1930. A special exhibit will feature New Jersey players, including Plainfield's Joe Black, who pitched for the Baltimore Elite Giants before joining the Brooklyn Dodgers. At the Roy Smith Auditorium, Union County College, 1033 Springfield Avenue, Cranford. Registration: $10/person. To register or to request a program brochure, call the Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs at (908) 558-2550 or email culturalinfo@ucnj.org.
Monday - February 8. 6 PM. PMUA Rate Hearing. PMUA Commissioners will conduct the public hearing on the agency's proposed 2010 rate changes, at which the public may speak. At PMUA headquarters, 127 Roosevelt Avenue (corner of East 2nd Street). Info: (908) 226-2518. Regular meetings are often very brief though the rate hearing may be longer, still you should not dawdle if you're going.
Monday - February 8. 6:30 - 8:30 PM. Queen City Baseball League Registration. Groups offered: T-Ball (ages 4-6), Minor League (7-9), Major League (10-12), Pony League (13-14), Girls Junior Softball (5th/6th, 12 and under), Girls Senior Softball (7th/8th, 14 and under). $85/first child, 20% discount ($17) for all siblings (with fundraising commitment). Total or 50% due at registration (deposits non-refundable). Registration at McDonald's, 1241 South Avenue. Info: Karen, (908) 298-4888; Anthony (908) 451-1935; or Tasha (908) 361-2865; or visit the QCBL website here.
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Plainfield observers (click on name to go to post): Olddocnotes the St. Vincent's/Muhlenberg parallels, and wonders if Obama is soft-pedaling healthcare reform. Mariaposts on schools' residency requirements and the new Kindergarten Assessment.CBAC (budget advisory committee) looks for your questions and/or comments -- citizens are chiming in, check it out and add your voice.Plainfield Sports Newsnotes PHS Boys suffer first loss, Rampage blasts KiXX. Don't miss these personal blogs by Plainfielders, each with a point of view: Rebecca Williams' Confessions of a Bathrobe Blogger, honors author Zora Neale Hurston, who died 50 years ago today; Renata Hernandez' PEPTalk: Revisited, Renata is soliciting help with a letter she is preparing for Gov. Christie and the Education Commissioner; Jackie Schnoop's The (TV) Show Must Go On; and Dottie Gutenkauf's Dottie G Sez.
Saturday - January 30. Noon (weigh-in), 3 PM (start). NJLBC Boxing Tournament Show. Plainfield 5-Star Gym, East 5th Street at Roosevelt Avenue. See USABoxing website here.
Saturday - January 30. 7 PM. Concert: Lycoming College Tour Choir. Selected each year by competitive audition from the college's 105-voice College Choir, the Tour Choir presents the very finest in choral music, having performed in venues ranging from St. Patrick's and St. John the Divine cathedrals in New York to the National Cathedral in Washington and California's famed Crystal Cathedral. At Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, East 7th Street and Watchung Avenue (parking in lot on First Place or at Swain Galleries). No charge, but a freewill offering will be taken.
Monday - February 1. 7:30 PM. City Council Agenda Session. City Hall Library. 515 Watchung Avenue. (Parking and entry at rear of building.) Public may speak at end of meeting.
Thursday - February 4. 6:30 PM. Relay For Life Organizing Meeting. Join with the team organizing this year's Relay for Life event in a kickoff meeting, celebrating a world with less cancer and more birthdays! At PNC Bank, 2nd and Park Avenue (use the ATM entrance on West 2nd Street). Also, mark your calendar for the 2010 Relay For Life, at Hub-Stine Field, May 22-23. See Plainfield's website here. Info: Farrah at (973) 634-4985 or email farrah.stephenson@cancer.org.
Thursday - February 4. 6:30 - 9:15 PM. Talk and Exhibit: Negro League Baseball at Yankee Stadium, 1930-48. Join with Robert Scott, former pitcher and first baseman for the NY Black Yankees of the Negro National League, and Dr.Lawrence Hogan, senior history professor at Union County College. The talk will also include memorabilia as well as excerpts from a video of the League's historic first game at Yankee Stadium, July 5, 1930. A special exhibit will feature New Jersey players, including Plainfield's Joe Black, who pitched for the Baltimore Elite Giants before joining the Brooklyn Dodgers. At the Roy Smith Auditorium, Union County College, 1033 Springfield Avenue, Cranford. Registration: $10/person. To register or to request a program brochure, call the Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs at (908) 558-2550 or email culturalinfo@ucnj.org.
Monday - February 8. 6 PM. PMUA Rate Hearing. PMUA Commissioners will conduct the public hearing on the agency's proposed 2010 rate changes, at which the public may speak. At PMUA headquarters, 127 Roosevelt Avenue (corner of East 2nd Street). Info: (908) 226-2518. Regular meetings are often very brief though the rate hearing may be longer, still you should not dawdle if you're going.
Monday - February 8. 6:30 - 8:30 PM. Queen City Baseball League Registration. Groups offered: T-Ball (ages 4-6), Minor League (7-9), Major League (10-12), Pony League (13-14), Girls Junior Softball (5th/6th, 12 and under), Girls Senior Softball (7th/8th, 14 and under). $85/first child, 20% discount ($17) for all siblings (with fundraising commitment). Total or 50% due at registration (deposits non-refundable). Registration at McDonald's, 1241 South Avenue. Info: Karen, (908) 298-4888; Anthony (908) 451-1935; or Tasha (908) 361-2865; or visit the QCBL website here.
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Plainfield resident since 1983. Retired as the city's Public Information Officer in 2006; prior to that Community Programs Coordinator for the Plainfield Public Library. Founding member and past president of: Faith, Bricks & Mortar; Residents Supporting Victorian Plainfield; and PCO (the outreach nonprofit of Grace Episcopal Church). Supporter of the Library, Symphony and Historic Society as well as other community groups, and active in Democratic politics.
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