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Saturday, January 16, 2010

Maria: How could uncertified staff situation go on so long?.. Olddoc on schools' 'progress' mailer.. Mapp: New Dems potluck & food drive tonight..


PLAINFIELD TODAY:

Board of Ed: "Education activist, blogger Renata Hernandez announces board run"
Connolly: "Six more Connolly-managed properties seek bankruptcy protection"
Schools: "Plainfield schools shuffle organizational chart"
Assault: "Plainfield man gets 90 days for punching supervisor at Kohl's"
Union County College: "'Negro League Baseball at Yankee Stadium' is Black History Month program"
WBAI: "99.5FM, where board meetings make broadcasts seem tame"

Christie Appointments --
 Medicaid: "Audit finds $13M in payments for mistakes"
Nonpartisan Elections: "Bill to give options for Election Day signed into law"
Stevens Institute: "President resigns, school submits to state oversight" -- Ledger | NYTimes |

Plainfield observers (click on name to go to post): Bernice Payne resigns from school district, next move is...? Olddoc gets a 'progress' mailer from the schools, notes his favorite blogs, and wonders at no posts on Bill Hetfield by the 'political' bloggers. Maria has a reader ask: How could the uncertified staffers have gone on so long? Councilor Mapp reminds all the New Dems Potluck and Food Drive is tonight. Councilor McWilliams posts her Goals and Priorities for the Council for 2010. CBAC (budget advisory committee) looks for your questions and/or comments -- citizens are chiming in, check it out and add your voice. Plainfield Sports News finds PHS boys soaring to 8-0, and Sky Blue FC draft results.

Don't miss these personal blogs by Plainfielders, each with a point of view: Rebecca Williams' Confessions of a Bathrobe Blogger, mmm; Renata Hernandez' PEPTalk: Revisited, Renata announces her Board of Ed candidacy; Jackie Schnoop's The (TV) Show Must Go On, mmm; and Dottie Gutenkauf's Dottie G Sez.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
  • Today - January 16. 11 AM. MLK Event: P.O.P. Rally. On the steps of City Hall, 515 Watchung Avenue. Sponsor: People's Organization for Progress. Contact: Steven Hatcher (908) 731-1518.

  • Today - January 16. 1 PM. MLK Event: Omega's Young, Gifted & Talented Program. An afternoon of inspiration and fun for youth. At: Hubbard Middle School, 661 West 8th Street. Sponsor: Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Contact: Clinton Hall (201) 741-1415.

  • Today - January 16. 7 PM. MLK Event: New Dems Potluck & Food Drive. Celebrate Dr. King's commitment to end hunger. Bring a dish to share and canned food items. At: Councilor Adrian & Mrs. Amelia Mapps, 535 West 8th St. Sponsor: New Democrats for Plainfield. Contact: Rebecca Williams (908) 447-6268.

  • Tomorrow - January 17. 5 PM. MLK Event: Celebration Service. At: Calvary Baptist Church, 324 Monroe Avenue. Sponsor: Concerned Urban Clergy. Contact: (908) 482-3532.

  • (NEW ITEM) Tomorrow - January 17. 6 PM. Cathedral International: Coat Giveaway. Cathedral International's Plainfield congregation is offering winter coats free to all who need them. Donations of clean, lightly used winter coats are also welcome. Sponsor: Cathedral International. At Christ Holy Tabernacle International Ministry, 207 Park Avenue.

  • Monday - January 18. 8 AM. MLK Event: NAACP Memorial March. March route is from PNC Bank at 2nd & Park to Plainfield High School. Sponsor: Plainfield Branch, NAACP. Contact: George Gore (908) 822-9771.

  • Monday - January 18. 8:30 AM. 34th Annual MLK Breakfast: Michellene Davis, Esq., Speaker. Join in the 34th Annual Frontiers International MLK Memorial Breakfast. Guest Speaker: Michellene Davis, Esq., chief policy counsel to Gov. Jon Corzine and first African American woman State Treasurer. Tickets: $16/person, $12/students and seniors. Available from Realty World-Fredrica Williams, 490 Somerset Street, North Plainfield, or The Marshall Group, 115 Watchung Avenue. Info and reservations: (908) 756-4663 or (908) 822-2202. At PHS Cafeteria (use Kenyon Avenue parking lot).

  • Monday - January 18. 3 PM. MLK Event: Community Conversation: Where Do We Go From Here? A community conversation, facilitated by Dr. Gerald Lamont Thomas, pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church. At Shiloh Baptist Church, 515 West 4th Street. Sponsor: Shiloh Baptist Church, Dr. Gerald Lamont Thomas, pastor. Contact: Geri Agurs (908) 754-3353 x120.

  • Monday - January 18. 4 PM. MLK Event: Community Commemorative Service. Speaker: Rev. Dr. Vernon Walton. At Shiloh Baptist Church, 515 West 4th Street. Sponsor: Shiloh Baptist Church, Dr. Gerald Lamont Thomas, pastor. Contact: Geri Agurs (908) 754-3353 x120.

  • Monday, January 18. 3 PM. Grace Episcopal: Martin Luther King Service and Art Exhibit. Grace Episcopal Church's Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration features key note speaker Deborah Vietze, PhD, will speak on 'My sould looks forward in gratitude'. Following the service, the works of Lydia R. Watson, whose art is on display at the Plainfield Public Library, will be on exhibit. 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/.

  • Tuesday - January 19. 6 PM. PMUA Rate Hearing, Commissioners Meeting. The public hearing on proposed changes to 2010 rates is at 6:00 PM, followed by the regular Board of Commissioners meeting. At PMUA headquarters, 127 Roosevelt Avenue, corner of East 2nd Street. Public welcome.

  • (NOTE DATE CHANGE) Tuesday - January 19. 8 PM. City Council Business Meeting. City Council Chambers/Courthouse. Watchung Avenue and East 4th Street. Public may speak at beginning and end of meeting.
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