Olddoc notes January blogger slump.. Bernice posts some Council agenda items.. Maria: No jackasses today..
PLAINFIELD TODAY:
Boxing: Story on yesterday's statewide amateur tournament in Plainfield in print, not online yet.
Bridgeway Rehab: "Bridgeway counselor receives service-provide annual award"
Business Forecast: "Small business forecast" -- Several Plainfield businesses, including Freshwaters and E&A Restaurant Supply.
Police Retirements: "Union honors Plainfield police retirees" -- With photo.
Traffic Safety: "White line can enhance safety" -- Letter, Nancy Piwowar.
The Auditor: "Menendez endorsing Stack? Byrne wanted Daggett. Lesniak and Kean in biz."
Corzine: "Corzine in talks to teach at Rutgers"
Corruption: "Dwek is background for corruption trial of Beldini"
Tom Moran: "Justice Alito takes off his mask: Where is the restrained conservative?"
Paul Mulshine: "Dem incumbents on track for a loss?"
Sports Betting: "Lesniak blasts Christie on legalizing sports betting"
Chinese New Year: "Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company will perform in Newark" -- Feb. 13 and 14.
Doo-Wop: "Owner gone, a music shop preserves a fading sound"
Home Construction: "Builders assess reviving market"
Mortgages: "FHA tightens lending standards" -- A real down payment? Now we're getting like the old days.
Racing: "As NJ tightens its belt, racing industry holds its breath"
Plainfield observers (click on name to go to post): Bernice posts some Feb. 1 agenda items -- get a load of the terms Plainfield accepted for this year's aid. Olddoc notes a January slump by bloggers (he's been reading my mind). Maria has no jackasses today, just chickens. 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 covers the Lady Cardinals at Scotch Plains-Fanwood.
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 is strategizing -- colorfully; Jackie Schnoop's The (TV) Show Must Go On; and Dottie Gutenkauf's Dottie G Sez.
| BERNICE'S PLAINTALKER | MARIA'S BLOG | DOC'S POTPOURRI | PIV FOR PLAINFIELD |
| PLAINFIELD SPORTS NEWS| PLAINFIELD TREES | COUNCILOR MAPP | COUNCILOR McWILLIAMS |
| COUNCILOR STORCH | COUNCILOR BURNEY | JERRY GREEN'S PAGE | BO ON THE 22nd |
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| COUNCILOR STORCH | COUNCILOR BURNEY | JERRY GREEN'S PAGE | BO ON THE 22nd |
WHAT'S HAPPENING
- 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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