PPEB, Olddoc & Maria recall Bill Hetfield, true Plainfielder.. Adrian Mapp invites all to a potluck & food drive.. Olddoc laments (funnily) his typos.

BREAKING: Man shot multiple times Wednesday evening...see here.

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PLAINFIELD TODAY:

• "MLK Week: New Dems Potluck and Food Drive set for Saturday"
  
  
  
  
• "Ways to help in Haitian relief efforts"
  
• "Paparazzi on trails of Jane Does 1 & 2"

Business Fees: "Administration to introduce fee hikes at Tuesday Monday meeting" -- Brain was on automatic pilot; Council is Tuesday, owing to MLK holiday. Sorry. -- Dan.
Bill Hetfield: "Plainfield real estate, preservation enthusiast dies"
Harvest Radio: "Harvest Radio celebrates 7th anniversary with day of workshops"
MLK Community Service: "Clergy group invites all to celebrate life of Dr. King"
Baseball and Race: "Six Seconds, and a life lesson" -- Joe Michalcewicz recalls life lessons learned from a baseball team that played in Green Brook Park in the 1960s.

Distressed Cities: "Finance board approves $121M in aid to distressed cities"
Gay Marriage: "McGreevey's former wife, Dina Matos, comes out against gay marriage"
Job Fair: "Manville job fair draws hundreds of out-of-work professionals"
Newark: "Superintendent Janey releases plan to improve schools"

Christie Transition [full Ledger coverage here] --

• Appointments: "Christie names new education, DEP chiefs" -- Ledger | PolNJ | NYTimes | Record |
• Tom Moran: "Christie targets teachers' union with Schundler appointment"
• Schundler: "Schundler says he's open to working with NJEA"

Plainfield observers (click on name to go to post): PPEB** recalls Bill Hetfield, a true Plainfielder. Olddoc remembers Bill Hetfield, and laments his own 'dolt's burden (typos) with some examples (some quite funny). Maria bids farewell to Bill Hetfield. Bo on the 22nd posts a WSJ op-ed on security lapses. Councilor Mapp invites all to an MLK Week Potluck Party and Food Drive. CBAC (budget advisory committee) looks for your questions and/or comments -- citizens are chiming in, check it out and add your voice. **PPEB: Plainfield's Pre-Eminent Blogger.

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 offers opportunities to help in Haitian relief efforts; Jackie Schnoop's The (TV) Show Must Go On, notes Project Runway debuts tonight; and Dottie Gutenkauf's Dottie G Sez.

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WHAT'S HAPPENING

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• Tomorrow - January 15. 11 AM. MLK Event: Senior Center MLK Program. At: Plainfield Senior Center, 400 East Front Street. Sponsor: Plainfield Senior Center. Contact: Sharron Brown (908) 753-3506.
  
  
• Saturday - 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.
  
  
• Saturday - 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.
  
  
• Saturday - 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.
  
  
• Sunday - January 17. 5 PM. MLK Event: Celebration Service. At: Calvary Baptist Church, 324 Monroe Avenue. Sponsor: Concerned Urban Clergy. Contact: (908) 482-3532.
  
  
• 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/.

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