Renata sets Feb. 15 for 'Taking Back Our Schools' meeting.. Bernice finds a Monarch condo sale.. Maria: School Allocation documents..
PLAINFIELD TODAY:
- "Too bad FBI didn't have today's technology when investigating Plainfield corruption"
- "Plainfield's worst-kept secret: New IT staffer"
Advice from an ex-Plainfielder: "How to fix our financial system" -- Obama adviser Paul Volcker once lived on Carnegie Avenue.
No Child Left Behind: "Obama seeks broad changes to NCLB law"
Jayson Williams: "Willliams' SC estate is burglarized" -- An inside job?
Tolls for 78, 287: "Report says tolls considered for 78, 80, 287"
'Governor's School': "Funding problems cancel two of five sessions"
Haitian Refugees: "Christie, NJ brace for influx of refugees"
South Plainfield: "Location at issue in plan for new borough library"
Sports: "Blakely named College Mens Basketball player of year by NJ sports writers"
1960 Sit-In: "Jerseyans talk about 1960 Woolworth's sit-in in Greensboro" -- Ledger | Courier | -- Lunch counter sit-in helped seal Jim Crow's fate.
Plainfield observers (click on name to go to post): Bernice notes the public needs an update on the Monarch project (and yes, a sale is reported -- how much?, you have to read the blog). Olddoc ponders possibility of a GOP resurgence, noting, however, statesmanship is a lost art. Maria on the School Allocation plan, with documents. As the Council gets back to work, you might want to review Councilor McWilliams' goals for 2010, plus her and Councilor Storch's reflections on issues facing the Council. 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: PHS boys defeat 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 sets Feb. 15 as date for 'Taking Back Our Schools' public meeting; Jackie Schnoop's The (TV) Show Must Go On, recaps the week in text and pix -- don't miss that upside-down owl; 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 |
| PLAINFIELD SPORTS NEWS| PLAINFIELD TREES | COUNCILOR MAPP | COUNCILOR McWILLIAMS |
| COUNCILOR STORCH | COUNCILOR BURNEY | JERRY GREEN'S PAGE | BO ON THE 22nd |
WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today - 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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