Mapp: QC Baseball League for our kids.. Piv: Would do-it-ourselves paving save money?.. Maria: What would 5% school funding reduction look like?..

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PLAINFIELD TODAY:

• "The Mayor's Ball: Did you get your invite?"
  
  
  
  
• "UPDATE: $10 Plainfield banknote"
  
  
  
  
• "UPDATE: Storm damage in Plainfield"
  

Plainfield Public Library: "Budget cuts force library to slash hours, staffing"
BOE Race: "Elect the Grand Slam Team" -- Self-published on Courier.
Tax Appeals: "Busy year expected for appeals" -- Though not about Plainfield, there are handy tips for property owners considering a tax appeal, and the deadline is approaching.
Union County Budget: "New date added to county budget hearings"

Flooding --

• Cranford: "Tri-County Red Cross opens shelter in Cranford"
• Green Brook Flood Control: "Unfinished project could not protect Bound Brook"
  
• North Plainfield: "Vermeule center reopened on account of sewer backups"
• South Plainfield: "Several streets closed, more than 40 basements flooded"

Watchung Arts Center: "New Art group explores new ground with 'Sticks and Stones' show"

Gov. Christie --

• Budget: "Budget expected to slash school funds by $820M"
• Paul Mulshine: "Christie to suburbs: Drop dead!"

Affordable Housing: "Bill to abolish COAH approved by Senate committee"
Corruption Sting: "Ex-lawmaker says massive probe was tainted by Christie's ambition for governor"
Menendez Recall: "NJ appeals court to rule on Menendez recall effort"

Plainfield observers (click on name to go to post): Bernice finds Rahway Rising blog keeping tabs on Dornoch, and notes little visual things that bother. Olddoc corrects two goods and posts the first of a 3-part Muhlenberg memoir. Maria asks what a 5% school funding reduction would look like, pictures Hubblee Bubblee milkshakes and 'sleeping children' cupcakes -- making me hungry. Piv explores the city taking up do-it-yourself street paving -- would it save money? Councilor Mapp finds the Queen City Baseball League doing good by and for our children. Councilor McWilliams analysis of our budget problems and proposed solutions deserves your close attention. Plainfield Sports News chronicles the end of the Cardinals' championship run.

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 blogs on her BOE team; 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 |
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WHAT'S HAPPENING

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• Today - March 16. 7 PM. FOSH Meeting. The Friends of Sleepy Hollow meet to discuss issues of importance to residents and to plan activities for the community, among which a favorite is always the annual FOSH Yard Sale, which draws thousands of visitors to the Queen City. At Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, East 7th Street and Watchung Avenue (parking in lot on First Place or at Swain Galleries). Info: Pat Kavanaugh, (908) 561-6046.
  
  
• (NEW LISTING) Tomorrow - March 17. 7 PM. BOE Race: Fundraiser for Team CFHT. Candidates Callands, Fletcher, Hendricks and Tucker, running as Team CFHT for BOE, will host a kickoff fundraiser. $5 Donation/Cover Charge. DJ, dancing and cash bar. Meet the team and have a reason to wear green and go dancing on St. Patty's Day. At Stone Square Lodge, 722 St. Mary's Avenue.
  
  
• Wednesday - March 17. 7:30 PM. Cultural & Heritage Commission. City Hall Library. 515 Watchung Avenue (parking in lot at rear of building). Public invited.
  
  
• Thursday - March 18. 7 PM. City Council Town Hall Meeting (Ward 1). First Ward residents are invited to discuss concerns specific to their Ward and neighborhoods. At Emerson Community School, East 3rd Street and Emerson Avenue.
  
  
• Thursday - March 18. 8 PM. Planning Board. City Hall Library. 515 Watchung Avenue (parking in lot at rear of building). Public invited.
  
  
• Friday - March 19. 6 - 8 PM. BOE Campaign Kickoff: Campbell · Abdul-Haqq · Hernandez · Edwards. At United Church of Christ-Congregational, 220 West 7th Street (at Madison Avenue). $25/person. For tickets, see the candidates or email rannette439@verizon.net.
  
  
• Friday - March 19. 8 PM. Play: Lorena Hickok and Eleanor Roosevelt: A Love Story. Starring Marjorie Conn, the play (which had a 13-year run in Provincetown) chronicles the 30-year relationship between the First Lady and the top female journalist in the country and is drawn on Eleanor's 2,000 letters to her beloved 'Hick'. Ms. Conn will provide music and memorabilia of the period as well as a Q&A after the performance. A reception follows the play, at which Ms. Conn will autograph copies of her books. Proceeds will help fund scholarships and cultural events of the First Unitarian Society. At First Unitarian Society of Plainfield, 724 Park Avenue. (Parking in city lot across street.) Tickets: $15, include reception. Info: Sue at (732) 548-3877 or email sue3877@live.com/.
  
  
• Saturday - March 20. 1 - 3 PM. 'Kids' Iron Chef' Competition. Teams of 12-14 year olds compete to cook up the tastiest and most nutritious dinners -- aided by NJ celebrity chefs, and judged by 9 - 11 year olds -- to honor Childhood Obesity Prevention Month. A statewide project of the Junior Leagues of NJ, with Whole Foods as chief food sponsor. Hosted by Grace's Kitchen, at Grace Episcopal Church, East 7th Street and Cleveland Avenue. (Parking in public lot across street.) For more info, call (973) 997-1700 or visit www.jlnj.org/.
  
  
• Saturday - March 20. 5 - 10 PM. People-To-People Fundraiser. Dinner and Dance-a-thon fundraiser to help send Marcus Moore to Europe as a Student Ambassador with People To People. Great food, fabulous prizes, music by DJ Cavalier and The Outlet. Tickets: $25/$30 at the door; under 13, $15. Contact: Belinda Moore, (908) 884-0289. At Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, East 7th Street and Watchung Avenue (parking in lot on First Place or at Swain Galleries).
  
  
• Sunday - March 21. 1 - 4 PM. Gallery Talk: An Historical Survey of Women Artists, 1550-1950. New Jersey artist and educator (she teaches at du Cret) Joan Arbeiter presents an illustrated talk (at 2:00 PM). In addition, there are two exhibitions, one of portraits of currently active women artists, and another of assemblages playfully tracing Arbeiter's coming of age in the 1940s and 50s. At the Drake House, running through May 2. The Drake House is at 602 West Front Street, at the foot of Plainfield Avenue. Info: (908) 755-5831 or the Museum's website drakehousemuseum.tripod.com/.
  
  
• Tuesday - March 23. 7:30 PM. Historic Preservation Commission. City Hall Library. 515 Watchung Avenue (parking in lot at rear of building). Public invited.
  
  
• Wednesday - March 24. 7:30 PM. Plainfield Shade Tree Commission. City Hall, 2nd Floor Conference Room. 515 Watchung Avenue (parking in lot at rear of building). Public invited.

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