Maria on state investigation of schools: Report due 'in weeks'.. Olddoc on patient-doctor relationship.. Storch and Burney on Visioning success..
PLAINFIELD TODAY:
Business: "Landmark Golden Jewelers to close up shop" -- In business since 1942.
Habitat: "Plainfield Habitat welcomes new executive director"
Schools --
- Budgets: "Schools saw 'worst-case' budget scenarios get even worse with aid cuts"
- Concessions: "Bridgewater-Raritan union makes concessions to save jobs, classes"
- Editorial, Courier: "Teachers can't let anger divert them from concessions"
Wrestling: "Four NJ wrestlers win a national title" -- Including South Plainfield's Nick Heilman.
Gov. Christie --
- Appointees: "New Health Commissioner sworn in"
- NJ Sports Authority: "Bye, bye Deloitte" -- Christie wants change in accountants every ten years.
- Tax Caps: "Christie looks to Mass. as tax-cap model"
- Tax on Rich: "Budget fight looms over tax on wealthy"
- Supreme Court: "Ingle: Maybe Christie's greatest chance for change" -- May appoint 4 of 7 justices.
Corzine: "Ex-gov's pay package is $5M-plus" -- Looks like he won't have to go on food stamps after all.
Danceathon Fundraiser: "Rutgers students raise $378K for youths with cancer" -- Photo gallery here.
Online Theft From Town: "NJ town loses $100K to online theft" -- Involving'money mules' in a 'work from home' scam.
Plainfield observers (click on name to go to post): Bernice has North Avenue updates, finds a mixed message on an historic Park Avenue building and an umbelliferous mystery solved. Olddoc frets over dangers in healthcare reform's implementation and laments the severing of the doctor-patient relationship. Maria notes legislation controlling Administrator's salaries, and news the State report on the District staff issues is 'just weeks away' -- so is the BOE election. Hmmm. Councilor Storch reflects on the success of Saturday's Visioning forum. Councilor Burney posts Visioning presentation links.
SCHOOL BOARD CAMPAIGN BLOGS
There are three teams of candidates running for three 3-year seats and 1 one-year seat. Each has a campaign blog, listed below in alphabetical order by team name/designation. Incumbents are designated by an asterisk (*). There are two independent candidates who are not blogging as far as I know.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, her personal blog; Jackie Schnoop's The (TV) Show Must Go On, bloggin the Amazing Race; and Dottie Gutenkauf's Dottie G Sez.
CHANGE OUR SCHOOLS - CHANGE OUR CITY
3-year term: Jaclynne (Jackie) Callands, Dani Fletcher, Mahogany Hendricks; 1-year term: Clayton Tucker, Sr.
COALITION FOR BETTER SCHOOLS
3-year term: Mary Burgwinkle, Martin Cox*, Christian Estevez*; 1-year term: Carmencita Pile
ELECT A GRAND S.L.A.M. (SCHOOL LEADERSHIP ADVOCACY MOVEMENT)
3-year term: Rasheed Abdul-Haqq, Wilma Campbell*, Renata Hernandez; 1-year term: Keisha Edwards
| 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 through April 9. During Library hours. Library Spring Book Sale. The Plainfield Public Library's mini Spring Book Sale features fiction, African-American history, cookbooks, women's history, religion and more -- all at $1 each. Located in the pool courtyard, the sale is continuous during Library hours (Mon-Wed: 9 am - 8 pm; Thu-Fri: 9 am - 5 pm; Sat: 9 am - 1 pm). The Plainfield Public Library is at Park Avenue and West 8th Street. Info: Mary Ellen Rogan, (908) 757-1111 x132.
- Wednesday - March 31. 5:30 - 7:30 PM. PEA: Board of Ed Candidate Forum. All 14 Board of Ed candidates have been invited to the Plainfield Education Association's candidate forum. Questions can be submitted by email to debate2010@peapower.org. Info: Odessa Atkins, (908) 561-0664. At Plainfield High School Auditorium, Park and Stelle Avenues.
- Wednesday - Marchl 1. 7 PM. City Council Town Hall Meeting (Ward 3). Third Ward residents are invited to discuss concerns specific to their Ward and neighborhoods. At Cedarbrook School, Central Avenue.
- Wednesday - March 31. 7 PM. Union County Citizens Budget Review Forum. The Westfield Leader/Scotch Plains Times editorial staff will moderate a panel discussion reviewing the proposed Union County budget, as well as questions from the audience. County and state officials have been invited to participate. The forum will be taped by Cranford's public access cable station and distributed to all community access cable stations in Union County (including Plainfield). At the Cranford Municipal Building, Council Chambers, 8 Springfield Avenue. For more details, see CountyWatchers here, which includes links to budget review summaries and full report.
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