Olddoc angry over proposed 16% school budget increase.. Maria outlines BOE teams, candidates.. Storch updates all on Visioning Plan..
PLAINFIELD TODAY:
Gangs: A seven-part series on gangs, evidently in print only, starts in today's Courier.
Hillside Cemetery: "Residents object to cell tower plan for cemetery"
Preschool: "Preschool education: Fiscal crisis, new governor put expansion on hold"
Mayors Who Don't Return Phone Calls: "Jay Jefferson Cooke on Politics" -- Wonder who he means.
Mortgages: "When not to pay down a mortgage"
Real Estate: "In NJ, for-sale signs are in bloom" -- Including Plainfield, I'm hearing.
Gold Thefts: "Thieves target Indians and South Asians, known for collecting gold"
North Plainfield: "Scores shave heads in St. Baldrick's Day celebration of solidarity with cancer patients"
The Auditor: "Christie's surprise donor; Sweeney goes after Codey's cash; where was Guv during storm?"
Paul Mulshine: "How a Hudson pol took the Guv to school"
Facebook: "Facebook plays havoc in marriages, divorces"
Immigration Social Services: "Rutgers to launch 'infrastructure map' online"
Personalized Learning Plans: "NJ middle schools kids chart academic paths"
Xanadu: "Xanadu stores will be open Sundays, Christie says"
Taxes: "NJ: A blue state deep in debt rethinks what's important"
Teacher Tenure: "States increasingly take aim at tenure as legal fees mount to fire some"
Women in Science: "Gratifying advances, vexing disappointments"
Plainfield observers (click on name to go to post): Bernice is still slightly sidelined. Olddoc describes himself as 'an angry man' after learning of the proposed 16% school budget hike. Maria reviews the BOE slate of 3 teams, plus 2 independents. Councilor Storch updates us on the Visioning Plan for downtown development.
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 reminds folks of her team's get-together today; Jackie Schnoop's The (TV) Show Must Go On, has her week's pix up -- worth checking out; 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
- Tomorrow - 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.
- Thursday - March 25. 7 PM. City Council Town Hall Meeting (Ward 2). Second Ward residents are invited to discuss concerns specific to their Ward and neighborhoods. At Cook School, Leland Avenue at Berkeley Avenue.
- Saturday - March 27. 7 PM. Help Haiti Smile: A Benefit for Haiti Relief. Beginning with a concert by the Good News Community Gospel Choir under the direction of Mark Miller (at 7 PM), the evening includes a reception and art show featuring the works of Darlene Foster, Ivan Lo and Jeremy Langdon. Admission: $10. Proceeds will be shared between the Clinton/Bush Haiti Fund and the Episcopal Relief and Development Fund's Haiti relief effort. 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/.
- Sunday - March 28. 3 PM. Crescent Concerts: Festival of Organists. Prominent area organists will perform beloved as well as little-known works on Crescent Avenue's G.F. Adams organ. Tickets: $20/$25 at the door, Seniors $15, Students $5. Info: (908) 756-2468 or crescentconcerts.org/. At Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, East 7th Street and Watchung Avenue (parking in lot on First Place or at Swain Galleries).
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