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Sunday, March 28, 2010

Visioning Plainfield: Storch, Burney and Olddoc report.. Maria: Abbott money could have helped redevelopment.. PSNews: QCBL draft..


BREAKING (1 PM): May have been a homicide at/near BUF late last night/early this AM. Fight that went bad, am told. More later...

PLAINFIELD TODAY:
Boys Basketball: "Plainfield's Tyrone Johnson player of year"
Healthcare Reform: "Bill's benefits to NJ debated"
NJT Fares: "Transit head says fare hikes will likely be 'adjusted'"
Festival of Organists: "Six organists in festival Sunday" -- At Crescent Presbyterian Church.
Golden Jewelers: "Last week for Golden, Plainfield jewelers since 1942"
North Avenue Demolition: "Historic Plainfield building demolished" -- Courier picture gallery.
Budgets: "Cranford budget talks 'somber' in wake of aid cut"
Cell Towers: "Court upholds zoning board's rejection of 120-foot cell tower"
Condo Development: "Two market-rate developments go up in East Orange" -- No talk of rentals here.

The Auditor: "Edelstein's labor counsel history; Corzine's van; Galloway's double paycheck"
Body Parts Ring: "Essex County prosectuor's office failed to notify relatives"
Haiti Relief: "Haitians in NJ take in relatives, friends"
Hospitals: "Raritan Bay's finances revive, Old Bridge facility off market"
Medical Marijuana --
 Same-Sex Education: "NJ women's colleges look to define"
Schools Funding: "Schundler: NJEA needs to support Obama initiative to avoid losing federal money"

Plainfield observers (click on name to go to post): Bernice; you gotta check her Spring pix. Olddoc offers a tempered view of yesterday's Visioning forum. Maria takes a look at how Abbott funding could have helped redevelopment. Councilor Storch reflects on the success of Saturday's Visioning forum. Councilor Burney posts Visioning presentation links. Plainfield Sports News covers the Queen City Baseball League draft, and Neto's player of the month award.
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.
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
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, puts up her weekly pix, mostly the demolition on North Ave, but some nice spring shots too; and Dottie Gutenkauf's Dottie G Sez.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
  • Today - 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. Featuring Samuel Chapin, Richard Frey, Se-Enn Lim, James Little and Thomas Rodgers. Tickets: $20/general admission, 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).

  • 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 - 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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