Olddoc: Main issue in Muhlenberg incident not medical.. Maria: BOE buying into UCIA solar panel scheme?.. Bernice: Police, firefighter events give back to community..
PLAINFIELD TODAY:
Kids Fun Festival: "PBA hosts Kids Fun Festival at Library Park"
HERITAGE Show Choir: "Renowned Plainfield choir silenced by lack of funds"
Green Brook Flood Control Commission: "Regional panel recalls victims of 1973 flood"
Cory Booker --
- Analysis: "How poor timing and bad politicking has left Booker high and dry"
- Tom Moran: "Booker faces worst crisis of his career afer MUA defeat"
Rutgers: "Future Scholars program helps urban kids climb to college"
South Plainfield: "Butrico, in last year as mayor, to lead Labor Day Parade"
Union County College --
- Foundation: "Aarons of Plainfield makes donation to UCC Foundation for scholarships"
- Tuition: "UCC and other county colleges increase tuition" -- Tight budgets, increased enrollments.
- CountyWatchers: "Misinformed? Or spot-on about UC golf?" -- Offers figures to challenge Ledger's rosy take on Union County golf.
- Ledger: "NJ courses see rise in business, bucking national trend"
- YES: "Put power in the hands of the voters" -- Asm Declan O'Scanlon, R-Monmouth.
- NO: "Every issue would be politicized" -- Sen. Loretta Weinberg, D-Teaneck.
Asbury Park: "Redeveloped, re-energized AP draws crowds to bars, boardwalks"
Gender Gap: "Women are paid less but more likely to get rehired"
Public Worker Wages: "Report on public workers' wages is flawed" -- Editorial, Gannett papers.
Consumer-Driven Religion: "Congregations gone wild" -- Why American clergy are so down.
Exhibit: "Starburst: Color in American Photography, 1970-1980" -- The decade color was embraced.
Junk Food: "Let us now praise the great men of junk food"
Plainfield observers (click on name to go to post): Bernice reports on the PBA and FOA community events held Saturday, and posts legal notice on BOE meeting. Olddoc weighs in on the Muhlenberg and woman-in-labor incident, sees the main issue as not medical. Maria gives tips on BOE agendas, and notes UCIA solar panel project in on the agenda. Piv asks if the Gang Forum was hoopla or serious business. Councilor Mapp wonders why Administration 'disses' Council when need for collaboration is so clear. Jerry put in an appearance at last Sunday's town hall meeting, but fresh posts have not resumed. Councilor McWilliams outlines her 'FAIR' (Fiscal Accountability, Integrity and Responsibility) package, with box scores. Plainfield Sports News finds Thunder dropping its series finale with Reading Phillies.
Don't miss these personal blogs by Plainfielders, each with a point of view: Rebecca Williams' Confessions of a Bathrobe Blogger; BOE member Renata Hernandez blogs anew at new blog Standing In The Gap, notes open gym Thursdays in August at Washington, Emerson schools; her daughter Milani Hernandez is at PEPTalk: A PPS pupil's perspective; Jackie Schnoop's The (TV) Show Must Go On, posts some great pix for the week, including an encounter (and poem) with a Jesus Lady; and Dottie Gutenkauf's Dottie G Sez. There are two personal blogs concerned with the Plainfield public schools: Dr. E=MC²; and Eye on Plainfield Schools.
| 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 - August 9. 6:30 PM. POP/Restore Muhlenberg Coalition. Finalizing plans for Wednesday's commemoration of the 2nd anniversary of Muhlenberg's closure. At duCret School of Art, 1030 Central Avenue. Parking and entrance to Hall off parking lot at rear of complex.
- Tomorrow - August 9. 7:30 PM. City Council Agenda Session. City Hall Library. 515 Watchung Avenue. (Parking and entry at rear of building.) Agenda should be found online at www.plainfield.com/Agendas.htm. Public may speak at end of meeting.
- Tuesday - August 10. 11 AM - 4 PM. Neighborhood Health Center Pediatrics Health Fair. Health and nutrition information. Low-cost immunizations. Educational demonstrations. Refreshments, games, Moonwalk, face painting, door prizes. Info: Paulette Hussey (908) 454-4600 x4002 or Robin Simmons, RN (908) 753-4601 x1902. At Neighborhood Health Center, 1700 Myrtle Avenue (at Rock Avenue). FREE.
- Tuesday - August 10. 6 PM. Mayor's Anti-Violence Program. Volunteers gather at City Hall to be bused to various neighborhoods to knock on doors, hand out fliers and speak with residents about their concerns. Info: (908) 753-3310 or see here.
- Tuesday - August 10. 8 PM. Board of Ed Work/Study Meeting. At the PHS Conference Room, 950 Park Avenue. Agendas are online at www.plainfieldnjk12.org/. Public welcome.
- Wednesday - August 11. 6:30 PM. Commemoration of Muhlenberg's Closing. Second annual commemoration of the closing of Muhlenberg Hospital. Sponsored by the POP/Restore Muhlenberg Coalition. At the parking lot, corner of Randolph Road and Park Avenue.
- Wednesday - August 11. 7 - 9 PM. Family Movie Night: A Bug's Life. Presented by the Plainfield Public Schools. At Washington Community School, 427 Darrow Avenue. (Parking available in the Spooner Avenue lot.) FREE.
- Thursday - August 12. 6 PM (rain date: September 29). Plainwood Square Summer Concert. Featuring Ray, Goodman & Brown (formerly The Moments), this world-class group has a true 'Love on a Two-Way Street' relationship with Plainfield audiences; and the exciting soul, disco and R&B sounds of Change. Sponsored by the Plainfield SID, Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders, Plainfield Cultural & Heritage Commission, and local businesses: Burger King, Dairy Queen, Investor's Savings Bank, KFC, McDonald's, PNC Bank and Wendy's. At Plainwood Square Park. FREE.
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