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PLAINFIELD, NJ — At last week's Plainfield Board of Education meeting, members of Plainfield's Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG) program reflected on a successful, award-winning year. "Plainfield High School and Pinnacle Academy were the first and only schools in the state of New Jersey to ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Monday morning, the City of Plainfield held its annual recognition of Memorial Day in the Elizabeth Urquhart Library inside Plainfield City Hall. The keynote speaker, Kelly Atkins, highlighted the origins of Memorial Day, and the struggle for equal treatment of military ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Saturday, June 1 will be a busy day for events in Plainfield, as the city is host to a handful of gatherings whose times overlap. Those interested in attending multiple events will have to plan their day accordingly. The day will start off with a march and rally against gun ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — At last week's Plainfield City Council meeting Councilor Terri Briggs-Jones along with two members of Union County Moms Demand Action took the floor to speak about an important issue. Moms Demand Action is a grassroots movement fighting for public safety measures that can protect ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Plainfield Public Schools announced today that Ashley Morales, Charlize Holmes, and Natalia Benitez, students at the Plainfield Academy for the Arts and Advanced Studies (PAAAS), have achieved a remarkable achievement by being selected as three of the top 50 finalists in the ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Many of Plainfield's walkers and runners will have to find a new place to work out between Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends in Plainfield, according to an announcement today by the Plainfield Public Schools district. Construction of a new turf field and track at the Hub Stine ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — The Queen City Film & Television Workshop Screentalk event at the Plainfield Public Library on Saturday, May 18th showed three short films that focused on mental health during National Mental Health Month, which is in May. This event was free and open to the public. “The ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Sunday, the City of Plainfield Department of Recreation celebrated National Tennis Month with an event called Plainfield Plays Tennis, which took place at the newly-renovated Donald Van Blake Tennis Courts. "This is truly a beautiful, glorious day," said Plainfield Department ...
ROSELLE, NJ — The death of one person in Warinanco Park Sunday night is under investigation, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office announced Monday. Union County police officers responded to a shooting report in Warinanco Park on Sunday evening, according to the prosecutor’s office. Upon their ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — The Plainfield Police Department announced that they have begun "Click it or Ticket" on Monday, May 20. The campaign, which will involve increased traffic enforcement, particularly for seat belt violations, will continue until Sunday, June 2. "Our goal is to remind everyone of ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — The Union County Board of Taxation honored Elizabeth Urquhart at this month's Plainfield City Council meeting. Urquhart served as President of that board for 20 years, only one part of her legacy in Plainfield, which TAPinto Plainfield detailed in an interview article last summer.
PLAINFIELD, NJ — At its April 24 budget meeting, the Plainfield Board of Education introduced and approved a walk-on item confirming its intent to purchase the Black United Fund (BUF) properties. TAPinto Plainfield has obtained important details about a transition plan to make BUF and its programs ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Monday, the Plainfield City Council voted unanimously to enter an agreement with ParkMobile, a widely-used app that allows for easy parking in paid spaces. In a broader presentation about a Plainfield parking management study earlier in the council meeting, THA Consulting ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Monday, both houses of the New Jersey State Legislature approved bills (A4045/S2930), reducing public access to state, county and municipal records. The bill, which would bring the first major changes to the state's Open Public Records Art (OPRA) in two decades, is being sent ...
ELIZABETH, NJ — On Thursday, May 16th, a Plainfield man was sentenced to 23 years in state prison for a 2022 fatal shooting that took place in Plainfield, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel and Plainfield Police Director James T. Abney announced today. Union County Superior Court Judge ...
ELIZABETH, NJ — A Plainfield man was recently sentenced to 40 years in state prison for the strangulation death of his girlfriend in 2020, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel and Plainfield Police Director James T. Abney announced today. On July 11, 2023 Bryan Gonzalez Martines, age 24, ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — At Monday's Plainfield City Council meeting, the controversial ordinance that would allow bars to close later—as late as 4am on Saturdays—was pulled by the administration, a move that was greeted with applause in Municipal Court. That didn't stop residents from voicing concerns ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — At Monday night's Plainfield City Council meeting, the governing body voted unanimously in support of all items it was given the opportunity to vote on. However, the administration pulled four items—perhaps in anticipation of resistance from the council—including a controversial ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — At Monday night's Plainfield City Council meeting, a controversial ordinance was pulled from the agenda before the council was able to vote on it on second reading. Passage of the ordinance on second reading would have changed bar closing time from 1am to 2am from Monday through ...
ELIZABETH, NJ — A Plainfield man who was charged in 2023 for a fatal stabbing in Plainfield was arrested on Friday, May 10th in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel and Plainfield Police Director James T. Abney announced today. Aswad J. Spruiel, 44, was ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Third Ward Councilman Charles McRae has declined to participate in a debate between candidates seeking the Democratic nomination to represent the Third Ward on the Plainfield City Council, according to a Monday afternoon statement by the League of Women Voters (LWV) of ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — National Historic Marker Day, created by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation, is a service-oriented event that brings people and communities together to maintain markers by cleaning them. The event is held the last Friday of April each year, offering an annual opportunity to ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — At a special meeting on Tuesday, the Plainfield Board of Education voted to renew its employees and approved a handful of job descriptions during a meeting where the public didn't know the names of employees who were being voted on. The meeting opened up with a training session ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — At the Monday, May 13 City Council Meeting, the governing body is expected vote on an ordinance that would allow bars in Plainfield to close as late as 4am. Having already passed, 5-2, on first reading, the ordinance will become law if it receives the necessary 4 votes again. On ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Plainfield-based non-profit Queen City Film & Television Workshop is back for a 2nd season to host a series of free film screenings followed by filmmaker meet and greets at the Plainfield Public Library starting May 18. The free film series entitled “SCREENTALK NJ'' is an ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Plainfield students who will enter first through fifth grade next year are invited to apply to the Cook School STEM Program that the Board of Education announced during its April 24 budget meeting. There is an information session for those interested. "We look to infuse design ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Mayor Mapp's April 18 State of the City address was not streamed live, though TAPinto Plainfield covered the event for its readers. Residents can now watch the speech with their own eyes, as the City of Plainfield shared it on the PCTV YouTube page on Friday.
PLAINFIELD, NJ — At a late-April Plainfield Board of Education budget meeting, the board voted to approve a new budget that makes room for a host of new positions. "We may uncover challenges that exist in the organization, and it might require personnel or skills that we don't currently have on ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — The Plainfield Board of Education will hold two meetings in May where action may be taken. Both meetings will take place at 6pm at the Charles and Anna Booker School. The first, a special meeting slated to center around board training and personnel, will be on Tuesday, May 7.
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Harold Mitchell was born on July 22, 1939 in Wake County, North Carolina, not far from Raleigh, in a region whose economy at the time was dominated by the tobacco industry. Mitchell, known as "Cake" because of his love for sweets, starred on the basketball team at James E.
