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Per Mayor Adrian Mapp: The First Lady and I invite you to our 8th Annual Community BBQ on Saturday, August 15, 2015, from 4:00 pm until midnight, at our home located at 535 West 8th Street, Plainfield, NJ. As always, the BBQ is open to the entire Plainfield community. Amelia and I are asking everyone Read More …
Look what we found! An article about Samuel Rushmore from March 7, 1939. Credit to the “Gettysburg Times” via Google! Update on 2015-07-31 13:37 by NHN Administrator We received the following picture of Samuel Rushmore, and boy does he mean business! Photo: Courier News Photo Archive, courtesy of the Plainfield Public Library
On Saturday, August 1st, dispose of household hazardous waste. The collection will take place at Union County Vo-Tech, located at 1776 Raritan Road in Scotch Plains, NJ, from 9:00 AM until 2:00 PM. In addition to the full list featured below, tires and propane tanks will also be accepted. No latex paint! For more info, Read More …
Plainfield H.O.P.E. (Healing, Opportunities, Possibilities, Education) Community Forum will be held on Tuesday, July 28 at 7:00 PM, at Rose of Sharon Community Church. The event is sponsored by Mayor Adrian Mapp and the City of Plainfield, in partnership with the Greater Central Jersey Clergy. As noted in the mayor’s weekly email blast: “I encourage Read More …
Join Mayor Adrian Mapp for a Town Hall meeting on Thursday, May 21st at the Plainfield Senior Center from 7:00 – 9:00 PM. Learn more, and ask questions about upcoming initiatives in our town. The Plainfield Senior Center is located at 400 East Front Street.
Did you know that yard and garage sales in the U.S. really got their start in shipyards in the early 1800s with “rommage sales,” where the yards would sell unclaimed cargo at a discounted rate? Check out this neat infographic that details the history! For more information, visit http://www.dailyinfographic.com/the-evolution-of-the-yard-sale-infographic. And then make plans to visit Read More …
A Memorial Service will be held on Sunday, April 19th, for Patricia Turner Kavanaugh, 69, of Plainfield, who died at home on Oct. 4 2014. Born in Brooklyn, Mrs. Kavanaugh lived most of her life in Plainfield. She graduated from the Hartridge School (now The Wardlaw-Hartridge School in Edison) and Vassar College, where she earned Read More …
The Plainfield Garden Club celebrates its century mark this year! The Plainfield Garden Club was founded in the spring of 1915. At the invitation of Mrs. Henrietta B. Herring, nineteen women met with her at the Plainfield Library in April of that year to discuss organizing a garden club. It was the wish of a Read More …
Friends of Princeton Nursery Lands (FPNL) is hosting a foraging workshop at the Mapleton Preserve from 2-4 pm on Sat. April 25. It will be led by Debbie Naha (www.wildediblesnjpa.com), an experienced naturalist who holds an MS degree in Food and Nutrition from NYU. An indoor slide talk will be followed by a foraging walk Read More …
Frontiers International – Westry Horne Cultural and Heritage Series The purpose of this series is to educate and provide space for intergenerational dialogues on topics of African American history and culture. February 7 – Why Study African American History?– Dr. Akil Khalfani, Director of African Institute Essex County College and William “Bill” Payne, Former State Read More …