Community Life
By TAPINTO PLAINFIELD STAFF
November 26, 2025
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Downtown Plainfield at the City of Plainfield planned on hosting a 5K race and holiday festival on Saturday, November 29. While the run has been canceled, the rest of the event has not. There will be vendors, live music, a family fun zone, and more. Downtown Plainfield is the ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — TAPinto Plainfield has new headquarters in downtown Plainfield. Franchise owner David Rutherford shares that the online news site now has a physical location in the city’s bustling downtown area. TAPinto Plainfield’s office is located at 320 Park Ave, in Office No. 2, on the first ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Tuesday afternoon, City of Plainfield officials gathered at Kazmi Health Services to celebrate the opening of the office, which offers a host of medical services at 400 West Front Street.“Small businesses are the backbone of this economy,” said Mayor Mapp, only hours after he ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — The Plainfield Public Library on Wednesday shared the most recent construction photos on social media, as it goes through a substantial renovation. This is part of the same project that closed the library from early July to early August of this year.The project is funded, in part, ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Piece by piece, Plainfield's Christmas tree is going up in anticipation of the city's annual Holiday Celebration at Black Lives Matter Plaza in front of City Hall.This year's will take place on Wednesday, December 3, and will begin at 6pm. Santa Claus will arrive at 6:45pm. Per ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Shawn Thorne was born and raised on the West End of Plainfield, on Johannis Place and later West Third Street. By the time he was 14, he was arrested for a cannabis-related crime in Plainfield. Months later, he followed his mother to North Carolina, where he lived from ages 15 to ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Late last week, the painting of Alonzo Adams' second Plainfield mural was completed on the side of the Barack Obama Green Charter school, next to municipal lot 8—on Watchung Ave north of East Front Street.While the piece, unveiled this June on the steps of City Hall, is Adams' ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — A Plainfield cannabis dispensary will host a comedy show on Saturday, November 15, where attendees can enter for free if they bring nonperishable goods or baby essentials.Doors will open at 7pm for the 8pm show at Plant Base Dispensary at 148 E Second Street in Plainfield. Those ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — The Rutgers Center for Recovery & Wellbeing, which opened for outpatient services in April of this year, will be hosting a job fair on Wednesday, November 19. The center, located at 1260 Randolph Road on the former Muhlenberg Campus, offers services to adults seeking recovery ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — At Monday's Plainfield City Council meeting, the governing body voted unanimously to accept a bid for the improvement of the basketball court at Seidler Field.The lowest proposal was submitted by Shore Top Construction of Freehold, New Jersey, who will complete the work for ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Mayor Adrian Mapp, the City of Plainfield, and the Plainfield Public School District held a Veterans Day ceremony at the Plainfield High School auditorium on Tuesday.The ceremony began with performances by the Plainfield High School ROTC color guard, band and choir. The band and ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Monday evening, the Plainfield Division of Parks and Recreation hosted a special legacy reception at Cindelle’s Bookstore to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the desegregation of the Plainfield Public School system.Four of the original plaintiffs were in attendance: Charles ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Monday, November 10, the City of Plainfield's Department of Parks and Recreation will commemorate the 60th anniversary Booker, et al vs the Plainfield Board of Education—the lawsuit that forced the desegregation of the Plainfield Public Schools.There will be a 6pm reception at ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — All over Plainfield, residents decorated their homes for Halloween. TAPinto Plainfield asked readers to send pictures or addresses of their homes. We went out and took pictures of each recommendation along with several homes we found on our own.Our goal was to list these houses a ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — The Plainfield Luminary Program has already begun its push towards Christmas Eve, where the group hopes to illuminate at least 12,000 lights along Plainfield streets. Luminaries in Plainfield started years ago with the Netherwood Heights Neighbors and Sleepy Hollow Neighbors, but ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Residents have been taking notice of Plainfield's brand-new sanitation collection trucks, which are currently being rolled out.Most notably, these automatic side-load collection trucks use a mechanical arm to pick up Plainfield's standardized Sewer and Solid Waste containers. The ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Do you know of a nicely decorated house in Plainfield this Halloween Season? TAPinto Plainfield is collecting photos of the city's spookiest homes to share on or in the days before Halloween. See last year's featured houses here.We'll be going around Plainfield taking pictures, ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Wednesday evening, the Plainfield Public Schools held its celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month at the Charles and Anna Booker School, featuring live music, dance performances, and food.The event opened with a performance by Sugunda Quimbamba, a percussion and dance ensemble ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — The Google Street View car was seen on W 9th Street near Plainfield Library on Friday afternoon, potentially meaning long-overdue updates are on the way for many streets in the area.The car infamously rides around roads all around the world gathering 360, panoramic images with ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — The Plainfield Public Library, located at 800 Park Ave, announced last week that it will close on Monday, October 13 before reopening on Monday, December 1. During the six-week closure, the library will continue the major project that closed it from early July to early August.The ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — In August 2023, the building at 501 W. Seventh St. brought much attention to Plainfield after residents were given 24 hours’ notice to vacate the property because of health and safety condemnations. The incident on W. Seventh followed similar building condemnations on Kensington ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Indoor pickleball will be coming to Plainfield after a large development, slated to be totally warehouse space on its first floor, decided to lease its space out to a franchisee of a national pickleball chain.Back when the payment in lieu of taxes agreement was approved last ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — At halftime during the first football game of the season, the Plainfield Public Schools and its athletic department retired the jersey of former standout Eugene Monroe of the Class of 2005, in recognition of his excellence both on and off the field.Monroe excelled as an offensive ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — As expected, the pool at Rushmore Park closed on Labor Day, along with the rest of Plainfield's public pools. But the Division of Parks and Recreations surprised residents when it announced that the brand-new splash park will remain open on weekends for the rest of the month.The ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — The Wind of the Spirits (WOTS) Plainfield Committee held a vigil at the Quakers Friends Meeting House on Thursday. The Vigil for Human Rights is an event the group has held on the last Thursday of every month since 2023.WOTS is an immigration rights group with a Plainfield chapter ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ —Plainfield Gyro and Deli held its official grand opening Wednesday at 178A E. Front St. The new Mediterranean restaurant also features deli offerings. Plainfield council members and city representatives joined the owners to celebrate the newest business in the city’s downtown.Owners ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — The Rushmore Avenue Playground Aquatic Complex had its official unveiling Thursday. A ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrated the grand opening of the center to the public. Among the Plainfield officials in attendance who gave remarks were Department of Public Works Director Oren K.
PLAINFIELD, NJ — A new Plainfield cannabis dispensary held its official launch with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday. MindLift Dispensary, located at 517 Park Ave, is the fifth in the city, adding to the growing number of cannabis shops in Plainfield.Owners Dr. Nii-Amon Robertson, Kelvin Shah ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — A new cannabis dispensary and community space held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday ahead of its official grand opening on Aug. 16. The dispensary, called Plant Base and located at 148 E. 2nd St., serves a dual purpose for cannabis enthusiasts in Plainfield and surrounding ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Monday morning, the NJ Immigration Alliance Coalition (NJIAC), in conjunction with the Wind of the Spirit (WOTS) Plainfield chapter, organized an 8-mile-long march to Senate President Nicholas Scutari’s office in Clark to push for the passage of the Immigration Trust Act ...