Community Life
By TAPINTO PLAINFIELD STAFF
April 22, 2025
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Saturday, Downtown Plainfield (SID) celebrated Earth Day by planting 32 large planters and installing 50 hanging baskets in the city's commercial district.Saturday's volunteers included Downtown Plainfield employees, a board member, community members, and Plainfield City ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Due to a rainy day forecasted for Saturday, Plainfield's annual Easter egg hunt at Cedar Brook Park has been canceled. The event was set to take place at 11am, and the first 150 kids were to receive chocolate bunnies.Instead, the city will host a grab-and-go style event on the ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Thursday evening in Plainfield's Iris House building, around twenty-five residents gathered for the first meeting of the Panthers of New Jersey.The organization is led by Jack Jackson, Founder of #Open—which mainly operates in Plainfield and Newark—and Chairman Afrika of the New ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Thursday, #Open will hold a community engagement meeting in Plainfield. The gathering will take place from 6-8pm at 209 West 8th Street, in the Iris House building next to Library Park.Earlier this year, #Open Founder Jack Jackson announced the creation of the Panthers of New ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Saturday, April 26, the Downtown Plainfield Special Improvement District (SID) will host its annual spring festival, called Arts in Bloom. It will last from 11am until 4pm at Gavett Place and North Avenue, right by the Plainfield Train Station.This year's iteration will feature ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — This month, the Downtown Plainfield Special Improvement District reported restoration of more than 50 streetlights within the district, which spans all of Plainfield's central downtown area as well as a long stretch of South Avenue all the way to Terrill Road.A map of the Downtown ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Local author Candace Waller read her new children's picture book Frankie and the Peanut and Jelly Fiasco at the Plainfield Public Library on Tuesday. After the children ranging in age from 2 to 6 year old listened to the story they participated in a craft.Waller, who has previously ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Children's book author Candace Waller is proud to announce the release of her debut book, Frankie and the Peanut Butter Fiasco, a story that turns the simple act of making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich into an exciting adventure filled with creativity, problem-solving, and ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — For its first five iterations, Plainfield's House Music festival—recently renamed the Lenny Cathcart House Music hosted by the City of Plainfield—allowed vendors to operate free of charge. On Monday evening, the Plainfield City Council approved the fees on second reading. The cost ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Friday, the Plainfield Special Improvement District held a ribbon-cutting for a new business in downtown Plainfield.Omega Physical and Sports Rehabilitation opened on December 23, but was officially celebrated Friday, where Plainfield SID Executive Director Abel Gomez, ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — At last week's First Ward Town Hall meeting, Mayor Adrian Mapp and his administration addressed the closing of Fine Fare supermarket when posed the question by a Belvidere Avenue resident. Fine Fare, which closed in February, was one of four larger supermarkets within the ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — The Plainfield Special Improvement District hosted The Underground Experience at Plainfield Public Library on Saturday.The event was put on by Sugarcane Productions, and the Plainfield iteration of the show introduced a host of Black historical characters to attendees—both ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Last month, the Frontiers International Plainfield Area Club held their annual Martin Luther King, Jr Memorial Breakfast. After a host of performances from students and the presentation of scholarships in the auditorium, the organization recognized four Plainfield residents for ...
WASHINGTON, DC — Rep. Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) and Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) have re-introduced the One Seat Ride Act in the House, a bipartisan bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a cost/benefit analysis of a one-seat-ride trip versus a transfer trip option during “peak ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Nearly 150 people gathered at the Plainfield Public Library to hear Willa Cofield speak, buy her book, and have their copy signed.The Anne Louise Davis room was packed, with chairs lined up along all the walls, and books sold out quickly before Cofield took the floor to speak about ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — The Plainfield Special Improvement District (SID) will host an immersive Black history experience on Saturday, February 22 from 4-7pm at the Plainfield Public Library.The educational experience, entitled The Underground Experience: Black History Month Program, will combine live ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Saturday, February 22, activist Willa Cofield will host a book signing and meet and greet at Plainfield Public Library. The event will take place from noon until 2pm.She has spent more than 70 years fighting for civil rights in her native Enfield, North Carolina, and in New ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Tuesday, the Plainfield Civic Trust held a meeting at the Plainfield Public Libarary. After going through a brief agenda, Plainfield resident Willa Cofield spoke to those in attendance.Before Cofield took the floor, the Citizen's Campaign's Carole Dortch-Wright announced that ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On May 1, 2023, the tenants of three buildings at 701-711 Kensington Avenue were given 24-hour notice to vacate their units by the City of Plainfield, who cited unsafe conditions. This was the first such eviction in Plainfield.Unknown to most at the time, by mid-August, the public ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Monday afternoon, residents protested the Trump administration's crackdown on immigrant communities on a day when there were nationwide strikes and protests were held as part of A Day Without Immigrants.Attendees held flags of various countries in a show of support to all ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Last week, the Frontiers International Plainfield Area Club held their annual Martin Luther King, Jr Memorial Breakfast. After a host of performances from students and the presentation of scholarships in the auditorium, the organization recognized five Plainfield residents and ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On New Year's Eve, the City of Plainfield celebrated the beginning of demolition on a long-abandoned site on the city's East End. A month later, the building is almost gone.Mayor Mapp announced that the demolition would be a 4-8 week process. After 4 and a half weeks, the vast ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Last week, the Frontiers International Plainfield Area Club held their annual Martin Luther King, Jr Memorial Breakfast. After a host of performances from students and the presentation of scholarships in the auditorium, the organization recognized five Plainfield residents and ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Last week, the Frontiers International Plainfield Area Club held their annual Martin Luther King, Jr Memorial Breakfast. After a host of performances from students and the presentation of scholarships in the auditorium, the organization recognized four Plainfield residents for ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Tuesday evening, the Plainfield Special Improvement District (SID) held a collaborative envisioning session with Plainfield residents and other stakeholders.Around 30 residents participated in the brainstorming session—located at FromHere on Watchung Ave—which invited attendees ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Last week, the Frontiers International Plainfield Area Club held their annual Martin Luther King, Jr Memorial Breakfast. After a host of performances from students and the presentation of scholarships in the auditorium, the organization recognized four Plainfield residents for ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — At Tuesday evening's Plainfield City Council meeting, the governing body—by way of the Plainfield Department of Recreation—honored several Tuskegee Airmen who were Plainfield High School graduates.In early 1941, the Tuskegee Airmen became the first African American military ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Thursday evening, the Plainfield Luminary Program held its annual recognition reception after a record-breaking Christmas Eve in Plainfield that saw more luminaries than ever before.“A little over two years ago, Jeff [Paul] came up with this brilliant idea, having been inspired ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Tuesday, January 28, the Plainfield Special Improvement District (SID) will host a collaborative session, inviting business owners, property owners, and community members to share ideas to shape the downtown district.Earlier this month, the Plainfield SID released a survey where ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Monday, January 20, the Frontiers International Plainfield Area Club will host its 49th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr Memorial Breakfast. The event will start at 9am at Plainfield High School.This year's theme will be “A Knock at Midnight: The Urgency of Now," based on a book ...