Community Life
By TAPINTO PLAINFIELD STAFF
October 9, 2024
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On May 23 of this year, the track and field at the Hub Stine Sports Complex was closed due to renovations that started the next day. The district held a groundbreaking on May 29.“This marks the beginning of a new era for our athletes, students, and residents who will benefit from ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — While the Plainfield Public School held a ribbon cutting for its new track and turf field on Friday, September 20, right before the football team's 41-0 rout of Perth Amboy, the facilities have not yet opened to the public as the finishing touches are made.On Monday, the Plainfield ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — María Daniel, a Plainfield Resident, was recently awarded the 2024 Community Impact Award for Dance Education by Dance New Jersey. María is the Artistic Director of iDance Ministry and has offered several dynamic dance programs in Plainfield including a recent Adult-Teen Hip Hop ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Union County Board of County Commissioners, in collaboration with the American Job Center, is pleased to announce that a Job Fair will be held on Saturday, September 28, 2024, at the Plainfield Performing Arts Center, located at 724 Park Avenue in Plainfield.“We are committed ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — This weekend, the Queen City Film Festival released its 2024 lineup and events schedule. The annual festival typically occurs on the third weekend of October, and this year will take place between October 18 and 20.“The Queen City Film Festival has become a destination for ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Saturday from noon until a fireworks display at 9pm, thousands enjoyed the 5th rendition of Plainfield's Annual House music festival.The festival, which first took place in 2019, was inspired by Lenny Cathcart, who pitched the idea to Adrian Mapp the previous, combing his love ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — The Plainfield Public Library was officially designated as a “Book Sanctuary”, following its passage of a resolution this summer. Its Board of Trustees passed the resolution unanimously on June 27 of this year. The library called the designation a “significant move highlighting its ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — A local fifth grader and her family recently started a Little Library on their own on East Seventh Street in Plainfield.“I started it because my dad saw a Little Library at another house and he decided that we could build one together here,” 10-year-old Dakota said proudly near her ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Saturday, September 21, Plainfield will host on of the largest city-run events of the year—the annual house music festival."It started with one man, Lenny Cathcart, who wanted to share his journey by combining it with his love of music," said Mayor Adrian Mapp after last year's ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — At Monday's Plainfield City Council meeting, the governing body honored the Plainfield subclub of the Over-40 Double Dutch Club.“Tonight I have the honor and privilege to recognize a group of women that all happen to be over the age of 40,” said Councilor Julienne Cherry, who ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — September 11, 2001 wasn't supposed a regular day at the office for Lenny Cathcart, who managed a team during his long career at AT&T. It was out of the ordinary for the Plainfield resident, who was based in New Jersey and only went to his New York office once per month. “I was ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — The City of Plainfield will be joining forces with several area development firms to host a construction job expo."Ready to jumpstart your career in construction?" said the City of Plainfield in a Facebook post, suggesting the event welcomes people without experience.Norman Deen ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — For around the past five years, Nancy Piwowar has been part of a team researching the history of a Revolutionary War fort on the West End of Plainfield. Piwowar first heard about the elusive fort 40 years ago when she began to learn everything she could about the history of the ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On August 16th, the City of Plainfield held a ceremony for the dedication of the Al McWilliams Memorial Bike Trail. The trail is in honor of the late Mayor McWilliams, who was only the second Plainfield Mayor to ever serve eight years in office. He served from 1998 until ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — The Somerset Patriots are joining forces with the City of Plainfield and the Queen City Film Festival for an event, the second in as many years, celebrating the Negro Leagues on Friday, August 30. The Patriots—who are the minor league affiliate for the New York Yankees—will take ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — In December 1776, local Patriot Cornelius Vermeule allowed the construction of a militia post and fort on his plantation. Vermuele's plantation was the largest in the area, and was located adjacent to that of Nathaniel Drake, which contained the present-day Drake House. The ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Tuesday evening, the City of Plainfield held its annual recognition of National Night Out. Usually the first Tuesday of August, a storm moved it to August 20. That didn't seem to tamper turnout, as hundreds of residents enjoyed the festivities. See photos in the carousel above ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie. After its cancelation on Tuesday, August 6, due to a storm, Plainfield's NNO was rescheduled for Tuesday, August 20. It will take place at Black ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Plainfield was host to a parade downtown on Sunday in recognition of Ecuadorian Independence Day, which is observed on August 10. This parade was only two days after a City of Plainfield Ecudaorian flag raising ceremony on Friday evening. The parade was attended by many of the ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Friday evening, residents gathered at a flag raising ceremony held on the steps of City Hall to celebrate the independence of Ecuador. Organized by Plainfield Advisory Committee on Hispanic Affairs (PACHA), the festivities included music provided by local talent and several ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — The game of baseball has long been associated with all things American since the first official documented game was played in 1839 in Cooperstown, New York. Baseball was promoted along with the ideals of a free and fair republic along with what it meant to identify as ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Tuesday afternoon, the City of Plainfield held a ribbon cutting for a new cannabis dispensary, the city's third, located at 18 Roosevelt Ave. "We are here again to open one of our cannabis businesses in our great City of Plainfield," said Mayor Adrian Mapp before cutting the ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — When the City of Plainfield unveils its renovated pool at the Rushmore Recreational Complex next year, Superintendent of Parks and Recreation Veronica Taylor announced that it will coincide with a Plainfield Public Library photo exhibition of the city's public pools over the ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie, and it takes place on the first Tuesday in August. This year, it falls on August 6. The City of Plainfield's recognition of National Night Out will ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — In the late 1960s, Harvey Judkins was one of two Black councilmen on Plainfield's 11-member governing body. Plainfield was a Republican city at the time, and its business and political leaders were overwhelmingly members of the GOP, including Harvey Judkins, a successful ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Friday, July 19th, the City of Plainfield will commemorate the 56h anniversary of the Plainfield Avenue Pool, now called the Hannah Atkins Pool. Called "Swimming Apart: Plainfield and the Legacy of Segregater Water, it will take place at 6pm at the Hannah Atkins Playground, ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — The City of Plainfield completed its Independence Day celebration with a concert and fireworks at Cedar Brook Park on Friday evening. The event was preceded by a parade on Thursday and the opening of a 4th of July Parade photo exhibition on Tuesday at Plainfield Public ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Thursday, the city of Plainfield held its 100th 4th of July parade. As usual, the parade started at East Front Street and Johnston Avenue and concluded at West Front Street and Madison Avenue. The parade boasted high participation this year, as it lasted nearly three hours from ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Tuesday, the City of Plainfield held an opening ceremony in the Anne Louise Davis room of the Plainfield Public Library for a photo exhibition showing its Fourth of July Parade through the years. The city will host its 100th Fourth of July Parade on Thursday. "As I look on ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — This month, the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station's Rutgers Cooperative Extension Water Program partnered with the City of Plainfield to install a rain garden at Cedarbrook School. The concept of the rain garden was spearheaded by master gardener Karen Rutberg, who was ...