Plainfield News

FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE, 6:50 p.m. Nov. 23. Secundino Pena, 27, of Peapack-Gladstone, was charged with being a fugitive from justice after police investigated a hit-and-run accident at the intersection of Somerset and Dupont streets.

Plainfield Community and Families Unite to Help Serve a Thanksgiving Feast By Prevention Links 11/25/2009 "Imagine the lights dimmed low, crisp table cloths hung on long banquet tables, food lovingly prepared by Grandma's hands, more pies than you could count, and personal service with a smile". This quote from Andrea Gonzalez, STAR Program ...

The City Council will mull a proposed municipal layoff plan for at least another week after an overflow crowd rallying against it packed the municipal court chambers during Monday night's business meeting.

Share + Nov 23, 2009 3:18 pm US/Eastern PLAINFIELD, N.J. Authorities say a man awaiting trial for the 1985 sex assault and slaying of two children has died in prison.

Free Thanksgiving Meal for Plainfield Residents in Need - King's Temple Word and Worship Center on West 7th St.

The first thing many people notice about Albert 'Hanif' Knight is his seemingly endless reserve of energy.

A city man charged with raping and killing two young neighbors has died in prison of kidney failure, authorities said today.

Students at one city elementary school took a stand against a killer Friday. As part of the national Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, students at Barlow Elementary School showed up for classes wearing purple, the color associated with awareness of one of the world's deadliest cancers.

A municipal court hearing is set for 9 a.m. Dec. 7 after a Plainfield Public Schools administrator alleged that his supervisor, district Assistant Superintendent Angela Kemp, physically assaulted him during a staff meeting earlier this school year.

The city of Vineland, New Jersey, once known as the "Egg Basket of America" for its successful role in the egg and poultry industry in the late 40's, boasts a formidable fowl as a mascot for the Vineland Fighting Clan.

A 2.54-acre horse farm in Rahway has been acquired by Union County to preserve the land from development.

Plainfield and General Motors have a lot more in common than any of us would like to think.

THEFT, Nov. 14. A Wilson Avenue resident told police he had rented a furnished room to two women known to him as Erica and Glenda.

The city's Health Division has announced a free vaccine clinic for the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, on Saturday.

A Plainfield man was found guilty today of punching a supervisor after a heated exchange .

Police are continuing to investigate a Tuesday night shooting that left a city man seriously injured.

On Nov. 5, 2008, my mother, Belinda D. Williams, was found dead behind an abandoned home in the 100 block of Liberty Street in Plainfield.

Plainfield City Administrator Marc Dashield last week introduced a $73 million budget to the City Council and said the average city household can expect to pay about $400 more in taxes during the fiscal year.

Constructed of thick stone and overgrown with ivy in spots, taking on the appearance of a miniature castle, the First Unitarian Society of Plainfield's historic 1889 Park Avenue building looks like something pulled straight out of the pages of J.R.R. Tolkien or Lewis Carroll.

A Plainfield man has been indicted by a Somerset County grand jury on a first-degree robbery charge.