North Plainfield News

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.

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 North Plainfield Italian American Social Club is extremely proud to announce that on Saturday, November 21, 2009 it is sponsoring an overwhelming gourmet testimonial dinner to honor its own distinguished member of international medical fame, Dr.

Possible scenarios of what might happen if the neighboring school districts of Green Brook, Long Hill, North Plainfield, Warren, Watchung and Watchung Hills Regional High School consolidated will be the focus of a public meeting here Thursday.

He will have an MRI on his right knee to determine the damage. Canstruction stacks cans of food with helping hands >> >> >> >> >> Educator gets jail for fire, insurance fraud Saturday, November 14, 2009 Philip Read A Vailsburg Middle School guidance counselor was sentenced to a year in jail yesterday for torching his BMW, as well as a friend's car, ...

North Plainfield Man Sentenced For Arson and Insurance Fraud Related to Vehicle Fire By Office of the Essex County Prosecutor 11/13/2009 Essex County Prosecutor Paula T. Dow today announced that a Vailsburg Middle School guidance counselor was sentenced in court this morning for having his vehicle and his friend's vehicle destroyed by fire in order ...

North Plainfield Police Chief William Parenti has announced that the Borough's 4th Annual North Plainfield Bilingual Community Health & Information Fair will be held on Tuesday, November 17, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm in the North Plainfield Middle School Gym, 34 Wilson Avenue, North Plainfield.

The borough police department has earned reaccreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.

DRUNKEN DRIVING, 12:46 a.m. Nov. 8. Hearl Garcia, 42, of North Plainfield, was charged with drunken driving on Greenbrook Road.

A North Plainfield woman was placed on probation Friday for falsely reporting that her car had been stolen.

For once here is a good story about three good samaritans. My daughter's car was stuck in a field of mud on Warfield Road.

Somerset County initially wanted an order of 30,000 doses of H1N1 influenza vaccine to serve the towns that use it for health department services.

Ruth Sobuskey died Monday, Nov. 1, 2009 at her home. She was 87. She was born in Westfield and had lived in North Plainfield before moving to Manchester 24 years ago.

A man charged with stalking a woman after she lent him her minivan, accused him of driving it drunk, then called police when he refused to leave her home is being sought by authorities.

Voters will choose two members of Town Council on Election Day, in a three-way race that pits two incumbents against a former Town Council member.

The Patel brothers know what it takes to run an Indian supermarket. Kalpesh Patel, 32, and Mukund Patel, 42, began opening stores 14 years ago in Ohio, Virginia and New Jersey.

Five area teen musicians will present a showcase of music for piano and violin on Sunday, Oct.

A murder conviction would put the five young men accused of robbing and brutally beating a Guatemalan immigrant in Plainfield behind bars for at least 30 years.

For Democrats running for seats of the Somerset County Board of Freeholders, the number represents what they say is a lack of productive dissent on the panel in charge of county government.

VIP HONDA WALKS FOR LOVE HOPE STRENGTH NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ: VIP Honda, part of the Bill Vince Auto Group, Route 22 East at Somerset Street in North Plainfield, was a sponsor of the Love Hope Strength Foundation 2009 Walkathon, reported VIP Honda General Mgr., Adam Kuczynski.