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Home of former Governor Jim McGreevey. Plainfield was settled in 1684 by Quakers, [27] and incorporated as a city in 1869. Formerly a bedroom suburb in the New York metropolitan area, it has become the urban center of 10 closely allied municipalities, with diversified industries, including printing and the manufacture of chemicals, clothing, electronic equipment, and vehicular parts.
The following table of United States cities by crime rate is based on Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) statistics from 2019 for the 100 most populous cities in America that have reported data to the FBI UCR system. [1] The population numbers are based on U.S. Census estimates for the year end.
The Shakespeare Garden is a formally designed area that originally contained plantings specifically named in Shakespeare’s works. It is maintained by the Plainfield Garden Club, with support from the New Jersey Historic Trust. [4] A walking path connects the various features of the park, including the garden and the man-made lake on the Cedar ...
A South Plainfield couple has filed a civil lawsuit against the borough for not maintaining a drainage system that has caused flooding at their home. South Plainfield sued by homeowners over ...
WOODBRIDGE – Police are searching for a driver who fled the scene of a single-vehicle crash Friday that left a passenger dead. Police responded around 9:05 a.m. Friday to the area of Route 9 and ...
The Plainfield riots was one of 159 race riots that swept cities in the United States during the "Long Hot Summer of 1967".This riot was a series of racially charged violent disturbances that occurred in Plainfield, New Jersey, which mirrored the 1967 Newark riots in nearby Newark.
Plainfield has been designated as a Main Street New Jersey community by the state Department of Community Affairs (DCA). The towns receiving the DCA designation are Princeton, Millburn and ...
Gail F. Shollar (1957–1992) was a 35-year-old Piscataway, NJ mother who was raped and murdered after being carjacked from the Middlesex Shopping Mall in South Plainfield, NJ. She was one of the first people in New Jersey to be a victim of carjacking.