Thursday, June 17, 2010

July Fourth Notice Posted

The city has finally posted information on the July Fourth celebration on its web site. Click here for details.

According to Recreation Superintendent Dave Wynn, there will be no grand marshal this year. Only 40 units will take part, down from about 60 last year.

Entrepreneur Edison Garcia, who is staging a two-day fiesta on July 3 and 4 downtown, was unaware that plans called for the parade to take place on July 3 when Plaintalker reached him Tuesday. He had arranged for a later start to the fiesta on July 4 to accommodate parade spectators parking in Municipal Lot 8, off Somerset Street and Watchung Avenue. Garcia said Tuesday he planned to check with city authorities to see whether he should have the later opening of his event on Saturday of the holiday weekend rather than Sunday.

Support for both the parade and the fiesta will involve city Police and Fire divisions, as well as Public Works and the Plainfield Municipal Utilities Authority. For the fireworks display in Cedar Brook Park on Friday, July 2, similar assistance will be needed as well as coordination with Union County authorities. The city will post an $8,350 cleanup bond to assure the county park is restored to normal conditions after the event.

--Bernice Paglia

1 comment:

  1. Just another reason for the PMUA and city to increase our taxes. We are in hard economic times yet these folks spend our money like they own it.

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