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United is one of four Plainfield taxi companies, the others are Queen City Yellow, Caribe, and Liberty. |
Plainfield City Council is getting down to serious business early in the year, with 8 ordinance up for to go on next week's meeting for second reading and passage, and four new ones Monday evening, slated to be formally introduced next Monday.
Among the four new ones, two caught my eye.
2017-08 Indicates that the developer's name for the South Avenue Gateway project is to be changed -- perhaps because another investor is joining the project. At any rate, gone is any mention of South Avenue; now it's to be called Sleepy Hollow Fleet Developers Urban Renewal LLC. Got that?
The interesting thing is they want to use the term "Sleepy Hollow", which is the subject of a resolution declaring a neighborhood to be called Sleepy Hollow and having no bearing to the hundreds of homes that were sold over the years as being in "Sleepy Hollow".
Another tidbit: When I Googled images of homes in Sleepy Hollow, a mansion in the Van Wyck Brooks Historic District popped up. Now, THAT is a stretch.
The other interesting ordinance is 2017-10, proposing changes to the violations and penalties regarding taxi cabs.
You will recall that a large number of drivers, owners and family supporters came before the Council not long ago, protesting unfair competition from North Plainfield taxis (primarily Soria) and so-called "gypsy cabs" -- freelancers with no taxi license, unmarked and uninsured, who undercut the regular taxi fares.
Soria and other North Plainfield companies have responded by removing the once-prominent side markings on their cabs and reducing the size of the phone numbers -- except for the cab's color, it is now hard to tell whether that is a cab coming toward you or not.
But several Plainfield cab drivers have told me the gypsies are the bigger threat. I did see an older white Cadillac pull up in front of a laundromat over the weekend, pop the trunk lid and wait while the passenger emptied it, then drove away.
On the same outing, I saw a Plainfield cab pull into the parking lot outside the QuickChek on Somerset Street in North Plainfield, honk the horn and then whisk away with a fare who came out from the store.
So, it's not all black and white in the taxi business.
Theresa Ann Moroney Teacher and Plainfield bookstore
owner was an avid reader and adventurous cook Theresa Ann Moroney
of Plainfield, N.J., died on Jan. 19, 2017, from complications of
breast cancer. Family and friends are invited to join together to
honor Terry's life at The Landing, 311 Amwell Rd., Hillsborough,
N.J., on Sunday, Jan. 22, for brunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Terry
was born on March 24, 1944, in Summit, N.J., to Mary Gallagher and
David Moroney, the seventh of nine children. She graduated from
St. Teresa's Grammar School, Summit, in 1958, and attended three
high schools: Summit High for two years, followed by a year at
Madison High, before graduating from South Plainfield High in
1962. Terry attended Fairleigh Dickinson University while working
night shifts at her sister Catherine's diner, becoming the first
member of her family to graduate from college with a B.A. in
English in 1967. While at FDU she served as editor for the school
newspaper. After graduation, Terry and her sister Grace travelled
across the country. Terry began her teaching career at Westfield
High in 1967 and continued at Plainfield High. In 1972 the call of
the highway beckoned once more, and she and Grace continued their
cross-country exploration. Upon returning to New Jersey, Terry met
and married the love of her life, David Beck, and soon welcomed
two sons into her world. In 1980 she reentered the work force,
teaching adult education in Plainfield and New Brunswick, N.J., a
vocation in which she took tremendous pride. In 1992 Terry
returned to high school, teaching at North Plainfield until her
retirement in 2009. In 1997 Terry opened "Another Look Books" in
Plainfield. A labor of love, the used book store served the
downtown community until closing its doors in the early 2000's.
Terry was active in the Cook School PTA, and while at North
Plainfield she served as advisor for the school newspaper and lent
her aid to countless students; she took particular joy in helping
her ESL students apply to college. She was an active member of the
Plainfield Historical Society and the Democratic Committee in
Plainfield. Terry was an avid reader and adventurous cook; the two
pursuits birthed an extensive and lovingly used library of
cookbooks and personal recipes. Terry was predeceased by her
husband, David Michael Beck, in 2014. She is survived by her sons,
Andrew David and Richard Evelyn; her daughter-in-law, Christine
Beck, and grandsons, Damien Carter and Alexander David. The
seventh of nine children, Terry is survived by her sister,
Constance Costello Rooney. She was predeceased by her brothers,
David, Richard, and James, and her sisters, Margaret, Catherine,
Rosemary, and Grace. In New Jersey, Terry will be missed by her
sister-in-law, Kathleen Moroney; nephews, Charles Femminella and
his wife, Charlotte Ryden, Christopher (Gretchen), Sean (Karen),
and Mark Moroney (Kelly); nieces, Regina and Renee Femminella,
Maureen Pena (Joseph), Sandra Roberts (Steve Kosciolek), and
Jennifer McBride (Sean); in Virginia, by Moyra Moroney; in
Arizona, by her brother-in-law, Paul Beck and, in Hawaii, by John
Beck; and many grand-nephews and grand-nieces. - See more at: http://obits.nj.com/obituaries/starledger/obituary.aspx?n=theresa-moroney&pid=183660148#sthash.mSuRxaeS.dpuf
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