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Monday, December 10, 2012

Winter’s Almost Here; Plainfield Preps for Snow

Village staff has plan in place to deal with snowfall.

The weather has been mild — and even unseasonably warm on a few recent days — but make no mistake: winter is coming. The Village of Plainfield says it’s ready for a snowfall, and is reminding residents of its snowplowing procedures, which go into effect anytime there is a snowfall. In addition to the village's existing overnight parking policy — which prohibits on-street parking between 1 and 6 a.m. year-round — parking is prohibited on Plainfield streets any time snow reaches a depth of three or more inches until the streets have been plowed and the snow has been removed. Under the village snow policy, any time snow begins to accumulate, trucks begin applying salt to roadways starting with main traffic routes. According to the village …

Hugo

8:36 am on Tuesday, December 11, 2012

You could put up those orange or yellow fiberglass poles near the curb. Go forth, "village resident", and protect the easement. Man, you're a bush.   more ›

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Ottawa Street Parking Limits Will Keep Central Students Away, Board Says

Trustees agree to three-hour parking limit to prevent littering, other problems that residents say plague the neighborhood.

Parking along Ottawa Street should be restricted to three-hour blocks to keep Plainfield Central High School students from parking in the Village Green neighborhood, the Plainfield Village Board decided this week. The change comes at the request of Trustee Paul Fay, who lives in the area and agrees with local residents that students parking there can generate situations – littering, vandalism, harassment – that would be avoided if parking limitations were in place. Specifically, students leave behind "debris," including condoms and trash, treat neighbors disrespectfully and damage property, Fay said. Just that day, Fay told the board Monday, he witnessed two students exposing themselves.   Trustee Margie Bonuchi, who works for Plainfield …

Kelly Boyd

10:02 am on Wednesday, October 6, 2010

I also live in this neighborhood. Last year there seemed to be more problems, esp. with trash and jokes that the kids played on each other. More issues "spilled" into the neighborhood. Last year, I tried to stop a huge mess of corn that one male was "decorating" a girls car with. This prank had already happened once and they left a mess of corn for over two weeks until my husband finally went and…   more ›

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