NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – Ten years ago retired Mayor Janice Allen burned up the phones, called in every favor and contacted every person she knew to convince the United States Postal Service to give North Plainfield its own zip code.
North Plainfield residents were tired of receiving jury summonses from Union County when they lived in Somerset County, and having to take time away from family and work to convince the court they were not eligible. North Plainfield residents were tired of arguing with catalog stores, web sites and florists that the name of their town was not just Plainfield. North Plainfield residents were tired of receiving flyers and newsletters from the City of Plainfield and its schools despite being ineligible for the services being marketed.
Ten years later these frustrations still exist because the USPS turned Mayor Allen down.
