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| Adrian Mapp - Mayor-Elect of Plainfield, NJ |
USC's main feeder school in Barbados, Barbados SDA Secondary School, which is celebrating 60 years this year, is also now celebrating and congratulating one of its alums - Adrian Mapp - who was elected last week as the Mayor of Plainfield, NJ, a Metro-New York area community of 50,000.
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| Map shows location of Plainfield, NJ |
"Plainfield Mayor-elect Adrian O. Mapp was honored Saturday evening as the nation's first Barbadian-American Mayor.
The recognition came as part of the Barbadian-American Charitable Organization of New Jersey's annual dinner dance at L'Affaire.
Hundreds of Barbadian-Americans and their friends gathered to dine and dance as well as celebrate the 47th anniversary of Barbadian Independence and honor several of its members, including our Mayor-elect and his wife Amelia.
Master of Ceremonies Miguel Edghill detailed some of the charitable activities of the organization, which include scholarship support and disaster assistance.
The Rev'd Canon Leroy Lyons, recently retired rector of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Plainfield, gave the invocation." ...Source: http://ptoday.blogspot.com/2013/11/mapp-honored-as-first-barbadian.html
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