Bernice: Recreation Commission passes, heads for veto.. Williams on the right of collective bargaining.. Maria: Students down, budget up; why?.. Olddoc continues the teacher pay conversation.. Renata defends PAAAS, Obama HS.. Rucker's radio show on strategic planning, economic development.. Jackie is ready for spring even as she posts late winter pix.. PSN has four stories coming...patience..

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PLAINFIELD TODAY:

• "Hidden Plainfield: Where horses and carriages once lived"

Ex-Connolly Properties:  "Some tenants still waiting for improvements under new owners"
The Del Larks:  "Soul Survivors: Recognition comes after 40 years"
Real Estate --

• Foreclosures:  "NJ home foreclosures expected to rise 20 percent this year"
• Mortgages:  "New Fed rule for brokers will save buyers money"
• Values:  "Some affluent towns are different from other affluent towns"

Kean U:  "Faculty in uproar over newly mandated time cards"
Prayer At Council Meetings:  "Judge rules town must pay $11,000 of ACLU's legal fees"
Robotics:  "In high school competition at NJIT, cooperation is prized"
Rutgers:  "Court rules RU governors discussed public business behind closed doors"
Somerset County:  "County push to add solar panels is largest effort in NJ"
Union County Freeholders:  "Anatomy of a government employee giveaway" -- From CountyWatchers.
Vote Fraud:  "Essex freeholder wants PTI, state wants guilty plea, resignation" -- Election of Sen. Teresa Ruiz.

The Auditor:  "DiVicenzo wants SDA money; Booker aide's big Tweet booboo; Fantasy baseball at Drumthwacket"
Budget:  "Lawmakers bracing for battle over Christie's budget" -- Ledger | Gannett | -- Tuesday.
Rail --

• News:  "Alternative options offered for Amtrak rail tunnel plan"
• Paul Mulshine:  "II've got your rail plan right here, Mr. President"

Schools --

• Editorial, Ledger:  "Christie should get moving on schools"
• OpEd,Gordon MacInnes:  "Christie criticizes giving urban schools so much aid; he should visit Union City"
• Tom Moran:  "Before cutting urban ed, visit Union City"

Wisconsin --

• Editorial, Ledger:  "Chaos in Wisconsin"
• Interview:  "Moran interviews an expert on unions, Wisconsin and Christie"
• News:  "Dueling protests in a Capital as nothing much gets done" | "Slideshow"
• Debate:  "NYTimes offers views of six"

RECENT POSTS: Bernice notes Recreation Commission ordinances passes, faces certain veto. Olddoc posts comments continuing the teacher pay conversation. Maria digs up school enrollment figures that pose a question: where have 3,000 students gone? . Councilor Williams reflects on unions: collective bargaining is a right, citing 19th century Black advocate T. Thomas Fortune. BOE member Renata Hernandez, at Standing In The Gap, defends Barack Obama HS, PAAAS and say the Youth Master Plan is her next post. Tony Rucker, at Queen City Progressive, posts a call-in radio show on strategic planning and economic development (with language alert). Jackie Schnoop's The (TV) Show Must Go On, is more than ready for spring, but still finds some great pix in the late winter. At Plainfield Sports News, Augustine counsels patience, with four stories coming.

| BERNICE: PLAINTALKER II | MARIA'S BLOG | DOC'S POTPOURRI | PIV FOR PLAINFIELD |
  COUNCILORS: | McWILLIAMS | MAPP | STORCH | WILLIAMS |
| JERRY GREEN'S PAGE | PLAINFIELD TOMORROW | QC PROGRESSIVE | BURNEY: AS I SEE IT |
  NAT: DUMBED DOWN AMERICA | REBECCA: BATHROBE BLOGGER | RENATA: STANDING IN THE GAP
| PLAINFIELD SPORTS NEWS | JACKIE: THE (TV) SHOW MUST GO ON | DOTTIE G SEZ |
| VASHON: A STUDENT'S PERSPECTIVE | MILANI: PEPTalk | DR. E=MC² | SCHOOL NEWS |
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