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Sunday, January 20, 2019

Cop was stumbling drunk, urine-soaked, when he plowed into vehicles at 70 mph.. Scoutmaster who sexually assaulted 3 scouts sentenced.. Olddoc on Tuesday's combined Council meeting..

[PLAINFIELD TODAY]
  • Preview of Council meeting coming tomorrow. -- Dan
PLAINFIELD
  • Boys Basketball:  Union Catholic tops Plainfield. -- TAPinto | Ledger |
  • Drake House: Plainfield's Drake House museum completes renovations. Read more here.
  • PAAAS:  PAAAS Robotics team places at Liberty Science Center qualifier. Read more here.
  • Plainfield Rescue Squad:  Rescue Squad teached kids hands-only CPR. Read more here.
  • PHS:  Hiring event for PHS students Jan. 24. Read more here.
  • Redevelopment: Ambitious plan bringing apartments, businesses and growth. Read more here. -- Story for visuals that were online couple of days ago.
  • Shutdown --
    • JFK (Hackensack Meridian) steps up for furloughed workers. Read more here.
    • All the places offering federal employees freebies, discounts during shutdown. Read more here.
  • Union County:  Homicides in county dip to 50-year low. Read more here.
  • Week in Review: Plainfield week in review, Planning, Zoning Boards reorganize. Read more here.
  • Wrestling:  Plainfield off to hot start with win over Linden. Read more here.
  • Obituary: Martha Goetz, teaching assistant, librarian in Plainfield public schools. Read more here.

OF INTEREST

  • Bedminster: Activist: Town should use radar to check near slave burial ground before selling. Read more here.
  • Brining Highways: Brining is replacing salt for dealing with snow, ice. Read more here.
  • Computers:  The embroidered computer. Read more here. -- A programmable computer made of embroidery.
  • Congressional History: Shirley Chisholm and committee assignments. Read more here.
  • DWI: Cop was stumbling drunk, urine-soaked, when he plowed into vehicles at 70 mph. Read more here.
  • Exhibit: Obsurist and Annoyance Realism exhibit at NJ Museum of Contemporary Art. Read more here.
  • EWR: TSA sends reinforcements to EWR as officers miss work over shutdown. Read more here.
  • Newark: Murphy nominates banker Natasha Love Rogers to University Hospital board. Read more here.
  • North Plainfield:  North Plainfield man's murder sentence reduce. Read more here.
  • Roselle: Rec director Shaw mulls run for mayor. Read more here.
  • Sexual Abuse: Scoutmaster who sexually assaulted 3 scouts sentenced. Read more here.
  • Somerset County: Provenzano endorses North Plainfield chief Parenti for Sheriff. Read more here.
  • South Plainfield: Valentines for Veterans program at SP Library. Read more here.
  • Washington Rally:  Students from Catholic HS mock Native American after pro-life rally. Read more here.
  • Wedding Venues: 38 highest Yelp-rated NJ venues. Read more here.

STATE/NATIONAL

  • Alvarez Rape Allegation:  Murphy counsel 'concerned' Alvarez was still at SDA in June. Read more here.
  • Guns: Gun control push is back in DC and NJ lawmakers are all in. Read more here.
  • PARCC: Lawmakers might save PARCC graduation requirement. Read more here.
  • Taxes: Ocasio-Cortez' 70% tax on the rich more popular than Trump's tax cut. Read more here.
  • Women's March --
    • The craziest and most creative signs. Read more here.
    • Black Lives Matter pulls out of NJ march, calling it 'a white women's march'. Read more here.

TRUMP WORLD
  • Menendez: Trump may have committed 'high crimes and misdemeanors'. Read more here.
  • Shutdown: Murphy to TrumpL At least give Coast Guard food stamps. Read more here.

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Posted by Dan at 1:20 AM