Frontiers to honor three Plainfielders at MLK breakfast Monday.. Noel at HS Sports: Union Catholic shooting too much for Plainfield.. Plainfield YES teams compete at Basketball Hall of Fame Tournament..
- Drake House: Plainfield's Drake House museum completes renovations. Read more here.
- MLK Breakfast: Frontiers to honor three Plainfielders at breakfast Monday. 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.
- Week Ahead: The week ahead in Plainfield, Jan. 21 - 27. Read more here.
- Y.E.S. League: Plainfield teams compete at Basketball Hall of Fame Tournament. Read more here.
- Weather: Temps could hit -20 overnight Sunday in deep freeze. Read more here.
OF INTEREST
- Air Travel: United flight from Newark gets stuck in frozen Canadian airport for 14 hours. Read more here.
- Covington Catholic HS Scandal: Ray Lesniak on the scandal caused by students in Washington, DC. Read more here.
- Demographics: IRS data shows NJ loses in the relocation game. Read more here. MLK Day: Instead of millions in tax breaks, provide college debt relief. Read more here. -- OpEd, InsiderNJ.
- NJEA: Teachers lobby for reduced health insurance costs. Read more here.
- Sex Abuse: I'm a survivor. Here's what NJ should do to protect victims. Read more here. -- OpEd by SNAP's Mark Crawford.
- Trailblazers: NJGlobe post profiles of NJ trailblazers. Sen. Wynona Lipman | Rep. Donald Payne | Speaker S. Howard Woodson | Walter Gilbert Alexander | Asw Madaline Williams | Sen. Hutchins Inge | Mayor Ken Gibson | Bill Stubbs | Justice James Coleman, Jr. | Justice Anne Thompson |
STATE/NATIONAL
- PARCC: State officials ask judges to let 2019 and 2020 students graduate under old rules. Read more here.
RECENT BLOG POSTS
- [OLDDOC] Olddoc on Tuesday's combined Council meeting. (01/19/19)
- [Mayor MAPP] Mayor Mapp advises he has discontinued his blog.
- [Councilor STORCH] Councilor Storch votes 'no' on the South Avenue East plan. (12/11/18)
- [Freeholder WILLIAMS] Freeholder Williams wishes Happy Holidays to all. (12/27/18)
- [SEAN McKENNA] My vote is for Ron Johnson on Nov. 6. (11/06/18)
- [JACKIE] Celebrity Big Brother 2 cast reveal. (01/13/19)
- [REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger] Rebecca wishes Happy Holidays to all. (12/27/18)
- [NOEL at Jersey HS Sports] Union Catholic shooting too much for Plainfield. (01/20/19)
- [CARL at Plainfield Wildlife] Carl Monopoli catches a Screech Owl fishing (night camera) here. (12/30/18)
- [DAN at Laona Boy] Dan recalls boyhood Halloweens of the 1950s. (10/30/18)
CLIPS
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