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Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Priest caught on secret tape admitted to sex with teen.. Plainfield among 25 police departments that use pepper spray the most.. Friend to stand trial for strangling girl, throwing her body off bridge.. Jackie: Celebrity Big Brother 2 Jan. 22 blog party..


[PLAINFIELD TODAY]
  • Playing hooky, see you Thursday. -- Dan
PLAINFIELD

  • Daycare: Prices ranked by county; Union County ranks 10th most expensive. Read more here.
  • Drugs:  Plainfield man charged with marijuana possession. Read more here. Policing:  Plainfield among 25 police departments that use pepper spray the most. Read more here.
  • Postage:  USPS Forever stamp price hike is just days away. Here's what it will cost. Read more here.
  • Plainfield Public Schools: Plainfield's Saturday Academy begins Feb. 9. Read more here.
  • Weather: Bitter cold leaving are just as next storm arrives. Read more here.

OF INTEREST

  • DC Confrontation: Native American from viral video offers to meet with Catholic school students. Read more here.
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  • Girl Scouts:  Samaritans offer to help scout whose cookie money was stolen. Read more here.
  • Murder: Friend to stand trial for strangling girl, throwing her body off bridge. Read more here.
  • PSEG:  PSEG vows to shutter nuclear plants unless public subsidizes them. Read more here. -- Real hardball here.
  • Sexual Abuse: Priest caught on secret tape admitted to sex with teen. Read more here.
  • Somerset County:  North Plainfield chief Parenti enters race for sheriff. -- NJGlobe | Courier |
  • The Sopranos: James Gandolfini's son Michael to play young Tony in prequel. Read more here.
  • Theft: Autism nonprofit's CFO stole $115K to fix up his house, buy fish tank. Read more here.


STATE/NATIONAL

  • Booker 2020: Poll: Booker leads Trump by 5 points. Read more here. -- Only 5?!
  • Gov. Murphy:  Booker staffer offered chief of staff position. -- InsiderNJ |
  • LD21:  Worried, Bramnick runs solo ad 11 months before election. Read more here.

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CLIPS is your daily roundup of links to blog posts and news about Plainfield or affecting Plainfielders. Begun in 2003 as an email newsletter to Plainfield city council members when I was Plainfield's public information officer, it was later offered to the general public by email and has been available as a blog since 2007. If you have questions, suggestions or tips, email me at plaindan@gmail.com.

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