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[PLAINFIELD
TODAY]
PLAINFIELD
- Affordable Housing: Thousands of new affordable homes possible for NJ. Read more here. -- OpEd by Plainfield's own Chris Estevez.
- Pets: Female Shih Tzu found in Plainfield reunited with owner. Read more here.
- SALT Deductions: Rep. Malinowski talks SALT issues at Westfield gathering. Read more here.
- UC Freeholders: One-seat ride, potholes, special advocates discussed. Read more here.
- Wrestling: Plainfield's Dodd named Region 4 Coach of the Year. Read more here.
OF INTEREST
- 9/11 Victims Fund: Advocates lobbying for permanent 9/11 Victims Fund. Read more here.
- Catholic Church --
- Pope Francis calls for all out battle against child sex abuse. Read more here.
- Newark's Cardinal Tobin: Action, not talk, needed on sex abuse crisis. Read more here.
- Civil Rights Cold Cases: Hightstown students tweet at Trump, score win for bill. Read more here.
- The Draft: Federal judge rules male-only draft is unconstitutional. Read more here.
- Film: 41 blockbusters you didn't know filmed in NJ. Read more here.
- Hate Groups: 18 hate groups threaten NJ, though their numbers dwindle. Read more here.
- North Plainfield: Police blotter. Read more here. -- The kind of reporting that Bernice used to do in Plainfield.
- Oscars 2019 --
- Oscars: Writers on BlacKkKlansman, actor in 'Green Brook' represent NJ. Read more here.
- ‘Green Book’ writer from N.J. wins best original screenplay. Read more here.
- After 'Green Book' win, social media calls it 'a slap in the face'. Read more here.
- ‘BlacKkKlansman’ writers share win with Spike Lee. Read more here.
- Piscataway: March 2 event targets depression awareness. Read more here.
- Roosevelt: The American kibbutz Einstein had a hand in creating. Read more here.
- Rutgers: Stringer taking leave of absence from women's basketball team. Read more here.
- Sexual Abuse: Who are abusers, and how prevalent is abuse? Read more here.
- South Plainfield --
- Windows 10 Users: Microsoft says you really should bookmark this Update History page. Read more here.
STATE/NATIONAL
- Booker 2020 --
- LD21: Dems Mandelblatt and Gunderman win Dem line, will face off against Bramnick and Munoz. 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,
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[PLAINFIELD
TODAY]
PLAINFIELD
- Boys Basketball: Plainfield
tops Hillside. Read
more here.
- Girls Basketball: Plainfield
trounces New Brunswick. Read
more here.
- Cord-cutting: How to ditch cable and keep all your shows, 2019 edition. Read more here.
- Jobs: 7 of the coolest -- and
best-paid -- tech jobs. Read
more here. -- Thought
you'd find this aspirational.
-
Union County: County covering
legal costs for cop in civil rights suit. Read
more here.
- Union County Vo-Tech: About UC's specialized high schools in Scotch Plains and how to get in. Read more here.
- Week in Review: Plainfield
week in review: Apple in the schools, Vermeule House fire, more.
Read
more here.
- Wrestling: Plainfield coach
honored at Region 4. Read
more here.
- Weather: High wind watch starting Sunday night. Read more here.
OF INTEREST
- Hacking: Four NJ high school students hack school's system, change grades. Read more here.
- North Plainfield: Community
observation of Black History Month. Read
more here.
- Planned Parenthood: Feds
issue rule stripping some PP funding. Read
more here.
- Sexual Assault --
- Elizabeth cop accused of sexual assault. Read more here.
- R. Kelly ordered jailed on $1M bond over sex abuse charges. Read more here.
- NJ Man who assaulted pre-teen then walked her home is sentenced. Read more here.
- Smartphones: Samsung
surprises with 4 new Galaxy phones. Read
more here. -- What is a
'budget' Galaxy?
STATE/NATIONAL
- Booker 2020 --
- Rep.Watson Coleman: Pelosi
names Watson Coleman to semiquintennial commission. Read
more here. -- Today's
Latin lesson.
-
Trump Tax Returns: OpEd: Move
to require Trump's returns governed by foolishness. Read
more here.
TRUMP WORLD
New Jersey: NJ doesn't think much of Trump; here's why. Read more here.
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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[PLAINFIELD
TODAY]
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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No CLIPS Saturday, February 23; you're on your own with the
bloggers. See you Sunday.
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[PLAINFIELD
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PLAINFIELD
- PFC Jamie Riley: Jamie Riley honored by NJ Senate. Read more here. -- Police Director Carl Riley's son.
- Union County Dems: New Providence in spotlight as Dems pick LD21 candidates. Read more here.
- Wrestling: Plainfield advances four wrestlers at Region IV. Read more here.
- Obituary: Judith Ann (Le Duc) Turner, Muhlenberg Nursing School grad. Read more here.
OF INTEREST
- ICE: Essex County Jail keeps detainees in isolation for days. Read more here. -- WNYC exposé.
- Liquor Store Robberies: 3 men charged in store robberies in Union, Essex and Middlesex counties. Read more here.
- Media: Who will rid me of this troublesome reporter? Read more here. -- Political moves against reporter.
- Newark: Queen Latifah building $14M new housing. Read more here. -- On Springfield Avenue.
- Perth Amboy: Employee sues city for discrimination. Read more here.
- Political History: President Lincoln's 1861 address to the NJ Legislature. Read more here. -- Stunningly frank.
- Rutgers: Former RU football player indicted in murder plot. -- Ledger | Courier |
- Sexual Assault: Basketball coach admits assaulting 12-year-old team member. Read more here.
STATE/NATIONAL
- Booker 2020 --
- Black Issues: After propelling Murphy to office, pushing for change. Read more here.
- Dark Money: Senate passes dark money bill. -- InsiderNJ | NJGlobe |
- Gay Conversion Therapy: Group wants SCOTUS to ocwerurn NJ ban on therapy. Read more here.
- Homeless Aid: Sweeney: Murphy has three weeks to reach compromise. -- Ledger | NJSpot |
- Lottery: NJ weighs keeping lottery winners anonymous. Read more here.
- Non-Disclosure Agreements: #metoo bill on Murphy's desk is unconstitutional trial bar giveaway. Read more here.
- Tax Incentives: Chart: Tax credits' impact for the next 4 years. Read more here.
- Trump Tax Returns: Bill to require candidates' tax returns moves forward. -- PoliticoNJ | NJGlobe | NJSpot | Ledger | Courier |
RECENT BLOG POSTS
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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[PLAINFIELD
TODAY]
PLAINFIELD
- Fires: Two Plainfield fires displace 27, one a historic property. -- TAPinto | Courier |
- Power List: InsiderNJ's 2019 African American Power List. Read more here. -- Including
Mayor Mapp, Assemblywoman Carter, Freeholder Williams, Councilor
Armady, TEN other Plainfielders, plus former resident Education
Commission Repollet and PMUA head Jackson. Whew!.
- Schools: Plainfield's Apple partnership brings iPads from K-12. Read more here.
- Theft: Plainfield woman charged with stealing from Union business. -- TAPinto | Ledger |
- Union County Dems: Screening committee vote on LD21 candidates postponed to Sunday. Read more here.
OF INTEREST
- Alexa: Alexa responds to minister's sermon, orders toilet paper. Read more here.
- Civil Forfeiture: Why the SCOTUS ruling on excessive fines is a big deal. Read more here.
- 'Dark Money': Pending legislation helps deter 'factions'. Read more here. -- OpEd by ELEC's Jeff Brindle.
- Elizabeth: Name of accused priest removed from school. Read more here. -- He also founded the Center for Hope hospice.
- Film: Watch NJ director's Oscar-nominated film on NYC Nazi rally 80 years ago. Read more here.
- Rutgers: Beer sales coming to Rutgers games. Read more here. -- Uh oh.
- Weather: Sleet, hail, or freezing rain? Everything you wanted to know. Read more here.
STATE/NATIONAL
- Drones: Lawmakers push to cover drones in trespassing, invasion of property laws. Read more here.
- Legislature: Showdown set over Murphy veto of homeless bill. Read more here.
- Newark: 2020 hopeful Booker reignites Newark's bid for Amazon. Read more here.
- NJ Budget: Sweeney seizes initiative with town halls; Murphy skips. Read more here.
- Non-Disclosure Agreements: Weinberg seeks sexual assault reforms in non-disclosure bill. Read more here.
RECENT BLOG POSTS
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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[PLAINFIELD
TODAY]
PLAINFIELD
- SCHOOL CLOSINGS: Plainfield Public Schools and Cresthaven Academy on half- day Wednesday. Read more here.
- Black History Month: Plainfield Housing Authority to host Black History Month program. Read more here.
- Boys Basketball: Summit squeezes past Plainfield. Read more here.
- Commuting: Your chance to sound off on getting one-seat ride back. -- TAPinto | Ledger |
- Deer: Looking to rein in NJ's surging deer population. Read more here.
- Girls Basketball: Plainfield tops Union Catholic. Read more here.
- Redistricting: NJ LWV holding redistricting reform event at duCret Thursday. Read more here.
- Schools --
- UC Educational Services partner with District in Food Services intern program. Read more here.
- Presentation: State of the Urban Schools. Read more here. -- Baruti Kafele, presented by Robert Graham.
- TAPinto: Mark DiIonno joins TAPinto as columnist after leaving Ledger. Read more here.
- Weather: Murphy declares state of emergency ahead of Wednesday storm. Read more here.
OF INTEREST
- Catholic Church: Lots of names are missing form list released by church. Read more here.
- Cranbury: Township's minimum wage violations date back 12+ years. Read more here.
- Dog Rescue: NJ Transit engineer plucks pooch from doom on tracks. Read more here.
- Green Brook: District denies business administrator was fired for whistleblowing. Read more here.
- Heartwarming Story: Cop's $100 tip leaves pregnant waitress in tears. Read more here.
- Luring: Man arrested at diner where he expected to meet 13-year-old for sex. Read more here.
- Marijuana --
- Now's the time to subscribe to Marijuana Insider. Read more here. -- A spinoff of the Ledger.
- This NJ college wants to cook with cannabis. Read more here.
- School Boards: Only 2 years out of high school, two 20-year-old are BOE presidents. Read more here.
- Sexual Harassment --
- Top Rutgers prof not teaching while RU investigates sexual harassment claims. Read more here.
- Suit: Bosses did nothing about harassment of child welfare worker. Read more here.
- Tax Evasion: NJ's celebrity tax evaders. Read more here.
STATE/NATIONAL
- 2020 Prez Race --
- Booker --
- Cory's Garden State path to 2020. Read more here. -- Analysis by Bob Hennelly, formerly of WNYC.
- Sanders --
- Alvarez Rape Allegation: Here's how much taxpayers have paid for investigation so far. Read more here.
- LD21: Differing accounts of whether Lazare has New Providence endorsement. -- InsiderNJ | NJGlobe |
- Gov. Murphy: Pro-Murphy group spent $503K on lobbying. Read more here.
- Family Leave: Murphy signs bill expanding family leave. Read more here.
- NJ Supremes: Top court ruling on volunteer firemen disability payments could be costly. Read more here.
RECENT BLOG POSTS
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.
About Cookies: This blog is
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user's experience. By continuing to read this blog you agree to
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[PLAINFIELD
TODAY]
PLAINFIELD
- Freeholders: Minimum wage, NJ Transit improvements, new voting machines discussed. Read more here.
- Gateway Tunnel: Assembly approves bill to establish panel to facilitate construction. Read more here.
- Presidents Day: What's open, what's closed. Read more here.
- UC Vo-Tech: Sen. President Sweeney tours vo-tech's 'Maker Space'. Read more here.
- Week Ahead: The week ahead in Plainfield, Feb. 18-24. Read more here.
OF INTEREST
- 9/11 Victims: Fund running out of money for those with illnesses. Read more here.
- Exhibit: 'Confess' Irish artist's show reflects on clergy sex abuse of children. Read more here.
- Madison: Razing a movie theater for trendy apartments? Battle brews. Read more here.
- Marijuana --
- Murphy promised to clear weed convictions. Here's how hard that will be. Read more here.
- Weedman pushed for legalization for twenty years; now he feels sidelined. Read more here.
- McCarrick Matter --
- McCarrick manipulates no more. Read more here. -- Some exclusive revelations here.
- Could disgraced former cardinal McCarrick face criminal charges? Read more here.
- Millennial Criminal?: Burglar's getaway foiled when he hops in police car instead of Lyft he ordered. Read more here.
- Moon Watching: Supermoon and 'snow moon' to light up sky this week. Read more here.
- Piscataway: Redevelopment funds $32M community center. Read more here.
- Sexual Assault: Police officer indicted in alleged sex assaults of 2 minors. Read more here.
- Smollett 'Attack': Cory Booker 'waiting until all the information comes out'. Read more here. -- Was Smollett being written out of the show?
- Socialism: Socialism is no longer a dirty word, and here's why. Read more here. -- OpEd, Ledger.
- Student Debt: US student debt in 'serious delinquency' tops $166 billion. Read more here.
- Vaccines: Doctors can't keep up with this new vaccine as hundreds join list. Read more here.
STATE/NATIONAL
- 2020 Race --
- Gov. Murphy: Murphy admits soccer team had a bad year; that's why his wife is now in charge. Read more here.
- NJ Budget: Moran: Murphy's romance with public workers could spell doom on budget. Read more here.
TRUMP WORLD
- Collusion --
- Emergency: Catholic bishops, groups speak out against 'emergency'. Read more here.
RECENT BLOG POSTS
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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