Deal reached on marijuana legislation (is this finally it?).. Union County College will start cannabis program.. Plainfielder Dominique Pickett named to dean's list at Rochester Institute of Technology.. Olddoc on the weekend before Presidents' Day.. Carl Monopoli catches a fox eating a snake..
[PLAINFIELD TODAY]
PLAINFIELD
- Boys Basketball --
- Plainfield at Summit. Read more here.
- Wardlaw-Hartridge at South Plainfield. Read more here.
- Dean's List: Plainfielder Dominique Pickett named to dean's list at Rochester Institute of Technology. Read more here.
- Drake House: Historical Society presents 'Hidden Black Plainfield'. Read more here.
- Hubbard School: SBYS brings Project PRIDE to Hubbard. Read more here. Union County College: UCC will start cannabis program. Read more here.
- Washington School: Plainfield's Washington School hosts Honor Roll assembly. Read more here.
- Week in Review: Plainfield week in review: Shooting indictments, outsourcing 9-1-1, more. Read more here.
- Weather: We may see snow Sunday night. Read more here.
- Obituary: Pearl Lerner, 30-year head of accounts at Mack Truck in Plainfield. Read more here. -- Now that's what I call a REAL obituary.
OF INTEREST
- Amazon --
- Lesson to NJ: Bashing big business, incentives can be costly. Read more here.
- National Enquirer attempt to blackmail Amazon founder has NJ consequences. Read more here. -- You didn't know state pensions were invested in the National Inquirer?
- Cardinal McCarrick: Pope Francis defrocks McCarrick over sex abuse. -- NCR | Ledger | Courier |
- Gerrymandering: Federal judge says 102-mile long Miss. district must be redrawn. Read more here.
- Hamilton: KKK, anti-Muslim Facebook posts don't get town employees fired. Read more here.
- ICE: Stinking food, gun left in bathroom among violations at Newark ICE facility. Read more here.
- LGBTQ History: Here's what kids might learn. Read more here.
- Linden --
- Scutari-Armstead feud heats up over council seat, retro pay. Read more here. -- Proxy for a different fight?
- Judge opens Pandora's box in filling local government vacancies. Read more here.
- A little background on the judge in the Linden matter. Read more here.
- Policing: NJ cops use Google Translate to speak with Chinese victim. Read more here.
- Port Authority: Where the PA makes (and loses) the most money. Read more here.
- PSEG: PSEG says its not kidding about nuclear plants. Read more here. -- Sounds like blackmail to me.
- Smiling: Why do Americans smile so much. Read more here. -- Smiles communicate a lot.
- Vaccinations: 'Bring back childhood diseases' says wife of White House communications director. Read more here.
STATE/NATIONAL
- Booker 2020 --
- Fox News pundits mock Booker's vegan stance with burgers and ribs. Read more here.
- What might happen if Booker drops Senate re-election bid. Read more here.
- Gov. Murphy: Anonymous 'phony Phil' attack emails echo Norcross joke. -- PoliticoNJ | Ledger |
- Congress: The most important new woman in Congress. Read more here. -- From NJ.
- Legislature --
- Deal reached to extend statute of limitations on sex abuse cases. Read more here.
- Murphy, Sweeney, Coughlin reach deal on marijuana legislation. -- PoliticoNJ | NJGlobe | Ledger |
- 'Baby Walkers': Lawmakers consider sales ban. Read more here.
- Virginia Scandals: 4 lessons for political campaigns from Virginia scandals. Read more here.
TRUMP WORLD
- Emergency Declaration --
- Text of Trump's 'speech'. Read more here. -- Transcription of the ad-libbed remarks.
- Trump forcing McConnell to 'eat a manure sandwich' to get the wall. Read more here.
- Conservatives will live to regret this. Read more here.
- Four hurdles Trump's declaration faces. Read more here.
- Hush Money: Two Trump attorneys may have lied about hush money payments. Read more here.
- New Jersey: NJ Attorney General subpoenas Trump inaugural committee. Read more here.
RECENT BLOG POSTS
- [OLDDOC] Olddoc on the weekend before Presidents' Day. (02/16/19)
- [Mayor MAPP] Mayor Mapp advises he has discontinued his blog.
- [Councilor STORCH] Councilor Storch offers his take on the Woodland School plan and open house. (1/27/19)
- [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: Season finale blog party. (02/13/19)
- [REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger] Rebecca wishes Happy Holidays to all. (12/27/18)
- [NOEL at Jersey HS Sports] Plainfield advances in the Union County tournament. (02/10/19)
- [CARL at Plainfield Wildlife] Carl Monopoli catches a fox eating a snake. (02/15/19)
- [DAN at Laona Boy] Dan recalls boyhood Halloweens of the 1950s. (10/30/18)
CLIPS
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