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Wednesday, March 20, 2019

3 sexual assault stories involve trusted adults.. Cinemark at old Sears Auto opening soon.. CarePoint funneled $157M out of its 3 NJ hospitals.. Marijuana dealing in Trenton heats up..

[PLAINFIELD TODAY]
PLAINFIELD
  • 2019 Elections:  TAPinto publishes its Election Policies. Read more here.
  • Asm Jerry Green: Measure to name part of Route 27 after Jerry signed into law. Read more here.
  • Business: Immigrants own nearly 50% of businesses you love. Read more here.
  • 'Healthy Town':  Plainfield receives Healthy Town designation. Read more here.
  • Masjidullah Plainfield: Women's History Month program this weekend. Read more here. -- Asw Carter, Freeholder Williams to be honored.
  • Schools:  Plainfield students, teacher recognized by BOE. Read more here. -- Maxson students in Upward Bound.
  • Theater: Cinemark at old Sears Auto opening soon. Read more here.
  • Union County Freeholders: County manager's side PR work a non-issue. Read more here.


OF INTEREST

  • Clergy Housing Allowance: Housing allowance constitutional, appeals court rules. Read more here.
  • Hospitals: SCI finds for-profit CarePoint funneled $157M out of 3 NJ hospitals. Read more here.
  • NJ Transit: NJT shared a funny video, asking for comments. It got more than it bargained for. Read more here.
  • Princeton: Math prof wins $700K prize, first woman to do so. Read more here.
  • Rutgers --
    • RU faculty members authorize union to call a strike. -- PoliticoNJ |
    • New evidence emerges in case against former RU doctor. Read more here.
  • Sexual Assault --
    • Youth minister sentenced for contact with 15-year-old girl. Read more here.
    • Rising basketball coach charged with sexual encounters with teens. Read more here.
    • Ex-karate instructor convicted of sexually assaulting 9-year-old girl. Read more here.
  • Wawa:  Wawa wants to hire 4,000 workers. Here are the stores interviewing. Read more here.


STATE/NATIONAL

  • 2020 Prez Race --
  • Bridgegate: Convicted Bridgegate defendant Baroni joins SCOTUS appeal. Read more here.
  • Cashless Stores:  Murphy signs bill banning most cashless stores in NJ. Read more here.
  • Gateway Tunnel: Leader confident tunnels will overcome setback. Read more here.
  • Marijuana --
    • Front Office meeting with Urban Mayors. Read more here. -- Photo features Councilor Storch plus several Plainfield residents.
    • If legal weed passes next week, how soon could you buy pot?  Read more here.
    • Al Sharpton dives into pot debate in support of Murphy. Read more here.
    • Rice: Expungement shouldn't be contingent on legalization. Read more here.
    • Source: As pot debate rages, Murphy 'burning up the phones'. Read more here.
  • NJ Budget: Gov. Murphy's Budget Book. Read more here. -- The entire 580-page book online.
  • NJ State Dem Committee:  Currie may remove committee members with bad attendance. Read more here.
  • Schools Dev Corp --
    • Delgado-Polanco tells Dems she did nothing wrong, won't apologize. Read more here.
    • Pressure mounting for another investigation into hiring practices. Read more here.
  • Voting: Legislative panels approve e-Poll Books. Read more here.


TRUMP WORLD

  • Grievances: Trump's ever-expanding list of grievances. Read more here.
  • McCain: Trump intensifies attacks on John McCain. Read more here.
  • Protest: Woman who climbed Lady Liberty to protest border policy gets probation. Read more here.


 RECENT BLOG POSTS
  • [ OLDDOC]  Olddoc offers posts on Storch and council action, and Dan's comments. (10/17/18)
  • [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]  Back after a 4 month break, Sean comments on Council. (4/05/19)
  • [JACKIE]  Survivor 38: Edge of Extinction, episode 3 blog party. (0/06/19)
  • [REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  Rebecca wishes Happy Holidays to all. (12/27/18)
  • [NOEL at Jersey HS Sports]  2019 boys basketball state championship. (03/11/19)
  • [CARL at Plainfield Wildlife] Carl spots a groundhog checking out his camera. (03/10/19)
  • [DAN at Laona Boy] Dan recalls boyhood Halloweens of the 1950s. (10/30/18)
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Posted by Dan at 4:23 AM