2019 PHS grad struck, killed by freight train.. Plainfield boys soccer advances to quarter-finals in Union County Tournament.. Plainfield Council discusses emergency appropriation.. Queen City Film Festival to launch Plainfield Future Filmmaker Club..
[PLAINFIELD TODAY]
- "Mayor Mapp's school board slate kicks off fall campaign with fundraiser tonight"
- "Some interesting items in Monday's Plainfield City Council agenda-setting session"
- "Plainfield scores near perfect on 2018 audit"
- Assemblywoman Carter: NJ Citizen Action endorses Carter. Read more here.
- Boys Soccer: Plainfield advances to quarter-finals in Union County Tournament. Read more here.
- City Council: Plainfield Council discusses emergency appropriation. Read more here.
- Commuting: Menendez announces permanent ban on rush hour marine traffic at bridge. Read more here.
- Film Festival: Queen City Film Festival to launch Plainfield Future Filmmaker Club. Read more here.
- Girls Soccer: Perth Amboy over Plainfield. Read more here.
- Police Salaries: Survey of police salaries statewide. Read more here.
- Train Fatality --
- 2019 PHS grad struck, killed by freight train in Piscataway. Read more here.
- Funeral set for PHS student struck by train. Read more here.
OF INTEREST
- 'Christian America': How corporate America invented Christian America to fight the New Deal. Read more here.
- Immigration: Acting DHS shouted down by protesters at conference. Read more here.
- Newark: City official pleads guilty to bribery. Read more here.
- NJ Balloon Festival: Festival looking for new title sponsor after QuickChek pulls out. Read more here.
- NJEA: Teachers union getting new leader; no lobbyist in place. Read more here.
- NJ Transit --
- NJ Transit wants to test self-driving buses. Read more here. -- What could possibly go wrong?
- Sweeney: No more excuses. It's time to fix NJT. Read more here.
- Voting: Ranked-choice voting in NYC gets push. Read more here. -- Also known as 'instant runoff' voting.
STATE/NATIONAL
- 2020 Prez Race --
- Booker --
- Booker wants to be more than everybody's third choice. Read more here.
- Booker hits target to qualify for November debate. Read more here.
- Inside Booker's long-shot bid for the White House. Read more here.
- Problematic numbers: How NJ Dems see Booker's campaign. Read more here.
- Sanders: Heart attack casts cloud over Sanders candidacy. Read more here.
- NJ Economy: Low budget reserves make NJ vulnerable in a downturn. Read more here.
- NJ Pensions: The top 10 payments into the public worker pension system. Read more here.
- Politics: How NJ's political machine really works. Read more here.
- Tax Incentives --
- Hearing: Progressives storm EDA hearing in Trenton. Read more here.
- Lesniak: Lesniak, sponsor of tax incentives, eager to rebut NYTimes article. Read more here.
IMPEACHMENT
- Day of Prayer: Christian leaders call for Day of Prayer in support of inquiry. Read more here. -- This Sunday.
- GOP Strategy: GOP hopes to get subpoena power from inquiry vote. Read more here.
- Impeachment: 5 ways impeachment can play out. Read more here.
- Poll: Support up to 50% in NJ poll. Read more here.
TRUMP WORLD
- Rallies: Unpaid bills pile up countrywide in wake of Trump rallies. Read more here.
- Trump U: Judge finalizes $25M settlement for students of 'sham' university. Read more here.
RECENT BLOG POSTS
- [ OLDDOC] Olddoc writes on Mayor Mapp and taxes. (09/30/19)
- [Mayor MAPP] Mayor Mapp advises he has discontinued his blog.
- [Councilor STORCH] Councilor Storch supports Restaurant Week at Shipotle. (08/14/19)
- [Freeholder WILLIAMS] A skin cancer screening and awareness event. (08/01/19)
- [SEAN McKENNA] Sean thanks the voters. (06/12/19)
- [JACKIE] Survival: Island of the Idols blog party. (10/02/19)
- [REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger] Voting machine demo at Plainfield National Night Out. (07/30/2019)
- [NOEL at Jersey HS Sports] Sanborn-Wilson leads Union over Plainfield. (09/28/19)
- [CARL at Plainfield Wildlife] Carl spots a raccoon trio. (09/27/19)
- [DAN at Laona Boy] Dan recalls boyhood Halloweens of the 1950s. (10/30/18)
CLIPS
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