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Monday, October 14, 2019

Council gets PMUA updates, votes on $590K back wages Tuesday.. Coffee Shop on a mission to help revive downtown Plainfield.. Your home is worth less than it should be, thanks to the Trump tax law.. Summit soccer team heads to UC Tournament after squeaker against Plainfield..


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PLAINFIELD
  • Boys Soccer: Summit heads to UC Tournament after squeaker against Plainfield. Read more here.
  • Coffee: Coffee Shop on a mission to help revive downtown Plainfield. Read more here.
  • Council: Council gets PMUA updates, votes on $590K back wages Tuesday. Read more here.
  • Four Centuries in a Weekend: Courier coverage. Read more here.
  • Halloween: 2nd Annual Haunted Halloween event at Plainfield Rescue Squad. Read more here.
  • Real Estate: Your home is worth less than it should be, thanks to the Trump tax law. Read more here.
OF INTEREST
  • Artificial Turf: Toxic chemicals found in blades of artificial turf. Read more here.
  • Burger King: The Impossible Whopper wouldn't be possible without RU's Food Innovation Center . Read more here.
  • Energy: Piscataway voters to decide on community aggregation program. Read more here. -- Very interesting.
  • Fall Scenery: NJ's 20 most scenic Fall drives. Read more here.
  • Guns: Charleston mass murderer got his gun because of gaps in background checks. Read more here.
  • Kittens: Inside St. Hubert's kitten nursery. Read more here.
  • Manville: Sexual harassment charge lands in the middle of mayor's race. Read more here.
  • Newark --
    • 'No more blood money'; protesters demand closing of ICE facility. Read more here.
    • Keep statue by Klan member, historian argues. Read more here.
  • Predictive Typing: Where will predictive text take us? Read more here. -- I struggle with it all the time on my phone.
  • Windows: After Windows 10, you'll be renting Windows. Get used to it. Read more here.

STATE/NATIONAL

  • 2020 Prez Race --
    • Analysis: Three issues that can help Republican voters abandon Trump. Read more here.
    • SNL: SNL takes aim at the 2020 Dem candidates. Read more here.
    • Biden: Giuliani bungling gives Biden a new punch line. Read more here.
    • Warren --
      • Warren deadpan response at LGBT Town Hall wins praise. Read more here.
      • Warren escalates war with Zuckerberg and Facebook. Read more here.
      • NJ teacher who worked with Warren says NJ didn't support pregnant teachers then. Read more here.
  • LD21 (Bramnick's district) --
    • Guns: Brady endorses 'Gun Safety Champions'. Read more here.
    • Bramnick --
      • Bramnick's firm will help sex offenders come off Megan's Law registry. Read more here.
      • Bramnick's hometown mayor slams him on pledge to discredit victims. Read more here.
      • UC Freeholder Chair Kowalski hits Bramnick over promise to 'discredit' accusers. Read more here.
      • Somerset County's Pef Schaffer tells Bramnick he must apologize. Read more here.
  • Legislature: Cryan named to Sweeney's NJ Transit committee. Read more here.
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY


  • Ukraine: Ambassador says Trump ousted her over 'unfounded and false' claims. Read more here.

TRUMP WORLD
  • Gowdy: Trey Gowdy a divisive addition to Trump legal team. Read more here.
  • Taxes: Trump loses appeal to stop House subpoena of his taxes. Read more here.
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