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Friday, October 25, 2019

Winning $50K lottery ticket sold in Plainfield.. Plainfield on list of top fifty STD communities in NJ.. Boys Basketball: Plainfield beats Roselle Catholic, wins Prestige Patriots Championship.. Rebecca: Haunted Halloween at Rescue Squad this weekend.. Freeholder Williams: Sensory-friendly theater coming to Union County PAC.. Jackie: Survivor: Island of the Idols blog party..

[PLAINFIELD TODAY]
PLAINFIELD
  • 2020 Census: 45,000 temp workers needed in NJ for Census. Read more here. -- Signup table at this weekend's Haunted House at the Rescue Squad. Thank you Councilor Davis for passing the word!
  •  Haunted Halloween: Cadets offer Haunted Halloween experience at Plainfield Rescue Squad, Oct. 25-26. Read more here.
  • Board of Ed: Time to reform Plainfield's public schools. -- Letter to the editor.
  • Boys Basketball: Plainfield beats Roselle Catholic, wins Prestige Patriots Championship. Read more here.
  • Commuting: PATH to add longer trains to ease commuter crush. Read more here.
  • Lottery: Winning $50K ticket sold in Plainfield. Read more here. -- Check your tickets!
  • Measles: Allentown (PA) woman ignored quarantine because she was burying daughter in Plainfield. Read more here.
  • Queen City Film Festival: A chat with QC Film Festival director Lamar Mackson. Read more here.
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Plainfield on list of top fifty STD communities in NJ. Read more here.
  • Things to Do: Things to do in Plainfield: Halloween edition. Read more here.
  • Zoning Board: Bakery, coffee shop, apartments proposed on East 5th Street. Read more here.

OF INTEREST

  • Airbnb: Bruising battle in JC over short-term rental regulations. Read more here.
  • Halloween: All aboard the Great Pumpkin Ride along the Delaware River. Read more here.
  • Linden: Armstead contribution to independent candidate leads to call for resignation. Read more here.
  • Newark: Protesters demand ldriver icenses for undocumented workers. Read more here.
  • Rahway: $10K award offered in arrest of man charged with rape. -- Ledger | Courier |
  • Reparations: Sen. Rice applauds Princeton seminary's $25M reparations set-aside. Read more here.
  • Roselle: Cops accused of assaulting boys faces more charges. Read more here.
  • Solar: Vivint Solar agrees to pay $122K fine over deceptive practices. Read more here.
  • South Plainfield: Police raid massage parlors with ties to prostitution. Read more here.
  • Turf Field: Holmdel mayor diverted $2M for turf field, needs to be investigated. Read more here.


STATE/NATIONAL

  • 2020 Prez Race --
    • Analysis: Dems' two side need to join and fight for dreams -- pragmatically. Read more here. -- Thoughtful comment.
    • November Debate: Four female moderators named for November debate. Read more here.
    • Booker: No bigger wonk in this race than me. Read more here.
    • Biden: Poll: Biden has widest lead since launching his campaign. Read more here.
    • New Candidate?: CEO of Dick's Sporting Goods quietly tests presidential bid. Read more here.
    • Warren: Pointing at NJ district, Warren says 'let's get rid of lunch debt'. Read more here.
  • Rep. Cummings: Elijah Cummings is first African American to lie in state in Capitol. Read more here.
  • LD21 --
    • Group that hammered Bramnick, Munoz has been around 7 years. Read more here.EERA
    • Operating engineers spending $400K to re-elect Bramnick. Read more here.
  • Gov. Murphy: I really do get along with other top Dems, Murphy says. Read more here.
  • Business Climate: Yet again, NJ's business climate ranked last. Read more here.
  • Collegiate Sports: NJ bill would allow college athletes to earn endorsements. Read more here.
  • Elections: Dems benefit from NJ's vote-by-mail ballots. Read more here.
  • Marijuana: Sen. Rice: Legalizing pot won't stop social injustice in black and brown communities. Read more here.
  • Statehouse: $300M renovations sparks conflict between administration, legislature. Read more here.
  • Tax Incentives --
    • Murphy: Murphy agrees to some tax incentive changes. Read more here.

IMPEACHMENT

  • Fox News: Fox judge says inquiry 'consistent with rules' the GOP majority enacted. Read more here.
  • Giuliani: Is Giuliani going to jail? Read more here.
  • Military Aide: Pentagon official testifies about withheld military aide to Ukraine. Read more here.
  • Sondland: Sondland seeks to align himself with Taylor after bombshell testimony. Read more here.
  • Timeline: Impeachment timeline if flux as evidence against President piles up. Read more here.
  • Ukraine Docs: Judge orders State to release Ukraine documents in 30 days. Read more here.

TRUMP WORLD
  • 2016 Election: DOJ inquiry becomes criminal investigation. Read more here.
  • Ben Carson: Carson mocked for thanking God for Trump. Read more here.
  • Colorado: Trump wants to build a wall in Colorado. Read more here.
  • Golf Course: NJ seeks to revoke liquor license at Trump's Colts Neck NJ golf course. Read more here.
  • Ledger Editorial: Trump's theocracy comes for NJ. Read more here.
  • Student Loans: DeVos held in contempt for violating judge's order on student loans. Read more here.


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