Plainfield man gets retrial in 2008 robbery.. Special Planning Board, Master Plan and PMUA meetings set for Thursday.. Plainfield approves apartments, retail on Cleveland Avenue near station.. Plainfield High students remember the fallen on Veterans Day.. Educational video on 4-way stops shown at Council..
[PLAINFIELD TODAY]
- "Is Cleveland Avenue project a 'canary in the coal mine' for future Plainfield projects?"
- "Mayor's Executive Order #1 and other items of interest from Tuesday's Council agenda"
- "PLAINFIELD TODAY is 15 !"
- "Vulgar or not, the truth is the truth"
- 2008 Robbery: Plainfield man gets retrial in 2008 Radio Shack robbery. Read more here.
- City Council: Educational video on 4-way stops shown at Council. Read more here.
- Dragonfly Theater: Festival of One-act Plays at duCret. Read more here. -- Including one by Plainfielder Benjamin Marshall.
- Meetings: Special Planning Board, Master Plan and PMUA meetings set for Thursday. Read more here.
- Redevelopment --
- Plainfield approves apartments, retail on Cleveland Avenue near station. Read more here.
- Transit redevelopment in Plainfield. Read more here.
- Union County: County has its first-ever female chief of detectives. Read more here.
- Veterans Day: Plainfield High students remember the fallen on Veterans Day. Read more here.
OF INTEREST
- Airbnb: JC voters said yes to regulation. Now what? Read more here.
- Drug Courts: Lawmakers look to take drug courts to municipal level. Read more here.
- Dover: After VBM and absentee ballots, Dem wins mayor's race. -- InsiderNJ | NJGlobe | -- Race for which Linden mayor got bounced from UCDC meeting.
- Immigration: US held record number of migrant children in 2019. Read more here.
- Marijuana: Weed breathalyzer in the works. Will it stop weed DUIs? Read more here.
- Newark: NJ Supreme Court will hear police union suit on Newark's civilian review board. Read more here.
- Pets: NJ pets in need, 11/11. Read more here.
- Retail: Lord & Taylor's new owners take over. Read more here. -- Only 9 stores left in NJ.
- Roselle: Three shot attending vigil for shooting victim. Read more here.
- Scotch Plains-Fanwood HS: SPFHS student allegedly posted image of himself in blackface on social media. Read more here.
- Somerset County: Dems win control of freeholder board. -- InsiderNJ | NJGlobe | Courier | Ledger |
- Watchung: Dems flip Watchung. -- NJGlobe | TAPinto |
STATE/NATIONAL
- 2020 Prez Race --
- Booker: Poll: Booker support at 1%. Read more here.
- Buttigieg ---
- Buttigieg tops pack in Iowa, with Booker at 2%. Read more here.
- Buttigieg praises Obama after reporter misquotes him. Read more here.
- Clinton: Clinton says she is being urged 'by many, many, many people' to run. Read more here.
- Patrick: Deval Patrick, ex-Mass. governor considers entering Dem race. Read more here.
- Dem State Committee: Currie, Jones formally announce runs for chair. Read more here.
- Legislature --
- Bill could reclassify thousands of independent contractors as employees. Read more here.
- Murphy's first lame duck to test his distaste of transactional politics. Read more here.
- Murphy blamed as critics say Blue Wave skipped NJ in elections. Read more here.
- Political gender gap still looms large in NJ. Read more here.
- SCOTUS --
- Trump decision to end DACA gets SCOTUS scrutiny. Read more here.
- Dreamers from NJ head to DC as court weighs fate. Read more here.
- Transportation Funding: How will NJ fund transportation projects if gas tax dwindles? Read more here.
- Vaping: Legislature set to vote Thursday on dozens of vaping restrictions. Read more here.
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY
- Bolton: Bolton, a prolific note taker, is inquiry's biggest wild card. Read more here.
- Depositions: Fingerprints of right-wing media figures all over impeachment depositions. Read more here.
- GOP: GOP defense of Trump, annotated. Read more here.
- Timeline: The full Trump-Ukraine timeline. Read more here.
- Ukraine --
- Concerns about legality of holding up aid raised at July meeting of security officials. Read more here.
- What Joe Biden did in Ukraine. Read more here.
- Giuliani associate gave demand for Biden inquiry to Ukrainians. Read more here.
- Who's Who in the Ukraine scandal? Read more here.
- Witnesses: House panel announces additional witnesses. Read more here.
TRUMP WORLD
- Giuliani Pals: Trump's 10 documented interactions with Giuliani pals. Read more here.
- Wikileaks: Roger Stone previewed Wikileaks leaks to Trump campaign in April 2016. Read more here.
RECENT BLOG POSTS
- [ OLDDOC] Olddoc offers Columbus Day thoughts. (10/14/19)
- [Mayor MAPP] Mayor Mapp advises he has discontinued his blog.
- [Councilor STORCH] Councilor Storch supports Restaurant Week at Shipotle. (08/14/19)
- [Freeholder WILLIAMS] Why I am running for Freeholder. (11/04/19)
- [SEAN McKENNA] Sean thanks the voters. (06/12/19)
- [JACKIE] Survivor: Island of the Idols blog party. (11/06/19)
- [REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger] Haunted Halloween at Rescue Squad this weekend. (10/23/2019)
- [NOEL at Jersey HS Sports] Williams, Taylor and Gordon lead Plainfield over JP Stevens. (11/03/19)
- [CARL at Plainfield Wildlife] Carl: Raccoon checking out new digs. (11/07/19)
- [DAN at Laona Boy] Dan recalls boyhood Halloweens of the 1950s. (10/30/18)
CLIPS
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