6 dead after hours-long gun battle on Jersey City streets.. Cocaine, gun, $15K in cash found in Plainfield man's bust.. Plainfield City Council bids farewell to Cory Storch.. 23rd annual Drake House Christmas Tree Lighting this Friday.. Help the LWV celebrate 100 years at duCret Dec. 19th..
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| Nativity outside a California church calls to mind border separations. (See below) |
[PLAINFIELD TODAY]
- "Paul Volcker, Plainfielder who saved the U.S. dollar, dies"
- "Dan is back from a week in the hospital"
- "Netherwood Heights 2020 Calendar now available"
Gas Main Repairs: Overnight Wednesday (Dec. 11), Plainfield Ave. between Sherman and Huntington.
- City Council: Plainfield Council bids farewell to Cory Storch, and more. Read more here.
- Drake House: 23rd annual Christmas Tree Lighting this Friday. Read more here.
- Drug Bust: Cocaine, gun, $15K in cash found in Plainfield man's bust. Read more here.
- League of Women Voters: Help the LWV celebrate 100 years at duCret Dec. 19th. Read more here.
- Nativity: Church's Nativity depicts Holy Family in cages, separated at the border. Read more here.
- NYC Homeless Program --
- Elizabeth joins Newark suit against NYC program. Read more here.
- NYC agrees to temporarily halt program in Newark. -- Ledger | PoliticoNJ |
- Plainfield Public Library: Plainfield Library accepting Food for Fines during holidays. Read more here.
- Food Recall: White Castle frozen cheeseburgers recalled over listeria concerns. Read more here.
- Obituaries --
- Joan E. Peterson, taught in Plainfield elementary schools. Read more here.
- Marjorie E. Price, master cake decorator at Clinton Bakery in 70s and 80s. Read more here.
OF INTEREST
- Amazon: Amazon to open facility in Morris County with hundreds of jobs. Read more here.
- Artificial Turf: Hidden gotcha in artificial turf fields. Read more here.
- Hunter Biden: Fox News on Biden in 2015; no Republicans were interested then. Read more here. -- Why not?
- Catholic Church: NY Giants chaplain accused of sex abuse while serving as priest in NJ. Read more here.
- Impossible Burgers: Is the Impossible Burger healthy? Read more here.
- Jersey City: 6 dead after hours-long gun battle on JC streets. -- Ledger | Courier |
- Linden: Councilman's complaint against Mayor Armstead dismissed. Read more here.
- Newark --
- State: Newark on track to regain full control of schools in 2020. Read more here.
- Urban farmers hope to grow Newark's economy. Read more here.
- NJ Transit: NJT set to spend $500M for new buses, trains. Read more here.
- Somerset County: Somerset Dems name new executive director. -- InsiderNJ | NJGlobe |
- 2020 Prez Race --
- Booker --
- Booker at 2% in latest Monmouth poll. Read more here. -- Needs to be at 4% by Thursday for next debate.
- Booker deserves to be a front-runner, but Dems don't feel that way. Read more here.
- Booker's girlfriend hits the campaign trail in Iowa. Read more here.
- Yang: Andrew Yang qualifies for next week's Dem debate. Read more here.
- Legislature: Bill introduced to require NJ students learn cursive writing. Read more here.
- NJ Twitter: NJ's official Twitter account gets it right. Read more here. -- 63,000 followers -- highly unusual.
- Tax Incentives --
- See how Norcross and his associates bought up valuable land after tax break law. Read more here.
- US Trade Deal: Unions win, drug companies lose in NAFTA replacement. Read more here.
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY
- Articles: Dems unveil impeachment articles against Trump. Read more here.
- [ OLDDOC] Olddoc 'gets a few things off his chest' about impeachment. (11/15/19)
- [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. (12/04/19)
- [REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger] Why I am running for Freeholder. (11/04/19)
- [NOEL at Jersey HS Sports] Shapiro leads Westfield over Plainfield. (111/29/19)
- [CARL at Plainfield Wildlife] Carl: A Holiday season rabbit in Plainfield. (12/04/19)
- [DAN at Laona Boy] Dan recalls boyhood Halloweens of the 1950s. (10/30/18)
CLIPS
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