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Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Man in Sarah Lawrence sex cult case arrested at his Piscataway home.. Plainfield pedestrian mall, Cisco training top Council issues.. Plainfield zoning board to hear applicant on truck storage, parking issues.. Olddoc opines on the pedestrian mall.. Hillside over Academy for Urban Leadership Charter..


[PLAINFIELD TODAY]
PLAINFIELD
  • Commuting: Feds clear Portal Bridge for funding but not tunnel. Read more here.
  • Council: Plainfield pedestrian mall, Cisco training top Council issues. Read more here.
  • Maxson School: Plainfield's Maxson school to hold Black History celebration. Read more here.
  • Missing Person: Plainfield's Jessie Sellers Jr. missing more than 5 years. Read more here.
  • Poll Workers: Poll workers in line for first pay hike in 20 years, maybe. Read more here. Union County: Union County to share missing person profiles on social media weekly. Read more here.
  • Zoning Board: Plainfield board to hear applicant on truck storage, parking issues tonight. Read more here.

OF INTEREST
  • Bound Brook: Developer sues after borough terminates contract from 2000. Read more here.
  • North Plainfield: Borough to hold Winterfest 2020. Read more here.
  • Piscataway: Man involved in Sarah Lawrence sex cult case arrested at his NJ home. Read more here.
  • Spying: CIA has secretly owned company the sold encryption to 100 countries. Read more here.
  • WBGO: WBGO to embrace change, cling to its roots in its new chapter. Read more here.

STATE/NATIONAL

  • 2020 Prez Race --
    • NH Primary: Full results from New Hampshire primary. Read more here.
    • Booker: Booker's opponents raised $3.2M in NJ in 2019. Read more here.
    • Bloomberg: Sanders' NJ chair, Larry Hamm, 'livid' over Bloomberg candidacy. Read more here.
    • Sanders: Sanders leads Biden in Monmouth national poll. Read more here.
  • Corporate Tax Receipts: US corporate tax receipts lower than all but Latvia. Read more here.
  • Election Issues: NJ activists take on dark money, legislative secrets and ballot Siberia. Read more here.
  • Fundraising: How successful has Dem fundraising been? Read more here.
  • Immigration: Trump administration goes to war with NJ over immigration. Read more here.
  • NJ Transit: Sweeney to propose ballot measure to fund NJT. Read more here.
  • Sexual Harassment Panel: Testimony: Sweeney engaged in 'gross misogyny'. Read more here.
  • Tax Incentives --
    • 76ers: Philly 76ers may have to pay $400K back to NJ. Read more here.
TRUMP WORLD
  • Roger Stone Case --
    • Two federal prosecutors withdraw after DOJ intervenes in sentencing. Read more here.
    • Trump tweets on Stone sentence, DOJ backs down. Read more here.
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