Council takes up Citizens Budget Advisory panel tonight.. Fire Department promotes first female battalion commander, Selket Damon.. Plainfield Symphony welcomes Spring with 'Spring Festival'.. Frontiers International Plainfield area club presents 'Harriet Tubman, beyond the movie'.. Olddoc shares some thoughts on the coronavirus.. Noel at High School Sports: Elizabeth defense too much for Plainfield..
[PLAINFIELD TODAY]
- "Plainfield schools prepare for Coronavirus -- and possible shutdown"
- "PILOTs, people power plentiful Plainfield Council agenda meeting Monday"
- "Plainfield officials make InsiderNJ's African American Power List"
- Boys Basketball: Elizabeth over Plainfield in quarter finals. Read more here.
- City Council --
- Plainfield Council to take up Citizens Budget Advisory Committee. Read more here.
- Fire Department --
- Upcoming promotions will include Selket Damon as Battalion Chief. Read more here.
- Plainfield Fire Department receives fire radios from Union County. Read more here.
- Frontiers International: Plainfield area club presents 'Harriet Tubman, beyond the movie'. Read more here.
- Iris House: Plainfield's Iris House hosts event for women and girls. Read more here.
- Organ Donation: Plainfielder Lakisha Bray shares her story. Read more here.
- Plainfield Symphony: PSO welcomes spring with 'Spring Festival'. Read more here.
- Rotary: Rotary to present Service Above Self award to Tom Cassio. Read more here. -- Owner of Twin City Pharmacy.
- Schools: Closings possible and online days would count, officials say. Read more here.
- Week in Review: Plainfield week in review: Fire promotions, St. Mary's Avenue project, more. Read more here.
CORONAVIRUS
- New Jersey: Local officials fill gaps on coronavirus cases. Read more here. -- NJ now has 6 cases (more here)
- Phones: How to clean your smartphone correctly. Read more here.
OF INTEREST
- Middlesex: Pedestrian struck, killed by Norfolk Southern train. Read more here.
- Middlesex County: County will pay $5M for Piscataway who died in jail. Read more here.
- 2020 Prez Race --
- Convention: Labor leaders seek to be kingmakers if Dems are split at convention. Read more here.
- Biden --
- Biden wins three straight NJ county conventions. Read more here.
- Coronavirus could turn Biden's defining weakness into a strength. Read more here.
- Why you shouldn't count on Booker being Biden's running mate. Read more here.
- Sanders: Why Sanders is not winning over Black voters. Read more here.
- Veep: Watson Coleman thinks a woman of color or a person of color should be chosen. Read more here.
- Gov. Murphy: Murphy released from hospital, resumes duties. Read more here.
- Schools: New DeVos rules on sexual assault will shock schools -- and students. Read more here.
TRUMP WORLD
- Coronavirus --
- NJ man with virus had attended conference with Trump, Pence. -- Ledger | Courier | Politico |
- Trump's mismanagement helped fuel crisis. Read more here.
- Social Security: Fox News catches Kellyanne Conway lying about entitlement cuts. Read more here.
RECENT BLOG POSTS
- [ OLDDOC] Olddoc shares some thoughts on the coronavirus. (3/06/2020)
- [Mayor MAPP] Mayor Mapp advises he has discontinued his blog.
- [Freeholder WILLIAMS] National Black HIV/AIDS day observed. (2/07/2020)
- [SEAN McKENNA] Sean thanks the voters. (06/12/19)
- [JACKIE] Survivor 40: Winners at War March 4 blog party. (3/07/2020)
- [REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger] Journey Through Blackness: W.E.B. DuBois. (2/23/2020)
- [NOEL at Jersey HS Sports] Elizabeth defense too much for Plainfield. (3/07/2020)
- [CARL at Plainfield Wildlife] Carl: Courting foxes (part 5). (2/02/2020)
- [DAN at Laona Boy] Dan recalls boyhood Halloweens of the 1950s. (10/30/18)
CLIPS
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