C L I P S

Where Plainfield turns for news.

Thursday, April 16, 2020

Plainfield superintendent announces school closure extended to May 15.. Murphy: Return to some sort of normalcy could be June or July.. Treasury, IRS unveil online app to help with $1,200 payments.. Jackie: Survivor 40: Winners at War April 15 blog party.. Carl: Fox checks out a woodpile..

[PLAINFIELD TODAY]
PLAINFIELD
  • $1,200 Payments: Treasury, IRS unveil online app to help with payments. Read more here.
  • Coronavirus: Number of cases, testing site, and relief fund. Read more here.
  • Industrial Real Estate: Saadia group acquires South Second Street property. REBiz | NJBiz |
  • Queen City Film Festival: Festival plans digital platform amid virus crisis. Read more here.
  • Perspective: A nurse's experience as provider and patient. Read more here.
  • Schools --
    • Plainfield superintendent announces closure extended to May 15. Read more here.
    • Schools conduct 2020 Census information campaign. Read more here.
  • Union County College: UCC moves all summer classes online. Read more here.
  • Union County Test Center --
  • Volunteering: How to volunteer and donate in NJ during the coronavirus crisis. Read more here.
CORONAVIRUS
  • Information Resources --
    • NJ Dept. of Health. View here. -- Daily case, mortality information is here.
    • NJ Coronavirus Portal. View here. -- Organized by stakeholder groups.
    • Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Portal. View here. -- Global perspectives.

  • Death Rates: High Black death rates and how to reverse them. Read more here.
  • Hospitals: NJ hospitals were expected to peak last weekend. It didn't happen. Read more here.
  • ICE: ICE quietly releases immigrants as coronavirus tears through detention centers. Read more here.
  • Lockdown: Murphy tangle with Tucker Carlson on NJ lockdown. -- InsiderNJ | Ledger |
  • Media: Pay cuts, furloughs at Ledger as coronavirus hits revenues. Read more here.
  • NJ Revenues: Murphy wants bonds to offset billions in lost revenue. -- Read more here.
  • NJ Transit: Union head quits task force, saying NJT lying about cleanliness. Read more here.
  • Normalcy: Murphy: Return to some sort of normalcy could be June or July. Read more here.
  • Origins: A skeptical take on three theories of origin. Read more here.
  • Small Biz Aid: Small businesses fume as aid keeps running out. Read more here.
  • Social Distancing: The huge cost of waiting to contain the pandemic. Read more here. -- An eye-popping chart on difference two weeks would have made.
  • State Parks: Push to reopen NJ state parks gains support. Read more here.
  • Unemployment: Jobless claims hit 22 million in four weeks. Read more here.

OF INTEREST

  • Edison: New saliva coronavirus test to be available at Edison site. Read more here.
  • Profile: Ruth Mandel: Child of the Holocaust, believer in democracy. Read more here.
  • Watchung: Borough lights Tree of Lights in honor and remembrance. Read more here.

STATE/NATIONAL

  • 2020 Prez Race --
    • Biden: Voters prioritize experience over gender, race. Read more here.
  • Sen. Booker: Booker raises $2M for Senate reelection bid. Read more here.
  • Redistricting: Dems won't certify Sweeney redistricting appointment, for now. Read more here.
TRUMP WORLD
RECENT BLOG POSTS

  • [ OLDDOC]  Olddoc, at 99+% risk, calls for unlimited testing, complete lockdown . (4/03/2020)
  • [Mayor MAPP]  Mayor Mapp advises he has discontinued his blog.
  • [Freeholder WILLIAMS]  Plainfield Recreation's Seniors on the Move video features chair exercises. (4/12/2020)
  • [SEAN McKENNA]  Sean posts on the introduction of the budget on April 13. (04/10/19)
  • [JACKIE]  Survivor 40: Winners at War April 15 blog party. (4/15/2020)
  • [REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  On Plainfield Recreation's "Take Home" Easter Egg Hunt. (4/01/2020)
  • [NOEL at Jersey HS Sports]  Elizabeth defense too much for Plainfield. (3/07/2020)
  • [CARL at Plainfield Wildlife] Carl: Fox checks out a woodpile. (4/14/2020)
  • [DAN at Laona Boy] Dan recalls boyhood Halloweens of the 1950s. (10/30/18)
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Posted by Dan at 11:44 PM