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PLAINFIELD TODAY:
Fire Division: "Plainfield Fire Division among four sharing $1M federal grant"
Letter, Courier: "Fight payouts to former PMUA execs" -- Kimberley Beverley, Plainfield.
Robbery, Stabbing: "Plainfield man indicted in brutal North Plainfield attack"
Police Blotter: "Plainfield police blotter, January 4"
Obituaries --
Chatham: "Chatham installs first openly gay, black GOP mayor" -- Trifecta believed nation's first.
Linden: "Hopes for development, though unrest between Mayor, council continues"
North Plainfield: "Reward offered in attempted video store robbery"
Middlesex County: "Ex-sheriff Spicuzzo's bribery trial likely by summer"
Paterson: "Paterson could lose state aid after officials run up $14K tab in A.C." -- PatersonPress | Ledger |
Trenton: "Mayor Mack asks for raises for top officials"
2012 Presidential Race: "Ewing resident named to head Obama's NJ campaign" -- Ledger | PolNJ |
Board of Ed Background Checks: "350 must resign for failing to complete checks" -- Ledger | NJSpot |
Legislature: "Legislators scramble to pass 100 bills as session comes to close"
Sick Pay Reform: "Christie lambastes 6-figure payouts in visit to Dem family" -- Not just any family, a former Middlesex County Freeholder.
Politifax
Truth-o-Meter: True,
False, or other...? (The national factfinding service
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Organ Sharing: "
For organ-sharing program manager, turning 30 is more than just a number"
Solar Energy: "
Solar megawatts continue to climb, amid concerns about health of sector"
-- From NJSpotlight.
Tea Party: "
House Tea Partiers strike it rich"
RECENT
POSTS: Bernice urges reading of Mapp's 2012 agenda, details bug siege due to cold weather. Olddoc notes Mapp's reorg remarks, plus thoughts on birds in winter. Maria answers questions about taping BOE meetings, PCTV schedule of same, and District's responses on reconfiguration. Councilor Mapp, at Mapping It Out,
posts his 2012 legislative agenda delivered on election as Council President.
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PLAINFIELD TODAY:
2011 Murder: "Plainfield man pleads guilty to basement stabbing" -- Courier | Ledger |
Essex County: "County judge shortage continues, creating delays"
South Plainfield: "House fire leaves homeowner in critical condition"
Union County: "Auditors find six problem areas in audit"
Christie at Midterm: "Analysis: Christie's work a mixed bag"
Food Stamps: "NJ counties struggle to meet food stamp demand"
PSE&G: "PSE&G wins special incentives for transmission upgrades" -- From NJSpotlight.
Schools: "Fast-tracked bill could put some urban schools under for-profit management" -- From NJSpotlight.
State Police: "Complaints declined in 2011, but serious charges increased"
Spivey on Beer: "
Chimay Red, a picture-perfect Trappist Belgian dubbel"
Commuting: "
Smartphone ticket app debuts on NY Waterway, may come to trains, buses"
Weather: "
2011 set record for wettest year ever in NJ"
RECENT
POSTS: Bernice
briefly recap Council reorg. Olddoc was at Council, check back later. Maria reports concerns raised by parents and staff at BOE's 'reconfiguration' meeting. Councilor Mapp, at Mapping It Out,
thanks fellow Councilors for vote of confidence in electing him Council President. At Plainfield
Sports News, Plainfield beats Hudson Catholic, St. Anthony's edges St. Benedict's. Rebecca, at Bathrobe
Blogger, finds a new semester a tabula rasa.
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PLAINFIELD TODAY:
PHS Boys: "Plainfield edges Hudson Catholic in New Year's Jumpoff Tournament" -- No. 2 in Ledger's Top 20.
Theater: "Cathedral International pastor's play to be staged" -- Will be directed by Othell Miller, PHS theater teacher.
East Orange: "State oversight of city's finances is lifted"
North Plainfield: "Banker, mayor, war hero turns 106" -- Doesn't think much of bankers who ran economy into the ditch.
Sourlands: "Documentary tells tale of Sourlands Mountain Preserve"
Union County: "County's renewable energy program is up and running"
Westfield: "Fatal shooting of ranger, Westfield native, sparks sadness" | "Family lives in Scotch Plains"
2012 Presidential Primaries: "NJ's June primary may carry clout"
Attorney General --
Double-Dipping: "NJ Prosecutors employ 125 'double-dipper' retirees"
Energy: "NJ faces triple energy challenge in 2012" -- From NJSpotlight.
'Senatorial Courtesy': "End 'tradition' which holds up appointments" -- Editorial, Courier.
Politifax
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Exhibit: "
Montclair Art Museum opens show on American abstraction"
RECENT
POSTS: Bernice
urges all to 'take charge' in 2012. Technology leads Olddoc to ponder some of the great changes we have lived through...and face in 2012. Maria on several items that lead to questions about the Board of Ed; plus background on Voto Latino. At Plainfield
Sports News, a busy New Year: Hackensack vs.Dwight Morrow; Teaneck over St. Patrick's; NJ boxers getting TV time. At Jackie's
TV Blog, 2012 gets off to a good start with all invited to the Bachelor 2012 blog discussion.
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PLAINFIELD TODAY:
Young Men of Resilience: "Mother of Plainfield shooting victim finds strength in helping others"
Homicides in NJ, 2009-11: "Searchable by community, county" -- Ledger 2011 review.
Football --
Basketball: "Rutgers v. South Florida" -- Ledger | Courier |
Newark: "State oversight of Newark finances becomes more exhaustive"
Union County: "CountyWatchers' Year in Review: 2011"
Tom Moran: "2012: Predicting the unpredictable"
Paul Mulshine: "More dreadful reporting from the [NY] Times"
John Farmer: "No mandate assured for Dems or GOP"
Drug Sentences: "
Christie wants drug court as sentencing option, not just voluntary program"
NJ Politics: "
2012 promises to be eventful for NJ politics"
Nonprofits: "
State sets up website for nonprofits"
School Reform: "RU prof: Educating impoverished kids costs more"
Toll Increases: "Bad idea then, bad idea now" -- Editorial, Courier.
Turnpike Authority: "Authority's New Year's gift: Higher tolls"
Politifax
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RECENT
POSTS: Bernice
notes BOE is accepting applicants for Abdul-Haqq's seat, posts link to Council's reorg agenda. Olddoc posts a Times Square New Year's pic. Maria finds a tool for looking at school cultures. At Plainfield
Sports News, St. Benedict's holds off Piscataway. At Jackie's
TV Blog, a review of the week and the year 2011, plus some weekend pix.
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