The Star-Ledger (Free subscription) | yesterday
A 17-year-old has been charged in the 2007 beating death of a Guatemalan immigrant in Plainfield -- which has been called a bias attack. Authorities said he took part in the beating with his two brothers and another man. The...
The Star-Ledger (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Somerset County man accused in the December slaying of a Plainfield resident will be extradited from Puerto Rico and could be in a Union County court by Friday, according to a report in MyCentralJersey.com. Juan Jimenez, 24, faces a...
The Star-Ledger (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
George Benbow is accused of touching six girls between the ages of 8 and 13 years old
Indy Star (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Plainfield is dropping the controversial parts of an ordinance that restricted yard signs touting political candidates and triggered a federal lawsuit in the recent presidential election.
IndyStar.com (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Plainfield is dropping the controversial parts of an ordinance that restricted yard signs touting political candidates and triggered a federal lawsuit in the recent presidential election.
IndyStar.com (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
... September, as the race for president was heating up in Indiana, the ACLU sued three communities -- Plainfield and Lebanon in metropolitan Indianapolis, and Highland near Chicago -- when local officials attempted to enforce their rules on yard signs.All three suits were triggered by complaints to the ACLU by supporters of Democratic nominee Barack Obama after the local governments removed...
Edith Abeyta (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield (2007) Inspired by the true story of one of the most gruesome killers in American history. Now, years after... [Original Post: http://freeonlinemoviesforum.com
Foreclosure Investing Articles (Free subscription) | 04/01/2009
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C L I P S (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
PL AINFIELD PLAINFIELD TODAY : Annie McWilliams, sworn in by Judge Key Adrian Mapp, sworn in by his daughter Shermona Rashid Burney, sworn in by Judge Robinson-Gross " The joys of City Council Reorganization " Be sure to check out fellow Plainfield bloggers: Bernice recounts the Council's pushback against the Administration yesterday, beginning with appointments and city cars . Maria...
C L I P S (Free subscription) | yesterday
PL AINFIELD PLAINFIELD TODAY : " Sharon's Shocking Secret: Plainfield Murder Rate up 25% in '08 " Be sure to check out fellow Plainfield bloggers: Bernice is back, reporting on last evening's healthcare roundtable . PEPtalk's Renata finds gold (and other stuff) on the NJ.com forum . But who is BigRedBird? Plainfield Sports News covers the Lady Cardinals vs. Bloomfield Tech...
C L I P S (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
PL AINFIELD PLAINFIELD TODAY : " The Mayor gets a Report Card " Be sure to check out fellow Plainfield bloggers: Maria calls our attention to the Netherwood Heights website . Olddoc posts his thoughts on the Gaza situation (a letter he feels the Courier won't publish because of its length). PEPtalk poses a question on the schools: If everyone is 'doing the job' but not doing a 'great'...
Maria's Blog (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
As more neighborhood associations are getting their own websites, or blogs, I couldn't but wonder how many Plainfield neighborhood associations have their windows open to the Internet via a blog or a website, and while Plainfield TODAY carries most of that information as links I couldn't find one that I have heard of: The Netherwood Heights Neighbors, a Community Organization. Formed...
PEPTalk (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
You know people have said a lot of things about the NJ.Com Plainfield forum hosted by the Star-Ledger. You know-- the one that “ nobody ” claims to read, but mention one or two stories from it and miraculously folks around you can start filling in the details before you can finish your anecdotal version. The postings never cease to amaze me with its numerous inimical write-ups, jeremiads and...
C L I P S (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
PL AINFIELD PLAINFIELD TODAY : " Council Reorganization: Council President Burney videos " " Important changes to the Star-Ledger " -- Beginning today . Be sure to check out fellow Plainfield bloggers: Maria takes a walk on the wild side of the train station . Olddoc celebrates some pothole patching (could the DPW be reading the blogs') and two of Paris' famous (non-Notre Dame) churches...
Maria's Blog (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Some weeks ago, maybe a month or so, a good friend of mine gave me the news that finally the Plainfield train station's Watchung Avenue stair's path had been cleared of all the unsightly bush that had taken over that part of the area. Curiously that hill doesn't belong to NJ Transit, just the steps and perhaps a foot down from the stone wall. The rest of land that one can see from those steps...
