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Plainfield woman charged in narcotics sting
By MARK SPIVEY STAFF WRITER PLAINFIELD - A Plainfield woman is facing multiple drug charges after selling 20 bags of heroin to an undercover Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office detective this week,...
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Fire closes Plainfield BOE offices
By MARK SPIVEY STAFF WRITER PLAINFIELD - The Plainfield Board of Education’s administrative offices were closed this morning due to a Thursday night fire in the building’s basement, Fire Chief Frank...
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Plainfield police probing rash of car burglaries
By MARK SPIVEY STAFF WRITER PLAINFIELD - It was around noon on Wednesday when Jeff Morgan noticed a suspicious sight on a monitor showing live feeds from the network of security cameras he has set up...
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New York woman charged with trying to duck $123 cab fare from NYC to Plainfield
By MARK SPIVEY STAFF WRITER PLAINFIELD - A big bill and a bottle of beer added up to a rough morning for a woman accused of taking a taxi from midtown Manhattan to Plainfield’s West End, then trying to...
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June 27 Plainfield Police Blotter
STAFF REPORT POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE, 6:23 p.m. Thursday. Jibreel Elisha Elliott, 19, of Plainfield was arrested and charged with nine offenses as the result of a narcotics...
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Plainfield police announce arrest in car burglary caught on video
By MARK SPIVEY STAFF WRITER PLAINFIELD - A man captured on a resident’s surveillance camera breaking into a car to steal a GPS unit last week has confessed to the crime after being arrested on an...
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Plainfield calls community forum for Thursday
By MARK SPIVEY STAFF WRITER PLAINFIELD - Mayor Sharon Robinson-Briggs has announced a community forum slated to be held 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, June 30 at Washington Community School, 427 Darrow Ave....
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Plainfield High School Hall of Fame holds induction
STAFF REPORT PLAINFIELD - The Plainfield High School Alumni Association held its sixth Annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Saturday, June 25, with more than 150 alumni, staff, family and friends...
View ArticleInJersey, Signing Out
In journalism, one of the hardest things to do is hit "publish" (or "send") on a story that's still unfolding. Deadlines often force your hand, but it's frustrating to know that your account isn't...
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(Editor's note: "In the Field" was Courier News Plainfield beat reporter and Plainfield InJersey editor Mark Spivey's online column. It made semi-regular appearances on the Plainfield InJersey...
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