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Thursday, March 26, 2015

Bernice posts pix of more falling bricks.. Jackie: Survivor/Worlds Apart blog party..


[PLAINFIELD TODAY]
CLIPS is your daily roundup of links to blog posts and news about Plainfield or affecting Plainfielders. Begun in 2003 as an email newsletter to Plainfield city council members when I was Plainfield's public information officer, it was later offered to the general public by email and has been available as a blog since 2007. If you have questions, suggestions or tips, email me at plaindan@gmail.com.

NEWS --

College Basketball:  "Plainfielder Derrick Gordon leaving UMass"
North Avenue Demolition:  "Plainfield demolition error forces restaurant to evacuate"
PHS Volleyball:  "Plainfield boys volleyball 2015 preview"
Racketeering:  "Alleged Berckman street killer implicated in racketeering case"
South Second Street:  "Family of woman found burned in field is devastated"
Commuting;  "Could the new Port Authority Bus Terminal actually be built in NJ?"

Atlantic City:  "AC bonds sink to sub-junk status"
County Governent:  "Bergen freeholders OK reorganization, set up fraud and waste monitor"
Linden:  "Mayor promises investigation of handling of officer with DWI arrests"
Newark:  "Branch Brook Park adding 1,000 trees to nation's largest collection of cherry trees"
Public Meetings:  "Teaneck council shortens time for individual public comment at meetings"
Public Records:  "Judge orders town to release requested records" -- Improperly redacted.
South Plainfield:  "Students will again present Living Stations of the Cross"

Christie for President --
Bridgegate --
Sen. Menendez --
Cuba:  "NJ lawmakers urge no funding for Cuban relations until Chesimard is returned"
Exxon Settlement:  "NJ lawmaker wants closer look at pollution suits"
Online Gambling:  "Lawmakers in DC clash over bill that would ban NJ online gambling"
Paid Sick Leave:  "Awaiting Christie's arrival, advocates protest outside Philly's Union Club"
PARCC Tests:  "Assembly to consider opt-out bill today"
Pay-to-Play Reform:  "Pension fund chair says expanded rules would be bad strategy" -- Ledger | NJSpot |
Retired Public Workers:  "NJ slashes prescription costs for retired public workers"
SCOTUS:  "Supremes assert Voting Rights Act in Alabama redistricting case"
Tourism:  "NJ's 'welcome centers' not welcoming" -- Cites how several other states do it.
Transportation Trust Fund:  "Talks collapse in hunt for funding sources"

RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE] posts pix of more falling bricks.

[OLDDOC] on the North Avenue demolition.

[Mayor MAPP] news of the week.

[Councilor STORCH] on the North Avenue demolition.

[Councilor WILLIAMS] notes Rec's Easter Egg Hunt next Saturday.

[DAVID] weighs in on a 'Charter School Vulture'.

[JACKIE]  Survivor/Worlds Apart blog party.

[JACKIE'S PHOTO BLOG] catches an empty train.

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger] remembers Kathleen C. Collins.

[NOEL at PALS] Plainfield overcomes Christ the King.

[PLAINFIELD LATINO] Tri-County Latino Coalition reaches out to students and school district. -- When was that meeting?