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Thursday, May 21, 2015

Bernice: City mulls recourse for 'lemon' ladder truck; Fencing removed from demolition site.. Councilor Williams: Will the real 'potty mouth' stand up?.. Jackie: Survivor/Worlds Apart season finale 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 --

Union County College:  "UCC's 2015 graduates"
Airbag Recall:  "For drivers, confusion in airbag recall"
Foreclosures:  "The news about foreclosures in NJ isn't getting much better"
Obituary:  "Bettie L. Quin, taught at Hubbard and Jefferson schools"

Bergen County:  "Body cams for sheriff's officers a 'proactive move'" -- Record | Ledger |
Eamail Scam:  "Nigerian man gets three years for 'phishing' scam"
Farmers' Markets:  "Beer could soon be on tap at farmer's markets"
Newark --
New Brunswick:  "City gets grant to improve Lynch Bridge bike path"
North Plainfield:  "Man indicted in box-cutter cellphone robbery"
Meadowlands:  "East Rutherford advances $675M bond for American Dream project"
Paterson:  "Hundreds of teacher layoffs blamed on Christie's funding cuts"
Primary Races:  "Old Bridge GOP in uproar over party chair's dumping of popular candidate"
Down The Shore:  "Summer shore road construction guide"
World Trade Center:  "Views from observatory are expansive"

Christie for President --
Bridgegate --
  • "Prosecutors want to keep secret 1.5M pages of documents until trial" -- Record | Ledger | NYTimes |
Banks:  "Elizabeth Warren blasts bank 'punishment' -- 'It stinks!'"
Cyber Attacks:  "Christie signs order to help protect NJ from cyber attacks"
Demographics:  "NJ's fastest-growing and -shrinking towns"
Gay-to-striaght Therapy:  "As NJ trial looms on 'therapy', more states ban practice"
NJ Pensions:  "NJEA, in new ad, says pension crisis could lead to disaster"
SWATting:  "Interactive map of NJ locations likely tied to nationwide hoaxes"
Tax Relief:  "Too much money going to property tax relief?"

Gay Marriage Attitudes --
RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE]  City mulls recourse for 'lemon' ladder truck; Fencing removed from demolition site.

[OLDDOC]  on the Council's demolition 'investigation'.

[Mayor MAPP]  tells the tale of two demolition projects.

[Councilor STORCH]  on what the Dem primary election is all about.

[Councilor WILLIAMS]  Councilor Williams: Will the real 'potty mouth' stand up?.

[DAVID]  posts photos of 2nd Ward Family Fun Day.

[JACKIE]  Survivor/Worlds Apart season finale blog party.

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

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  posts pix of Family Fun Day.

[NOEL at PALS]  concludes with the 1st Team All-Efficiency for 2014-15.

[PLAINFIELD LATINO]   criticizes the Mapp administration.

[DOTTIE G SEZ]  on the hidden hand behind recent trashy political mailings --  see here.