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Friday, May 1, 2015

Bernice On the Monarch condos; May Day/Beltrane; HPC talks Terrill Road house.. David: Paris and Rouen..


[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 --

Douglass College:  "Judge sides with Rutgers in dispute with Douglass alumnae"
Edison:  "IRS agent charged with stealing identities, filing false returns"
Elizabeth:  "Annual Tour de Elizabeth returns May 17"
Essex County:  "Corrections officer pleads guilty to smuggling contraband to prisoner for cash"
McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst:  "NJ congressional delegation blocks Pentagon cuts to NJ joint base"
Newark --
Parking:  "Ridgewood rolls out smartphone app to pay for municipal parking"
Rutgers:  "As internet continues to lag, RU develops fallback plans for exams"
Traffic Study:  "Bloomfield Avenue could be improved, study says" -- Bumpouts?
Trenton:  "Ex-judge admits extorting immigrants, faces jail time"

Christie for President --
Bridgegate --
Medicaid:  "State shifts way it pays for mental health, addiction services"
Urban Renewal:  "Baltimore events a direct challenge to GOP cuts to federal programs"

Black Writers:  "When Black writers were Public EnemyNo. 1" -- J. Edgar Hoover's 'ghostreaders'.
Yivo:  "Jewish boxers and wrestlers, and Jewish fighting words at Yivo exhibit"

RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE]  On the Monarch condos; May Day/Beltrane; HPC talks Terrill Road house...

[OLDDOC]  finds a surprising list behind on their PMUA bills.

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

[Councilor STORCH]  thanks retiring police chief Ed Santiago.

[Councilor WILLIAMS]  Essex County College offers studrents free, confidential immigration consults.

[DAVID]  Paris and Rouen.

[JACKIE]  Survivor/Worlds Apart blog party.

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

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  celebrates WEB DuBois.

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

[PLAINFIELD LATINO]  John Campbell Sr. joins school board.

[DOTTIE G SEZ] reposts a Blue Jersey story on Jerry Green's bizarre attack.