Bernice: PMUA checking for payment of sewer connection fees.. Councilor Williams invites all to a meet-and-greet for Barry Goode at PDO HQ tonight.. Jackie: Survivor/Worlds Apart blog party.. Plainfield Latino on the nomination of a Latina to the CBAC.
[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 --
Habitat: "Plainfield Habitat to launch online CrowdBuild"
Phone Service: "State quietly cuts deal to let Verizon deregulate landline service"
Rep. Leonard Lance; "Lance's Azerbaijan trip focus of ethics probe" -- Ledger | WashPost |
Obituary: "Sylvia Barner, Muhlenberg nurse"
Amtrak --
- "Analysis: Train was traveling twice the speed limit"
- "House Republicans vote to cut Amtrak funding day after fatal accident" -- Ledger | NYTimes | Politico |
- "Forty year history is a struggle to survive"
Edison: "Teen wins $50K scholarship in National Geographic Bee"
Elizabeth: "$499M schools budget includes 36 new teacher, $7M in new taxes"
Immigration: "US Catholic bishops call for dismantling immigration detention"
Sharpe James: "In just-released memoir, James likens himself to Jesus, Gandhi and MLK"
Newark --
- "Health commissioner sees possible new direction for city's healthcare"
- "Program prepares low-income teens for college, workforce"
South Plainfield: "Boro completes Cleanup Week"
Union County: "8 Union County high schools make US News' top 50"
Christie for President --
"Christie: I wasn't ready to be president four years ago"
"Christie's crashing polls: How he compares to past governors"
Attorney General: "AG's office directs inquiries o Sprint settlement to sex chat line in error"
Currency Price Rigging: "Five big banks expected to plead on felony charges, face large fines"
Domestic Spying: "House votes to end NSA's bulk phone data collection" -- | Politico | NYTimes |
Schools: "AP US history framework fight lands in NJ" -- Part of a nationwide campaign?
Teaching: "State drops bachelor's requirement for substitute teachers"
Vanity Plates: "Atheist wins rights to sue NJ over rejection of vanity plate" -- 8THEIST a no-no?
Vatican --
- "Vatican recognizes Palestine, supports 'two-state' solution"
- "Vatican decision upsets Israeli government, Jewish advocacy groups"
RECENT BLOG POSTS --
[BERNICE] PMUA checking for payment of sewer connection fees.
[OLDDOC] A potpourri, including a cronyism review.
[Mayor MAPP] tells the tale of two demolition projects.
[Councilor STORCH] What he and Barry Goode stand for on public safety.
[Councilor WILLIAMS] invites all to a meet-and-greet for Barry Goode at PDO HQ tonight.
[DAVID] on to Nimes, Marseille and Geneva.
[JACKIE] Survivor/Worlds Apart blog party.
[JACKIE'S PHOTO BLOG] catches an empty train.
[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger] notes youth fishing derby Saturday.
[NOEL at PALS] concludes with the 1st Team All-Efficiency for 2014-15.
[PLAINFIELD LATINO] on the nomination of a Latina to the CBAC.
[DOTTIE G SEZ] reposts a Blue Jersey story on Jerry Green's bizarre attack.
