Bernice looks at tangled issue of city-owned vehicles and gives some good advice.. Jackie's week in reviews, plus pix -- mulberries?.. Rebecca celebrates Ladybird's Eartha..

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[PLAINFIELD TODAY]

• "City Council and the dark side of hand-held devices"

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 --

Obituary:  "Barbara Layton Doby, 30 years at Muhlenberg, member of Monday Afternoon Club"

Jersey City --

• "Anti-gentrification campaign generates uncivil graffiti"
• "10th annual Egyptian Festival draws hundreds"

Newark --

• "Newark's Audible.com now has 225,000 books recorded"
• "Documentarian tells story of 1967 riots, ongoing recovery"

NJ Special Olympics:  "Photos: Summer Games at TCNJ"
Paterson:  "Much-loved Alexander's mural finds new home at Art Factory"
Perth Amboy:  "Cops arrest 8 in 'riot', teens say video tells another story"
Wine Festival:  "Jersey Shore Wine Festival welcomes 1,000 on first day"

Christie for President --

• "7 feisty quotes from Christie's latest Iowa trip"

Hillary --

• "Hillary pledges to close income gap" -- Politico | NYTimes |

Drugs:  "Deaths from fentanyl nearly triple in NJ"
Eastern Europe:  "US poised to put heavy weaponry in Eastern Europe" -- NYTimes | Politico |
Trade Deal:  "Labor's might seen in failure of Obama's trade deal" -- Politico | NYTimes |
Voting Laws:  "NJ Dems plan major changes to voting laws, an issue riling Christie and Clinton"

RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE] looks at tangled issue of city-owned vehicles and gives some good advice.

[OLDDOC]  Two posts on the Council meeting(s).

[Mayor MAPP]  says Thank You, Plainfield.

[Councilor STORCH]  Is Council cooperating with Mapp administration? Yes and no.

[Councilor WILLIAMS]  says the people of Plainfield run Plainfield.

[DAVID] offers Plainfield primary election maps.

[JACKIE]  week in reviews, plus pix -- mulberries?.

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

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  celebrates Ladybird's Eartha.

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

[PLAINFIELD LATINO]  notes resident receives Latina Leadership Scholarship from Sen. Menendez.

[DOTTIE G SEZ]  Vietnamese restaurant in South Plainfield to close -- the same family who ran La Viet on Front Street.

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