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Monday, June 22, 2015

Olddoc links to WashPost on shooter's motivation; Celebrates Father's Day.. Bernice: Questions remain on Council's demolition investigation.. Jackie: Big Brother 17: Gossip on the Hamsters.. David posts Plainfield graduation pix.. Rebecca offers a haiku..


[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 --

Vintage Photo:  "Washington School's 1954 8th-grade graduating class"
Summer Solstice:  "The longest day is important in the pagan calendar"

Charleston Shooting:  "NJ parishioners show strength of faith after Charleston shooting"
Domestic Violence:  "Batterers in Blue: Domestic violence among NJ cops"
Piscataway:  "Hundreds celebrate first International Yoga Day"
Rutgers:  "A glimpse of Ru's future?"

Christie for President --
Ambulatory Care Centers:  "Formerly stanalone, now increasingly merging with hospitals"
Campaign Finance:  "Top fundraising among candidates and who raised it"
Environment:  "New coalition unites 40 NJ groups in 'green' struggle"
Guns:  "Proposed NJ gun laws take two different approaches"
Israel:  "Wife of Israeli leader tweets Obama race joke"
NJ Budget:  "Lesniak: Closing loopholes would add mone;y without raising taxes"
Obamacare:  "NJ can protect recipients if court rules against ACA, Sen. Gill says"
Pope Francis:  "Do not blame migrants for work troubles"
Preschool:  "At NJSpotlight forum, kudos and challenges for preschool and beyond"

Profile:  "Anthony Kennedy's roots seen in gay rights rulings"

RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE] Questions remain on Council's demolition investigation.

[OLDDOC]  links to WashPost on shooter's motivation; Celebrates Father's Day.

[Mayor MAPP]  posts his weekly  newsletter. (6/21/15)

[Councilor STORCH]  Is Council cooperating with Mapp administration? Yes and no. (6/11/15)

[Councilor WILLIAMS]  offers an imperfect haiku for a fallen world. (6/20/15)

[DAVID]  posts Plainfield graduation pix. (6/22/15)

[JACKIE]  Big Brother 17: Gossip on the Hamsters. (6/21/15)

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

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  offers a haiku. (6/21/15)

[PLAINFIELD LATINO]  notes resident receives Latina Leadership Scholarship from Sen. Menendez. (6/6/15)

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