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Friday, July 17, 2015

Bernice: City: East Third/Richmond project must meet plan; Brownfields remediation on Council agenda; Eid Mubarak Councilor Storch notes traffic safety is on Council agenda.. Jackie: Big Brother 17 live feeds overnight into Friday..


[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 --

Movies:  "Plainfield's Parks & Rec hosts outdoor movie nights"
PAHS:  "Garwood Library collecting donations for Plainfield Humane Society"
Junior League:  "Junior League of Elizabeth-Plainfield hosts happy hour for new members"
Union County:  "Freeholders till accepting art for public arts project"
Child Safety:  "Kids and detergent pods: A serious poison risk"
Food Recall:  :Frozen chicken nuggets recalled in new incident"

Asbury Park:  "Drink to Jazz at 'Blues and Brews Festival'"
Baseball Dads:  "Two NJ softball dads charged after bloody brawl"
Conflict of Interest:  "Former councilman says town manager used dual role to rig property deal"
Computer Fraud:  "Man who defrauded computer companies gets six months"
Essex County:  "Sheriff's officer allegedly tipped off dealers in massive drug bust"
Disgruntled Employee:  "Ex-employee crippled firm's phone system after being fired"
Duke Farms:  "Photos of 67.500 square foot mansion to be destroyed"
Morris Twp.:  "Cop could be suspended for email criticizing town administrator"
Newark:  "Cerf must come to terms with opposition to 'One Newark'"
Rutgers --
Seton Hall:  "New communications school opens under SHU umbrella"
Trenton:  "Municipal worker caught with marijuana on the job"

Christie for President --
2016 Races --
Rep. Scott Garett:  "No cash for GOP campaign arm that supports gay candidates"
American Airlines:  "Employees say American maintained segregated break rooms"
Demograaphics:  "Millenial generation comes to the foe in NJ and the nation"
NJ Employment:  "NJ sheds 4,700 jobs in June as construction industry shrinks"
NJ Pensions:  "Assembly Speaker seeking new pension plan"
No Child Left Behind:  "Stage set for fight over two versions of bill to revamp NCLB"
PARCC Tests:  "Pearson's PARCC contract survives legal test"
Uber:  "Will Christie slam the brakes on Uber regs?"
Teacher Evaluations:  "NJ teacher data released, but is useless to the public"

RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE] City: East Third/Richmond project must meet plan; Brownfields remediation on Council agenda; Eid Mubarak.

[OLDDOC]  on the Iran deal.

[Mayor MAPP]  announces July 4 parade, concert in the park. (7/01/15)

[Councilor STORCH]  notes traffic safety is on Council agenda. (7/6/15)

[Councilor WILLIAMS]  posts photos from the July 4 Parade. (7/4/15)

[DAVID] George Clinton, Parliament FREE at NJPAC this afternoon. (7/16/15)

[JACKIE]  Big Brother 17 live feeds overnight into Friday. (7/17/15)

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

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  notes free summer outdoor movies scheduled. (7/2/15)

[PLAINFIELD LATINO]  Diane Toliver responds to Dan's post. (7/10/15)

[NOEL at PALS] on RU's Shooting For Success youth basketball event. (7/6/15)

[DOTTIE G SEZ]  Steven Colbert weighs in on the SCOTUS ruling. (6/27/15)