David: Lyle Hickman and 'dream director' Donald Van Blake.. Verizon problems preventing my updating the blogs today..

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[PLAINFIELD TODAY]

• "Plainfield Library Board appoints new director"

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 --

4th of July:  "Parade, concert and fireworks" -- Scroll down.
Animal Welfare:  "Tips for helping your dog copes this July 4th"
Union County --

• "Freeholders seek original artwork for Traffic Control Box Placemaking project"
• "County receives %1.65M grant for Green Acres acquisition"

Franklin Twp.: "Franklin plans new park with two cricket pitches"
Jersey City:  "Bakery hiring ex-cons through McGreevey program"
Newark --

• "4 challenges Baraka faces in his second year"
• "Baraka talks about his surprising alliance with Christie"

Paterson:  "Mosque evacuated over threat during Ramadan"
Woodbridge:  "Township launches Buy Local phone app"

Christie for President --

• "Christie all in for NH as he struggles in Iowa poll"
• "Christie embraces underdog status in NH"
• "Five takeaways from Christie's NH launch"
• "Six choices for Christie's VP"
• "Union leader: Christie too bus campaigning to address NJ Transit cuts, fare hike"
• "Christie candidacy spurs fundraising by supporters and Dems"
• "Christie: Never tried marijuana, was not my thing"
• "Jon Stewart: Christie has already lost to Donald Trump"

ACOs:  "Coalitions set aside rivalries to try to improve public health"
Airfares:  "US probing possible collusion to keep airfares high"
Campaign Finance:  "ELEC: Assembly candidates have $6.6M left over from primary campaign"
Cuba:  "Announcing embassy deal, Obama declares 'new chapter'"
For-Profit Colleges:  "Obama pushes for-profits to the brink" -- Peddlers of worthless degrees.
PARCC tests:  "Another state drops PARCC tests"
Same-Sex Religious Weddings:  "US Episcopal Church changes rules to allow gay weddings" -- Joining Presbyterians, UCC.
Teachers:  "White House honors two NJ teachers for keeping NJ  'cutting edge'"

RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE] mmm.

[OLDDOC]  touches three topics in a brief post.

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

[Councilor STORCH]  notes FOSh proposal heard at Historic Preservation Commission. (6/24/15)

[Councilor WILLIAMS]  notes city pools open, free swim lessons. (6/30/15)

[DAVID]  Lyle Hickman and 'dream director' Donald Van Blake. (7/1/15)

[JACKIE]  Big Brother 17 live feeds into Wednesday. (7/1/15)

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

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  on Gay Pride. (6/28/15)

[PLAINFIELD LATINO]  on meeting of Latino leaders about Bilingual Day Care. (6/29/15)

[NOEL at PALS] remembers PHS coach 'Artie B' who passed recently. (6/20/15)

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

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