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Friday, August 7, 2015

Bernice: Planners hear South Avenue proposal; Muhlenberg hearing deferred.. Olddoc briefly on Planning Board and the GOP debate.. Jackie: Big Brother 17 live feeds overnight into Friday.. Rebecca on W.E.B. DuBois..


[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 --

Missing Woman:  "Plainfield police seek help finding missing woman, 76"
Bank Robberies:  "Plainfield man pleads guilty to eight bank robberies"
CVS:  "CVS drops Viagra, over twenty other drugs from its coverage plan"

Clark:  "New Whole Foods opens today"
Elizabeth:  "After ten years vacant, Elizabeth General site to become housing, retail"
Jersey City:  "McGreevey apologizes about re-entry center, asks for his mistake not to hurt others"
Media:  "Is local journalism thriving only in wealthy communities?"
Metuchen:  "Astronaut, St. Joe's grad, named to space station crew"
Newark --
Piscataway:  "Former minister indicted on charges of sex with teen"

Christie for President --
GOP Debate 1 --
Bridgegate --
CDC:  "NJ makes teen students wake up too early"
Coal Industry:  "Coal wobbles as market forces slug away"
Legislature:  "Lawmakers fund solution to child psychiatrist shortage"

Nicodemus, KS:  "Descendants keep alive legacy of 1877 Black settlement in Kansas"


RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE]  Planners hear South Avenue proposal; Muhlenberg hearing deferred.

[[OLDDOC]  briefly on Planning Board and the GOP debate. (8/7/15)

[Mayor MAPP]   invites all to the 8th Annual Community BBQ. (8/2/15)

[Councilor STORCH]  on yard waste enforcement. (8/2/15)

[Councilor WILLIAMS]  reminds all of National Night Out. (8/2/15)

[DAVID]   recounts a recent lung infection. (8/4/15)

[JACKIE] Big Brother 17 live feeds overnight into Friday. (8/7/15)

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

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  on W.E.B. DuBois. (8/6/15)

[PLAINFIELD LATINO]   notes PACHA's celebration of Ecuadorian Independence. (8/4/15)

[NOEL at PALS]  on Day 3 of the 19th Gee Gee Brown Tournament. (8/1/15)

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