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Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Olddoc offers a Council quickie; notes local rabbi marching from Selma to DC.. Bernice Notes Council declines action on South Avenue tax breaks.. Jackie: Big Brother 17 live feeds into Tuesday..


[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 --

Neighborhood Health Center:  "Plainfield center's health fair draws over a dozen vendors"
Commuting:  "Failing equipment, delays could become the new normal, Amtrak says"
Drones:  "Wanna fly a drone? Here's what to know to stay legal"

Hospitals:  "St. Michael's files for bankruptcy protection"
Jersey City:  "Community halts prison re-entry program slated for Sacred Heart church"
Newark --
Sayreville:  "Two of seven football players in hazing scandal cleared of all charges"

Christie for President --
2016 Candidates --
Christie as Guv --
Sen. Booker --
200 Club:  "Club gives out $100K in grants to children of first responders"
Hackers:  "Feds break up $30M hacking, insider trading scheme"
Hudson River Tunnel:  "Reluctance by NJ to help fund tunnel bodes ill for commuters"
Iran Deal:  "Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest opposes deal"
'Trophy' Animals:  "Lesniak wants to end shipping of trophies of endangered animals to NJ"

Ferguson, MO --

RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE] Notes Council declines action on South Avenue tax breaks.

[[OLDDOC]  offers a Council quickie; notes local rabbi marching from Selma to DC. (8/10/15)

[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 into Tuesday. (8/11/15)

[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)