Olddoc again about those refugees.. Bernice notes Assembly candidates.. Jackie: Big Brother 17 live feeds into Tuesday.. Plainfield Latino: Salvadoreños apoyan Ortega para el Ayuntamiento..
[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 --
A&P: "Acme buys South Plainfield and Warren A&P stores"
Drugs: "Plainfield men charged with possessing 2 lbs. of cocaine"
Academic Fraud: "How colleges cheat to keep athletes in the game" -- How many points is a 3-point shot worth?
Camden: "Camden police, fêted by Obama and Christie, get $2.2M grant"
Linden-Immaculata Incident: "NJSIAA considers its investigation closed"
Newark --
- "City faces possibility of 9% tax hike"
- "Menendez, Booker, Payne, Baraka announce $7.4M for firefighters"
Trenton: "Schools superintendent resigns abruptly"
Christie for President --
- "Christie disagrees with Walker's call for candidates to drop out"
- "Christie not quitting GOP race to clear way for Trump challenger"
- "Ledger: Scott Walker quits, good news for Christie"
- "Record: Walker exit little good for Christie"
- "Walker quits" -- NYTimes | IBT | Politico | PolNJ |
- "Without calming voice, GOP is letting divisive ones speak on Muslims"
Debt Burden: "NJ had highest public debt burden in 2014"
Environment: "NJ lawmakers trying new tack to keep out fracking waste"
Incomes: "New Jerseyans are earning less than they did 10 years ago, study says"
Israel: "In Arab East Jerusalem, city council give Arab streets new Hebrew names"
Kentucky Marriage Licenses: "ACLU says county clerk is still hindering licenses"
Medical Marijuana: "4th NJ dispensary will open in October"
Minimum Wage: "No 2016 minimum wage increase in NJ"
National Guard: "Christie order NJ National Guard leader to meet fitness requirements"
Pope's Visit --
- "Francis creates knotty logistics with visit"
- "Goya Foods marks Pope's visit with donation of 150,000 pounds of food"
- "A sampling of Pope Francis kitsch"
- "A history of papal visits to the US"
- "Kindergarten kids' drawings show why pre-K is key"
- "Should NJ expand its public preschool program?"
- "It took EPA pressure to get VW to admit fault"
- "VW admits emissions fraud in 11 million vehicles worldwide"
RECENT BLOG POSTS --
[BERNICE] notes Assembly candidates.
[[OLDDOC] again about those refugees. (9/22/15)
[Mayor MAPP] reminds all of the 8th Annual Community BBQ. (8/13/15)
[Councilor STORCH] on the South Avenue Gateway project. (8/15/15)
[Councilor WILLIAMS] Rec Division sponsoring Open Mic event at Cedar Brook Park. (9/19/15)
[DAVID] Council rejects sick pay, again. (9/15/15)
[JACKIE] Big Brother 17 live feeds into Tuesday. (9/22/15)
[JACKIE'S PHOTO BLOG] spots a street mura.l (8/8/2015)
[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger] on Writing and Memory #6. (8/21/15)
[PLAINFIELD LATINO] Salvadoreños apoyan Ortega para el Ayuntamiento. (9/22/15)
[NOEL at PALS] Linden overcomes Plainfield's Bryant-Simmons aerial attack. (9/19/15)
[DOTTIE G SEZ] notes two important meetings coming up!. (8/27/15)
