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Sunday, December 27, 2015

Bernice wishes Happy Kwanzaa; notes April school board election dates.. Olddoc pictures 'the Richmond gang'.. Jackie posts a photo to say she's taking a photo week off.. David: New Shoes around Plainfield (video).. Noel at PALS: Milola's performance leads Gill St. Bernard's over Plainfield.. Plainfield Latino wishes all Feliz Navidad!..


[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 --
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Fatal Accident:  "Two men dead after car overturns in Plainfield" -- LedgerEyewitness | News12 | Courier |
Boys Basketball:  "Plainfield at Gill St. Bernards"
Clothing/Toy Drive:  "Union County Sheriff's office clothing and toy drive"
PAHS:  "Senior cat at Plainfield Humane Society is a couch potato"
Plainfield High:  "PHS students support blood drive in record numbers"
Weather:  "Is that really snow and sleet in next week's forecast?"

Best Christmas Lights:  "One house polled as winner in Ledger lights contest"
Casinos:  "How battle for North Jersey casinos is being hampered by 2017 guv race"
Newark:  "Young Newark boxer ready to be an Olympic champion"
Red Cross:  "Congressman presses on impact of downsizing" -- Including closing of chapters such as Plainfield's.
Rutgers:  "New book on RU's 250th, updates history since 1945"
Skiing:  "Warm weather dries up ski resort business"

Christie for President --
2016 Candidates --
CD 5:  "Protégé of Clintons seeks NJ Congressional seat"
Baby Boomers:  "With less savings, Social Security in trouble, Boomers are working longer"
Cash:  "In Sweden, a cashless future nears"
Energy:  "Energy companies brace for lower oil prices in 2016, possible reconsolidations"
High Schools:  "As graduation rates rise, fears that diplomas come up short"
NJ Politics:  "Christie AWOL, Dems scatter, Trenton in meltdown" -- Tom Moran.
Yiddish:  "A festival of language for the good of Yiddish"

RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE]  wishes Happy Kwanzaa; notes April school board election dates.

[OLDDOC]  pictures 'the Richmond gang'. (12/24/15)

[Mayor MAPP]  reminds all of the 8th Annual Community BBQ. (8/13/15)

[Councilor STORCH]  reports from the League of Municipalities on PILOTs. (11/23/15)

[Councilor WILLIAMS]  ron pre-Kwanzaa event. (12/19/15)

[DAVID]  New Shoes around Plainfield (video). (12/26/15)

[JACKIE]   posts a photo to say she's taking a photo week off. (12/19/15)

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  On World AIDS Day, rethink HIV. (12/27/15)

[PLAINFIELD LATINO]   wishes all Feliz Navidad!. (12/25/15)

[NOEL at PALS]   Milola's performance leads Gill St. Bernard's over Plainfield. (12/26/15)