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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Bernice: Council honors officers; Commentary on IDs and 'The Plainfields'.. Mpel: Trio of seniors leads Plainfield over Pt. Pleasant Beach..


[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 --

1700 West Front:  "Once an industrial building, now home to two schools"
Drinking Water:  "NJ fighting rise in water tainted by common chemical"
Property Taxes:  "Paterson to use unspent moiney to reduce tax impact"
Weather:  "Sleet vs. Freezing Rain: What's the difference?" -- Another one of life's mysteries solved.

Down The Shore:  "Eminent domain will help expand public space at beaches, state lawyers say"
Hospitals:  "NJ's charity care hospitals could be battling budget cuts"
Jersey City:  "In reval lawsuit, judge likens city's maneuvers to King George III"
Liberty State Park:  "What Christie will be getting in the mail from LSP supporters"
Newark:  "Here's what happened to those 100 lot the city gave away last Valentine's Day"
Preschools:  "Assemblywoman: Use property tax relief fund to expand program in low-income districts"
Rider U.:  "Iraqi professor to speak about ISIS at Rider"
Rutgers:  "Coach suspends star freshman basketball player" -- Getting serious about sports.
Schools:  "Paterson district faces $45M shortfall"
Somerville:  "NJ Transit OKs $10M sale of land by train station"

2016 Candidates --
Congress --
$15 Minimum Wage:  "Legislators weigh in on competing mimimum wage bills"
NJ Budget --
NJ Pensions:  "Teachers union to Christie: Blame game on pension mess is over"
Health Care:  "Why Horizon awarded $3M in bonuses to NJ doctors"
Outmigration:  "NJ in midst of outmigration of Millenials"

Lincoln Memorial:  "Lincoln Memorial to get major renovation"


RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE]  Council honors officers; Commentary on IDs and 'The Plainfields'.

[OLDDOC]  on the SCOTUS vacancy; and the metropolis names Metropolis. (2/15/16)

[Mayor MAPP]  announces the changed State of the City information. (1/20/16)

[Councilor STORCH]  Development in Plainfield: Looking into the future. (2/07/16)

[Councilor WILLIAMS]  Letters of interest for Council seats due Feb. 10. (2/01/16)

[DAVID]  Saturday Academy at PHS. (2/10/16)

[JACKIE]   Week in review features pix from train (including Elmwood Gardens demolition). (2/14/16)

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  Latino Action Network Conference. (2/02/2016)

[PLAINFIELD LATINO]  wants South Plainfield to also accept Plainfield ID card. (2/15/16)

[NOEL at PALS]  Trio of seniors leads Plainfield over Pt. Pleasant Beach. (2/15/16).