Bernice: Happy Valentine's Day; Are you (civicly) engaged?; Pat Brentano lecture Wednesday.. Olddoc offers Eugene Robinson on the candidates.. Jackie: Week in review features pix from train (including Elmwood Gardens demolition).. Noel at PALS: Strong defense leads Plainfield over Elizabeth.. Plainfield Latino's Ortega: North Plainfield mayor asks Mapp to discuss IDs..
[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 --
PAAAS: "Plainfield's PAAAS graduation rate is 95.8%"
Plainfield Schools: "Families attend Saturday Academy" -- Photos.
Commuting: "Tunnel repairs may cause hour-long delays for NJT trains during rush hour"
Hillsborough Fire --
- "Warehouse fire could burn for days, chief says"
- "Old sprinklers, hydrants to blame at warehouse fire"
NJ Transit; "Agency won't say if Sandy program had fraud, waste"
Princeton --
"Prosecutor: Cops should be commended for handling of arrest"
"Police who arrested Princeton prof get lunch from town leaders"
Westfield: "Ob/Gyn pays millions to settle suit for false billing claims"
GOP Debate --
- "Nastiest GOP debate yet"
- "Trump bludgeoned in GOP debate"
- "Trump crosses the 9/11 line. Will it backfire?"
- "7 takeaways from the GOP debate"
- "Gilmore exits GOP race" -- Ledger | NYTimes |
- "GOP mega-donors frozen in frustration"
- "Trump will be GOP nominee, student mock convention declares" -- 19 out of 25 ain't bad.
- "Small gifts to Bernie challenge Hillary funding model"
Heroin: "Beyond Narcan: The new way NJ is fighting heroin"
NJ Pensions: "Two clear choices to fix NJ's pension crisis" -- Ledger OpEd by Gov. Thomas Byrne.
Racial Profiling: "Head of Liberian security sues NJ State Police over raical profiling"
SCOTUS --
- "Obama to nominate Scalia replacement over GOP objections"
- "Obama chooses to fight over court"
- "Battle begins over naming next justice"
Mexico: "Pope Francis gives tough love to political, church elite" -- NCR | Record |
Obituary --
- "Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court Justice" -- | Ledger | NYTimes | Politico |
- "Highlights of Scalia's opinions"
- "Scalia was an original and an 'originalist'"
- "Scalia remembered by Dem and GOP lawmakers"
RECENT BLOG POSTS --
[BERNICE] Happy Valentine's Day; Are you (civicly) engaged?; Pat Brentano lecture Wednesday.
[OLDDOC] offers Eugene Robinson on the candidates. (2/12/16)
[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] Ortega: North Plainfield mayor asks Mapp to discuss IDs. (2/12/16)
[NOEL at PALS] Strong defense leads Plainfield over Elizabeth. (2/14/16).
