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Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Bernice on State of City address; Budget preparations; Lead hazards; Election season comments.. Olddoc: More on Council session; Iowa caucuses impact.. Noel at PALS: Stevens lead Plainfield to overtake Montclair..


[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 --

PARCC Tests --
Raritan Valley Coalition:  "Rail coalition launches video, petition to expand one-seat ride"
NJ Transit:  "NJT rail strike seen as likely"
Flooding:  "Nearly half of NJ under flood watch from melting snow"

Bonnie Brae School:  "Bonnie Brae marks 100 years of helping boys in trouble"
Linden:  "$3.4M verdict upheld in deaths of two workers from toxic fumes"
Newark:  "Director to unveil 45-day plan to cut crime"
North Plainfield:  "Robert Lake talks coaching career, goals"
Policing:  "Former cop gets $300K settlement in case over ticket to mayor's son"
Princeton:  "Sign welcoming Syrian refugees stolen from church, police say"
Rutgers:  "Why RU profs dislike system that tracks their work"
South Plainfield:  "Cruz NJ chairman makes appearance at Sherban's Diner"

Christie for President --
2016 Candidates --
NJ Politics:  "Winners & Losers, post-Iowa edition"
Gig Economy:  "Uber drivers and others take a stand"
Heroin Addiction:  "Obama to seek $1B for treatment of heroin addiction"
Sandy Aid:  "Is Christie or Obama to blame for NJ getting so little aid?"


RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE]  on State of City address; Budget preparations; Lead hazards; Election season comments.

[OLDDOC]  More on Council session; Iowa caucuses impact. (2/02/16)

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

[Councilor STORCH]  on the annual homeless count in Union County. (1/27/16) -- He's the new Council President.

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

[DAVID]  posts pix from Snowmageddon 2016. (1/23/16)

[JACKIE]   Meeting the cast for Survivor: Kaoh Rong, Part 2. (2/01/16)

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

[PLAINFIELD LATINO]  Pastora Tracey Brown invita a registarse para votar. (2/02/16)

[NOEL at PALS]  Stevens lead Plainfield to overtake Montclair. (2/02/16).