Councilor Williams: Community mural ribbon-cutting Saturday.. Jackie: Survivor - Kaoh Rong blog party..

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[PLAINFIELD TODAY]

• "Two in five Plainfielders are foreign-born"
• "Plainfield Dem Committee meeting Saturday"

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 --

Vintage Photo:  "A Caddie in Plainfield, 1960" -- South and Leland, with G.O.Keller's in the background.
Walgreen's:  "Walgreen's to sell Narcan without prescriptions in NJ"
Obituaries --

• "Marjorie Patterson, retired YMCA executive" -- Viewing and funeral today, Rose of Sharon.
  
• "Mary (Molly) Banta, PHS teacher" -- Viewing today, funeral Saturday, Holy Trinity Church, Westfield.
  
• "Marjory Hollis" -- Mother of Councilor Bridget Rivers; funeral today, Mt. Olive.

Movies:  "Nun to host series of 27 movies condemned by Legion of Decency" -- On TCM in March.
Slang:  "Hey Sport! Test your Old New York slang" -- I only got 3 right. How will you do?

Chickens:  "NJ town to allow backyard chickens"
Consumer Prices:  "20 items that are driving up your bill at the grocery store"
Duke Farms:  "Court to decide future of Duke Mansion"
Hospitals --

• "Vitale offers solution to 'crazy' wave of tax appeals against hospitals"
• "Most NJ hospitals to lose some charity aid"

Jersey City Reval:  "Judge deals blow to city's case by dismissing its countersuit"
Kohls:  "Kohls closing 18 under performing stores"
North Plainfield --

• "School district unveils new logo" -- Ummmm.....
• "Students raise money for cancer patients"

Pay-to-Play:  "Another Birdsall exec pleads guilty in $1M pay-to-play scheme"
Police Body Cams:  "Hamilton buying 120 cams for $595K" -- That's $4,958 per cam.

2016 Candidates --

• "GOP debte raucous with attacks on Trump" -- NYTimes | Politico |
• "10 strange moments from the GOP debate"
• "Which states vote on Super Tuesday?"
• "With Christie out, do NJ GOP lawmakers support Trump?"
• "How did Trump do in the Houston debate?"
• "US Muslims respond with defiance to Trump's winning streak"

2017 Guv Race --

• "Talk of governor's race everywhere on Chamber train"

Bridgegate --

• "Christie bridge scandal committee may not be dead"

Guns:  "Can college students help spur smart gun technology?"
Property Tax Relief:  "Towns unlikely to see good news on tax relief"
Justice Scalia:  "Report: Scalia was with secret society of hunters when he died"


RECENT BLOG POSTS --


[OLDDOC]  on SCOTUS games and the nomination races. (2/24/16)

[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]  on the Mural Arts Program and Saturday's ribbon-cutting. (2/24/16)

[DAVID]  notes Black Panthers documentary airs on PBS Saturday; also streaming. (2/19/16)

[JACKIE]   Survivor blog party. (2/24/16)

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  celebrates author Octavia Estelle Butler. (2/24/2016)

[PLAINFIELD LATINO]  on diabetes workshops at YMCA. (2/18/16)

[NOEL at PALS] Plainfield upset bid against Linden thwarted. (2/21/16).

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