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Friday, February 26, 2016

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


[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 --

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 --
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 --
Jersey City Reval:  "Judge deals blow to city's case by dismissing its countersuit"
Kohls:  "Kohls closing 18 under performing stores"
North Plainfield --
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 --
2017 Guv Race --
Bridgegate --
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).