Bernice: Commentary on 2016 budget process; Happy Equinox wishes; re-posting on City's basement condos; Gutenkauf Scholarship by VWB; Special Council meeting on Police Monday; Quick history on Police Division.. Olddoc: Are Republicans chickens without heads?.. Jackie's week in review, with signs of Spring..

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[PLAINFIELD TODAY]

• "Special Council meeting Monday on the Police Division"
• "Will Wilma be happy with new teachers' union president?"
  

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 --

March Madness:  "Plainfield's Sears plays big role in Yale's upset win" -- TAP | APP |
NJ Transit:  "NJT trains, buses breaking down more often"
Easter/Passover:  "Why is Easter so early and Passover so late this year?"

Basking Ridge:  "It's um-American for town to deny mosque" -- OpEd, Ledger.
Drones:  "Lufthansa reports near miss with drone over LA"
Duke Farms --

• "Grand irony: Doris Duke legacy being erased with her own money"
• "Emergency stay lifted on mansion demolition"

Elizabeth:  "Audit: $350K in benefits was paid to 35 former school employees"
Homeland Security:  "Area around EWR, Exit 13A 'most dangerous two miles in US'"
Hospitals:  "Christie pushes for 2-year 'freeze' on taxing hospitals" -- PolNJ | Ledger |
Johnson & Johnson:  "J&J hit with $500M verdict in hip implant case"
Kean U.:  "Kean agrees to hire Sweeney's auditor for discrimination investigation"
Newark --

• "Police union takes fight over civilian review to state employment commission"
• "130 students screened for lead so far" -- Only 16,870 to go.
• "Ex-Newark school officials 'don't recall' passing up EPA offer of help"
• "Christie: Lead in Newark schools 'no where near crisis'"
• "Former Bears Stadium sold to NYC developer for $23M"

Paterson:  "Mayor accused of having DPW do odd jobs, shaking down developer" -- Ledger | Record |
PILOTs:  "Bayonne approves 25-year abatements on two projects" -- Note length is negotiable.

2016 Candidates --

• "Hundreds protest Trump in NYC"
• "NJ rabbi to lead anti-Trump protest at pro-Israel conference"
• "GOP leaders map strategy to derail Trump"
• "How Christie explains Trump prediction of 'riots'"

Lobbying:  "Are the days of wining and dining over at the Statehouse?"
Policing:  "More cops are buying liability insurance to cover legal fees"


RECENT BLOG POSTS --

BERNICE] Commentary on 2016 budget process; Happy Equinox wishes; re-posting on City's basement condos; Gutenkauf Scholarship by VWB; Special Council meeting on Police Monday; Quick history on Police Division.

[OLDDOC]  Are Republicans chickens without heads? (3/19/16)

[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]   Annual Easter Egg hunt tomorrow in Cedar Brook Park. (3/18/16)

[DAVID]  Demanding educational due, resistance starts locally.. (3/07/16)

[JACKIE]  week in review, with signs of Spring. (3/20/16)

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

[NOEL at PALS]  lNorth Plainfield girls fall to Westfield in tournament. (3/15/16)

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