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Friday, April 22, 2016

Bernice: Church wins planning board approval at last.. Rebecca: Prince: Genius of Realness..




Billboard caper helped sink Wilma's re-election bid.


[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 --

Boys Baseball:  "Plainfield to face Elizabeth in Union County Tournament"
Distracted Driving:  "North Plainfield sting on Rt. 22 yields 31 busts in 2 hours"
Vegan Cheese:  "A vegan cheese worthy of Chardonnay" -- Carol, this one's for you!
Walgreen's  "Walgreen's paying $500K to settle claim of misleading customers" -- I think some NJ stores were involved, too.

Bridgewater:  "Center of Excellence project moving forward"
Conservative Judaism:  "Leading Conservative rabbi steps down over 'sexual identity' crisis"
Elizabeth:  "Board of Ed paid private counsel $414K in wrongful termination case"
G.I.Bill:  "$35M GI Bill fraud tied to NJ university, feds say"
Jersey City:  "JC charter school to build $12M middle school"
Middletown:  "Teacher forced to resign over anti-Trump video"
North Plainfield:  "NPHS becomes Ciccotelli's fifth football coaching stop"
Rutgers:  "Art or sacrilege? RU removes controversial dartboard Jesus from art exhibit"
Sears:  "78 Sears, Kmart stores to close" -- Complete list.
South Plainfield --

2016 Candidates --
NJ Supremes:  "Senate panel advance Christie's Supreme Court pick" -- NJSpot | Ledger |
NJ Transit:  "Christie 'disappointed' newly appointed exec rejects job"
Open Space:  "Christie poised to divert another $20M away from fund"
Personal Income:  "How NJ compares to rest of country"

Obituary --

RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE]  notes Church wins planning board approval at last.

[OLDDOC]  announces a 7-day break; posts some great toons. (4/12/16)

[Mayor MAPP] Mayor Mapp squelches misleading Board of Ed election rumors. (4/11/16)

[Councilor STORCH]  in support of Anderson-Hurtt-Pile for school board. (4/20/16)

[Councilor WILLIAMS]  Victory for Plainfield's kids. (4/16/16)

[DAVID]  supports Wilma Campbell. (4/17/16)

[JACKIE] Survivor: Kaoh Rong blog party (4/20/16)

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  Prince: Genius of Realness. (4/22/2016)

[NOEL at PALS]  YES basketball tournament, 6th-8th Grade Division. (3/26/16)