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Thursday, April 28, 2016

Bernice: Ken Robertson stepping down from planning board after 30 years.. 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 --

Accident:  "Car crashes into Watchung Avenue building"
AKAs:  "More than 300 turn out for AKA Black History program"
House Tour:  "Historic Plainfield home featured on May 7 Tour"
PAAAS:  "'A Song for Coretta' to be presented at PHS this weekend"
Food Recall:  "Millions of pounds of Pilgrim's Pride chicken recalled"
Ford Recall:  "Ford issues second largest recall"

Amazon:  "Amazon to open 2 new NJ facilities, one in Middlesex County" -- 2,000 full-time jobs.
Distracted Driving:  "Texting while driving? Watch out for the Textalyzer"
Elizabeth:  "Two charged with voter fraud in school board election"
Essex County:  "Campaign charges against DiVicenzo dropped on technicality"
Jersey City:  "Plan to require 3-hour minimum work week gets initial approval"
McDonald's:  "McDonald's test 'new' concept: Walk-up" -- The first McDonald's I ever ate at in the late 1950s was a walk-up.
Mercer County:  "Nonprofit at center of corruption probe has strong ties to county"
The Mob:  "Scotch Plains man among 10 Genovese family members charged"
Newark --
Penn Relays:  "Everything you need to know about this year's Penn Relays"
Racial Profiling:  "Bloomfield police again accused of racial profiling"

2016 Candidates --
Legislature:  "Weinberg: Ousting Prieto no answer to legislative disagreements"
Medicare:  "NJ hospitals in line for $33M in extra Medicare funding"
PARCC Tests --
Politics:  "Christie blasts NJ Dems and unions, warms 'animals are at the gates'"
Port Authority:  "NJ, NY legislators ask Christie to sign PA reform" -- NJSpot | Ledger |
Privacy:  "House passes email privacy bill, 419-0"
Water:  "What will it take to repair NJ's aging water infrastructure?"

Obituary:  "Rev. Billy Kyles, civil rights leader witnessed death of MLK"

RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE]  Ken Robertson stepping down from planning board after 30 years.

[OLDDOC]  Hw and Dawg offer a short potpourri. (4/26/16)

[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]  on Ecuador relief event at City Hall. (4/24/16)

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

[JACKIE]  Survivor: Kaoh Rong blog party. (4/27/16)

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

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