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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Bernice: PMUA Director hails gains.. Olddoc posts a 'filler' cartoon, waiting for the Council tape..


[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 --

Drugs:  "Plainfield woman among dozen in Bound Brook drug bust"
Schools:  "Plainfield teachers to be honored on May 20"
Hillary in NJ:  "Hillary campaigning in NJ today"

Elizabeth:  "Uber ordinance to come up for council vote"
Hillsborough:  "Town, church settle federal lawsuit on church plan"
Hospitals:  "1,300 jobs saved as St. Michael's Hospital sale goes through"
Jersey City:  "Final vote on 30-hour minimum work week postponed"
Kean U.:  "No racism at Kean, controversial internal audit claims"
National Merit Scholarships:  "39 Central Jersey students win scholarships"
NJ Transit:  "NJT, 2 unions begin talks on heels of rejected deal"
North Plainfield --
Orange:  "Warren wins re-election as mayor" -- Ledger | PolNJ |
Rutgers Football:  "Rutgers schedules Buffalo, tweaks future slates" -- Buffalo?!
Uber:  "Uber hit with Newark airport, Elizabeth train station pickups"

2016 Candidates --
Bridgegate --
  • "Court: Prosecutors must release list of unindicted co-conspirators" -- Record | Ledger | NJSpot |
Atlantic City:  "Have NJ lawmakers given up on saving AC from bankruptcy?"
Earned Income Tax Credit:  "NJ may boost tax credit to help 'unnoticed' low-income families"
Energy:  "BPU boss grilled about $1 billion siphoned from clean-energy fund"
Manufacturing:  "A third of full-time workers need food stamps, medicaid assistance"


RECENT BLOG POSTS --

BERNICE]  PMUA Director hails gains.

[OLDDOC]  posts a 'filler' cartoon, waiting for the Council tape. (5/10/16)

[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]  offers haiku for Mother's Day. (5/08/16)

[DAVID]  Sanders to make Sunday Piscataway stop. (5/07/16)

[JACKIE]  week in review features a vertical message. (5/08/16)

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  is pictured with Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman for Column A Dems. (5/07/2016)

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