Where Plainfield turns for news.

Sunday, May 1, 2016

Bernice: PMUA/Council talk may top Monday agenda; BOE reorg time/place change; Wishes for Worker's Day/May Day/Beltrane.. Olddoc on the Council agenda; Advances in heart surgery.. Jackie's week in review catches Eyewitness News on Watchung Avenue..


[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 --

House Tour:  "Two grand Plainfield homes on NJFO house tour"
Roads:  "Plainfield gets $100K grant for East 2nd Street resurfacing"
Fabricland:  "'Project Runway' winner special guest at Sunday fashion show" -- Courier | Ledger |
Allergies:  "NJ faces pollen explosion in coming weeks"
NJ Transit --
Verizon:  "Strike continues as company makes 'last, best offer'"

Catholic Church:  "Women want to be deacons, want priests to speak up about it"
Essex County College:  "ECC fires 21 more after dismissing president"
EWR:  "Jet Blue moving Florida flights from LaGuardia to Newark" | "All about coming changes"
Mercer County:  "Parks director taking leave of absence during corruption probe"
Ransomware:  "Rowan U. email system attacked by ransomware"
Rutgers:  "Science shines at Rutgers Day on the Cook campus"
Trenton:  "City plans $4.7M bond to pay IRS after payroll fraud"

2016 Candidates --
Bridgegate --
Congress:  "NJ could see one of the most expensive House races"
NJ Crime:  "Crime fell in NJ in 2014, new data shows"
NJ Pensions:  "Lawmakers clash over public sector pensions"
Oil/Gas Testing:  "Booker, Menendez seek to end seismic testing in Atlantic"
Pay Equity:  "Christie faces Monday deadline to sign or veto pay equity bill"

Hacking:  "Inside the dark web hacking school"

Obituary:  "Daniel Berrigan, radical Jesuit priest" -- America (the Jesuit magazine) | NYTimes | NCR | Ledger |


RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE]  PMUA/Council talk may top Monday agenda; BOE reorg time/place change; Wishes for Worker's Day/May Day/Beltrane.

[OLDDOC]  on the Council agenda; Advances in heart surgery. (5/01/16)

[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]  week in review catches Eyewitness News on Watchung Avenue. (5/01/16)

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

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