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Sunday, July 17, 2016

Bernice: Council to take up LED lights at 4-way stops; Skate park design; Reality vs. wishing on parking and trash.. Olddoc on Monday's special council meeting; On the Nice horror, plus pictures of the Promenade des Anglais.. Jackie: BB18 live feeds into Sunday..


[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 --

Decarcerate NJ --
Obituaries --

Campaign Finance:  "Donor of $1M to SuperPac linked to Fulop is identified"
Merck:  "Merck to cut 300 jobs"
Murder Exoneration:  "Exonerated man speaks out about how he proved his innocence"
Newark --
Racial Profiling:  "Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson shares his experiences with police"
South Plainfield:  "Owner of Twin City Pharmacy to serve on committee fighting opioid abuse" -- My pharmacist.

2016 Presidential Race --
GOP Convention --
9/11 Report:  "Secret chapter of 9/11 report released after 13-year wait" -- Ledger | NYTimes | Politico | Bloomberg |
Sen. Menendez:  "Menendez raises $400K for defense fund with help of media mogul"
NJ Economy:  "Immigration down, fears about economic impact up"
Police Shootings:  "Sweeney: AG should investigate all fatal police shootings"


RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE]   Trash and parking issues delay proposed South Avenue project.

[OLDDOC]  mobbed by family. 7/14/16)

[Mayor MAPP]  on 'The weakness of violence'. (7/10/16)

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

[Councilor WILLIAMS]  Outdoor movie nights continue with 'Jurassic World' at Seidler Park Thursday. (7/10/16)

[DAVID]  Pix of Monday's Plainfield March for Equality. (7/13/16)

[JACKIE]  BB18 live feeds into Sunday. (7/17/16)

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  celebrates Katherine the Great (Dunham). (6/28/2016)

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