Bernice: Hopes, fears expressed for Muhlenberg site.. Olddoc assesses the Muhlenberg plan (two posts).. Jackie: BB18 live feeds into Tuesday..

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[PLAINFIELD TODAY]

• "Muhlenberg plan's Achilles Heel?"

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 --

Queen City Academy:  "Local students give back to homeless and those in need"

Dunellen:  "Two men wounded in drive-by shooting are hospitalized" -- Ledger | Courier |
Newark --

• "Contractor admits kickbacks or no-show work in watershed case"
• "Call from the public helps cops recover weapons"

North Plainfield:  ""5 fire departments battled blaze that destroyed home" -- Ledger | Courier |
Pay-to-Play --

• "Ex-Birdsall exec gets jail time in $1M pay-to-play scheme"
• "Fulop's 'poison pill' addition to proposed law causes its withdrawal"

Scotch Plains:  "Three Sydney McLaughlin videos" -- Union Catholic student going to Olympics.

2016 Presidential Race --

• "Clinton's new friends -- and maybe VP"
• "After outbreaks of violence, Trump strains to project leadership"
• "Christie and Trump tout law and order at Virginia rally" -- Ledger | NYTimes | Bloomberg |
• "Christie met privately over weekend with Trump's VP vetting attorney"
• "The top reason why Trump would pick Christie for VP"
• "GOP platform may condemn porn as a 'public health crisis'"

Affordable Housing:  "Appeals court narrows towns' affordable housing obligations" -- Ledger | NJSpot |
Domestic Abuse:  "New law expands definition of domestic abuse victims in NJ"
Gas Tax/NJ Roads --

• "Sweeney to offer Christie new plans to end roadwork shutdown" -- Ledger | NJSpot |

School Funding --

• "Christie plan the antithesis of 'fairness', groups say"
• "Sweeney calls statehouse summit, but where is NJEA?"
• "Reform needed' to guarantee 'fair and adequate' funding" -- OpEd, Sweeney and Ruiz.

Utilities:  "NJ senator forms task force to keep utilities out of 'death spiral"

Police Killings --

• "At end of Newark rally, protesters, cops and clergy in unplanned meet-and-greet"
• "Black Catholic leaders want stronger church response to police killings"

Climate Change:  "Global cloud cover shifting in ominous sign of climate change"


RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE]   Hopes, fears expressed for Muhlenberg site.

[OLDDOC]  assesses the Muhlenberg plan (two posts).. 7/11/16)

[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]  Three ways to take a stand this week in Plainfield. (7/11/16)

[JACKIE]  BB18 live feeds into Tuesday. (7/12/16)

[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).

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