Bernice posts parade pix; Plainfield and Christie's 'fairness formula'.. Olddoc wishes all a Happy July 4th Weekend; offers thoughts on populism: Brexit, Trump and Sanders.. Jackie: Week in review catches a squirrely shot; BB18 live feeds into Sunday.. David: Pix from 4th Ward Family Fun Day..
[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 --
Independence Parade: "Award-winning PAAAS students honored with parade float" -- TAP | Courier |
Vintage Photo: "A classic drop-top at Plainfield's 1959 4th of July Parade"
Fire: "Plainfield fire leaves seven homeless"
Newark: "Anti-gang police effort brings 57 arrests"
Pell Grants: "NJ inmates now eligible for federal grants for Rutgers courses"
Pension Fraud: "Prison for firefighter who collected disability pension while doing martial arts"
Trenton: "City has fewer homicides, more shootings in first six months"
2016 Presidential Race --
- "Did Trump tweet an anti-Semitic stereotype?" -- Ledger | NYTimes | Politico | RNS | -- See for yourself.
- "Clinton to visit Atlantic City next week to attack Trump"
- "Trump expected to announce running mate before convention"
- "Christie as VP? If he goes..."
- "FBI interviews Clinton over private email server" -- NYTimes | Politico |
Guns --
- "Payne holds symbolic 'sit-in' to protest gun violence"
- "Gun rights advocate files assault charges against Watson Coleman's chief of staff"
- "California guv signs slew of gun control measures"
- "Christie freezes $100M in spending to force public worker health care cuts"
- "What Christie cut from Dems 'responsible' budget"
- "Five things to know about Christie's road project shutdown"
- "Christie long mocked idea that NJ had a road crisis" -- Tom Moran.
Obituary: "Elie Wiesel, Auschwitz survivor, teacher of tolerance" -- NYTimes | Record | Politico | RNS |
RECENT BLOG POSTS --
[BERNICE] posts parade pix; Plainfield and Christie's 'fairness formula'.
[OLDDOC] wishes all a Happy July 4th Weekend; offers thoughts on populism: Brexit, Trump and Sanders. 7/02/16)
[Mayor MAPP] Good police/community relations are vital to a community's well-being. (6/27/16)
[Councilor STORCH] in support of Anderson-Hurtt-Pile for school board. (4/20/16)
[Councilor WILLIAMS] Parade, concert, fireworks Saturday. (6/29/16)
[DAVID] Pix from 4th Ward Family Fun Day. (7/02/16)
[JACKIE] Week in review catches a squirrely shot; BB18 live feeds into Sunday. (7/03/16)
[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).
