Bernice: School Board needs to post meeting schedule.. Olddoc: Considers Monday's Council meeting a waste; The Republican Convention (toons).. Jackie: BB18 live feeds into Wednesday.. David on his Montréal vacation.. Rebecca: Shakespeare's '12th Night' at Cedar Brook Park Sunday..

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[PLAINFIELD TODAY]

• "Services for Lillian McGowan, former Library Trustee, set for Friday"
  
• "'Plainfield Now' launches tonight"
  

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 --

Storm Fatality:  "Plainfield woman electrocuted in Fanwood identified" -- Ledger | Courier |

Jersey City:  "JC aims for inner city rebirth with city hall annex plan"
New Brunswick:  "City workers shoplift then threaten to halt store's garbage pickup"
North Plainfield:  "Neighbors raise almost $4K on GoFundMe for family displaced by fire"
Scotch Plains:  "Township names new chief of police"

2016 Presidential Race --

• "Hillary hits back at Christie on Bridgegate"
• "What church does Mike Pence belong to?"
• "Giuliani: Trump may push for all cops to be trained to fight terrorism"
• "NJ business owner stiffed by Christie featured in Clinton ad"
• "Pat Robertson had a vision of Trump 'seated at the right hand of the Lord'"

Republican National Convention --

• "Watch live stream here"
• "RNC schedule of events and speakers" | "Key facts and figures"
• "Trump formally nominated" -- Ledger | NYTimes | Politico |
• "See the swag" -- Some amusing political buttons.
• "Christie blasts Hillary in fiery speech"  -- Ledger | Record | PolNJ | Politico | -- Text here.
• "Black Republicans see a white convention, heavy on lectures"
• "Melania Trump disaster timeline"
• "How Melania Trump's speech sparked an uproar" -- So, she's responsible for the plagiarism?
• "Speechwriters agog at Melania's plagiarism"
• "Christie roasted on social media for defending Melania Trump speech"

Bridgegate --

• "With Trump's help, Republicans pay Christie legal fees"

FOX News:  "Ailes on the way out" -- Ledger | Record | NYTimes | Bloomberg | Politico |
NJ Supremes:  "Top court rules man charged with DWI has right to see police video if it exists"
Police:  "NJ police go to Dallas for officers' funerals, prep for Baton Rouge"
School Funding:  "NJ Senate Dems on tour to promote their school funding plan" -- At Rutgers-Newark.
Transportation Trust Fund:  "Split over funding appears to be growing"

United Methodist Church:  "First openly LGBT bishop: 'This is the time'"


RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE]   School Board needs to post meeting schedule.

[OLDDOC]  Considers Monday's Council meeting a waste; The Republican Convention (toons).  (7/19/16)

[Mayor MAPP]  Plainfield Summer: Public Safety, Education, Redevelopment, and Quality of Life. (7/18/16)

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

[Councilor WILLIAMS]  'Inside Out' at Seidler Field July 21. (7/18/16)

[DAVID]  on his Montréal vacation. (7/19/16)

[JACKIE]  BB18 live feeds into Wednesday morning. (7/20/16)

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  Shakespeare's '12th Night' at Cedar Brook Park Sunday. (7/19/2016)

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

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