David: Rev. Tracey Brown to host Thursday evening conversation..

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[PLAINFIELD TODAY]

•  BREAKING: "Terry Moroney passes, memorial gathering set for this Sunday"
• "Grassroots CDC offers 'Out Of The Box Club', kids program aimed against violence"
  
• "Bernice Swain memorial  this Sunday at Crescent Church"
  

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 --

Politics --

• "Rev. Tracey Brown announces mayoral bid at safety event"
• "'Sister' women's march planned in Westfield Saturday"

Bernards:  "NJ town hires PR firm to help image as mosque dispute looms"
Elizabeth:  "4 injured in shootings in 5 day" -- Where is Ismiail, an Elizabeth resident?
Hospitals:  "RWJBarnabas and Philly children's hospital announce partnership"
Scotch Plains:  "JCC of Central Jersey among dozens of Jewish organizations to receive bomb threats"

Trump Inauguration --

• "Nancy Sinatra tweet burns Trump's pick of 'My Way'"
• "As Trump era begins, corporations that lobby lawmakers pay for NJ ball"
• "JC moms headed to Women's March on Washington"

Trump Administration --

• "Trump say Jets Woody Johnson will be his UK ambassador"
• "Schundler: Trump's education pick is on the right side of history"

Pres. Obama:  "Obama grants clemency to 9 more NJ inmates"
2017 Guv Race --

• "Sweeney endorses Murphy" -- Ledger |
• "NJ GOP fundraising committees start 2017 in better shape than Dems"

Cuba:  "Deal 'burns bridge' to convicted cop killer's return, trooper head says"


RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE]  Three of many Council items, more to follow.

[OLDDOC]  comments on Tuesday's Council agenda..  Offers an MLK Day message. (1/15/17)

[Mayor MAPP]  9th Annual MLK Potluck and Food Drive.

[Councilor STORCH] A report on Plainfield development]  . (01/14//17)

[Councilor WILLIAMS]  on Thursday's Town Hall. (1/03/17)

[DAVID]  ev. Tracey Brown to host Thursday evening conversation. (01/19/16)

[JACKIE] Week in Review manages a very retro looking photo of North Avenue. (1/15/17)

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  thanks Plainfield voters. (11/15/2016)

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**NOTE: As of Monday, 8/15/16, PolicitckerNJ has become part of the NY Observer's website. (Both are owned by Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner). I have always used the abbreviation 'PolNJ' to point to articles from the site. Things have gotten complicated in the meantime, since Politico, the award-winning national news site, has begun to branch out with a NJ version -- PoliticoNJ. To avoid confusion, I will henceforth refer to PolitickerNJ with the abbreviation "ObsNJ'..  Hope that's not all too confusing. -- Dan

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