Bernice: Elder statesman has a birthday.. Olddoc reminisces about Plainfield trains and trolleys..

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[PLAINFIELD TODAY]

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• "Happy 97th to Olddoc"

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 --

Obituaries --

• "Charlotte DeFilippo, longtime Union County power player" -- Ledger | Courier | ObsNJ |
• "Delores Odessa Hammond, 30-year Muhlenberg employee"
• "Deacon Ruth Nelson, 36-year Hemodialysis technician at Muhlenberg"

Product Recall:  "Calphalon knives recalled after 27 hand lacerations reported"

Highland Park:  "Residents debate immigration resolution"
Linden:  "Ex-cop rejects plea deal in double fatal wrong-way crash, will face trial"

Trump World --

• "Panic, fear spreads after Trump expands deportation targets"
• "Mexico says no to Trump's new deportation rules"
• "Religious groups, leaders respond to new immigration rules"
• "Trump's Russia problem dogs Republicans at town halls"
• "Trump ends transgender bathroom protections in schools"

Gov. Christie:  "Christie among candidates for sports radio job" -- Ledger | Courier |
Rep. Lance --

• "Lance braves GOP critics in 'vigorous' town hall" -- Ledger | Courier | PoliticoNJ |
• "Demonstrators demand Obamacare answers at Lance town Hall"

Medical Marijuana:  "Patients beg: Treat pain with marijuana, not opioids"
School Funding:  "Some districts clamor for more aid, others warn against cuts in funding hearing"


RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE]   Elder statesman has a birthday.

[OLDDOC]   Olddoc reminisces about Plainfield trains and trolleys. (2/22/17)

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

[Councilor STORCH] New development ordinances come to Council. (02/11//17)

[Council President WILLIAMS]  National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2017. (2/01/17)

[DAVID]  David posts pix of the Feb. 18 anti-violence walk. (02/20/16)

[JACKIE]  Jackie's week in review captures some mysterious tunnel tile art. (2/19/17)

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  Vision Board Workshop this Saturday. (2/01/2017)

[NOEL at Jersey HS Sports]   Plainfield holds off Roselle's late rally to advance in UCIAC tourney..  (2/15/17).

[Anonymous Gadfly]  State of confusion. (2/18/17)

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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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