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[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 --
Mayor Mapp: "Mapp is Gateway Regional Chamber's Mayor of the Year"
Boys Baseball --
NJ Hall of Fame: "Two Cedarbrook students at NJ Hall of Fame Gala"
Schools: "NJ after-school programs on chopping block in Trump budget" -- 21st Century program in jeopardy.
Food Recall: "Stop & Shop's Oberlander kokosh cake recalled"
Gays and Catholicism: "Top Vatican, US church officials back new gay-friendly book"
Heroin Addiction: "Mom of woman found dead in Rt 22 median: I knew this day would come"
Hillside: "Police chief's reinstatement upheld"
Middlesex Boro: "Central Jersey brewery named NJ's best craft brewer"
Retail: "Retail payrolls suffer a new blow as shopping habits shift"
Smartphone Apps: "Newark native wins $50K grant for new women's safety app"
Tribeca Film Festival: "Metuchen actor's directorial debut to screen at Tribeca"
Women's Health: "Family planning funding cuts continue to hurt women's health in NJ"
Trump World --
- "NJ Congressional members to Trump: What's the plan for Syria?" -- Ledger | Record |
- "Acting on instinct, Trump upends his own foreign policy'
- "Anti-war groups protest missile strikes in Syria" -- Newark among them.
CWA Union: "Local president steps down pending probe into missing cash" -- InsiderNJ | Ledger |
Derailments --
- "Scrutiny of Amtrak, NJ Transit intensifies after derailments"
- "After derailments, Booker and Menendez seek to block Trump's transit cuts"
Income Taxes: "Could NJ homeowners lose a cherished tax break under Trump and GOP?"
Millennials: "Millennials lag behind in traditional markers of adulthood"
National Empanada Day: "NJ's 17 best empanadas"
NJ Budget: "OLS predicts NJ taxes will be $223M short"
Obamacare: "Analysis: Insurers may soon profit from ACA plans"
Policing: "Judge approves Baltimore police abuse settlement"
RECENT BLOG POSTS --
[BERNICE] Draft Muhlenberg report raises questions.
[OLDDOC] Olddoc offers a 'nuclear' potpourri.. (4/06/17)
[Mayor MAPP] 9th Annual MLK Potluck and Food Drive.
[Councilor STORCH] Stigma-Free Zone launches April 8 at City Hall. (04/06//17)
[Council President WILLIAMS] aster Egg Hunt Saturday at Cedar Brook Park. (4/04/17)
[DAVID] BOE no-shows sabotage meeting. (04/04/17)
[JACKIE] The Amazing Race, blog party April 6. (4/06/17)
[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger] Nina Simone sings (on the death of Martin Luther King Jr.). (4/04/17)
[NOEL at Jersey HS Sports] Bridgewater-Raritan ends Plainfield season on a losing note. (3/26/17).
[Anonymous Gadfly] Equity in the Budget?. (4/06/17).
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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
