Bernice notes Ramadan starts this month.. Jackie: The Amazing Race, May 11 blog party..

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[PLAINFIELD TODAY]

• "This weekend: Breakfast with the Mayor at Adrian's Restaurant; Postal workers food drive"
• "Van Wyck Brooks Historic District sponsors Drag Queen Bingo this Saturday"

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 --

Fire Division:  "Investigation into fire chief lifted, but lawsuit against him continues"
Commuting:  "Commuters could lose up to 25# of trains during Amtrak summer work"
National Council of Negro Women:  "Plainfield-Scotch Plains chapters hosts 18tth Jazz Brunch"
Traffic Alert:  "Avoid Rutgers stadium and surrounding roads on Sunday" -- Commencement.


Bernards Mosque Fight:  "Town announces no settlement in mosque matter after 90-minute huddle"
Commuting:  "Amtrak: Another major commuter outage coming in 2018"
Jersey City:  "Suez, seeking a new contract with JC, contributes to Fulop campaign"
Newark:  "Teachers say 'yes' to new contract with performance-based raises"
NY Penn Station:  "Christie and Cuomo want private operator to run Penn Station"
Schools:  "Should this NJ city name its high school after the current mayor?" -- And get a load of who the school spokesman is.

Trump World --

• "Christie describes reaction to Trump firing of FBI's Comey as 'hysteria'"

2017 Guv Race:  "Rivals hammer Murphy (and his money) in NJ guv debate" -- Ledger | Record | PoliticoNJ |
Gov. Christie --

• "Christie rejects ban on marriage for NJ teens under 18"
• "Christie administration shows how it plans to slash public pension debt"

Parking Violations:  "NJ drivers to get more time to pay fines before losing license"
Statehouse Renovations:  "Funding approved for Christie's renovations" -- Ledger | Courier |


RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE]   Bernice notes Ramadan starts this month.

[OLDDOC]   Olddoc finds toons connecting Comey firing and Nixon's 'Saturday night massacre.  (5/10/17)

[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]  Hooked on fishing, not drugs. (5/06/17)

[DAVID]  Photos of Queen City Baseball League's opening day. (04/10/17)

[JACKIE]  The Amazing Race, May 11 blog party..  (5/11/17)

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  Rebecca remembers Jo-Jo (Jo-Ann Sloane) on her birthday. (5/07/17)

[NOEL at Jersey HS Sports]   Bridgewater-Raritan ends Plainfield season on a losing note. (3/26/17).

[Anonymous Gadfly]    Moving forward.  (5/09/17)

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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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