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Sunday, June 25, 2017

Fire Division gets grant.. City pools officially open.. Sears to close.. Look for Jackie's week in review..


[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 --

Fire Division:  "Rep. Watson Coleman announces grant to Plainfield Fire Division"
Rec Division:  "Plainfield's three community pools now open"
Sears:  "Sears on Route 22 will close by end of summer"
Union County:  "Freeholders honor Marilyn D. Davis for Women's Political Caucus award"

Baseball:  "Vintage game in Hoboken honors 171st aniversary"
Battle of Short Hills Re-enactment:  "Battle re-enactment continues Sunday"
Boards of Education:  "Bill to prevent ex-cons from seeking BOE seats heads to guv"
Entertainment:  "Why classic rock is so big in NJ this summer"
NJ Place Names:  "The right pronunciation for 25 towns everyone botches"
Newark:  "Fire truck involved in wreck while heading to blaze"
North Plainfield:  "AAA opens one-stop auto care shop on Rt. 22" -- Costco shopping center.
Piscataway:  "Man accused of brother's murder"  -- Ledger | Courier | -- West 3rd Street shooting.

2017 Guv Race --
Christie vs. Horizon:  "Christie orders state agencies to let public know more as he fights Horizon"
School Funding:  "The controversial school funding deal, explained"
State Board of Ed:  "Christie dumps president, VP from state board"
State Police:  "Christie tells graduating troopers they'll be pivotal in 'more dangerous world"
Supreme Court:  "SCOTUS set to take up NJ sports betting case"


RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE] Bernice is ending the blog; Plainfield celebrates Pride.

[OLDDOC]  On Senate's secret healthcare bill; August total eclipse of the sun; some good toons. (6/22/17)

[Mayor MAPP]  Mayor Adrian Mapp thanks Plainfield voters. (6/09/2017)

[Councilor STORCH]  Plainfield needs the Adrian Mapp team. (06/05//17)

[Council President WILLIAMS]  Summer food program begins Monday. (6/22/17)

[DAVID]  The full lawsuit against Mapp, other. (06/0717)

[JACKIE]   BB19: Julie Chen house tour and Season's theme twist.  (6/22/17)

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  Rebecca posts Juneteenth photos.. (6/19/17)

[NOEL at Jersey HS Sports]   2016-17 2nd and First Team All-Efficiency Performances. (6/10/17).

[Anonymous Gadfly]   Calls for adherence to board policy.  (6/17/17).
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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