Newark questioning its $675K animal services contract with AHS.. Olddoc offers a quickie on the Alabama election, plus a link fo an FP article on Israel..

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[PLAINFIELD TODAY]

• No post today: a) Internet problems; 2) celebrating my birthday

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 --

Business:  "Ribbon-cutting at new Fig Tree Market on South Avenue"
Associated Humane Societies:  "'Deplorable' conditions at animal shelter has Newark questioning $675K contract" -- AHS is Plainfield's animal services provider.

Fanwood:  "Borough man pleads guilty in cyber attack that crashed the Internet"  -- Ledger | Courier |
Immigration:  "Sweep by ICE leads to 101 arrests across state"
Newark:  "Homicides down but shootings on the rise"
PSE&G:  "Hack at PayPal subsidiary exposed PSEG info"
Scotch Plains:  "Rock legend Pat DiNizio dead at 62"

Gov.-elect Murphy --

• "Murphy takes swipe at Christie with vow to give you 'honest' state budgets"

Trump World --

• "Trump and Republicans just agreed to gut your property tax break"

RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[OLDDOC]  Olddoc offers a quickie on the Alabama election, plus a link fo an FP article on Israel. (12/13/17)

[Mayor MAPP]  Mayor Adrian Mapp's 10th Annual Community Barbecue August 19. (07/28/17)

[Councilor STORCH]  On illegal conversions of residential buildings. (10/15/17)

[Council President WILLIAMS]  Community Choir at Holiday Lights, Dec. 1. (11/18/17).

[DAVID]  After nearly a 4-month hiatus, David is back with 'Part-time mayor, full-time salary'. (12/03/17)

[JACKIE]  Survivor 35: Heroes - Healers - Hustlers, Dec. 6. (12/06/2017)

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  Young, Black, and suicidal: A cause for alarm. (11/18/17)

[NOEL at Jersey HS Sports]   Mid-State 38, week 13: Championship Week. (11/29/2017).

FACEBOOK PAGES:  City of Plainfield | Plainfield Buzz | Plainfield Community Connect | PHS Educational Community |

**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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