Latest news on Jerry Green's passing.. Plainfield students to see Pope Francis.. PHS baseball and softball..

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[PLAINFIELD TODAY]

• Plainfield Symphony closes season Saturday with Mahler.

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 --

Assemblyman Jerry Green --

• WEEKEND COVERAGE
• "Mapp is front runner for Green Assembly seat"
  
• "Legislature: Coughlin to fill vacancies left by Green's death"
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• FRIDAY'S COVERAGE
• "Mapp grieves for Green" -- InsiderNJ.
• "Legislators and leaders py tribute to colleague Green" -- InsiderNJ.
• "Rest in Peace, Assemblyman Green" -- Max Pizarro's personal obit.
• "A lion of the NJ legislature has died" -- Ledger.
  
• "Video: Assembly Dems mourn passing of Jerry Green"
• "Rep. Watson Coleman's statement on the passing of Jerry Green"
  
• "Assemblyman Jerry Green of Plainfield has died" -- Courier.
  
• "Jerry Green's passion commanded respect" -- Editorial, Courier.
  
• "Photos: Remembering Jerry Green" -- Courier.
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• THURSDAY'S COVERAGE
  
• "Assembly Jerry Green passes" -- NJGlobe was the first to report.
• "Assemblyman Jerry Green dies" -- Plainfield Today.
  
• "Jerry Green is dead at 79" -- Includes long TAPinto interview on his career.
• "Ailing Green absent from Assembly since November" -- This story appeared shortly before his death.

Baseball --

• "Plainfield at Woodbridge"
• "Plainfield at Oratory"

Bike Share:  "Plainfield to launch LimeBike bike share program"
PAHS: "Longtime shelter residents needs a home"
Softball:  "Plainfield at McNair"
St. Mary's Church:  "Plainfield students among those to meet Pope Francis"
Week in Review:  "Plainfield week in review"

Diversity:  "I'm a Sikh, a Jerseyan and a target of bias. Let's get to know each other" --OpEd, Ledger.
Millennials:  "Murphy, Dems give millennials a reason to stay in NJ"
Rutgers:  "Rutgers Day expected to draw more than 100,000"
School Shootings--

• "Why America is standing up againstmass shootings 19 years after Columbine"
• "Can our schools be next? A mjority of students worry about shootings"

Watchung: "Borough council votes to close library"

Sen. Booker: "Cory Booker tapped for speech, honorary degree at Temple"
Offshore Oil:  "Murphy bans offshore oil drilling in NJ"
Taxes:"Murphy open to tax amnesty, but worries about one-off solutions"  -- PoliticoNJ |

Trump World --

• "Is the Trump-Russia lawsuitby the DNC political grandstanding?"

RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[OLDDOC]  Olddoc on Jerry Green's passing, Earth Day, and some toons on the Cohen bust.  (4/19/18)

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

[Councilor STORCH]  Union County Dems need a leader, not a boss. (02/16/18)

[Councilor WILLIAMS]   Councilor Williams remembers Councilor Bill Reid. (4/4/18)

[JACKIE]  Survivor: Ghost Pool April 18 blog party. (4/18/2018)

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  Drama workshops for adults and children (4/4/18)

[NOEL at Jersey HS Sports]  Banner Boys takes the Friday Night Basketball League banner. (04/05/18).

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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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