PHS celebrates Division wins in 3 sports.. Olddoc likes the new SSYC building, worries about Giovanna's in new South Avenue plan.. Freeholder Williams invites all to a Taste of Fall at Warinanco Park Saturday.. Noel at HS Sports: Union's Farmers plow Plainfield.. Jackie: Big Brother 20 live Eviction blog party.. Rebecca: 'The Colored Museum' hits the stage this weekend at FUSP..

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[PLAINFIELD TODAY]

• "Deadline nears for Library's annual photography contest"

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 --

Boys Soccer:   "Scotch Plains-Fanwood at Plainfield"

Exhibit:   "Opening reception for Paul Casale retrospective Saturday at duCret"

Health:  "Why wine and chocolate can help you live longer" -- Now you have an excuse.

History:  "Union County's 'Four Centuries in a Weekend' includes 3 Plainfield sites this year"

PHS Sports:  "Plainfield celebrates Division wins in three sports" -- Baseball, Softball, Men's Tennis.

Planning Board:  "Planners find South Avenue East 'in need of redevelopment"

Schools:   "Biggest scam you never heard of; How NJ schools may be losing lots of money"

NJ Transit:  "NJT to slash fares starting in November"

Utilities:  "NJ utilities to be let to get more aggressive in trimming trees, vegetation?"

Auto Recall:   "Nissan recalls 215K vehicles over fire risk from brakes"
Food Recall:  "Deadly E. coli outbreak causes recall of 61 tons of ground beef"

Bergen County:  "Here are the racist and other 'hurtful' things Sheriff Sautino said on tape"

Employment:  "NJ unemployment rate hovers at 4.2%, still worse than national average"

EWR:  "Newark Liberty ranked worst in country -- again"

Food Deserts:  "NJ is the Garden State, so why are there food deserts"

Foreclosures:   "Foreclosures way down in NJ; Proposals for ways to ease process further"

Warren:  "Doctor pleads guilty to supplying opioids to drug ring"

2018 Senate Race:   "New Menendez ad savages Hugin"
Sen. Booker --

• "Booker, Murphy to raise funds for Florida guv candidate in Edison"
• "Sweeney on Booker v. Bloomberg: If Cory's in, I'm there"

Minimum Wage:  "$15 minimum wage by end of year not likely, top Dem says"
NJ Dem Conference:  "Scutari surfaces in Atlantic City"

RECENT BLOG POSTS --

• [ OLDDOC] . Olddoc likes the new SSYC building, worries about Giovanna's in new South Avenue plan. (09/20/18)
• [Mayor MAPP]  Mayor Mapp advises he has discontinued his blog.
• [Councilor STORCH]  Storch on the proposed administrative reorganization. (09/10/18)
• [Freeholder WILLIAMS]  Freeholder Williams invites all to a Taste of Fall at Warinanco Park Saturday. (9/17/18)
• [SEAN McKENNA]  Sean on street lights out and City's poor repair record compared to PSE&G. (9/18/18)
• [JACKIE]  Big Brother 20 live Eviction blog party. (9/20/2018)
• [REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]   'The Colored Museum' hits the stage this weekend in Plainfield. (8/17/18)
• [NOEL at Jersey HS Sports]  Union's Farmers plow Plainfield. (09/20/18)
• [DAN at Laona Boy] Dan remembers his childhood church, 1948-61. {08/17/18)

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