C L I P S

Where Plainfield turns for news.

Monday, August 21, 2017

Candidates sue over school board filing.. District gets OK for new school.. Rebecca: Candlelight vigil tonight.. Olddoc reposts NPR article on Confederate statues.. Jackie's week-in-review catches an arresting NJTrnsit sign, plus BB19 post..

[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 --

Solar Eclipse --
Board of Ed:  "Three who missed filing deadline for BOE race sue County Clerk Rajoppi"
Graduation:  "Plainfield celebrates summer graduation for Class of 2017"
Schools:  "District receives OK for new school"
Vigil:  "Candlelight Vigil at City Hall Plaza Monday evening"

Animal Welfare:  "More than 2 dozen puppies taken by SPCA from van in parking lot"
Newark:  "New head of troubled ECC questioned on hires as threat to accreditation looms"
Real Estate:  "What $150,000 gets you in each of NJ's 21 counties"
Smoking:  "Why NJ's tobacco-control cash went up in smoke and what's being done now"
Sneakers:  "Did Nike rip off some of NJ's best basketball players?"
Trenton:  "Roebling wire rope factory gets new life as lofts"

Conservative 'Free Speech' Rally:  "Rally fizzles as thousands of counter-protesters swarm Boston"
White Supremacist Merchandise:  "NJ home to one of nation's biggest distributors of racist merchandise"

2017 Guv Race:  "Rendo rips Murphy's immigration proposals as 'offensive'"
Gov. Christie:  "I told WFAN I don't want a job there"

Charlottesville --
Obituaries --
  • "Dick Gregory, 84, pioneering comedian and activist"  -- NYTimes | Slate |
  • Jerry Lewis --

RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[OLDDOC]  reposts NPR artivle on Confederate statues. (8/20/17)

[Mayor MAPP]  Mayor Adrian Mapp's 10th Annual Community Barbecue August 19. (07/28/2017)

[Councilor STORCH]  A way you can beautify Plainfield. (7/28/17)

[Council President WILLIAMS]  Charlottesville...and the #Klan President (08/17/17).

[DAVID]  Plainfield commemorates 1967 rebellion. (08/12/17)

[JACKIE]   Jackie's week-in-review catches an arresting NJTrnsit sign, plus BB19 post. (08/20/2017)

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  Plainfield hosts candlelight vigil to honor victims of Charlottesville. (8/18/17)

[NOEL at Jersey HS Sports]   Noel at HS Sports reports on PHS 2017 Hall of Fame. (7/03/17).

[Anonymous Gadfly]   Just when you thought you had seen it all.  (7/02/17).

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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


Posted by Dan at 3:18 AM