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PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today: "Development: Condo price checkup" and "What Jerry Green pays his staff" (if you missed it yesterday)
The Bull Moose: "Of whores and wars, spies and lies" -- Of course you want to know what 'doggie diamonds' are, right?Plain Talker: "Stop and Smell the Viburnum"
Crescent Times: "Future Bloomings" -- 'Blooming corners' projects.
Dina Matos McGreevey: "McGreevey's ex brings her story to Borders in Bridgewater"
Letter: Wilma Campbell: "Candidate thanks supporters behind school board win"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Monday. Aprl 30. 7:30 PM. PHS Idol Finalists Perform. Winner will be picked from among Reggie Harrison, Jasmine Lynn and Emily Rios. Nine other performers. PHS Auditorium, Park and Stelle Avenues. $10 adult/$5 student. View performances on www.phsidol.com/
- Thursday. May 3. 7 PM. Gospel Concert by Kunjalo Music Ministry of Capetown, South Africa. Community Church of God. 417 West 6th Street (corner of New Street). Freewill offering will be taken.
- Saturday. May 5. 6th Annual Cardinals 5K Run and Healthwalk. Sponsor: School Based Youth Services. Funds raised support SBYS and Plainfield Teen Parenting Program. At Cedar Brook Park. 7:45 AM - Registration; 8:45 AM - Walk and Lollipop Run; 9:30 AM - 5K Race. Participant fee: $20 to April 30, $25 thereafter. Info: Lisa Perry, (908) 731-4360 x5373.
- Saturday. May 5. 8 PM. PSO: Celebrating Sabin Pauza's 20th Season. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. Info: 561-5140. $25/General seating. $15/Senior & Student.
- Sunday. May 6. 3 PM. Chamber Music for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet and Cello. Works of Poulenc, Loeffler, Mozart and Bruch. Victoria Griswold, piano; Carolyn Pollak, oboe; William Shadel, clarinet; Ruth Kahn Siderman, cello. Sponsor: Cultural & Heritage Commission. Plainfield Public Library, Park Avenue & West 8th Street. Reception follows concert. FREE.
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CENTRAL JERSEY
Bound Brook: "Homeless flood survivors file for aid"
STATE
Corzine Recovery - SL: "Corzine to be released from hospital today"
.......... - "With boss sidelined, top aides stepped in"
..... - NYT: "Corzine to Leave Hospital Monday"
..... - CN: "Corzine to leave hospital today"
DNA Testing: "DNA testing backlog has State Police in overdrive"
Immigration: "'No questions' policy puts Hightstown in spotlight"
NJ Marathon: "N.J. Marathon draws 6000 runners to Long Branch"
State Police: "Training for governor's security detail in question"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Gone-zales - AP: "Students Heckle Gonzales at Harvard" -- Impromptu demonstration after students noticed his motorcade for Law School alum reunion.
Iraq - WP: "Maliki's Office Is Seen Behind Purge in Forces"
Obama - NYT: "A Candidate, His Minister and the Search for Faith"
OF INTEREST
Goliath v. David: "Miracle-Gro sues small N.J. organic plant-food maker" -- This one has me hoppin' mad. Check out little TerraCycle's website and their defense fund site. It'll be a cold day in hell before I buy Scotts brands again.
Blogging & Sexual Harassment: "Sexual Threats Quiet Some Female Bloggers"
Cop Cars: "Are high-tech police cars a help or risk for officers?"
Neanderthals & Us: "Modern Man, Neanderthals Seen as Kindred Spirits"
Public Records: "Google helps make public records available"
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today: "What Jerry Green pays his staff"
Crescent Times: "Our Homes: Eastlake on Watchung"
Arbor Day Celebration: "Plainfield children mark Arbor Day with plantings"
Girl Scouts: "Girl Scouts honor women at 50th anniversary party"
The McGreeveys: "What he said isn't what she said"
..... - Fran Wood: "The real victim is McGreeveys' child"
United Orthodox (Tomchei Tmimim) Synagogue: "Plainfield's sacred past"
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REAL ESTATE SUNDAY
SMALL PICTURE
Realty Reality TV: HGTV's "Bought and Sold" premiers tonight at 10 PM. Featuring West Orange, Llewellyn Park and Upper Montclair.
Affordability: "Princeton Borough homes are affordable to few"
Decks: "A Growing Interest in Composite Decks"
East Orange: "Revamped luxury site looks to August opening" -- Penthouses will top out at $300K.
Fort Lee: "Center Stage in Fort Lee" -- $1B project.
Mortgages: "When State Laws Do Not Apply"
Buy or Rent?: "Cost Comparison Tool" -- Enter your own values to calculate which is better, buying or renting. A really neat tool!
Ledger: "Home Finder" and "Real Estate" sections online.
Courier: "Real Estate" section online.
NYTimes: "Residential Sales Around the Region"
Trulia: "Your Personal Real Estate Google"
BIG PICTURE
Mortgages: "US Mortgage Payment Index"
Residential Sales: "Sales of Existing Homes Plunge Steeply"
WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Saturday. May 5. 6th Annual Cardinals 5K Run and Healthwalk. Sponsor: School Based Youth Services. Funds raised support SBYS and Plainfield Teen Parenting Program. At Cedar Brook Park. 7:45 AM - Registration; 8:45 AM - Walk and Lollipop Run; 9:30 AM - 5K Race. Participant fee: $20 to April 30, $25 thereafter. Info: Lisa Perry, (908) 731-4360 x5373.
- Saturday. May 5. 8 PM. PSO: Celebrating Sabin Pauza's 20th Season. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. Info: 561-5140. $25/General seating. $15/Senior & Student.
- Sunday. May 6. 3 PM. Chamber Music for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet and Cello. Works of Poulenc, Loeffler, Mozart and Bruch. Victoria Griswold, piano; Carolyn Pollak, oboe; William Shadel, clarinet; Ruth Kahn Siderman, cello. Sponsor: Cultural & Heritage Commission. Plainfield Public Library, Park Avenue & West 8th Street. Reception follows concert. FREE.
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CENTRAL JERSEY
Cory Booker: "City workers feel pushed to aid Booker"
Fanwood: "Historic caboose to sit on track donated by late Plainfielder Jim Clarke"
Flood Relief - SL: "FEMA opens its first 6 N.J. centers today for nor'easter victims"
Kenilworth: "Petition criticizes borough for $600,000 cop HQ contract with UCIA" -- The tentacles are everywhere.
Maplewood: "Maplewood celebrates 10 years of jitney service"
Newark - Bond Rating: "Newark retains its bond rating, for now"
..... - Anti-Recidivism: "Helping teenage ex-inmate avoid a return to jail, or a fate far worse"
Paper Mill Playhouse - SL: "Paper Mill won't be taking its last bow for now"
..... - NYT: "Magnificent ‘Seven’"
Route 22: "Lack of pedestrian crossings turns getting across into game of 'chicken'"
STATE
The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, April 29, 2007"
Corzine - (Breaking) CN: "Corzine to decide when he's fit to return"
..... - NYT: "New Jersey’s Governor Often Wasn’t in New Jersey"
The Gallup Organization: "When He Speaks, It’s in America’s Voice"
Guv's Guards: "Guarding a governor poses daily dilemmas" -- Debbie Baker is in charge.
Immigrants - NYT: "Should Immigration Be a Police Issue?"
Legislature: "Legislators Newly Sensitive Over Pet Projects"
NYC Congestion Tolls: "Curbing traffic in NYC will help N.J. economy" -- The London experience.
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
CIA & Iraq War Runup - Ft.Worth Star-Telegram: "Tenet: CIA warned of 'anarchy' in Iraq"
Guantanamo - WP: "82 Inmates Cleared but Still Held at Guantanamo"
Iraq - OpEd, SL: Paul Mulshine: "It's the Trotsky-cons who are lost"
Iraq Reconstruction - NYT: "Rebuilt Iraq Projects Found Crumbling"
Katrina Aid - WP: "Most Katrina Aid From Overseas Went Unclaimed by US"
OF INTEREST
Baseball's Steroids Scandal: "Records Show More to Come in Steroid Case"
Chemotherapy: "Chemotherapy Fog Is No Longer Ignored as Illusion"
College Loans: "College financial aid comes under scrutiny"
Driving Governors: "Corzine's crash creates questions about governor transportation"
Washington 'Escort Service': "Madam turned phone records over to ABC News" -- One Dep. Sec State has already resigned.
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today: "Of steopmodors"
Crescent Times: "Smile, you're in camara"
Santiago v. Hellwig -- The chief loses a round, but the fight is not over.
..... - SL: "Judge rules in favor of Plainfield's mayor in dispute with police chief"
..... - CN: "Court: Plainfield can rotate police captains"
The McGreeveys - SL: "McGreeveys have frosty day in family court"
..... - NYT: "Judge Wants Common Sense Used in McGreeveys’ Divorce"
..... - CN: "McGreevey, ex meet for first round of divorce proceeding"Got a tip? Question? Click here to send PT an email.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today. April 28. 8 PM. Crescent Concerts: Fauré and Duruflé Requiems. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. $20/$15 at door.
- Saturday. May 5. 6th Annual Cardinals 5K Run and Healthwalk. Sponsor: School Based Youth Services. Funds raised support SBYS and Plainfield Teen Parenting Program. At Cedar Brook Park. 7:45 AM - Registration; 8:45 AM - Walk and Lollipop Run; 9:30 AM - 5K Race. Participant fee: $20 to April 30, $25 thereafter. Info: Lisa Perry, (908) 731-4360 x5373.
- Saturday. May 5. 8 PM. PSO: Celebrating Sabin Pauza's 20th Season. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. Info: 561-5140. $25/General seating. $15/Senior & Student.
- Sunday. May 6. 3 PM. Chamber Music for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet and Cello. Works of Poulenc, Loeffler, Mozart and Bruch. Victoria Griswold, piano; Carolyn Pollak, oboe; William Shadel, clarinet; Ruth Kahn Siderman, cello. Sponsor: Cultural & Heritage Commission. Plainfield Public Library, Park Avenue & West 8th Street. Reception follows concert. FREE.
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CENTRAL JERSEY
Green Brook: "Green Brook residents evacuated"
North Plainfield: "Awards honor North Plainfield's finest officers, fire officials"
'Buster' Soaries and Imus: "Franklin's Rev. Soaries finds self in public spotlight again"
STATE
Corzine Recovery - SL: "Corzine intends to cover cost of his medical care"
..... - NYT: "Corzine Says He Will Leave the Hospital Soon"
..... - CN: "Codey and Roberts: Corzine a changed man"
101.5 'Jersey Guys': "Controversial radio campaign aimed at Hispanics ended"
Disaster Declaration: "3 more N.J. counties gain disaster status"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Attorneygate - McClatchy Wire: "Administration considered firing 12 U.S. attorneys but cut list to 8"
Iraq War Runup - The Politico: "Waxman invites Tenet to testify"
'Loyal Bushie' Attorneys - Truthout: "US Attorney Under Attack for "Terror Trophy" Prosecutions"
.......... - OpEd, Syracuse Post-Standard: Madis Senner: "U.S. Attorney's Office not free from political pressure"
OF INTEREST
Of clocks and downtown - Mamacita: "My Town (Again) Fails the 'Best' Test" -- At least their clock got put someplace. And ours?
Baseball: "Guilty Plea Widens Baseball’s Steroids Scandal"
The Economy: "Economy at Its Slowest in 4 Years"
Obituary: "Mstislav Rostropovich, Cellist, Conductor, Activist"
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today: "¡Brava Maria!"
Crescent Times: "Rules and Why" and "The signs are up!" -- En Espagnol aqui.
Breaking (10:30 AM): "Jim, Dina McGreevey in divorce court this morning"
Santiago v. Hellwig: "Turf war over Plainfield police goes to court"
Schools Construction Corp. - Editorial, SL: "Paying for the SCC's past" -- PT also updated yesterday's post, including further info on the finagling in Plainfield.
Taxi Cams: "Robberies spur plan to install video in at least 15 Plainfield taxis"
Letter: Rev. Rick Taylor: "Recognition owed to landscapers on school project"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Tomorrow. April 28. 8 PM. Crescent Concerts: Fauré and Duruflé Requiems. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. $20/$15 at door.
- Saturday. May 5. 6th Annual Cardinals 5K Run and Healthwalk. Sponsor: School Based Youth Services. Funds raised support SBYS and Plainfield Teen Parenting Program. At Cedar Brook Park. 7:45 AM - Registration; 8:45 AM - Walk and Lollipop Run; 9:30 AM - 5K Race. Participant fee: $20 to April 30, $25 thereafter. Info: Lisa Perry, (908) 731-4360 x5373.
- Saturday. May 5. 8 PM. PSO: Celebrating Sabin Pauza's 20th Season. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. Info: 561-5140. $25/General seating. $15/Senior & Student.
- Sunday. May 6. 3 PM. Chamber Music for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet and Cello. Works of Poulenc, Loeffler, Mozart and Bruch. Victoria Griswold, piano; Carolyn Pollak, oboe; William Shadel, clarinet; Ruth Kahn Siderman, cello. Sponsor: Cultural & Heritage Commission. Plainfield Public Library, Park Avenue & West 8th Street. Reception follows concert. FREE.
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CENTRAL JERSEY
Dunellen: "Wheels are turning with cops' community bike patrol"
Flood Relief - SL: "Six counties to get federal flood aid"
..... - CN: "Somerset County declared disaster area"
..... - NYT: "6 New Jersey Counties to Get Flood Relief" -- Union County included.
Hillside: "Election quarrel spills into school board meeting" -- More Charlotte hijinx...plus Nagy.
Kean U: "George Washington Letter Found in Scrapbook"
Newark: Joan Whitlow: "Car theft squad rides herd on crime"
North Plainfield: "Jurors deadlock on murder charge in North Plainfield"
OPRA Flub: "South Bound Brook official says too much work led to negligence"
South Plainfield: "Debris from Superfund site found along brook"
Union County: "County offers $414M budget, 5.7% tax hike"
STATE
Corzine Recovery - SL: "Grateful exec makes first public comments"
..... - CN: "Mending Corzine feels blessed"
..... - NYT: "Corzine Can Be Seen, Counting His Blessings"
Gov. Brendan Byrne: Tom Moran: "An abiding affection for the ex-boss, Mr. Byrne"
Consumer Protection: "Builder sues Web site and Google over posting" -- RipoffReport is here.
Eminent Domain: "Justices hear case that could alter use of eminent domain"
Public Construction Wages: "State requires prevailing wages on construction projects"
Racial Profiling: "Profiling remains, say police critics"
Rutgers: "Defying RU, lawmakers try to save 6 teams"
SEEDS Program: "Academic success is taking root"
State Police: "Rabner names panel to probe security unit of governor"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Elections - SL: John Farmer: "The 'base' takes on the 'big tent' in crucial N.H."
Gone-zales - WP: "McCain: Gonzales Should Resign"
.......... - Andrew Cohen: "Robert Novak abandons Gonzales; Monica coming to testify"Iraq Runup - NYT: "Ex-C.I.A. Chief, in Book, Assails Cheney on Iraq"
..... - WP: "Tenet Says He Was Made a Scapegoat Over Iraq War" -- Slam-dunked by Cheney et al?
Iraq War - Editorial, SL: "Bush, Cheney blind to reality in Iraq"
..... - WP: "U.S. Officer in Iraq Accused of Aiding Enemy"
Political Briefings to Gov Agencies: "Waxman Panel Seeks Records of Political Briefings"
OF INTEREST
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today: "SCC decision bitter pill for Plainfield"
Plain Talker: "My Take on School Forum and Play"
Schools Construction Corp - CN: "Plainfield voices concerns over depleted state funding"
..... - SL: "Strapped SCC pulls the plug on 27 schools"
..... - NYT: "Agency Building Schools Says Funds Too Low for All Projects"..... - AP: "As expected, more delays for school building in poor districts"
A New Plainfield Blog: "Plainfield Trees: Gingko Biloba" -- You'll want to check out this new treat!
GEDs & Adult Schools: "Adult schools decline in NJ as community colleges offer GEDs, ESL"
Letter: Myke Washington: "For students' sake, Plainfield must acknowledge problems"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today. RESCHEDULED. 20th Annual Month of the Young Child Parade and Celebration.
- Today. April 26. 6:30 - 8:30 PM. Oppressed, Depressed, Suppressed: The Right to be Male, Black and Proud. Plainfield Public Library. 8th Street at Park Avenue. Sponsor: Nubian Union and McDonald's-Plainfield. FREE.
- Saturday. April 28. 8 PM. Crescent Concerts: Fauré and Duruflé Requiems. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. $20/$15 at door.
- Saturday. May 5. 6th Annual Cardinals 5K Run and Healthwalk. Sponsor: School Based Youth Services. Funds raised support SBYS and Plainfield Teen Parenting Program. At Cedar Brook Park. 7:45 AM - Registration; 8:45 AM - Walk and Lollipop Run; 9:30 AM - 5K Race. Participant fee: $20 to April 30, $25 thereafter. Info: Lisa Perry, (908) 731-4360 x5373.
- Saturday. May 5. 8 PM. PSO: Celebrating Sabin Pauza's 20th Season. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. Info: 561-5140. $25/General seating. $15/Senior & Student.
- Sunday. May 6. 3 PM. Chamber Music for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet and Cello. Works of Poulenc, Loeffler, Mozart and Bruch. Victoria Griswold, piano; Carolyn Pollak, oboe; William Shadel, clarinet; Ruth Kahn Siderman, cello. Sponsor: Cultural & Heritage Commission. Plainfield Public Library, Park Avenue & West 8th Street. Reception follows concert. FREE.
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CENTRAL JERSEY
EWR Flight Paths: "FAA details changes to airspace over N.J."
Hillside: "Hillside council seeks higher ground" -- Peace in Charlotte's fief?
Linden: "Linden to pay state $1M in fines for environmental violations"
New Brunswick: "In New Brunswick, a reason to cheer" -- New high school construction approved.
Roselle Park: "Officials block gang data release, say cops exempt"
South Bound Brook: "Town clerk faces $1000 fine over failure to provide public records"
South Plainfield: "New look at move to reroute Hamilton Blvd. trucks"
STATE
Corzine Recovery - SL: "Corzine takes big steps toward recovery"
..... - NYT: "Corzine Takes Steps as Recovery Continues"
Cancer Center of NJ: "Cancer center celebrates its past, redefines the future"
Disaster Designation: "Codey requests federal disaster area designation for entire state"
Health Insurance: Paul Mulshine: "The great health insurance hoax"
Meadowlands: "For Hackensack River, good news flows slowly"
Mortgage Company: "State acts to restrict lender with unlicensed offices"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Subpoenas:
..... - Attorneygate > Monica Goodling - WP: "Panel Grants Immunity to Gonzales Aide"
.......... > GOP Emails - LAT: "Democrats to subpoena Rice, Republican National Committee"..... - Iraq War Runup > Condi Rice - WP: "Hill Subpoenas Approved for Rice, Other Bush Officials"
..... - Roundup - NYT: "Flexing Muscles, Democrats Issue 3 Subpoenas"
Cheney Impeachment - Congr Qtly: "Impeachment Proposal Takes Antiwar Stand to New Lengths"
Abramoff Scandal - Houston Chron: "DeLay associate tied to Abramoff probe"
.......... - NYT: "Ex - House Aide Snared in Abramoff Probe"
Iraq - Irish Examiner: "UN Report: Baghdad security operation has failed"
.......... - Reuters: "UN raps Iraq for withholding 'grim' civilian toll"
.......... - AP: "Air Force general complains airmen used for non-Air Force assignments"
Katrina - AP: "Probe: Katrina contracts given to companies with poor credit histories, bad paperwork"
OF INTEREST
Blacksburg And The World - TomDispatch: "The Virginia Tech Massacre in Global Context"
Bill Moyers Interview - Christian Century: "Bill Moyers on journalism and democracy"
Greenhouse Gases: "Scientist invents device to absorb greenhouse gases"
Hispanics & Religion: "Hispanics Transforming U.S. Religion"
Islam: "New look at a word in Quran ignites debate on wife-beating"
Pharma Marketing: "Journal finds Big Pharma still wines, dines doctors excessively"
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today: "Plainfield Gazette - In support of Sharon!"
Crescent Times: "Stoned at Library Park?" and "Reinvention in process"
TONIGHT: Bill Moyers Journal. 9 PM. Channel 13. "Buying the War" -- Moyers puts all the pieces together.
'Guide to Plainfield' -- Special pullout section in today's Courier print edition.
Crime: "Man's stabbing linked to clash over money"
McGreeveys: "Wife paints her version of the end of McGreevey"
Schools Forum: "Plainfield students speak on school solutions at forum"
Port Authority Bus Terminal: "Depot deal would add gates to Jersey" Real Estate: "House-sale trend shifts from slide to free fall"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Thursday. April 26. 9 AM - 1:30 PM. (Rain date: April 27). 20th Annual Month of the Young Child Parade and Celebration. Starts at Library Park, West 8th Street and College Place. Games and rides follow at the PHS soccer field. Students, staff and parents of Plainfield public and charter school preschoolers and kindergartners are particpants.
- Thursday. April 26. 6:30 - 8:30 PM. Oppressed, Depressed, Suppressed: The Right to be Male, Black and Proud. Plainfield Public Library. 8th Street at Park Avenue. Sponsor: Nubian Union and McDonald's-Plainfield. FREE.
- Saturday. April 28. 8 PM. Crescent Concerts: Fauré and Duruflé Requiems. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. $20/$15 at door.
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CENTRAL JERSEY
Dunellen: "Bomb threat evacuates Dunellen schools"
Hillside: "Victims of flooding in Hillside want help"
Mountainside: "Fortune-teller charged with forgery, fraud"
Newark: "Newark's Budget Approved on Time, with No Tax Increase"
STATE
Christie v. Corruption: "Three more legislators subpoenaed in probe of grants"
Corzine Recovery - SL: "Corzine leaves bed, sits in chair for hour"
..... - NYT: "Corzine Leaves Hospital Bed for First Time Since Crash"
..... - CN: "Corzine continues to improve: helped out of bed, sits in chair"
.......... - "Corzine wished speedy recovery, minus the speed"
DYFS - SL: "Adoptive mom sues state over child's abuse in foster care"
..... - NYT: "Child Welfare Agency Is Under Fire Again"
Hackettstown: "Naked Army recruiter broke into home to watch porn"
MADD: "Couple who led NJ MADD charged with stealing group's funds"
PSEG: Tom Moran: "Ralph Izzo: The energy industry's enlightened dynamo"
Recycling: "N.J. once separated 67% of trash, now 34%"
Rutgers: "Rutgers poised to alert students by text message"
School Budget Votes: "Poor towns said no to school tabs"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Attorneygate - The Hill: "Miers weighed Yang’s firing according to Sen. Feinstein"
Abramoff Corruption - St. Pete Times: "FBI asks Fla. Rep. Tom Feeney about trip with Abramoff"
.......... - TPM: "Former Aide to GOP Rep To Plead Guilty"
Cheney - WP: "Kucinich Introduces Impeachment Articles Against Cheney"
White House - ABC: "Security Breakdown at the White House?" -- Waxman's website.
Wolfowitz - NYT: "Frustrations With Wolfowitz Boil Over at Meeting"
OF INTEREST
DVD Review: "Maude: Archie Bunker’s Feisty Feminist Flip Side" -- Season I (1972) now on DVD.
'Robocalls': "States Seek Limits on ‘Robocalls’ in Campaigns" -- Sample calls here.
Obituary: "Bernard Spigner, WCTC radio personality"
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today: "Raritan Valley comedy of errors not a complete loss"Plain Talker: "Bring Ideas to Tonight's Forum" and "Rail Group Hears City Plans"
Crescent Times: "Redevelopment"
2007 Primary: "Dissident Dems' petitions for Freeholder, Sheriff denied"
Schools Forum: "Plainfield school board holds forum tonight"
McGreeveys: "McGreevey: Wife knew I was gay at the start"
..... - OpEd, SL: Paul Mulshine: "The kids need a B.A. in B.S."
Raritan Valley Rail Coalition: "Panel hears Plainfield transit village proposal" -- Blue-pencil alert! I have it on good authority that Bernice did NOT write that opening sentence.
'Plainfield Gazette': "Mayor probing document slurring former city spokesman"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today. April 24. 6 - 8 PM. Community Education Forum. Community members invited to share ideas for improving schools. Sponsored by the Board of Ed. At PHS Auditorium, Park and Stelle Avenues. All areinvited.
- Thursday. April 26. 9 AM - 1:30 PM. (Rain date: April 27). 20th Annual Month of the Young Child Parade and Celebration. Starts at Library Park, West 8th Street and College Place. Games and rides follow at the PHS soccer field. Students, staff and parents of Plainfield public and charter school preschoolers and kindergartners are particpants.
- Thursday. April 26. 6:30 - 8:30 PM. Oppressed, Depressed, Suppressed: The Right to be Male, Black and Proud. Plainfield Public Library. 8th Street at Park Avenue. Sponsor: Nubian Union and McDonald's-Plainfield. FREE.
- Saturday. April 28. 8 PM. Crescent Concerts: Fauré and Duruflé Requiems. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. $20/$15 at door.
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CENTRAL JERSEY
Flood Damage - CN: "Flood victims want action"
..... - SL: "FEMA visits but 'it's just promises'" North Plainfield: "2004 Beating victim Romero: Unbowed and expressing thanks"
Metropark: "Metropark Station makeover is officially launched"
South Bound Brook: "Mayor cleared in attendance-sheet complaint"
STATE
Corzine Recovery - SL: "No 'governing from bed' for Corzine"
..... - NYT: "Gov. Corzine Is Moved From Intensive Care"
Electronic Voting: "State to unveil ballot printing guidelines"
Hospital Charity Care: "Official says law vague on probing charity care fraud"
State Debt: "Jersey's debt rates 4th among the states"
Water Quality: "Clean water proposals represent a sea change"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Attorneygate - AFP: "White House must come clean in prosecutors' purge: Senator"
..... - NYT: "Gonzales’s Testimony Satisfied at Least One Person, His Boss"
..... - OpEd, SL: John Farmer: "Gonzales is truly the man who knew too little"
Congress - WSJ: "GOP Congressman Renzi subject of corruption probe"
DOJ - LegalTimes: "Gonzales Hearing Showcases Politicization of DOJ"
Iraq - Walling Off - NYT: "Outcry Over Wall Shows Depth of Iraqi Resentment"
.......... - AP: "Construction on Baghdad barrier halted"
..... - Funding, Truthout: "Government Report Slams "Emergency" War Funding Request" -- Evidence that Bush will use the money for non-war-related projects.
Military Disability Determinations - AP: "Pentagon may be shorting troop benefits"
World Bank - WP: "Wolfowitz Says He Will Change Leadership Style"
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The Cherry Blossom Wars: "Branch Brook's cherry blossoms could top nation"
Obituary: "Boris N. Yeltsin, Who Buried the U.S.S.R."
Obituary: "David Halberstam, Reporter and Author"
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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