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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Christie subpoenas 3 more.. Plainfield Gazette in support of Sharon!.. Students speak at forum.. Bill Moyers debuts tonight on 13..

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: FaurĂ© and DuruflĂ© 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"

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Margulies' Cartoon is here
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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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