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Thursday, April 5, 2007

Man shot 8 times.. PHS brawl draws all cops.. Mayor wants credit for sunshine.. .. Windows emergency alert..

PLAINFIELD


Plainfield Today: "Mayor wants credit for making sun shine"
The Bull Moose: "Did Goodling use GOP email too?"

Plain Talker: "Council: The Fast Count Again"

[Breaking] Shooting: "Man shot 8 times crashes car on way to hospital"

PHS Brawl - CN: "Fight among 8 students draws all available cops to PHS"
..... - SL: "8 students arrested in brawl at school"
School Board Election: "Meet school-board candidates at LWV forum April 11"
Preserving Books and Documents: "Preservation workshop slated for library April 12"

Emergency Windows Patch: "Microsoft releases emergency Windows patch" -- Folks, this is serious. Read the alert. If you're on Windows and your system hasn't had an automatic update installed in the last couple of days, you are exposed. Fix it now.

Route 78 Construction Updates: "DOT Construction Updates" -- Delays can run 15-20 minutes during AM rush hour.

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WHAT'S HAPPENING

  • Saturday. April 7. 11 AM. Easter Egg Hunt and Visit by the Easter Bunny. Watchung Avenue Presbyterian Church. 170 Watchung Avenue, North Plainfield. FREE.
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  • Wednesday. April 11. 7 PM. School Board Candidate Forum. Sponsor: League of Women Voters. Plainfield Public Library. 8th Street at Park Avenue. FREE.

  • Thursday. April 12. 6:30 - 8:30 PM. Black Parenting: Who's Minding the Kids? Plainfield Public Library. 8th Street at Park Avenue. Sponsor: Nubian Union and McDonald's-Plainfield. FREE.

  • Saturday. April 14. 1 - 4 PM. Borrowing The Earth: A family event to promote meaningful action on global climate change. Kite-building, T-shirt making, scavenger hunt. Munchies and beverage. Sponsor: Step It Up 2007. Location: The Loop Playground at Watchung Reservation. Info and directions: email Jennifer. FREE.

  • Sunday. April 15. 4 PM. Plainfield Symphony Orchestra Children's Concert. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. Info: 561-5140. FREE.
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CENTRAL JERSEY


Newark: "City approves 18, holds back on 2 legal contracts"
.......... - "Lesson for Newark’s Kids: Look Left, Right, Left Again"
Union County: "County ranks in middle on welfare of kids"


STATE


Pension Fund - SL: "Corzine to overhaul pension fund accounting methods"
..... - NYT: "Outside Audit Is Promised for NJ Pension Fund"
..... - CN: "Pension fund report causes uproar"

A.C. Prostitute Murders: "Questions, few answers in dead prostitutes case"
Bergrin Case: "Prosecutors claim Bergrin exposed witness"
A Civics Lesson: Paul Mulshine: "How a bill becomes law ... the real story"

Legislature: "Long-delayed honors enacted for first two black legislators"
Paper Mill Playhouse: "Legislators offer Paper Mill cash, too little, too late?"
Schools: "State evaluation teams find progress, problems -- quickly"
NJ's Vietnam Memorial: Bob Braun: "Retired nun finds another teaching moment"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here
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NATION / WORLD


2008 Election - Mamacita: "Can Edwards Win By Stealing From Reagan?"

Attorneygate - The Hill: "NM’s Domenici, Wilson face more questions about Iglesias"
..... - WP: "Gonzales Prepares to Fight for His Job in Testimony"
.......... - "Attorneys for Goodling Criticize Congressional Democrats"

Iraq - Times/UK: "Workers from market McCain visited shot dead a day later"


OF INTEREST


College Financial Aid Scandal: "College Officers Profited by Sale of Lender Stock"
Grambling's Eddie Robinson: "This coach was the epitome of what's best in America"
Obesity: "RWJ's $500M recipe for confronting obesity in kids"
Schools: "Greenwich School District Starts to Grapple With Racial Imbalance" -- That would be Larry Leverett's FORMER school district.
Wheels: "Comprehensive reporting from the NY Auto Show"

Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.

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