McWilliams funeral 11 am.. School Board official resigns.. Plainfield Today makes Ledger OpEd page for McWilliams proposal..

PLAINFIELD

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Services for Mayor Albert T. McWilliams are THIS MORNING at Shiloh Baptist Church, as follows:

Viewing, 9 AM to 10:30 AM
Funeral, 11 AM. Interment will be private.

Shiloh Baptist Church, 517 West Fourth Street

Parking is available adjacent to the church,
in Shiloh's lot at Plainfield Avenue and West 3rd Street,
as well as in St. Mary's Church lot on West 5th Street, across from Shiloh Church.

"Al McWilliams - Remembrances and Expressions of Sympathy"

Share your remembrances, celebrations of his contributions, and expressions of sympathy at this page. Use the COMMENTS option at the bottom of the page. If you have problems or if you are unfamiliar with the 'comments' function, send me a signed email and I will put it up. Thank you -- Dan.

Plainfield Today: In its OpEd section today, the Star-Ledger picked up Plainfield Today's post ("Honoring Al: A Modest Proposal") suggesting naming the Park-Madison office building for Al McWilliams would be the perfectly appropriate honor -- in print edition only, sorry. See page 23.

Crescent Times: "Your Voting Rights"

Board of Ed: "Plainfield school board official resigning June 1"
PHS: "Drama Club presents 'Zooman and the Sign'"

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WHAT'S HAPPENING

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• Today. 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. 10 AM - 2 PM. Health Fair. Shiloh Baptist Church, 517 West 4th Street. Screenings, Hip-hop aerobics, Martial arts demonstrations. FREE.
  
  
• Saturday. April 14. 10 AM - 3 PM. YM Wellness Center Ribbon Cutting and Healthy Kids Day. YMCA, 518 Watchung Avenue. Free use of pool and wellness center for the day. Info: (908) 756-6060 or www.plainfield-y.org/. 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. 2 - 5 PM. 80th Anniversary Faculty and Alumni Art Show. duCret Art School, 1030 Central Avenue.
  
  
• Sunday. April 15. 4 PM. Plainfield Symphony Orchestra Children's Concert. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. Info: 561-5140. FREE.
  
  
• Tuesday. April 17. 2 - 9 PM. School Board Elections. Your vote counts, cast it!

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CENTRAL JERSEY

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Development: "Art space to rise at former hat factory in Orange"
Elizabeth: "Bollwage says school district mispent funds"
Jayson Williams Retrial: "Justices: Prosecution can use post-shooting actions at retrial"


STATE

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Duke Rape Case: "All counts dismissed in Duke U. rape case"
Election Funding: "Florio to head panel to pick 'clean elections' test district"
Housing Authorities: "Housing agencies granted a reprieve on accounting"
Imus & Rutgers - SL: "MSNBC and advertisers drop Imus, CBS suspends"
..... - CN: "Piscataway Township Council condemns talk show host's comments"
State Pension Funding: "Mandate proposed for funding pensions"
State Unions: "State announces contract deal with AFSCME"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.


NATION / WORLD

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Homeland Security - SL: "Port nuke detectors fall short in testing"
Iraq - SL: "Strapped U.S. Army to extend GIs' tours"
.......... - "Red Cross: War causing 'unbearable' hardships for Iraqis"


OF INTEREST

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Copyright: "NFL: No penalty for copyright clip"

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

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