Reform Dems lose court bid.. Bernice, Maria and Dan on Raritan Valley meeting.. Community forum tonight.. More on McGreeveys..
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
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"
OF INTEREST
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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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"
Got a tip? Question? Click here to send PT an email.
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.
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"
OF INTEREST
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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