School Board elections.. Flooding updates.. Corzine progress.. Attorneygate latest..
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today: "Dan is voting 1-3-5"
Plain Talker: "Vote Your Choice"
Crescent Times: "Eenie, meenie, miny, moe"
Girl Scouts: "Girl Scouts holding summer day camp"
Sports: "Rutgers withdraws scholarship offer to Dixon"
Real Estate Scam: "First-time buyers duped, scam inflated home prices"
Route 78 Construction Updates: "DOT Construction Updates" -- Delays can run 15-20 minutes during AM rush hour.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
CENTRAL JERSEY
Storm - Union County: "Floods force evacuations, stall cars"
..... - Somerset County: "Bound Brook, Manville again hit by flooding"
.......... - SL: "In a storm shelter, wedding bell blues become married bliss"
..... - Middlesex County: "County swamped by floodwaters"
.......... - CN: South Plainfield: "'The water in the driveway was knee-high'"
Roselle Park: "Did gang report hurt town's reputation?"
STATE
Corzine Accident - SL: "MDs say Corzine healing better than they expected"
.......... - Fran Wood: "A crash course on driver safety"
..... - CN: "Focus shifts to Corzine's lungs"
..... - NYT: "Corzine Could Be Walking in 3 Months, Doctors Say"
'Clean Elections': "14th District picked to join pilot program"
School Funding: "State to work on new school aid formula"
Storm: "Storm delivers a deadly punch"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Attorneygate - WP: "Senate Delays Gonzales Testimony on Firings"
......... - NYT: "Ex-Aide Says Gonzales Discussed Firings"
......... - WP: "Poll: Most Say Politics Motivated U.S. Attorney Firings"
2008 Elections - WP: "New Loyalties for Old Fundraising Networks"
CIA Secret Prisons - WP: "CIA Chief Complains About Agency's Critics in Europe"
Iraq - WP: "Six Sadr Loyalists Quit Cabinet in Challenge to Iraqi Premier"
Wolfowitz - SL: John Farmer: "Bush team's brightest light blunders, too"
OF INTEREST
Virginia Tech Rampage: "‘Horror and Disbelief’ at Virginia Tech"
.......... - "Students Make Connections at a Time Of Total Disconnect"
.......... - "Jersey colleges say they're prepared"
.......... - "Students in the news become reporters as well"
Women & Careers: "Computer Science Takes Steps to Bring Women to the Fold"
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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Plainfield Today: "Dan is voting 1-3-5"
Plain Talker: "Vote Your Choice"
Crescent Times: "Eenie, meenie, miny, moe"
Girl Scouts: "Girl Scouts holding summer day camp"
Sports: "Rutgers withdraws scholarship offer to Dixon"
Real Estate Scam: "First-time buyers duped, scam inflated home prices"
Route 78 Construction Updates: "DOT Construction Updates" -- Delays can run 15-20 minutes during AM rush hour.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today. School Board Elections. Polls are open from 2 PM to 9 PM. Five candidates for three seats, plus budget question. This is where the rubber meets the road, folks.
- Wednesday. April 18. 8 PM. City Council Business Meeting. City Council Chambers/Courthouse. Watchung Avenue and East 4th Street.
- Thursday/Friday. April 19/20. 7:30 PM. Play: Zooman and the Sign. A production by PHS PAC Drama of Pulitzer-winning playwright Charles Fuller's urban drama dissecting the danger of forsaking community. At PHS Auditorium. Tickets: $7/Adult, $4/Student.
- Friday. April 20. 6 PM, Potluck. 7 PM, Program. Think Globally / Act Locally: Racial Justice & Police Brutality. First Unitarian Society. 724 Park Avenue. Info: 756-0750. FREE.
- Saturday. April 21. Noon - 3 PM. Plainfield Cooks! Plainfield notables cook and serve over 50 specialties to raise funds for the 'Beat The Odds' scholarship program. At PHS Cafeteria. Sponsors: Plainfield Public Schools, SBYS, Plainfield Cooks Committee. Tickets: $20/adult, $10/Seniors and children under 10. Under 5 free. Info: (908) 731-4200 x5251.
- Saturday. April 21. Noon. Cultural Adventure Through The Arts Festival. Sponsor: Central Jersey Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta. At Washington Community School, 427 Darrow Avenue. Info: Danielle Howard, (732) 921-9618. FREE.
- Saturday. April 21. 2 PM. Play: Zooman and the Sign. A production by PHS PAC Drama of Pulitzer-winning playwright Charles Fuller's urban drama dissecting the danger of forsaking community. At PHS Auditorium. Tickets: $7/Adult, $4/Student.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Storm - Union County: "Floods force evacuations, stall cars"
..... - Somerset County: "Bound Brook, Manville again hit by flooding"
.......... - SL: "In a storm shelter, wedding bell blues become married bliss"
..... - Middlesex County: "County swamped by floodwaters"
.......... - CN: South Plainfield: "'The water in the driveway was knee-high'"
Roselle Park: "Did gang report hurt town's reputation?"
STATE
Corzine Accident - SL: "MDs say Corzine healing better than they expected"
.......... - Fran Wood: "A crash course on driver safety"
..... - CN: "Focus shifts to Corzine's lungs"
..... - NYT: "Corzine Could Be Walking in 3 Months, Doctors Say"
'Clean Elections': "14th District picked to join pilot program"
School Funding: "State to work on new school aid formula"
Storm: "Storm delivers a deadly punch"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Attorneygate - WP: "Senate Delays Gonzales Testimony on Firings"
......... - NYT: "Ex-Aide Says Gonzales Discussed Firings"
......... - WP: "Poll: Most Say Politics Motivated U.S. Attorney Firings"
2008 Elections - WP: "New Loyalties for Old Fundraising Networks"
CIA Secret Prisons - WP: "CIA Chief Complains About Agency's Critics in Europe"
Iraq - WP: "Six Sadr Loyalists Quit Cabinet in Challenge to Iraqi Premier"
Wolfowitz - SL: John Farmer: "Bush team's brightest light blunders, too"
OF INTEREST
Virginia Tech Rampage: "‘Horror and Disbelief’ at Virginia Tech"
.......... - "Students Make Connections at a Time Of Total Disconnect"
.......... - "Jersey colleges say they're prepared"
.......... - "Students in the news become reporters as well"
Women & Careers: "Computer Science Takes Steps to Bring Women to the Fold"
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |
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