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Sunday, April 29, 2007

What Jerry Green pays his staff.. Plainfield's last synagogue.. Girl Scouts.. Arbor Day.. More McGreeveys..

PLAINFIELD

Plainfield Today: "What Jerry Green pays his staff"

Crescent Times: "Our Homes: Eastlake on Watchung"

Arbor Day Celebration: "Plainfield children mark Arbor Day with plantings"
Girl Scouts: "Girl Scouts honor women at 50th anniversary party"
The McGreeveys: "What he said isn't what she said"
..... - Fran Wood: "The real victim is McGreeveys' child"
United Orthodox (Tomchei Tmimim) Synagogue: "Plainfield's sacred past"


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REAL ESTATE SUNDAY


SMALL PICTURE
Realty Reality TV: HGTV's "Bought and Sold" premiers tonight at 10 PM. Featuring West Orange, Llewellyn Park and Upper Montclair.

Affordability: "Princeton Borough homes are affordable to few"
Decks: "A Growing Interest in Composite Decks"
East Orange: "Revamped luxury site looks to August opening" -- Penthouses will top out at $300K.
Fort Lee: "Center Stage in Fort Lee" -- $1B project.
Mortgages: "When State Laws Do Not Apply"
Buy or Rent?: "Cost Comparison Tool" -- Enter your own values to calculate which is better, buying or renting. A really neat tool!
Ledger: "Home Finder" and "Real Estate" sections online.
Courier: "Real Estate" section online.
NYTimes: "Residential Sales Around the Region"
Trulia: "Your Personal Real Estate Google"
BIG PICTURE
Mortgages: "US Mortgage Payment Index"
Residential Sales: "Sales of Existing Homes Plunge Steeply"

WHAT'S HAPPENING

  • Saturday. May 5. 6th Annual Cardinals 5K Run and Healthwalk. Sponsor: School Based Youth Services. Funds raised support SBYS and Plainfield Teen Parenting Program. At Cedar Brook Park. 7:45 AM - Registration; 8:45 AM - Walk and Lollipop Run; 9:30 AM - 5K Race. Participant fee: $20 to April 30, $25 thereafter. Info: Lisa Perry, (908) 731-4360 x5373.

  • Saturday. May 5. 8 PM. PSO: Celebrating Sabin Pauza's 20th Season. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. Info: 561-5140. $25/General seating. $15/Senior & Student.

  • Sunday. May 6. 3 PM. Chamber Music for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet and Cello. Works of Poulenc, Loeffler, Mozart and Bruch. Victoria Griswold, piano; Carolyn Pollak, oboe; William Shadel, clarinet; Ruth Kahn Siderman, cello. Sponsor: Cultural & Heritage Commission. Plainfield Public Library, Park Avenue & West 8th Street. Reception follows concert. FREE.
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CENTRAL JERSEY


Cory Booker: "City workers feel pushed to aid Booker"
Fanwood: "Historic caboose to sit on track donated by late Plainfielder Jim Clarke"
Flood Relief - SL: "FEMA opens its first 6 N.J. centers today for nor'easter victims"
Kenilworth: "Petition criticizes borough for $600,000 cop HQ contract with UCIA" -- The tentacles are everywhere.
Maplewood: "Maplewood celebrates 10 years of jitney service"
Newark - Bond Rating: "Newark retains its bond rating, for now"
..... - Anti-Recidivism: "Helping teenage ex-inmate avoid a return to jail, or a fate far worse"
Paper Mill Playhouse - SL: "Paper Mill won't be taking its last bow for now"
..... - NYT: "Magnificent ‘Seven’"
Route 22: "Lack of pedestrian crossings turns getting across into game of 'chicken'"


STATE


The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, April 29, 2007"

Corzine - (Breaking) CN: "Corzine to decide when he's fit to return"
..... - NYT: "New Jersey’s Governor Often Wasn’t in New Jersey"
The Gallup Organization: "When He Speaks, It’s in America’s Voice"
Guv's Guards: "Guarding a governor poses daily dilemmas" -- Debbie Baker is in charge.
Immigrants - NYT: "Should Immigration Be a Police Issue?"
Legislature: "Legislators Newly Sensitive Over Pet Projects"
NYC Congestion Tolls: "Curbing traffic in NYC will help N.J. economy" -- The London experience.


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


CIA & Iraq War Runup - Ft.Worth Star-Telegram: "Tenet: CIA warned of 'anarchy' in Iraq"
Guantanamo - WP: "82 Inmates Cleared but Still Held at Guantanamo"
Iraq - OpEd, SL: Paul Mulshine: "It's the Trotsky-cons who are lost"
Iraq Reconstruction - NYT: "Rebuilt Iraq Projects Found Crumbling"
Katrina Aid - WP: "Most Katrina Aid From Overseas Went Unclaimed by US"


OF INTEREST


Baseball's Steroids Scandal: "Records Show More to Come in Steroid Case"
Chemotherapy: "Chemotherapy Fog Is No Longer Ignored as Illusion"
College Loans: "College financial aid comes under scrutiny"
Driving Governors: "Corzine's crash creates questions about governor transportation"
Washington 'Escort Service': "Madam turned phone records over to ABC News" -- One Dep. Sec State has already resigned.

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

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