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PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today: "Forum give voters unusual opportunity"
Plain Talker: "Candidates Have Their Say"
Crescent Times: "Avocados anyone?" -- Yum.
Campaign Blogs (in alphabetical order): "Tony Rucker" | "Cory Storch"
Dickson Shooting - SL: "Plainfield man now charged with murder"
..... - CN: "Family helps negotiate suspect's surrender, police say"
Jazz Talent Probe: "Getting kids into all that jazz" -- Kudos to Bob Young and the Friends of Jazz.
Maxson School: "Students combat gangs in city civics lesson"
McGreeveys: "He asks judge to dismiss wife's claim that he libeled her"
Shade Tree Commission: "Gregory Palermo chosen chair of Shade Tree panel" -- Congrats to the 'Plainfield Trees' blogger!
Route 22: "Officials to close Route 22 U-turn"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today. May 31. 6:30 - 8:30 PM. Do You Hear What I Hear? Do You See What I See? Self Image and the Media. Plainfield Public Library. 8th Street at Park Avenue. Sponsor: Nubian Union and McDonald's-Plainfield. FREE.
- Saturday. June 2. 9 AM - 3 PM. 20th Annual FUSP Garage Sale. Household items, tools, books and other treasures. First Unitarian Society of Plainfield, 724 Park Avenue. Info: (908) 756-0570 or www.fusp.org.
- Saturday. June 2. 11 AM - 3 PM. Shakespeare In Bloom. Tours of the Shakespeare Garden and three private residential gardens. Music by members of the PSO. Boutique, plant sale, refreshments. Sponsor: Plainfield Garden Club. Tickets available at Swain Gallery, 7th & Watchung and Coldwell Banker Realtors, Westfield. $15/person. Funds raised support the Shakespeare Garden.
- Sunday. June 3. 2 PM. In Praise of Porches: How porches influenced life in Victorian Plainfield. Sponsor: Historical Society of Plainfield. At: The Pillars B&B, 922 Central Avenue. Refreshments will be served.
- Monday. June 4. 7 PM. Crescent Area Neighborhood Ass'n. Potluck and Meeting. 829 Park Avenue (corner of East 9th Street). "If you own, rent, work, or are just fond of the Crescent Area Historic District and you would like to see and participate on the future shaping steps for the Neighborhood Association, please come to this meeting." -- Organizer Maria Pellum in Crescent Times.
- Tuesday. June 5. 6 AM - 8 PM. Primary Election. Democrats and Republicans vote for candidates for the general election. Dems also vote for County Committee members. Registered voters who have no declared party affiliation may do so at the sign-in table and vote in the primary. At your district polling location. Info, City Clerk's office: (908) 753-3222.
- Wednesday. June 6. 9 AM - 12:30 PM. Urban Schools - Public Will. Conference on urban schools by the Public Education Institute of Rutgers. BOE member Christian Estevez will be a panelist. Larry Leverett will moderate. FREE, but advance registration required.
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CENTRAL JERSEY
Elizabeth: "Health care workers enlisted in fight against human trafficking"
Hillside: "Losers back challenger in Hillside council runoff"
South Bound Brook - CN: "Records council slaps South Bound Brook clerk with $1K fine"
.......... - SL: "Clerk fined $1,000 for violating records law"
South Plainfield: "Homes near Superfund site will get EPA air testing"
STATE
Bush Visit - SL: "Bush looks to raise GOP riches, morale" -- Video here........... - "Edison protesters wait hours to send Bush a message" -- Video here. ..... - NYT: "Republicans Aren’t the Only Ones Pleased by Bush’s Visit"
..... - CN: "Bush stumps for GOP"
Corzine: "Budget talks, sales tax mark Corzine's return"
Budget: "Lawmakers say spending plan nearly complete"
Cardiac Care: "Deaths from cardiac bypass drop"
Gangs: "'Heraldry' lesson in world of gangs"
Immigration 'Reform': "Dream law or nightmare?"
State Pensions: "SEC investigates state reports on pension funding"
State Police: "State Police disciplined 87 troopers last year"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Attorneygate - (Video): "Interview With David Iglesias" -- He believes a "smoking gun" exists that will lead directly to Karl Rove.
.......... - WP: "Justice Dept. Expands Probe To Include Hiring Practices"
Libby Case - Newsweek: "Fitzgerald says Plame was a covert agent"
Russia - WP: "Bush to Confer With Putin in Bid To Repair Ties"
War on Terror - NYT: "Interrogation Methods Are Criticized"
OF INTEREST
Email: "Amid the glut of e-mail, firms try teaching brevity"
Home Equity: "An ATM That's Out of Money"
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 |
REMINDER: 5th Wednesday, no PMUA recycles pickup today.
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today: "Troubling questions on Ward 2 race"
Crescent Times: "RIP to graffiti"
Campaign Blogs (in alphabetical order): "Tony Rucker" | "Cory Storch"
Nevels Funeral: Courier obit corrected in print edition today, the funeral is TOMORROW. Viewing 10 AM, service 11 AM. Bethel Presbyterian Church.
Shooting - CN (breaking, Tue eve): "Police investigating woman's shooting"
.......... - (Wed print edition): "Suspect at large after Plainfield woman shot" -- Note that in order to inflate the story for the front page, it was blended with the totally UNRELATED story of the Perth Amboy shooting of another Plainfield woman.
..... - SL: "Plainfield woman in critical condition after being shot" -- From the Ledger blog, never made it into print edition.
Chevy Chase: "Plainfield pianist-writer Rena Fruchter does the authorized bio"
Hit & Run: "Drunken Chatham man hit Plainfield woman, fled scene of crash"
Library: "Union County residents can access databases at library or at home"
Motor Vehicle Office: "New South Plainfield MVC office" -- Now at Park Ave & Oak Tree Road.
Obesity: "Mayors in chef's whites cook off to fight obesity"
Eminent Domain - SL: "Report lists abuses in land seizures"
.......... - Editorial, SL: "New Jersey must end eminent domain abuse"
..... - BR: "Report details eminent domain abuse"
..... - APP: "Eminent domain reform urged"
..... - NYT: "Public Advocate Seeks Stronger Protections for Property Owners"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today. May 30. 7 PM. Ward 2 Council Candidate Forum: Rucker & Storch. Sponsor: Crescent Area Neighborhood Ass'n. At the Plainfield Public Library, 8th Street and Park Avenue. All invited, regardless of party affiliation or registration status.
- Thursday. May 31. 6:30 - 8:30 PM. Do You Hear What I Hear? Do You See What I See? Self Image and the Media. Plainfield Public Library. 8th Street at Park Avenue. Sponsor: Nubian Union and McDonald's-Plainfield. FREE.
- Saturday. June 2. 9 AM - 3 PM. 20th Annual FUSP Garage Sale. Household items, tools, books and other treasures. First Unitarian Society of Plainfield, 724 Park Avenue. Info: (908) 756-0570 or www.fusp.org.
- Saturday. June 2. 11 AM - 3 PM. Shakespeare In Bloom. Tours of the Shakespeare Garden and three private residential gardens. Music by members of the PSO. Boutique, plant sale, refreshments. Sponsor: Plainfield Garden Club. Tickets available at Swain Gallery, 7th & Watchung and Coldwell Banker Realtors, Westfield. $15/person. Funds raised support the Shakespeare Garden.
- Sunday. June 3. 2 PM. In Praise of Porches: How porches influenced life in Victorian Plainfield. Sponsor: Historical Society of Plainfield. At: The Pillars B&B, 922 Central Avenue. Refreshments will be served.
- Monday. June 4. 7 PM. Crescent Area Neighborhood Ass'n. Potluck and Meeting. 829 Park Avenue (corner of East 9th Street). "If you own, rent, work, or are just fond of the Crescent Area Historic District and you would like to see and participate on the future shaping steps for the Neighborhood Association, please come to this meeting." -- Organizer Maria Pellum in Crescent Times.
- Tuesday. June 5. 6 AM - 8 PM. Primary Election. Democrats and Republicans vote for candidates for the general election. Dems also vote for County Committee members. Registered voters who have no declared party affiliation may do so at the sign-in table and vote in the primary. At your district polling location. Info, City Clerk's office: (908) 753-3222.
- Wednesday. June 6. 9 AM - 12:30 PM. Urban Schools - Public Will. Conference on urban schools by the Public Education Institute of Rutgers. BOE member Christian Estevez will be a panelist. Larry Leverett will moderate. FREE, but advance registration required.
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CENTRAL JERSEY
Edison: "McMansion-limiting housing ordinance criticized"
North Plainfield - CN: "Lawyers: Accused couple not read rights"
..... - SL: "Grandparents in court on manslaughter charges"
Roselle: "Student ambassador preps for July trip to China"
STATE
Corzine: Tom Moran: "The big spenders vs. the voice of reason" -- Moran sees Corzine's political clumsiness in open space funding moves.
Statue of Liberty: "Students campaign to name her a world wonder"
Turnpike 'Monetization': "Financial Tactic Would Keep Turnpike Public, Toll Increases and All"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Attorneygate - Newsweek: "Bush's Monica Problem"
Baghdad: "New US Embassy: The Colossus of Baghdad" -- BDY's website here; pause mouse over small images at top of page to see larger views.
Cheney - Dan Froomkin: "Fitzgerald Again Points to Cheney"
..... - WP: "Cheney's Lawyer: Cheney Visitor Logs Not to be Recorded"
Iraq - LAT: "Military: Iraq likely to miss goals set by U.S."
..... - NYT: "Desperate Iraqi Refugees Turn to Sex Trade in Syria"
Cindy Sheehan: "Cindy quits, explaining why" -- There is a lot of truth behind her frustration.
Supreme Court - NYT: "Justices’ Ruling Limits Suits on Pay Disparity"
World Bank: "Bush to Pick Zoellick for World Bank"
OF INTEREST
Altruism: "If It Feels Good to Be Good, It Might Be Only Natural"
Film: "Scranton: Hollywood on the Lackawanna?" -- Hmmm. Hollywood on the Green Brook?
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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REMINDER: Tomorrow is 5th Wednesday, no PMUA recycles pickup.
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today: "Memorial Day at Hillside Cemetery" -- A service remembering Civil War veterans.
Plain Talker: "Remembering Those Who Gave Their Lives" and "The Right to Bare Arms"
Crescent Times: "The Fallen Ones Since 2003" -- New Jerseyans who died in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Van Wyck Brooks HD:
Campaign Blogs (in alphabetical order): "Tony Rucker" | "Cory Storch"
Obituary: "O'Celia Ragland Nevels, librarian, educator" -- Funeral is TODAY, 11 AM, Bethel Presbyterian Church.
Shakespeare Garden: "Plainfield celebrates garden fit for a bard"
Letter: Maria Pellum: "Plainfield facing greater problems than Park Hotel"
Abbott Districts: "At Liberty Science Center, renewed focus on urban districts"
Factory Conversions: "Historic Paterson mill reborn in luxury"
Historic Districts: "Historic label proposal divides neighborhood"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Wednesday. May 30. 7 PM. Ward 2 Council Candidate Forum: Rucker & Storch. Sponsor: Crescent Area Neighborhood Ass'n. At the Plainfield Public Library, 8th Street and Park Avenue. All invited, regardless of party affiliation or registration status.
- Thursday. May 31. 6:30 - 8:30 PM. Do You Hear What I Hear? Do You See What I See? Self Image and the Media. Plainfield Public Library. 8th Street at Park Avenue. Sponsor: Nubian Union and McDonald's-Plainfield. FREE.
- Saturday. June 2. 9 AM - 3 PM. 20th Annual FUSP Garage Sale. Household items, tools, books and other treasures. First Unitarian Society of Plainfield, 724 Park Avenue. Info: (908) 756-0570 or www.fusp.org.
- Saturday. June 2. 11 AM - 3 PM. Shakespeare In Bloom. Tours of the Shakespeare Garden and three private residential gardens. Music by members of the PSO. Boutique, plant sale, refreshments. Sponsor: Plainfield Garden Club. Tickets available at Swain Gallery, 7th & Watchung and Coldwell Banker Realtors, Westfield. $15/person. Funds raised support the Shakespeare Garden.
- Sunday. June 3. 2 PM. In Praise of Porches: How porches influenced life in Victorian Plainfield. Sponsor: Historical Society of Plainfield. At: The Pillars B&B, 922 Central Avenue. Refreshments will be served.
- Monday. June 4. 7 PM. Crescent Area Neighborhood Ass'n. Potluck and Meeting. 829 Park Avenue (corner of East 9th Street). "If you own, rent, work, or are just fond of the Crescent Area Historic District and you would like to see and participate on the future shaping steps for the Neighborhood Association, please come to this meeting." -- Organizer Maria Pellum in Crescent Times.
- Tuesday. June 5. 6 AM - 8 PM. Primary Election. Democrats and Republicans vote for candidates for the general election. Dems also vote for County Committee members. Registered voters who have no declared party affiliation may do so at the sign-in table and vote in the primary. At your district polling location. Info, City Clerk's office: (908) 753-3222.
- Wednesday. June 6. 9 AM - 12:30 PM. Urban Schools - Public Will. Conference on urban schools by the Public Education Institute of Rutgers. BOE member Christian Estevez will be a panelist. Larry Leverett will moderate. FREE, but advance registration required.
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CENTRAL JERSEY
East Orange: "The Crime Rate Drops, and a City Credits Its Embrace of Surveillance Technology"
Somerville: "Swift wheels, T-shirt deals fill the streets"
STATE
2007 Primary Fundraising: "Senate candidate raises funds through personal loan plan"
Division of Law: "Taxpayers see results from state 'law firm'"
Ft. Dix Plot: "Muslims feel bias backlash after Fort Dix arrests"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Races - Boston Globe: "GOP rivals embrace unproven Iraq-9/11 tie"
Iraq - SL: "Members of NJ Marine unit head to Iraq, again" -- Fifth deployment for this unit.
.......... - NYT: "As Allies Turn Foe, Disillusion Rises in Some G.I.’s"
Middle East - NYT: "Militants Widen Reach as Terror Seeps Out of Iraq"
Rove Emails - The Hill: "Leahy, Specter ask Rove’s lawyer for more e-mails"
US& Iran - WP: "U.S., Iran Open Dialogue On Iraq"
OF INTEREST
Custom Postage: "Custom Stamps as a Status Symbol" -- Endicia, a firm that offers custom stamps.
Digital Warfare: "War Fears Turn Digital After Data Siege in Estonia"
Handwriting: "Grooming a Handwriting Champion" -- Well, nuns are in the mix, too...
Job Market: "Out of Retirement and Into Uncertainty"
Memorial Day: "A day to honor their sacrifices"
Mortgage Brokers - WSJ: "Unscrupulous brokers have 'a license to lie'" -- The question of fiduciary responsibility is beginning to be raised.
Stem Cell Banking: "Parents banking cord blood"
Obituary: "William E. Peters, profiled Martin Luther King for Redbook in 1955"
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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Plainfield Today: "Memorial Day III - Plainfield's War Memorial Flagpole"
Crescent Times: "Today rocks, tomorrow guns?"
Campaign Blogs (in alphabetical order): "Tony Rucker" | "Cory Storch"
Schools: "Grant will fund learning communities"
Perth Amboy Shooting: "Shooting victim remembered as loving mom"
.......... - "Gunman shot himself, autopsy finds"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Memorial Day - Plainfield's ceremony is at 10 AM at the War Memorial, 7th & Watchung. Notice posted to the Courier calendar courtesy of the City Clerk's office. Ledger's statewide roundup of observances here; none listed for Plainfield.
- Wednesday. May 30. 7 PM. Ward 2 Council Candidate Forum: Rucker & Storch. Sponsor: Crescent Area Neighborhood Ass'n. At the Plainfield Public Library, 8th Street and Park Avenue. All invited, regardless of party affiliation or registration status.
- Thursday. May 31. 6:30 - 8:30 PM. Do You Hear What I Hear? Do You See What I See? Self Image and the Media. Plainfield Public Library. 8th Street at Park Avenue. Sponsor: Nubian Union and McDonald's-Plainfield. FREE.
- Saturday. June 2. 9 AM - 3 PM. 20th Annual FUSP Garage Sale. Household items, tools, books and other treasures. First Unitarian Society of Plainfield, 724 Park Avenue. Info: (908) 756-0570 or www.fusp.org.
- Saturday. June 2. 11 AM - 3 PM. Shakespeare In Bloom. Tours of the Shakespeare Garden and three private residential gardens. Music by members of the PSO. Boutique, plant sale, refreshments. Sponsor: Plainfield Garden Club. Tickets available at Swain Gallery, 7th & Watchung and Coldwell Banker Realtors, Westfield. $15/person. Funds raised support the Shakespeare Garden.
- Sunday. June 3. 2 PM. In Praise of Porches: How porches influenced life in Victorian Plainfield. Sponsor: Historical Society of Plainfield. At: The Pillars B&B, 922 Central Avenue. Refreshments will be served.
- Monday. June 4. 7 PM. Crescent Area Neighborhood Ass'n. Potluck and Meeting. 829 Park Avenue (corner of East 9th Street). "If you own, rent, work, or are just fond of the Crescent Area Historic District and you would like to see and participate on the future shaping steps for the Neighborhood Association, please come to this meeting." -- Organizer Maria Pellum in Crescent Times.
- Tuesday. June 5. 6 AM - 8 PM. Primary Election. Democrats and Republicans vote for candidates for the general election. Dems also vote for County Committee members. Registered voters who have no declared party affiliation may do so at the sign-in table and vote in the primary. At your district polling location. Info, City Clerk's office: (908) 753-3222.
- Wednesday. June 6. 9 AM - 12:30 PM. Urban Schools - Public Will. Conference on urban schools by the Public Education Institute of Rutgers. BOE member Christian Estevez will be a panelist. Larry Leverett will moderate. FREE, but advance registration required.
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CENTRAL JERSEY
Newark: "African-American Parade and Festival uplifts troubled city"
Manville: "Hundreds turn out for Memorial Day Parade"
STATE
Bush in Jersey: "Bush to join uphill battle at Jersey fundraiser"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Pakistan - WP: "Teetering Musharraf Buoyed by U.S. Alliance"
OF INTEREST
Blame Hip-Hop? - OpEd, WP: Thomas Chatterton Williams: "Black Culture Beyond Hip-Hop"
Cold War Veterans: "Warriors of a forgotten conflict"
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 |
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today: "Memorial Day II - A Remembrance of all who have fallen"
Memorial Day Reflection: Andrew Bacevich: "I Lost My Son to a War I Oppose. We Were Both Doing Our Duty."
Plain Talker: "Kitteh"
Crescent Times: "Historic District/Historic Preservation Commission"
Campaign Blogs (in alphabetical order): "Tony Rucker" | "Cory Storch"
22nd District: "Scutari faces challenge in Bill Campbell of Green Brook"
Cook School: "Drama club offering 'Miss Nelson' play"
Murder - SL: "Plainfield woman killed in Perth Amboy shootout"
.......... - CN: "City woman, assailant dead after shooting"
Retail: "Newark model for luring retailers: Safety plus incentives"
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REAL ESTATE SUNDAY
SMALL PICTUREMortgages: "Closing a Loan Online"
BIG PICTURE
Affordable Homes: "More affordable homes, please"
The Market - NYT: "It’s Spring. Somebody Tell the Buyers."
..... - Boston Globe: "Housing slump may rival late '80s"
..... - CNN Money: "Big drop in home prices predicted"
..... - National Ass'n of Realtors: "April Existing Home Sales" (PDF)
Key data:
April Annual Sales Rate down 2.6% vs. last month
April Annual Sales Rate down 10.7% vs. last year
April Inventory up 10.4% vs. last month
April Inventory up 23% vs. last year
April Months Supply up 13.5% vs. last month
April Months Supply up 37.7% vs last year
Mortgages: "US Mortgage Payment Index"
TOOLS
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: "This Week's Residential Sales Around the Region"
Trulia: "Your Personal Real Estate Google"
WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Memorial Day - 15 Towns' observances listed in the Ledger; none listed for Plainfield; didn't spot ANY listings in the Courier. Plainfield's ceremony is traditionally at 10 AM at the War Memorial, 7th & Watchung.
- Wednesday. May 30. 7 PM. Ward 2 Council Candidate Forum: Rucker & Storch. Sponsor: Crescent Area Neighborhood Ass'n. At the Plainfield Public Library, 8th Street and Park Avenue. All invited, regardless of party affiliation or registration status.
- Thursday. May 31. 6:30 - 8:30 PM. Do You Hear What I Hear? Do You See What I See? Self Image and the Media. Plainfield Public Library. 8th Street at Park Avenue. Sponsor: Nubian Union and McDonald's-Plainfield. FREE.
- Saturday. June 2. 9 AM - 3 PM. 20th Annual FUSP Garage Sale. Household items, tools, books and other treasures. First Unitarian Society of Plainfield, 724 Park Avenue. Info: (908) 756-0570 or www.fusp.org.
- Saturday. June 2. 11 AM - 3 PM. Shakespeare In Bloom. Tours of the Shakespeare Garden and three private residential gardens. Music by members of the PSO. Boutique, plant sale, refreshments. Sponsor: Plainfield Garden Club. Tickets available at Swain Gallery, 7th & Watchung and Coldwell Banker Realtors, Westfield. $15/person. Funds raised support the Shakespeare Garden.
- Sunday. June 3. 2 PM. In Praise of Porches: How porches influenced life in Victorian Plainfield. Sponsor: Historical Society of Plainfield. At: The Pillars B&B, 922 Central Avenue. Refreshments will be served.
- Monday. June 4. 7 PM. Crescent Area Neighborhood Ass'n. Potluck and Meeting. 829 Park Avenue (corner of East 9th Street). "If you own, rent, work, or are just fond of the Crescent Area Historic District and you would like to see and participate on the future shaping steps for the Neighborhood Association, please come to this meeting." -- Organizer Maria Pellum in Crescent Times.
- Tuesday. June 5. 6 AM - 8 PM. Primary Election. Democrats and Republicans vote for candidates for the general election. Dems also vote for County Committee members. Registered voters who have no declared party affiliation may do so at the sign-in table and vote in the primary. At your district polling location. Info, City Clerk's office: (908) 753-3222.
- Wednesday. June 6. 9 AM - 12:30 PM. Urban Schools - Public Will. Conference on urban schools by the Public Education Institute of Rutgers. BOE member Christian Estevez will be a panelist. Larry Leverett will moderate. FREE, but advance registration required.
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CENTRAL JERSEY
29th District: "Caraballo fights uphill wihthout Big Steve's backing"
Bernards: "Anxious kids get first dip at new $500K water park"
Edison: "Edison primary 'circus' a huge field" -- 4 slots, 3 slates, 12 candidates.
Newark: "Battling Murder and Its Accomplice, Silence"
Tinton Falls: "Man Back Home After 3-Nation African Ordeal"
STATE
The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, May 27, 2007"
2007 Primaries: "Primary will help reshape Trenton"
Budget: "To Incumbents, a Dull Budget Is a Good Budget"
Corzine: "Corzine emerges in public, to ovation"
Dual Officeholding: "Jersey Moves to End Its Dual-Office Tradition"
Historic Sites: "State aims to show off its overlooked historic sites"
Towns: Carlstadt: "In One Town, Intersections of Sacrifice"
..... - Jersey City: "Gerald McCann: You Throw Mud, He’ll Throw a Mountain"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Iraq - NYT: "Strife Foreseen in Iraq Exit, but Experts Split on Degree"
.......... - WP: "U.S. Security Contractors Open Fire in Baghdad" -- A euphemism for mercenaries, but responsible to whom?
OF INTEREST
Memorial Day: "First Decoration Day, 1865: Freed slaves marched to honor Union dead"
.......... - "Is a nation forgetting its past?"
Campaign Laws: "Text messaging opens loophole for skirting campaign laws"Sunday Talk Shows: "Political talk: All white, all male, all the time"
Supreme Court: "Heroes of the courtroom"
Tuskegee Airmen: "Shade Lee: Airman battled segregation during World War II"
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 |
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today: "Memorial Day I - Early History"
The Bull Moose: "Bird pooping on Bush a sign of Divine displeasure?" -- With link to video.
Plain Talker: "Tax Lien Ad Fixed" and "New Garden Fave" -- Check out the full-size floral pix.
Crescent Times: "Church breaks development promise"
Campaign Blogs (in alphabetical order): "Tony Rucker" | "Cory Storch"
Insurance Fraud: "Plainfield cop sentenced for insurance fraud scheme"
Abbott Construction Funding - Editorial, SL: "Cooperate to build schools"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Wednesday. May 30. 7 PM. Ward 2 Council Candidate Forum: Rucker & Storch. Sponsor: Crescent Area Neighborhood Ass'n. At the Plainfield Public Library, 8th Street and Park Avenue. All invited, regardless of party affiliation or registration status.
- Thursday. May 31. 6:30 - 8:30 PM. Do You Hear What I Hear? Do You See What I See? Self Image and the Media. Plainfield Public Library. 8th Street at Park Avenue. Sponsor: Nubian Union and McDonald's-Plainfield. FREE.
- Saturday. June 2. 9 AM - 3 PM. 20th Annual FUSP Garage Sale. Household items, tools, books and other treasures. First Unitarian Society of Plainfield, 724 Park Avenue. Info: (908) 756-0570 or www.fusp.org.
- Saturday. June 2. 11 AM - 3 PM. Shakespeare In Bloom. Tours of the Shakespeare Garden and three private residential gardens. Music by members of the PSO. Boutique, plant sale, refreshments. Sponsor: Plainfield Garden Club. Tickets available at Swain Gallery, 7th & Watchung and Coldwell Banker Realtors, Westfield. $15/person. Funds raised support the Shakespeare Garden.
- Sunday. June 3. 2 PM. In Praise of Porches: How porches influenced life in Victorian Plainfield. Sponsor: Historical Society of Plainfield. At: The Pillars B&B, 922 Central Avenue. Refreshments will be served.
- Monday. June 4. 7 PM. Crescent Area Neighborhood Ass'n. Potluck and Meeting. 829 Park Avenue (corner of East 9th Street). "If you own, rent, work, or are just fond of the Crescent Area Historic District and you would like to see and participate on the future shaping steps for the Neighborhood Association, please come to this meeting." -- Organizer Maria Pellum in Crescent Times.
- Tuesday. June 5. 6 AM - 8 PM. Primary Election. Democrats and Republicans vote for candidates for the general election. Dems also vote for County Committee members. Registered voters who have no declared party affiliation may do so at the sign-in table and vote in the primary. At your district polling location. Info, City Clerk's office: (908) 753-3222.
- Wednesday. June 6. 9 AM - 12:30 PM. Urban Schools - Public Will. Conference on urban schools by the Public Education Institute of Rutgers. BOE member Christian Estevez will be a panelist. Larry Leverett will moderate. FREE, but advance registration required.
Got an event to publicize? Click here and send me the details.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Newark: "City loses bid for return of leaked report on cops"
Monmouth Co.: "Former WMUA utilities chief convicted of corruption charges"
STATE
Bush Visit - PolNJ: "Bush visit brings joy to Democrats"
Corzine - SL: "Corzine to drivers: Buckle up, unlike me" -- Video is here.
..... - NYT: "In Seat Belt Ad, Seeing Corzine as Contrite, or Calculating"
Rep. Frelinghuysen: "Lawmaker foils theft by young pickpocket in Georgetown"
Health: "N.J. Hispanics struggle to pay for prescriptions, survey says"
Hockey Gambling Ring: "NHL coach admits betting ring role"
Tax Relief Referendum: "Codey backs controversial tax plan"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Attorneygate: "The No Longer 'Missing' Rove Emails Revealing the Cagey Scheme to Steal 2008"
.......... - LAT: "Inquiry widens into Justice Department hiring"
Iraq - WP: "Pre-War Intelligence Report on Iraq Released" -- Forewarned, but ignored.
SecDef Vengeance - E&P: "McClatchy's D.C. Bureau Claims It's Barred From Defense Secretary Plane"
OF INTEREST
'57 Cars: "Fifty, Finned and Fabulous" -- With an audio slideshow.
Email 'bankruptcy': "E-Mail Reply to All: 'Leave Me Alone'"
Food Safety: Harold Meyerson: "Chicken roulette: Gambling with our food safety" -- Imported food dangers for your dining pleasure.
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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PLAINFIELD
Comcast customers: I have lost Comcast service (cable TV and Internet access) twice in the last two days: about five hours on Wednesday and seven hours on Thursday. Would appreciate hearing from anyone who had similar experiences. You can email me here. Thanks. -- Dan
Plainfield Today: "Assemblyman Green urges closing of Park Hotel" -- Transcription of the Ledger story of Wednesday, which has not appeared online.
Plain Talker: "Shakespeare in Bloom"
Crescent Times: "Crescent Area HD Upcoming Events"
Campaign Blogs (in alphabetical order): "Tony Rucker" | "Cory Storch"
Abbott Construction Funds: "High court won't act on Abbott school construction -- for now"
duCret School of the Arts: "Art-school puts city's students' works on display"
Harvest Radio/WKMB: "Basketball tournament Saturday at high school"
Carjacking: "Plainfield man charged in Edison theft, carjacking"
Bossism: Tom Moran: "Big Steve, and the risks of getting on his bad side" -- A peek behind the curtain of typical NJ politics; Newark in this case.
Developers & Politics: "Shoddy work alleged at project in Newark"
Pay-to-Play: Joan Whitlow: "A campaign donation is powerful medicine" -- Newark-style.
Gas Prices: "Set to drive, pricey gas or not" -- Let the gouging begin.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Wednesday. May 30. 7 PM. Ward 2 Council Candidate Forum: Rucker & Storch. Sponsor: Crescent Area Neighborhood Ass'n. At the Plainfield Public Library, 8th Street and Park Avenue. All invited, regardless of party affiliation or registration status.
- Thursday. May 31. 6:30 - 8:30 PM. Do You Hear What I Hear? Do You See What I See? Self Image and the Media. Plainfield Public Library. 8th Street at Park Avenue. Sponsor: Nubian Union and McDonald's-Plainfield. FREE.
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CENTRAL JERSEY
Bound Brook: "Emergency aid is headed to Bound Brook and Shore"
Elizabeth: "Wyclef Jean exhorts Elizabeth High students to do best they can"
Newark: "Restoration of 1712 Sydenham House earns honors"
New Brunswick - PoliticsNJ: "Ex-New Brunswick official arrested for taking bribes"
.......... - SL: "Extortion charges in New Brunswick"
Union Twp.: "Residents fault rent registration law enforcement"
STATE
Corzine Seatbelt Ad - PolNJ: "I'm New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, and I should be dead" -- the video.
..... - SL: "Contrite Corzine takes his seat belt message national"
Corzine & Katz: "The big question: Why did Corzine give Katz money?"
Hockey Gambling Ring: "NHL coach likely to plead guilty in 'Slapshot' gambling case"
Legislature: "Family leave bill nears vote in Senate"Voting Machines: "Limited tests of state voting machines OK'ed" -- But not the software?
Welfare: "'Try living on $422 a month,' say welfare hike advocates"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Attorneygate - Editorial, NYT: "Witness for the Prosecutors" -- Rove & Miers ought to answer questions Goodling wouldn't.
Gay Military Linguists - Houston Chron: "Military has kicked out 58 Arabic linguists over being gay"
Immigration Reform - NYT: "CBS/NYT Poll: Majority Favor Changing Immigration Laws"
Memorial Day - WP: "Army and Air Force Deny Formal Links To Christian Event" -- 'Task Force Patriot USA' claimed it was an official celebration of the Air Force's 60th anniversary.
OF INTEREST
Exhibit - 1967: "Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era" -- Slide show here. Gets a lot in, leaves a lot out. Whitney Museum, Madison Avenue at 75th Street, NYC, through Sept. 16.
Health: "Cancer battle warms up" -- Intraperitoneal hyperthermia.
Online Excuse-For-Fee Services: "To whom it may concern: I got caught"
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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