Corzine seatbelt video link.. Ledger on Green's Park Hotel proposal.. Student art at du Cret..
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.
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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