Garage sale heaven this weekend.. Tax lien sale coming.. Christie was on Gonzales' list.. Attorneygate heats up..
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today: "Garage sale heaven this weekend"
Plain Talker: "Tax Lien Sale Coming Up" and "Plaintalker Marks Milestones" -- Three cheers!
Crescent Times: "Things to take notice"
Van Wyck Brooks HD: "Planters"
Campaign Blogs (in alphabetical order): "Tony Rucker" | "Cory Storch"
Pemberton Area Block Ass'n: "Block association holding a health fair"
Eminent Domain - SL: "Developer seeks to terminate Pathmark's low-cost lease"
..... - CN: "Supermarket, borough at odds over fair value of lease"
Bush Impeachment: "Detroit Council Urges Bush Impeachment"
Crimefighting: "Street Lockdowns Proposed for Baltimore"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
CENTRAL JERSEY
Liberty Hall: "Traveling Vietnam War Memorial stirs a range of emotions"
STATE
Christie & Gonzales: Tom Moran: "Boss's gift to Christie: Nearly firing him"
Lucent: "Disc of data on 200,000 from Lucent is missing"
Pine Barrens Fire: "The frightening hours"
Pension Funds: "State panel weighs investing pension fund in infrastructure"
Prisco Case: "Reputed mob boss targeted San Gennaro festival contractor" -- Same Prisco whose pardon is being investigated by Christie.
Supreme Court: "Court rules no expert needed in abuse trial"
UMDNJ: "Ailing heart program may link 3 hospitals"
Legislature:
..... - Tax Boards: "Bill to trim tax boards put on the back burner"
..... - Towing: "Panel OKs bill to curb predatory towing"
.......... - A Towing Tale: Joan Whitlow: "As the winch turns, for $2,236.50"
..... - Rutgers: "Rutgers urged to fly Jersey colors" -- Puh-leese!
..... - Tax Relief: "Tax relief amendment marches toward ballot"
..... - Fighting Christie: "Legislators' subpoena fight costly"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Attorneygate - McClatchy: "2 additional prosecutors were considered for ouster"
.......... - CNN: "Congress demands e-mails; Justice says ask Rove camp"
.......... - Bloomberg: "Democrats Move to Expand Probe of Gonzales, Justice Department"
Cheney - WP: "Cheney claims absolute immunity in Plame's civil suit"
Domestic Spying - WP: Dana Milbank: "Ashcroft and the Night Visitors"
Gonzales - SL: "Senators target Gonzales for a no-confidence vote"
.......... - Harvard Crimson: "Former Classmates Criticize Gonzales"
Immigration - SL: "Plan inspires confusion, criticism from both sides"
............... - "The new rules, point by point"
.......... - NYT: "Deal Is Reached in Senate on Immigration"
.......... - CN: "Menendez opposes immigration deal"
'Reading First' Program - ABC: "U.S. Reading Program Benefits Bush Friend"
Wolfowitz Affair - WP: "Wolfowitz Resigns From World Bank"
OF INTEREST
Sunlight Map: "World Sunlight Map" -- Real-time computer-generated map showing night, day and weather patterns worldwide. A must see!
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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Plainfield Today: "Garage sale heaven this weekend"
Plain Talker: "Tax Lien Sale Coming Up" and "Plaintalker Marks Milestones" -- Three cheers!
Crescent Times: "Things to take notice"
Van Wyck Brooks HD: "Planters"
Campaign Blogs (in alphabetical order): "Tony Rucker" | "Cory Storch"
Pemberton Area Block Ass'n: "Block association holding a health fair"
Eminent Domain - SL: "Developer seeks to terminate Pathmark's low-cost lease"
..... - CN: "Supermarket, borough at odds over fair value of lease"
Bush Impeachment: "Detroit Council Urges Bush Impeachment"
Crimefighting: "Street Lockdowns Proposed for Baltimore"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today. May 18. 6 PM, Potluck. 7 PM, Program. Think Globally / Act Locally: Civil Liberties in the Age of Terrorism, Deborah Jacobs. First Unitarian Society. 724 Park Avenue. Info: 756-0750. FREE.
- Saturday. May 19. 10 AM. Union County 150th Anniversary Celebration. Kickoff Lectures and Exhibits. At Union County College, 1033 Springfield Avenue, Cranford. Sponsor: Union County Freeholders. Refreshments will be served. FREE.
- Saturday. May 19. Noon - 6 PM. Union County 150th Anniversary Celebration. Music, Entertainment and a Classic Auto Show. At Nomahegan Park, Springfield Avenue, Cranford (across from Union County College). Sponsor: Union County Freeholders. FREE.
- Sunday Events - see: "Garage sale heaven this weekend"
- Tuesday. May 22. 6 - 8 PM. 1st Annual Plainfield Public Schools Math Fair. At Clinton School, West 4th and Clinton Avenue. FREE.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Liberty Hall: "Traveling Vietnam War Memorial stirs a range of emotions"
STATE
Christie & Gonzales: Tom Moran: "Boss's gift to Christie: Nearly firing him"
Lucent: "Disc of data on 200,000 from Lucent is missing"
Pine Barrens Fire: "The frightening hours"
Pension Funds: "State panel weighs investing pension fund in infrastructure"
Prisco Case: "Reputed mob boss targeted San Gennaro festival contractor" -- Same Prisco whose pardon is being investigated by Christie.
Supreme Court: "Court rules no expert needed in abuse trial"
UMDNJ: "Ailing heart program may link 3 hospitals"
Legislature:
..... - Tax Boards: "Bill to trim tax boards put on the back burner"
..... - Towing: "Panel OKs bill to curb predatory towing"
.......... - A Towing Tale: Joan Whitlow: "As the winch turns, for $2,236.50"
..... - Rutgers: "Rutgers urged to fly Jersey colors" -- Puh-leese!
..... - Tax Relief: "Tax relief amendment marches toward ballot"
..... - Fighting Christie: "Legislators' subpoena fight costly"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Attorneygate - McClatchy: "2 additional prosecutors were considered for ouster"
.......... - CNN: "Congress demands e-mails; Justice says ask Rove camp"
.......... - Bloomberg: "Democrats Move to Expand Probe of Gonzales, Justice Department"
Cheney - WP: "Cheney claims absolute immunity in Plame's civil suit"
Domestic Spying - WP: Dana Milbank: "Ashcroft and the Night Visitors"
Gonzales - SL: "Senators target Gonzales for a no-confidence vote"
.......... - Harvard Crimson: "Former Classmates Criticize Gonzales"
Immigration - SL: "Plan inspires confusion, criticism from both sides"
............... - "The new rules, point by point"
.......... - NYT: "Deal Is Reached in Senate on Immigration"
.......... - CN: "Menendez opposes immigration deal"
'Reading First' Program - ABC: "U.S. Reading Program Benefits Bush Friend"
Wolfowitz Affair - WP: "Wolfowitz Resigns From World Bank"
OF INTEREST
Sunlight Map: "World Sunlight Map" -- Real-time computer-generated map showing night, day and weather patterns worldwide. A must see!
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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