Jean Mattson struck by car.. Help shape city's future.. Cinco de Mayo.. Super Librarian.. Milbloggers under attack..
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today: "Super Librarian, the comic, available today"
The Bull Moose: "Milbloggers under attack"
Plain Talker: "Help Shape the City's Future"
Crescent Times: "Cinco de Mayo, Feliz?"
McGreevey: "Former governor called everything from a liar to a saint in his quest to become an Episcopalian priest" -- Grammar lesson for today's headline writer: Nouns (Episcopalian) do not modify nouns. Adjectives (Episcopal) do. Thank you, Miss Cumro!
NOTE: Jean Mattson, community activist, past president of the Historical Society, mother of Lois Mattson and mother-in-law of Councilor Cory Storch was struck while crossing the street in Fanwood on Thursday. She was taken to RWJ and remains there under observation. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today. 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.
- Today. May 5. 8:30 AM - Noon. Paint The Town, Green The Brook. Volunteers will clean up the banks of the Green Brook and help paint two houses. Courtesy of Mayor Robinson-Briggs, Plainfield planner April Stefel will show plans for the Green Brook Bike Trail. Sponsor: Borough of North Plainfield and Mayor Janice Allen. Gather at St. Joseph's Church parking lot, Jackson Street & Watchung Avenue. Bring paint brushes or work gloves. Wear long pants and long-sleeved shirts.
- Today. May 5. 8 PM. PSO: Celebrating Sabin Pauza's 20th Season. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition. Ravel: Piano Concerton in G, Golda Vainberg-Tatz, soloist. The Plainfield Symphony. At Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. Info: 561-5140. $25/General seating. $15/Senior & Student.
- Tomorrow. 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.
- Tuesday. May 8. 5 PM. A Stitch In Time: Antique Sampler Exhibit. Highlighting an unusual 1847 Plainfield sampler. In the Plainfield Room of the Plainfield Public Library, 8th Street and Park Avenue. Info: (908) 757-1111 x136.
- Wednesday. May 9. 3:30 - 8 PM. Blood Drive by the Rotary Club of Plainfield/North Plainfield and the YMCA. At the YMCA, Watchung Avenue and East 6th Street. Info: Blood Center of NJ, (973) 676-4700.
- Wednesday. May 9. 5:30 - 9 PM. FOSH 'Taste of Plainfield' Event at Dairy Queen. Eat that night or order for pickup within 2 weeks (that includes Mother's Day!!) and the Albanese family will make a donation to FOSH for community projects. 1367 South Avenue. Rain or shine...;-)
- Thursday. May 10. 6:30 - 8:30 PM. Sound an Alarm: The Disappearing Minority; The School's on Fire: Save the Children. Plainfield Public Library. 8th Street at Park Avenue. Sponsor: Nubian Union and McDonald's-Plainfield. FREE.
- Friday. May 11. 6 - 9 PM. Exhibit: Helen M. Stummer, Photographer. Open & Reception. Sponsor: Cultural & Heritage Commission. Plainfield Public Library, Park Avenue & West 8th Street. FREE.
- Friday. May 11. 7th Annual Chamber of Commerce Gala and Installation of Officers. Pantagis, Scotch Plains. Prices? Info: (908) 753-2296.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Paper Mill Playhouse: "Paper Mill hires financial expert; seeks a turn-around plan"
STATE
Corzine Crash - SL: "911 tapes a mix of confusion, chaos and concern" -- Transcribed excerpts here.
..... - NYT: "Corzine Crash Response: ‘Everyone Out Here Now!’" -- Audio excerpt here (MP3).
..... - CN: "Tapes reveal confusion after Corzine crash"
101.5 'Jersey Guys' - SL: "Trooper official relents on radio disclosures"
..... - NYT: "Radio Hosts, No Strangers to Controversy, Take on Troopers Union Chief"
..... - CN: "Truce urged in 'Jersey Guys,' trooper battle"
Gambling Case: "Mob case collapsing amid feud between AG and County Prosecutor" -- Judge throwing out evidence, sealing case, dismissing convictions.
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Primaries - WP: "National Parties Uneasy as States Rush Primaries" -- Maybe smoke-filled rooms weren't such a bad idea, after all.
Student Loan Investigation - SL: "Kennedy to probe N.J. agency that oversees college loans"
.......... - NYT: "Education Dept. Starts Inquiry Into Possible Loan Conflicts"
CN: "16 schools subpoenaed in student loan probe" -- Typo? The story says '61'.
OF INTEREST
Baseball & Steroids: "Baseball’s Steroid Panel Asks Active Players to Appear"
Darwin & Evangelicalism: "A Split Emerges as Conservatives Discuss Darwin"
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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