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Thursday, May 17, 2007

Maria has a list.. Park Jewelers clock unmoved.. Halsey case examined.. Candidate blogs..

PLAINFIELD



Plainfield Today: "At 100, Park Jewelers clock unmoved"

Crescent Times: "Redevelopment: Now that we have their ears"

Campaign Blogs (in alphabetical order): "Tony Rucker" | "Cory Storch"


Halsey Case - Editorial, SL: "A suspect justice system"
..... - Blog Roundup, SL: Kelly Heyboer: "Jersey Blogs on Halsey Case"

Cops on Segways: "New York Police Roll Out a Segway Squad" -- Hah! We beat ya!

Real Estate: "Permits for housing construction plummet"


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WHAT'S HAPPENING

  • Today. May 17. 6 PM. 3rd Thursday Concerts at Plainwood Square Park. Dedication of Flagpole (SID) and opening concert featuring C.P. Lacey and the Brother John Brown Band, performing 60s and 70s classic rock. Sponsor: Plainwood Square Merchants and City of Plainfield. At Plainwood Square Park, South Avenue. FREE.

  • Today. May 17. 7 PM. Exhibit: No Easy Walk. Lecture by photographer Helen M. Stummer. Sponsor: Cultural & Heritage Commission. Plainfield Public Library, Park Avenue & West 8th Street. FREE.

  • Friday. 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. May 20. 9 AM - 4PM. 14th Annual FOSH Garage Sale. Sponsored by the Friends of Sleepy Hollow. Last year's sale had one hundred locations. One of Plainfield's best-attended annual events.

  • Sunday. May 20. 9 AM - 4PM. Van Wyck Brooks Garage Sale. Sponsor: Van Wyck Brooks Historic District. Start at 912 Central Avenue.

  • Sunday. May 20. 9 AM - 3 PM. 2nd Annual Multi-Yard Sale Benefitting Homeless Animal Lifeline. For more info, visit www.halrescue.org. Location: 1326 Watchung Avenue.

  • Sunday. May 20. 2 - 4 PM. Architectural Walking Tour of the VWB Historic District. Sponsor: Historical Society of Plainfield. Starting at: The Pillars B&B, 922 Central Avenue. $5 Individual/$10 Family. Tickets on sale at 1 PM.

  • Sunday. May 20. 3 PM. Crescent Concerts: Crescent Singers 'Ensemble!'. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. $20/$15 at the door.
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CENTRAL JERSEY


Fanwood - SL: "Collapsed fire wall's security is in question"
.......... - CN: "Responders work to clear Fanwood rubble"
Hillside: "Hillside's keeping pressure on bars"
Newark: "Newark passes prevailing wage law" -- Contractors must now pay prevailing wage.
.......... - "Schools start anonymous online issue-reporting system"


STATE


A.C.: "Court rules against ex-mayor, councilman in Atlantic City"
Ft. Dix Plot: "Dix defendant tells feds he urged restraint"
Pension Funds - SL: "Market bolsters pension funds"
..... - NYT: "Resignations Leave Trenton’s Pension-Investment Board at Quorum Plus One"
Pine Barrens Fire: "Officials expect fire to be under control today"
UMDNJ: "A doctor with the prescription to heal UMDNJ"

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


Attorneygate - WP: "26 Were Listed As Candidates For Firing"
.......... - PoliticsNJ: "Christie on early list of prosecutors to be fired"
Domestic Spying - McClatchy: "Initial warrantless eavesdropping program deemed illegal by the Justice Department"
Gonzales - ThinkProgress: "Senators Question Whether Gonzales Lied Under Oath About NSA Wiretapping Program"
.......... - Editorial, SL: "Unfit to be attorney general"
Rove - WP: Robert Novak: "Rove's Worrisome Witness"
Wolfowitz Affair - NYT: "Wolfowitz Said to Push for Deal to Quit"



OF INTEREST


JFK Assassination: "Scientists Cast Doubt on Kennedy Bullet Analysis" -- Study suggests multiple shooters.
Web Hoaxes: "The Top 25 Web Hoaxes and Pranks" -- How many have you gotten?

Obituary: "Yolanda King, 51, Actor and Dr. King’s Daughter"

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

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