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Monday, May 14, 2007

Marino's plan changes.. 'Sneak ons' etc.. North Ave dev slideshow.. Candidate blogs..

PLAINFIELD

Plainfield Today: "
'Sneak-ons', Muhlenberg funding, Comcast review, Jerry & Sharon chill out in the Poconos"

Plain Talker: "Marino's Plan Faces Changes" and "Tinderbox Downtown"
Crescent Times: "North Avenue and the extension" -- Be sure to check out Maria's cool annotated slide show!

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

Hospitals: "Lawmakers agree: Charity care faces a funding crisis" -- Charity care reimbursement is crucial for Muhlenberg.

Concert: "Singing Pastors group perform in Mother's Day concert"


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WHAT'S HAPPENING

  • Tuesday. May 15. 7 PM. Committee for a Safe Halloween in Plainfield. Meeting to discuss how to guarantee a safe Halloween for youngsters AND the whole community. At the Plainfield Public Library. 8th Street and Park Avenue. All are invited.

  • 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


Ashley Lauren Foundation: Bob Braun: "Kindred spirits in the struggle against cancer"
North Plainfield: "Judith Grady, Somerset School principal retiring after 20 years"


STATE


Budget: "Budget battle brews anew"
Corzine: "The governor likes to pay his own way"
Ft. Dix Plot
: "Mosques Are Shaken by Ties to a Plot"
Hudson River Tunnel - Editorial,SL: "Corzine's risky gamble"

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


Attorneygate - WP: "Voter-Fraud Complaints by GOP Drove Dismissals"



OF INTEREST


Nuremberg Trials: "In the Nazis' own words" -- How an American Jew was made chief interpreter for the trials.

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

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