Memorial Day ceremony at 10 am.. Schools get grant.. Candidate forum Wednesday.. Teen vandals..
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today: "Memorial Day III - Plainfield's War Memorial Flagpole"
Crescent Times: "Today rocks, tomorrow guns?"
Campaign Blogs (in alphabetical order): "Tony Rucker" | "Cory Storch"
Schools: "Grant will fund learning communities"
Perth Amboy Shooting: "Shooting victim remembered as loving mom"
.......... - "Gunman shot himself, autopsy finds"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Memorial Day - Plainfield's ceremony is at 10 AM at the War Memorial, 7th & Watchung. Notice posted to the Courier calendar courtesy of the City Clerk's office. Ledger's statewide roundup of observances here; none listed for Plainfield.
- 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.
- Saturday. June 2. 9 AM - 3 PM. 20th Annual FUSP Garage Sale. Household items, tools, books and other treasures. First Unitarian Society of Plainfield, 724 Park Avenue. Info: (908) 756-0570 or www.fusp.org.
- Saturday. June 2. 11 AM - 3 PM. Shakespeare In Bloom. Tours of the Shakespeare Garden and three private residential gardens. Music by members of the PSO. Boutique, plant sale, refreshments. Sponsor: Plainfield Garden Club. Tickets available at Swain Gallery, 7th & Watchung and Coldwell Banker Realtors, Westfield. $15/person. Funds raised support the Shakespeare Garden.
- Sunday. June 3. 2 PM. In Praise of Porches: How porches influenced life in Victorian Plainfield. Sponsor: Historical Society of Plainfield. At: The Pillars B&B, 922 Central Avenue. Refreshments will be served.
- Monday. June 4. 7 PM. Crescent Area Neighborhood Ass'n. Potluck and Meeting. 829 Park Avenue (corner of East 9th Street). "If you own, rent, work, or are just fond of the Crescent Area Historic District and you would like to see and participate on the future shaping steps for the Neighborhood Association, please come to this meeting." -- Organizer Maria Pellum in Crescent Times.
- Tuesday. June 5. 6 AM - 8 PM. Primary Election. Democrats and Republicans vote for candidates for the general election. Dems also vote for County Committee members. Registered voters who have no declared party affiliation may do so at the sign-in table and vote in the primary. At your district polling location. Info, City Clerk's office: (908) 753-3222.
- Wednesday. June 6. 9 AM - 12:30 PM. Urban Schools - Public Will. Conference on urban schools by the Public Education Institute of Rutgers. BOE member Christian Estevez will be a panelist. Larry Leverett will moderate. FREE, but advance registration required.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Newark: "African-American Parade and Festival uplifts troubled city"
Manville: "Hundreds turn out for Memorial Day Parade"
STATE
Bush in Jersey: "Bush to join uphill battle at Jersey fundraiser"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Pakistan - WP: "Teetering Musharraf Buoyed by U.S. Alliance"
OF INTEREST
Blame Hip-Hop? - OpEd, WP: Thomas Chatterton Williams: "Black Culture Beyond Hip-Hop"
Cold War Veterans: "Warriors of a forgotten conflict"
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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