Mother's Day x 3.. State hides hospital infections.. Pellum in Courier on dev.. Real Estate Sunday..
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today: "A Mother's Day Surprise" -- Recovering day's roots.
Plain Talker: "Happy Mother's Day"
Crescent Times: "Happy Mother's Day"
Concert: "Singing Pastors in concert today"
Letter, CN: Maria Pellum: "Best intentions paving streets of Plainfield"
Security Measures: "Towns work to beef up security" -- A town-by-town survey, no mention of Plainfield.
Recognition: Plainfielder Yvonne Thomas has been recognized for service as chair of Union County's Advisory Council on Aging. Nice picture in today's Courier, not online.
Asian Longhorn Beetles: "Jersey gains upper hand on tree-killing beetle"
Hospital ERs: "Mental health crisis in ERs statewide"
Hospitals & Infections: "State conceals which had infectious outbreaks"
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REAL ESTATE SUNDAY
SMALL PICTURE
'Curb Appeal': "What an entrance! Helping owners put on best 'face'"BIG PICTURE
Morristown: "In-Town Living in Morristown"
Rahway: "Rahway, New Jersey" -- CBS/NY Times video report.
Buy or Rent?: "Cost Comparison Tool" -- Enter your own values to calculate which is better, buying or renting. A really neat tool!
Ledger: "Home Finder" and "Real Estate" sections online.
Courier: "Real Estate" section online.
NYTimes: "This Week's Residential Sales Around the Region"
Trulia: "Your Personal Real Estate Google"
April NJ Sales: "North Jersey Residential Sales, April 2007" -- Charts and tables.
Inventory: "Home Prices Fall in Wealthy NY Suburbs"
Otteau said his favorite statistic is months of inventory, or the length of time required to sell off all the homes that are currently for sale.Foreclosures: OC Register: "Alt-A shakeout on horizon" -- This is the grade above sub-prime.
At the peak of the northern New Jersey real estate boom in 2005, the inventory was between one and three months, meaning that the ratio of buyers to sellers was about one to one, Otteau said. A year ago, inventory had swelled to 5.6 months of homes, and now it's 7.3 months.
"Some sellers took their homes off the market," Otteau said. "That's made the picture look brighter than it actually may be."
..... - Asbury Park Press: "Foreclosure facing more NJ homeowners"
Market Outlook - NY Post: "No bottom 'til late '08?"
Mortgages: "Flexibility as a Marketing Tool"
Mortgages: "US Mortgage Payment Index"
WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today. May 13. 8 AM - 6 PM. Estate Sale: 1339 Highland Avenue. Antiques, art, grand piano, furniture, Limoges. Wonderful items still available today.
- 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.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Asbury Park: "Still Rocking Hard as the Bands Play On"
New Brunswick: "'Coexistence': A Roving Plea for Tolerance Alights"
STATE
The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, May 13, 2007"
Corzine - SL: "Corzine's recovery tempers catfights"
..... - NYT: "In Corzine’s Recovery, Doctors Cite Grit and Luck"
Ft. Dix Plot: "A cyberworld of hate, terror and jihad"
..... - OpEd, SL: "Jersey jihad shows Bush bungling"
GSP: "Parkway Expansion Plan Draws Opposition"
Supreme Court: "Supreme Court Justice Accused of Ethics Violation"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Afghanistan - NYT: "Civilian Deaths Undermine War on Taliban"
Blair-Bush Memo - Guardian/UK: "Gagging order as two are jailed for leaking Blair-Bush memo"
Iraq - NYT: "Army Career Behind Him, General Batiste Critical of Bush"
Military - OpEd News: "DoD blocking troop access to Myspace, YouTube, MTV and more" -- Effective tomorrow.
OF INTEREST
Football: "Pop Warner's Carlisle Indians Made It A Whole New Ballgame"
Blogging: "In China, bloggers often circumvent censorship"
Faith-based 'earmarks': "Religious Groups Reap Share of U.S. Aid for Pet Projects" -- with searchable list.
Holocaust: "Holocaust Survivor Found, but Won't Meet Son Who Searched for Her"
Roller Rinks: "Last Go-Round"
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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