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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

O'Celia Nevels funeral this AM.. Candidate forum tomorrow.. Shakespeare Garden.. Memorial Day observances..


REMINDER: Tomorrow is 5th Wednesday, no PMUA recycles pickup.

PLAINFIELD



Plainfield Today: "Memorial Day at Hillside Cemetery" -- A service remembering Civil War veterans.

Plain Talker: "Remembering Those Who Gave Their Lives" and "The Right to Bare Arms"
Crescent Times: "The Fallen Ones Since 2003" -- New Jerseyans who died in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Van Wyck Brooks HD:

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

Obituary: "O'Celia Ragland Nevels, librarian, educator" -- Funeral is TODAY, 11 AM, Bethel Presbyterian Church.

Shakespeare Garden: "Plainfield celebrates garden fit for a bard"

Letter: Maria Pellum: "Plainfield facing greater problems than Park Hotel"

Abbott Districts: "At Liberty Science Center, renewed focus on urban districts"
Factory Conversions: "Historic Paterson mill reborn in luxury"
Historic Districts: "Historic label proposal divides neighborhood"

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WHAT'S HAPPENING
  • 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.
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CENTRAL JERSEY

East Orange: "The Crime Rate Drops, and a City Credits Its Embrace of Surveillance Technology"
Somerville: "Swift wheels, T-shirt deals fill the streets"


STATE

2007 Primary Fundraising: "Senate candidate raises funds through personal loan plan"
Division of Law: "Taxpayers see results from state 'law firm'"
Ft. Dix Plot: "Muslims feel bias backlash after Fort Dix arrests"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.


NATION / WORLD

2008 Races - Boston Globe: "GOP rivals embrace unproven Iraq-9/11 tie"
Iraq - SL: "Members of NJ Marine unit head to Iraq, again" -- Fifth deployment for this unit.
.......... - NYT: "As Allies Turn Foe, Disillusion Rises in Some G.I.’s"
Middle East - NYT: "Militants Widen Reach as Terror Seeps Out of Iraq"
Rove Emails - The Hill: "Leahy, Specter ask Rove’s lawyer for more e-mails"
US& Iran - WP: "U.S., Iran Open Dialogue On Iraq"


OF INTEREST

Custom Postage: "Custom Stamps as a Status Symbol" -- Endicia, a firm that offers custom stamps.
Digital Warfare: "War Fears Turn Digital After Data Siege in Estonia"
Handwriting: "Grooming a Handwriting Champion" -- Well, nuns are in the mix, too...
Job Market: "Out of Retirement and Into Uncertainty"
Memorial Day: "A day to honor their sacrifices"
Mortgage Brokers - WSJ: "Unscrupulous brokers have 'a license to lie'" -- The question of fiduciary responsibility is beginning to be raised.
Stem Cell Banking: "Parents banking cord blood"

 Obituary: "William E. Peters, profiled Martin Luther King for Redbook in 1955"

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

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Posted by Dan at 10:29 AM