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Thursday, May 24, 2007

Shakespeare Garden tour.. Park Hotel-YMCA connection?.. Monica Goodling stabs McNulty..

PLAINFIELD

Plainfield Today: "Park Hotel-YMCA: Axis of Gentrification?"
The Bull Moose:
"Monica Goodling stabs McNulty, what next?"

Plain Talker: "Another Look at the Park Hotel"
Crescent Times: "Halloween could be a happy one this year"


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


Shakespeare Garden: "The tour's the thing at Shakespeare Garden"
Senior Center: "Craft show at 3 p.m. today at senior center"

UCC-Plainfield: "UCC is a step on Jamaica native's ambitious path"

Carjacking: "Plainfield man allegedly carjacked Edison woman"

Threatening Judge: "Plainfield man guilty of threatening judge"

'Green' Construction: "Maplewood men in blue getting a 'green' HQ"
Preservation v. Teardowns: "Montclair puts historic hurdle in builder's path"


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WHAT'S HAPPENING

  • Today. May 24. 6:30 - 8:30 PM. Disappearing Brothers and Sisters: Black Americans, Latinos and Blatinos. Plainfield Public Library. 8th Street at Park Avenue. Sponsor: Nubian Union and McDonald's-Plainfield. FREE.

  • 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.
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CENTRAL JERSEY


Elizabeth: "Elizabeth's young choral voices compete"
Hillside: "Mayor and council get separate lawyers"
Newark: "Newark's in Vegas, not to gamble but to sell"
State Sen. Bob Smith - Editorial, SL: "A lawyer-legislator conflict"
Union County - SL: "Mob alliance in rackets is dismantled"
..... - NYT: "New Jersey Man Is Accused as Organized Crime Leader"
UC Courthouse: "Peregrine Falcons: No more empty-nesters"


STATE


Corzine & Katz - CN: "Report: Corzine paid Katz millions"
.......... - SL: "GOP presses for Corzine-Katz e-mail"
Dual Office-holding: "Legislators advance prohibition, but 19 will be grandfathered"
Supreme Court: "N.J. justices under guard after threat"
Turnpike: "Turnpike files suit over crash video"

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Margulies' Cartoon is here
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NATION / WORLD


Attorneygate - See today's The Bull Moose : "
Monica Goodling stabs McNulty, what next?"

General Services Admin - FederalTimes: "GSA chief violated Hatch Act, OSC report finds"
Immigration - OpEd, SL: Paul Mulshine: "Bush is heading for a new low"
Iraq - Telegraph/UK: "US surge is failing, says UK's Iraq envoy"
..... - WP: "Bush Blames Iraq Violence on Al-Qaeda" -- Critics dismiss speech as effort to build support"


OF INTEREST


American Idol: "'Idol' voters crown Jordin" -- Amid questions of whether contest is rigged.
Baby Cheney: "Cheney’s Daughter Gives Birth to a Boy"
Lyme Disease: "New advice for treating Lyme"
Mosquito Control: "The Mosquito Assassin"
Real Estate: "State aide charged with lying on mortgage forms" -- The banks are cracking down?

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

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