Today: Treasures of the earth.. Estate sale.. Postal workers food drive.. Booker backs Obama..
PLAINFIELD
The Postal Service letter carriers' annual food drive is today. Place canned goods or non-perishable items BY YOUR MAILBOX or take them to the Post Office. Plainfield Local 396 will deliver items donated by Plainfielders to a local community food bank. Why not do it now, while you're thinking of it. Thank you.
Breaking News (9:45 AM): "Dept of Defense to block troop access to most popular websites, such as MySpace, YouTube, etc." -- Policy starts Monday.
Plainfield Today: "Highland Avenue Estate Sale Today and Sunday" -- Tell them you saw it here.
Plain Talker: "Garden Tales"
Crescent Times: "Come and enjoy Library Park"
VWB Historic District: "Neighborhood Garage Sale"
Grace Episcopal Church: "Brooklyn's CASYM Steel Orchestra plays Grace Episcopal"
Senior Center: "Steeped in love: Mothers celebrated at Tea"
Gas Prices: "Gas prices accelerate to nearly $3 a gallon"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today. May 12. 10 AM - 5 PM. Treasures of the Earth. Sales of jewelry and gemstones benefits Plainfield Public Library. At Suburban Jewelers, 126 East Front Street. Live music and refreshments. Info: (908) 756-1774. FREE.
- Today. May 12. 8 PM. Choral Art Society: Haydn's Theresienmesse, Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem. At Westfield Presbyterian Church, Mountian Ave & Broad St. $20/$15 Seniors/Students. Info: (908) 654-5737.
- Today/Sunday. May 12 and 13. 8 AM - 6 PM. Estate Sale: 1339 Highland Avenue. Antiques, art, grand piano, furniture, Limoges. You won't want to miss this one.
- 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
Mountainside: "Girl rescues old toys, cleans and wraps them to give to needy kids"
Piscataway: "Plainfield woman found dead in jail cell"
STATE
Ft. Dix Plot - SL: "6 Dix terror plot suspects are held without bail amid fair trial concerns"
.......... - "Mosque where four suspects prayed rejects extremism"
..... - NYT: "Suspects in Army Base Terror Plot Are Held Without Bail"
.......... - "A Father’s Pain and an Empty Pizzeria"
2008 Primary: "Booker backs Obama, says he will aid senator's campaign"
Corzine: "MDs say Corzine continues to improve"
Supreme Court: "Conduct panel hits justice with ethics charge"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Attorneygate - WP: "Goodling Granted Immunity in Firings Probe"
..... - NYT: "Colleagues Cite Partisan Focus by Justice Official"
Budget - WP: "Bush Warns Congress On Budget" -- Bush threatens veto if domestic spending increased.
Congress & Bush - The Hill: "Rove berates GOP members over leaks of private meeting"
Gonzales Testimony - Slate: "Alberto Gonzales, Zen Master" -- Caught him in a couple of good ones, despite his severe memory loss.
Iraq War - MSNBC: "Keith Olbermann Interviews General Batiste" -- CBS has asked Batiste to leave over the ad criticizing Bush.
OF INTEREST
The 'Q Drum' makes possible the easy transport of
75 liters of water to people who live at a great distance
from potable water, thus helping reduce cholera,
dysentery and other water-borne diseases
Exhibit: "Design for the other 90%" -- Showcasing efforts to design excellent and inexpensive objects meeting needs of the 90% of the world's poorest customers. See technologies being used today to "increase access to food and water, energy, education, healthcare, revenue-generating activities, and affordable transportation for those who most need them." At the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, 2 East 91st Street, NYC. (212) 849-8400. Through September 23.
Life Insights - Mamacita: "What Congress Taught My Daughter"
Robotics: "Jersey's robotic squads make cut; goal is self-driving car"
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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