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Thursday, June 21, 2007

City settles with former Councilman.. Senior Center developer on hot seat.. Schools super's move inspires confidence..

PLAINFIELD



Plainfield Today: (Click HERE to read the posts serially, otherwise take your pick below. Check back later for more stories in the pipeline. -- Dan)"
Plain Talker: "Summertime"
Crescent Times: "The public at the BOE meeting"
Plainfield Trees: "Dawn Redwood"

Schools: "Teachers cheer new superintendent at school board meeting"
Book: "City author writes second celebrity bio" -- That would be Rena Fruchter on Chevy Chase.
Drugs: "Pair of men nabbed in N. Plainfield drug sting" -- The bust was made in Plainfield.
McGreeveys: "McGreevey: I offered her marriage, nothing more"
Wardlaw-Hartridge: "Wardlaw-Hartridge grads look to future"

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WHAT'S HAPPENING
  • Tonight. June 20. 8 PM. Planning Board Meeting. City Hall Library. Parking & entrance in the rear of City Hall.

  • Tonight. June 21. 6 PM. 3rd Thursday Concerts at Plainwood Square Park. Plainfield's own New Jersey Concert Opera. Sponsor: Plainwood Square Merchants and City of Plainfield. At Plainwood Square Park, South Avenue. FREE.

  • Today through Sunday. Carnival. Thu/Fri evenings, Sat afternoon/evening, Sun afternoon/evening. Entry free, the rest...not.
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CENTRAL JERSEY

Berkeley Heights: "Mayor, Council still feuding over police oversight"
Fanwood: "World's smallest horse enchants kids at Children's Specialized Hospital"
Sheriff Froehlich Lawsuit: "Bills are still adding up for harassment lawsuit, now over $2M"
Morristown & Erie Railway: "Who really will benefit from the freight rail project?"
Morristown's Mayor Cresitello & Immigrants: "The mayor redraws the line"
Union County Summer Concerts at Echo Lake: "Concert series begins June 27 with NJSO"
South Plainfield: "Six weeks after crash, Plainfield Avenue 7-Eleven struck again"


STATE

AG Nominee - NYT: "Poised to Be New Jersey’s Attorney General"
Arts Funding: "Pals in Legislature assist arts groups"
Budget: "State budget's massive hole: Pension debts"
Civil Unions: "Law has first test on Ocean Grove's boardwalk"
Corzine & Christie: "Corzine, Christie share the spotlight at lobbyist event"
Corzine-Katz Emails: "Katz joins fight to keep Corzine e-mails private"
Homeland Security Director: "State is investigating counterterror chief"
Illegal Immigrants: "Riverside will ignore no-illegals law until issue is hashed out in court"
Stem Cell Research - Editorial, CN: "Let voters make the call on stem-cell research"
Trenton: "N.J. puts strings on extra $21M in Trenton aid"

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


NATION / WORLD

2008 Race - NYT: "For 2 Years, Bloomberg Aides Prepared for Bid"
Abu Ghraib - Independent/UK: "Bush and Rumsfeld 'knew about Abu Ghraib'"
Dept. of Justice - WP: "Political Hiring in Justice Division Probed" -- Yet more!
Government Contractors - Hightower Lowdown: "The Bushites Have Outsourced Our Government to Their Pals"
Palestine - AP: "Carter blasts US policy on Palestinians"
Rove - Truthout: "Rove Aide Details Broad Political Abuses"
Supreme Court - NYT: "Precedents Begin Falling for Roberts Court"


OF INTEREST

Rock 'n Roll: "Gloucester City staking claim as birthplace of rock 'n roll" -- Haley?! What about Little Richard?
The Sopranos: "Fans won't let 'Sopranos' fade to black"
Careers: "Flight attendant still flying high after 50 years with Continental"
Pollen Progress Report: "Pollen, pollen everywhere"
TV: "Are Charter Schools the Answer to the Problems of Public Education?" -- Airs Friday evening.

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

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Posted by Dan at 9:34 AM