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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Council tonight.. Board of Ed standing room only.. Carter gets warm reception.. New Red Cross exec..

PLAINFIELD

Plainfield Today:
(Click HERE to read the posts serially, otherwise take your pick below) Plain Talker:
Crescent Times: "The Board of Ed meeting"

Schools: "Plainfield greets interim schools chief with cheers"
Chief Santiago: "Chief stung by call to oust him in overhaul plan"


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WHAT'S HAPPENING

  • Tonight. June 20. 8 PM. City Council Business Meeting. City Council Chambers/Courthouse. Watchung Avenue and East 4th Street.

  • Thursday. 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.
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CENTRAL JERSEY


JFK Medical Center: "Stroke site designation for hospital, state's 2nd"
Linden: "Linden budget contains tax hike"
Springfield: "Town hopes its video secures the debut of 'Simpsons' film (set in its own Springfield)"
Watchung Reservation: "Blitz event explores area's biodiversity"


STATE


Supreme Court Nomination - SL: "Gill drops bid to block Rabner for chief justice"
.......... - A challenge: "Ex-Bergen prosecutor questions Rabner's character"
.......... - Tom Moran: "It took a friend of Rabner's to give'em hell"
..... - CN: "Senate lifts block of Rabner's nomination"
..... - NYT: "Senator Drops Objections to Corzine Court Nominee"

Princeton: "Former Senate majority leader to teach at Princeton"
State Police: "Judge to decide on documents sought in state police case"
Stem Cell Research: "State antes up $10M to study stem cells"
Turnpike Privatization: "Internet petition targets Corzine on toll roads sale"
UMDNJ: "Pay cut, tuition hike set at UMDNJ"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here
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NATION / WORLD


2008 Presidential Run - NYT: "Bloomberg Quits G.O.P., Fueling Talk of ’08 Bid"



OF INTEREST


Kush: "Scholars Race to Recover a Lost Kingdom on the Nile"

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

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