Jerry Green's budget items.. McWilliams team slated for weekend event.. Eminent domain limited.. Pride Festival closes tonight..
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today: "McWilliams team slated for weekend event" -- 'Relay for Life' cancer fundraiser at Hub Stine.
Plain Talker: "Getting the News Out"
Assemblyman Green's Proposed Budget Changes (also see stories under NJ section below): Go to Budget Resolutions page. Click on 'Show all budget resolutions' button. Assemblyman Green's main resolutions are:
- 1422 - $1.1M for recidivism reduction in Union County
- 1423 - $9M for Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center
- 1427 - $450K for City of Plainfield for Operation CeaseFire
PBA Fundraiser: "Fund-raiser tonight to benefit Officer Roger Howell"
NIE Teacher of the Year: "Rosalind Campbell-Lucas of Woodland School"
McGreeveys: "McGreevey tells divorce court: It's all Dina's own fault"
Service for 'Sonny' Wood: Monday, June 18, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 1430 Park Avenue, Plainfield. 9 AM: The family will receive friends at the church. 11 AM: Funeral.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today. 6 PM. Plainfield Pride Film Festival. Festival finale: "Madame Sata". At the Plainfield Public Library, 8th Street and Park Avenue. Info: 757-6103. Complete details and description on the website. FREE.
- Exhibit. Through June 18. Wed-Sat, 10 - 4. New Jersey Landscapes by Gerry Heydt. Studio 7 Gallery. 5 Morristown Road, Bernardsville. Info: (908) 963-0365.
- Friday. June 15. 6 PM Potluck. 7 PM Program. Think Globally / Act Locally: Community Pizza Party. First Unitarian Society. 724 Park Avenue. Info: 756-0750. FREE.
- Saturday. June 16. 8 PM. New Jersey Gay Men's Chorus: Greetings From New Jersey. - A concert celebrating its 16th season. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. East 7th Street and Watchung Avenue. $25 at the door. Info: www.njgmc.org, or call (609) 396-7774.
- 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.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Diamond Hill Road/I-78 Interchange: "A plea to drop Rt. 78 project"
Linden: "Linden's city attorney to lead its Democrats"
Scotch Plains: "Losing council candidate files suit"
Jayson Williams Retrial: "Attorneys seek to suppress 911 call in retrial" -- Transcript of call here.
STATE
Budget -Legislative Changes:
..... - SL: "Lawmakers' add-ons face public scrutiny"
..... - NYT: "N.J. Legislators’ Pet Spending Projects, Exposed"
..... - CN: "Lawmakers find $65M for budget in drug plan"
..... - BR: "Dems won't release all funding requests"
Eminent Domain - SL: "Court limits towns' power to seize land"
.......... - Bob Braun: "'Anything goes' becomes 'not so fast' on eminent domain"
.......... - "Ruling gives hope to property owners"
..... - NYT: "Town Went Too Far in Trying to Take Land, Court Says"
..... - APP: "Ruling heartens redevelopment foes"
..... - BR: "Ruling limits use of eminent domain"
Supreme Court - SL: "Gill keeps block on Rabner for court"
.......... - Editorial, SL: "One senator in the way"
..... - NYT: "Nomination of Chief Justice Raises Questions in Trenton"
..... - CN: "Senators want to slow down Rabner nomination"
Child Advocate: "Child Advocate under scrutiny for possible ethics breach"
Drug Testing: "Schools fear for their drug-testing programs"
Family Leave: "Corzine urges Legislature to approve paid family leave"
NJT: "NJ Transit: It's not cheaper to keep aging cars"
Rutgers: "RU says funding gap forces another tuition hike at university"
Shield Law: "Justices fault journalist on Shield Law"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Attorneygate - McClatchy: "White House subpoenas ratchet up confrontation with Congress" -- Both documents and personnel subpoenaed.
.......... - WP: "2 Former Aides to Bush Get Subpoenas"
.......... - Daily Kos: "Congressman John Conyers' Sumnary of the Facts"
FBI - ABC: "FBI Terror Watch List 'Out of Control'"
..... - WP: "FBI Finds It Frequently Overstepped in Collecting Data"
Iraq - WP: "No Drop in Iraq Violence Seen Since Troop Buildup"
US Army - Truthout: "Anti-Semitic Bible Teachings Posted, Then Disappear From Army Site"
OF INTEREST
3rd Grade worksheet. (Click to enlarge.)
'Math Wars': "Battle Over Math Drives Off a New Schools Chief" -- Ridgewood's community blog is here.
Downtown Revival: "Silver Spring: A Dose of Art and Entertainment Revives a Suburb"
Ovarian Cancer: "Early signs of ovarian cancer are identified"
Subprime Mortgages: "Lawmaker Warns Fed on High-Risk Mortgages"
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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