Pride Picnic today.. Sopranos tonight.. Schools huffing & puffing.. CLIPS is two..
The Sopranos: Fans weigh in (Ledger), say they'll miss the family (Courier) as there is 'one final whack' (NYT)
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today: "CLIPS is two, change is coming"
Plain Talker: "Where's the "Public" in Public Education?"
Crescent Times: "Congrats on Pride Film Festival" and "Come and Enjoy Pride Picnic"
School District - CN: "Plainfield fills school posts"
..... - SL: "No one 'to sign checks' in Plainfield schools" -- The issues were resolved at an emergency meeting Friday night, which it seems the Ledger did not cover. Bernice laid out the decisions made in her Saturday post here. All dire huffing-and-puffing seems to be just that.
Impeachment Rally: "City protesters call for Bush's ouster"
PBA: "Fundraiser to aid policeman with cancer"
Letter: Frequent Plainfield contributor Herb Kaufman has a piece on the Park Hotel brouhaha, in print edition only.
Abbott Districts - NYT: "Abbott School Districts Among Top Spenders" -- Union County schools here.
Asbury/Plainfield: "Mostly Sunny in Asbury Park" -- Quoting Dornoch's Larry Fishman...
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REAL ESTATE SUNDAY
SMALL PICTURE
Contractors: "Must-Have List: Hammer, Nails, License, Insurance..."BIG PICTURE
FSBOing: "One City’s Home Sellers Do Better on Their Own"
Mortgages: "Rescuing the loan when the lender goes belly up"
Selling your home: "Why a 'fluffer' may be in your future" -- Real estate and porn, perfect together? A hoot.
Milford, PA: "A One-Light Town Grows Into a Second-Home Hotspot"
Illegal Rentals: "Illegal rentals? Count the dishes"
Mortgage Fraud: "The cash-back transaction: Tricky, not uncommon, but illegal"
Mortgages: "US Mortgage Payment Index"
Smart Home Technology: "Wired to Sell"
Trees & Teardowns: "Tudor Charm Loses Ground to McMansion Space"
TOOLS
Buy or Rent?: "Cost Comparison Tool" -- Enter your own values to calculate which is better, buying or renting. A really neat tool!
Ledger: "Home Finder", "Premier Estates" and "Real Estate" sections online.
Courier: "Real Estate" section online.
NYTimes: "This Week's Residential Sales Around the Region"
Trulia: "Your Personal Real Estate Google"
WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today. June 10. Noon - 6 PM.. 2nd Annual Plainfield Pride Picnic. Sponsors: Sleepy Hollow Realtors and Wells Fargo Mortgage. Music, clowns, facepainting, jugglers and more. Proceeds benefit Hyacinth AIDS Center and The Pride Center. At Leland Avenue Park, near Cook School. FREE.
- Today. June 10. 2 PM. Display: In Honor of that Grand Old Flag. Flag Day commemorated by the Historical Society of Plainfield with a display of its flag collection. At the Drake House, 602 West Front Street. FREE. Refreshments will be served.
- 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.
- 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
Edison: "Dem chairman facing new test with Choi victories"
EWR: "'Puff portals' disappoint as airport bomb detectors"
Diocese of Metuchen: "A New Keeper of the Faith"
Newark - SL: "City deficit lies in wait, forcing new buyouts"
..... - NYT: "Former Newark Mayor Sharpe James Warned About Charges"
North Plainfield: "Age-restricted villa" -- Villa Maria, that is.
'Buster' DeSoaries: "Preacher's son on mission to teach 'language of respect'"
Watchung: "All eyes are on Watchung surveillance program" -- This disclosure may cause a firestorm over privacy rights.
STATE
The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, June 10, 2007"
Gary Rose, Mr. Biz: "Corzine's go-to guy for talking business"
Ocean Grove: "Gays in a Methodist Town? No Problem (Until Now)"
School Supers' Perks: "State to retract and fix data on educators' perks"
School Vouchers: "NJEA chief responds to readers on union's opposition to vouchers"
UMDNJ: "Monitor: UMDNJ still has problems"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Hispanic Voters - NYT: "Hispanic Voters Gain New Clout With Democrats"
Immigration - WP: "For Arizona Border Town, Towers Are Unwelcome Eyes in the Sky"
Iraq - WP: "Military Envisions Longer Stay in Iraq"
OF INTEREST
Newark: "Chinatown, a community that vanished long ago" -- Originally in last Sunday's Ledger, now online after a struggle; also see Newark Chinatown's website.
1967's 'Summer of Love': "(Don’t Go Back to) San Francisco" -- LA's Laurel Canyon wrote the 60s sound track.
Bengay Overdose?: "Muscle-Pain Reliever Is Blamed for Staten Island Runner’s Death"
Catholic Church: "Church's five-year battle vs. sex abuse"
Labor & Buyout Firms: "New Labor Strikes Deals With 'Private Equity Guys'"
Nonprofit Abuse: "Charity's founder paid himself $1.7M"
Student Loans: "Private Loans Deepen a Crisis in Student Debt"
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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