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Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Primary results.. Board of Ed a bust.. VWB cooking club -- yum.. PBA fundraiser for stricken member..

PLAINFIELD




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Plainfield Today: "Storch wins despite demeaning demagoguery"

Plain Talker: "Board of Ed Meeting a Bust"
Crescent Times: "Voting Polls, June 5, 2007, 3:00 PM" and "Congratulations"
Van Wyck Brooks HD: "Cooking Club's First Meeting"

Primary Election - SL: "Primaries get races in county rolling"
.......... - CN: "Primary results: Union County"

Plainfield PBA: "Police-union members set fundraising event" -- Proceeds will help cancer-stricker member Roger Howell, a 15-year veteran.
2004 Murder: "City man pleads guilty to killing brother"
Check 'Kiting': "Plainfield man accused of check forgery scheme"

Affordable Housing & RCAs: "Urban mayors offer housing plan" -- Text of bill here. This is the issue that was taken up at the candidate forum; the bill is in Assemblyman Green's committee.

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WHAT'S HAPPENING
  • Wednesday. June 6. 9 AM - 12:30 PM. Urban Schools - Public Will. Conference on urban schools by the Public Education Institute of Rutgers. BOE member Christian Estevez will be a panelist. Larry Leverett will moderate. FREE, but advance registration required.

  • 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.

  • Saturday. June 9. Noon - 7 PM. Rhythm & Blues by the Brook. Sponsored by Union County Freeholders. At Cedar Brook Park. FREE.

  • Saturday. June 9. 7 PM. Opening Gala - Plainfield Pride Film Festival. Screening "20 Centimeters." At the home of Councilor Rashid Burney. 1127 Watchung Avenue. $25/person. Info: 757-6103.

  • Sunday. 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.

  • Sunday. 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.
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CENTRAL JERSEY

Edison: "Choi's slate ousts incumbents" -- Gamble to control Council pays off.
Newark: "Newark retracts suit seeking to halt publication of cop report"
Roselle: "Garrett Smith fends off a challenge, gains an ally"
Union, Somerset Counties: "5 towns reap thousands in shared-services grants"


STATE

Primary 2007 - SL: "Incumbency proves no guarantee in primary"
.......... - Essex Co.: "Booker team takes 5 out of 6"
.......... - East Orange: "Incumbents triumph in East Orange"
.......... - Hudson Co.: "Stack crushes Vega; Bolden Cunningham nips Manzo"
..... - NYT: "Voters Send Mixed Signals to Democratic Organization"
..... - CN: "With few hot races, voter turnout slumps"

2007 General Election: "Bush will join the list of fall voter concerns"
Auto Inspections: "Car inspection deal put out to bid in N.J."
Corzine & Katz: "Corzine has court date over Katz emails"
'Fringe' Political Parties: "Fringe parties hope suit provides breakthrough"
Ft. Dix Plot: "Fort Dix terror plot suspects indicted"
Passaic River: Tom Moran: "Getting away with the slow murder of a river"
Supreme Court - SL: "New trial ordered for condemned man"
..... - NYT: "New Jersey Court Voids Death Penalty Conviction"

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


NATION / WORLD

2008 Primary - NYT: "G.O.P. Candidates Spar Over Immigration"
Attorneygate - WP: "Ex-Prosecutor Says He Didn't Think Charges Would Affect Election"
Bush & Libby - WP: "Bush Faces Libby Pardon Dilemma"
Guantanamo Detainees - WP: "Ruling Renews The Debate Over Detainees"
Immigration 'Reform' - WP: "To Menendez, Bill Sells Families Short"


OF INTEREST

D-Day: "Ultimate D-Day hero recalls cliffs of Normandy, depths of loss"
Tourette's Syndrome: "Tourette's DNA center established at Rutgers"

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

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Posted by Dan at 9:36 AM