Art Festival update.. Plainfield riot marked.. NJT budgets for repairs, route improvements.. Lady Bird Johnson dies..
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today: (Click HERE to read the posts serially, otherwise take your pick below. There are more stories up than posted below, and more go up during the day. -- Dan)
- "Lorraine Van Blake visitation"
- "Art Festival update"
- "People's Organization for Progress will mark Plainfield riot"
- "Sharpe's Day of Reckoning?"
- "Sometimes Plainfield seems to be Newark writ small"
- "Corzine and Rove - Separated at Birth?"
Crescent Times: Maria is 'recharging her batteries' and will be back later in July.
Plainfield Website Watch: Today is Day 13 since announced launch date and no new site.
Hip-Hop Church: "Hip-hop church set to open in the city"
NJT: "NJ Transit okays capital, operating budgets"
Penn Station, Newark: "NJ Transit plans express bus lane" -- Affected routes listed.
Senior Citizens: "Union County says seniors target of estate planning 'scam'"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Saturday. July 14. 7 PM. "40 years later, did the rebellion help us or hurt us?" - a discussion. Sponsor: People's Organization for Progress. Friends Meetinghouse, 225 Watchung Avenue. All are welcome.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Newark - 1967 -- Make this your main page for 1967 coverage.
- Commemoration: "Booker orders flags flown at half-staff through July 17"
- Ledger: "Indictment rumor swirls around James"
- NY Times: "Anxiety Grows Over Inquiry on Ex-Mayor"
- Plainfield Today: "Sharpe's Day of Reckoning?"
Liberty Science Center: "Teachers get sneak peek at updated teaching tool"
Newark: "'Last piece' of puzzle in place as Newark finalizes Devils arena deals"
Perth Amboy: "Rally in rain spurred by racist remarks that led to $1.9M award"
Rahway: "Bernoskie widow's plight hits a nerve"
Roselle Park - Editorial, SL: "Monica Montoya Arrest: A good Samaritan suffers"
Ticket Quotas?: "Union Township official denies requiring quotas"
Westfield: "Workers pulled from grasp of deadly gas"
STATE
Corzine & Email --
- SL: "Corzine pulls plug on his own e-mail"
- CN: "Miffed Corzine stops e-mail"
- NYT: "Facing a Lawsuit, Corzine Swears Off E-Mail"
- Plainfield Today: "Corzine and Rove - Separated at Birth?"
Devereaux Trial: "Lawyer wants judge to compel governor to take stand"
Miss NJ Flap: "Contest field director says photos show 'just plain college life fun'"
Supreme Court: "State justices cite constitutional rights in upholding guilty plea"
Supreme Court Justice Rivera-Soto: "Ethics panel wants judge censured"
Turnpike: "Turnpike plan may require toll hikes" -- Whouldathunkit?
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Bush v. Congress:
- Miers: "Miers Rebuffs Senate Subpoena"
- Taylor: "A Bush Aide's Long Road From The White House"
- Analysis: Dana Milbank: "Against Claims of Executive Privilege, a Committee Comes Up Dry"
Gonzales: "Case against Gonzales grows"
Iraq: "White House Gives Iraq Mixed Marks in Report"
Iraq Study Group: "White House Isn't Backing Iraq Study Group Follow-Up"
OF INTEREST
Movies: "He bonded with the Blob, the killer jelly from space"
Corporate Blogs: "J&J gets word out with start of official company blog"
Global Warming - SL: "Garden State could turn into the Peach State"
.......... - NYT: "Study Paints Dire Picture of Warmer Northeast"
Obituary: "Lady Bird Johnson: Champion of Conservation, Loyal Force Behind LBJ"
.......... - An Appreciation: "Lady Bird Johnson Gave America A Big Bouquet"
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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