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Monday, July 16, 2007

Being King Jerry has pluses, minuses.. Council tonight.. Bradford Pear: Beautiful but.. Porn Star to Priest..

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) Plain Talker: "Council Meeting Tonight" and "Carillon Concert Sunday"
Crescent Times: Maria is 'recharging her batteries' and will be back later in July.
Plainfield Trees: "Bradford Pear: Beautiful But Breakable"
Van Wyck Brooks HD: District meeting tonight, 8 PM, 915 Madison Avenue.

Plainfield Website Watch: Today is Day 17 since announced launch date and no new site.

Mental Health Services: "After audit, 'partial care' gets a closer look"

Highway Alerts:
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
  • Today. July 16. 9 AM - 3ish PM. Farmer's Market: Stillman Farms of Robbinsville. Fresh fruits and veggies. Vacant lot between City Hall and Salvation Army, Watchung Avenue.

  • Today. July 16. 7:30 PM. City Council Agenda Session. City Hall Library. 515 Watchung Avenue.

  • Today. July 16. 8 PM. Van Wyck Brooks Historic District Meeting. 915 Madison Avenue. Updates on Christmas Tour, Abbott Nursing Home case and the Cooking Club's upcoming Lobster Roast.

  • Tomorrow. July 17. 7 PM. Board of Ed Business Meeting. Clinton School Cafetorium. Clinton Avenue at West 4th Street.

  • Wednesday. July 18. 9 AM - 3ish PM. Farmer's Market: Stillman Farms of Robbinsville. Fresh fruits and veggies. Vacant lot between City Hall and Salvation Army, Watchung Avenue.

  • Wednesday. July 18. 8 PM. City Council Business Meeting. City Council Chambers/Courthouse. Watchung Avenue and East 4th Street.

  • Wednesday. July 18. 7:30PM. Union County Summer Arts Concerts. Featuring Joey Arminio & The Family, 1940s-50s style Big Band. Blankets, lawn chairs, picnic baskets welcome. Food vendors available. In case of rain, concerts will be in Cranford HS Auditorium. Info: (908) 352-8410 or www.ucnj.org/. FREE.

  • Thursday. July 19. 6 PM. 3rd Thursday Concerts at Plainwood Square Park. Nat Adderley, Jr.; Samad Haq and The Reason Why. Sponsor: Plainwood Square Merchants and City of Plainfield. At Plainwood Square Park, South Avenue. FREE.

  • Friday. July 20. 9:30 PM. Movies in the Park: 'Happy Feet'. Rushmore Playground. Sponsor: Recreation Division. FREE.
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CENTRAL JERSEY

Center of Hope Hospice: "Children's stars shine bright"
Fanwood: "Steven Clark honored; Instrumental in founding of NJ Transit"
Franklin Twp.: "Man dies in 2nd Somerset County killing in 3 days"
Green Brook Flood Control: "House committee proposes more flood control funds"
Newark Lit: "Word on the street; Writers, famous and obscure, captured mood of Newark before the riots" -- Curtis Lucas, Amiri Baraka, Nathan Heard, and others.
Newark FBI: "Busy Newark FBI office gets a new leader" -- Bio brief.


STATE

Ft. Monmouth Closing: "Defense Dept. knew in 2005 fort data was wrong"
Recycled Plastics: "Jersey may lose edge in industry it pioneered" -- Why, and what can be done.

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


NATION / WORLD

Abramoff Case - The Hill: "Investigation leads to another guilty plea" -- Jared Carpenter, VP of the Council of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy (CREA).
Bush on Plame Leak - WP: Dan Froomkin: "'Move On'? Not So Fast, Mr. President"
Michael Chertoff - NYT: Frank Rich: "Don't Laugh at Michael Chertoff"
Congress - FindLaw: John W. Dean: "Harriet Miers's Contempt of Congress"
.......... - Bloomberg: "Miers Warned of Contempt Citation for Ignoring House Subpoena"
Intelligence - WP: "In Intelligence World, A Mute Watchdog"
Iraq War - WP: "Senators Seek Update to Iraq Authorization"


OF INTEREST



Salt Water Taffy: "Stretching across generations, A.C. has loved its taffy" -- FastFacts, James/Fralinger website.

Porn Star to Priest: "Man of the Flesh to Man of the Cloth" -- Episcopal. Funny you should ask.
'Backyard Wildlife Habitats': "Some trying to be green find rules make it hard"
Bees: "USDA buzzing with new plan to fight collapse of bee colonies" -- Bees pollinate 130 crops.
Health: "Genetics key to new preventive medicine"

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

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Posted by Dan at 9:56 AM