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Monday, July 30, 2007

NNO gets under way.. Red Cross offers help.. Japanese Pagoda Tree.. Chuck Berry, headliner.. Road repairs funded..

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: "Vines and Weeds"
Crescent Times: "Come and Join Us 4 NNO"
Plainfield Trees: "The Japanese Pagoda Tree"
Van Wyck Brooks HD: "Next Meeting: August 13"

National Night Out: "Plainfield plans week of festivities for National Night Out"
Tri-County Red Cross: "Red Cross: Let us help with day-to-day activities"

Highway Alerts:
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
  • Today. July 30. 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 30. 6 - 9 PM. First Ward Community Day. Games, food, activities, voter registration. Bring canned good or non-perishable items for food bank. Milt Campbell Field, East 3rd Street. Info: Alex Toliver, (908) 922-6060. Rain date: Wednesday, same time & place. FREE.

  • Tuesday. July 31. 6 - 8 PM. Ward 2 NNO Challenge. Planting at Netherwood Station. Painting bathrooms of the Fieldhouse at Seidler Field (North Avenue, across from Netherwood Station). Poster making at Seidler Field. Rain date: Wednesday. All Welcome. Those who register can attend the Celebration Party (see below).

  • Tuesday. July 31. 8 - 10 PM. Ward 2 NNO Celebration Party. Registered participants who helped in the evening's activities are invited to a party at the YMCA, 518 Watchung Avenue.

  • Tuesday. July 31. 7 PM. Board of Ed, Special Meeting. Board structure, Superintendent search, Human Resource item. Clinton School Cafetorium. Clinton Avenue & West 4th Street. Public invited.

  • Wednesday. August 1. 7:30PM. Union County Summer Arts Concerts. Featuring Mustang Sally (Country). 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. August 2. 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.

  • Thursday. August 2. 3 - 8 PM. Ward 4 NNO Challenge: Grant Avenue Block Party.

  • Thursday. August 2. 5 PM. Ward 4 NNO Challenge: 'Unity in the Community' Day. Music, games and more. Rushmore Park, West 3rd & Rushmore Avenue. Rain date, Monday, August 6.

  • Friday. August 3. Ward 3 NNO Challenge. Cleanup at Baptist/Methodist Cemeteries, Plainfield Avenue (Daytime on Friday and Saturday). Clothes drive. Block Party in the evening, starting at Pemberton and Parkside. Details to come.

  • Friday. August 3. 7 - 10 PM. Literary Weekend: Days of Encouragement and Deliverance. Authors, poets, speakers and soloists. Sponsor: Blackberry's Restaurant, 4th & Watchung. Prices vary. Info: (908) 444-8950.

  • Saturday. August 4. 9 AM - 4 PM. Business Empowerment Conference. Ideas and connections for small business, including making the most of the Port Authority's Light Rail project. Sponsor: B.O.S.S. Register online. Location: HeardOne Complex, 210 Church Street, Plainfield. Info: (908) 757-5155.

  • Saturday. August 4. 11 AM. NNO Bike Rodeo / Youth Day. Sponsored by the Plainfield Police Division and the National Night Out Committee. At Library Park. FREE.

  • Saturday. August 4. 7 - 10 PM. Literary Weekend: Days of Encouragement and Deliverance. Authors, poets, speakers and soloists. Sponsor: Blackberry's Restaurant, 4th & Watchung. Prices vary. Info: (908) 444-8950.

  • Saturday. August 4. Dusk. NNO Youth Event: 'The Pursuit of HappYness' (movie). At Library Park. FREE.

  • Sunday. August 5. 7 PM. Rose of Sharon NNO Community Celebration. Neighborhood March, Program, Refreshments.'Give Neighborhood Crime and Drugs a Going Away Party.' Rose of Sharon Church Parking Lot, 825 West 7th Street. All are invited.

  • Tuesday. August 7. 6:30 PM. National Night Out: Going Away Party for Crime and Drugs. Music, food, community information tables. At City Hall, 515 Watchung Avenue. All are invited.
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CENTRAL JERSEY

Liberty Science Center: "10 centuries of Islamic science comes to Jersey" -- Web link here.
Raritan Estuary: "Baykeeper's goal: Restore oysters to estuary, one reef at a time"
Union County MusicFest: "Chuck Berry, The Ultimate Headliner"


STATE

Corzine/Katz Emails: "Lawyers to argue about Corzine's e-mails"

Immigration Rally, Morristown --
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.


NATION / WORLD

2008 Election --
 Gonzales - WP: "Gonzales's Truthfulness Long Disputed"
Iraq - NYT: "Iraq Math: From One, Make Three"
The Markets - NYT: "Monday on Wall St.: Jitters Rather Than Mergers"


OF INTEREST

Film, The Simpsons: "'Simpsons' draws $72 million for Fox"
License Renewal Hell: "Cranford woman's hellish journey to getting a license"
Obituary: "Ingmar Bergman, film director, last great Swedish humorist"
Politician Humor: "Every candidate has a silver punchline"
Soccer: "Iraq's Great Unifier: Soccer"

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

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Posted by Dan at 9:40 AM