Operation Ceasefire meeting tonight.. Public employee pension cost up 121%.. Amigurumi.. Muhlenberg wants volunteers..
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)
- "Pssst. Operation CeaseFire meeting tonight"
- "Plainfield's public employee pension cost rises 121%"
- "Why state pension plans must squeeze or gamble"
- "Muhlenberg looking for volunteers"
- "East Orange skips ahead of Plainfield with gun sensors"
Crescent Times: "Crescent Neighborhood Ass'n update" | "My personal update"
Plainfield Trees: "Bradford Pear: Beautiful But Breakable"
Van Wyck Brooks HD: "Christmas House Tour Update"
Plainfield Website Watch: Today is Day 25 since announced launch date and no new site.
2005 Goines Murder: "Pearyer gets prison in 2005 killing outside Chez Maree"
Highway Alerts:
- Route 18: "Construction shuts Route 18's Albany Street ramp" -- Through late August 2007.
- Route 287: "Work on 287 between Stelton Road and Turnpike Exit" -- To continue through Nov. 2008.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today. July 24. 11 AM - 1 PM. Summer Wellness Fair. Eight groups plus the UCC LPN Program join forces. Plainfield Campus of Union County College. East 2nd and Church Streets. FREE.
- Today. July 24. 6:30 PM. Operation CeaseFire Community Meeting. Learn about the program and opportunities to take part. Sponsor: Liberty CDC. At the CP Unit, West 6th Liberty Streets (St. Mary's School). All are invited.
- Wednesday. July 25. 7:30PM. Union County Summer Arts Concerts. Featuring De Sol Latin 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 26. 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.
- Saturday. July 28. 7 - 9 PM. 'All Rise for Education' Gospel Concert. Sponsored by New Covenant Christian Association. At First-Park Baptist Church, West 7th Street and Central Avenue. $5 at the door. Free-will offering will be taken. Info: (908) 756-3322. All are invited.
CENTRAL JERSEY
'Mad Hatter' Bank Robber - SL: "Tip from bank teller leads to suspected Hat Bandit"
'Mad Hatter' served 18 years for killing his girlfriend Terry Lee Wells.
They had lived at North Plainfield's Regency Village complex.
.......... - "A shock to family of slain nurse: Her killer was in N.J."
.......... - Mark Di Ionno: "So much for illusions of an Everyman"
..... - CN: "Ex-con charged as 'Mad Hatter' robber"
..... - NYT: "Suspect Is Charged in a Bank Robbery Case of Many Hats"
Bound Brook: "Council mulls developer for transit village"
Green Brook: "Cops chase down Rt. 22 bank robber"
Sharpe James - SL: "James pleads not guilty to graft charges"
..... - NYT: "Ex-Newark Mayor Pleads Not Guilty to Corruption"
Somerset County: "Reform on park board's agenda"
South Plainfield: "South Plainfield shops for new schools superintendent"
Warren Twp.: "Township updates zoning to preserve rural nature"
STATE
Budget: "Stem-cell, open-space borrowing mean big debt hike"
Corzine/Katz emails: "State GOP boss: Corzine and Katz can't claim expectation of privacy"
Dogfighting: "NJ lawmaker asks dog-fighting inquiry"
UMDNJ: "UMDNJ dean resigns amid billing probe" -- And you thought you'd heard the end of it.
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Attorneygate: "Gonzales to Tell Senators He Will Not Quit" -- Yawn. It's never been about him anyway.
John Farmer on Bush: "Is he President 43 or Agent 86?"
Dem Debate: "A Debate for the Blogging Age"
Iraq - WP: "ABC/WashPost Poll Finds Democrats Favored On War"
.......... - NYT: "U.S. Seen in Iraq Until at Least ’09"
Neocons: Howard Kurtz: "Kristol's War"
Big Pharma Games The System: "Tax Break Used by Drug Makers Failed to Add Jobs"
Rove Machinations: "Diplomats Received Political Briefings"
OF INTEREST
Farmers' Markets: "Pie police spoiling NJ Farmers' Markets" -- Did the Ledger read this before writing its editorial?
Blueberries: "Consumers see red as prices for Jersey's official fruit jump"
Chestnut Trees: "Restoring a tree to its throne"
Mulshine on Neocons: Paul Mulshine: "Laptop warriors from the sky"
NFL: "Vick Ordered by Goodell To Stay Away From Camp"
Satellite Radio: "Radio Plan: A Price Shift for Satellite"
Seniors: "Video games are clicking with the senior center set"
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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