Plainfield summer youth program?.. A castle is coming.. 7th Street litter.. Sweet Lew's shocker..
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)
- "Is Plainfield running a summer youth employment program?"
- "A [White] Castle That Divides"
- "Driving While Black, Redux"
- "Latino Leadership Alliance weighs in on Roselle Park incident"
- "Latinos want Perth Amboy chief held accountable"
Crescent Times: Maria is 'recharging her batteries' and will be back later in July.
Plainfield Website Watch: Today is Day 12 since announced launch date and no new site.
22nd Legislative District: "Senator Scutari targets toy guns"
Byron Halsey Case - Editorial, SL: "The fragility of justice"
Field Avenue Body: "Police ID body found in vacant city house"
Gospel Concert: "Association to present gospel concert"
Senior Citizens: "County updates its Farmer's Market voucher information"
Sweet Lew's Bakery: "Electric shock sends man falling from ladder" -- Formerly Margie's Cake Box.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Tomorrow. July 12. 8:30 AM - Noon. United Way Countywide Community Forum. Helping identify the County's needs, gaps, and assets in health, education and human services. Sponsor: United Way of Greater Union County. Location: Downs Hall, Kean U. Registration recommended. Info: (908) 353-7171 x103 or susan.coen@uwguc.org.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Newark - 1967 -- Make this your main page for 1967 coverage.
- Part 4 of 4: "The hard-won grounds for hope" -- The neighborhood looks up.
- Assessing Change: "Across the city, neighbors see good, and bad"
- Editorial, Ledger: "A sign of Newark's comeback"
- Riot? Rebellion? Disturbance?: "What you call it depends largely on where you were"
- 40th Anniversary: "Newark leads in efforts to look back 40 years"
- Events: "40th commemoration events"
Douglass College: "Douglass enters a new era"
Ham Radio: "Where campers follow a wave of interest"
Hillsborough: "Hillsboro building gets green certification"
Hillside: "Hillside reorganizes amid the usual dissension"
Sharpe James: "James withdraws $500K from retirement fund" -- Indictment expected soon.
Perth Amboy: "Perth Amboy appeals $1.9M harassment verdict"
Rahway: "Court overturns award given in 1958 murder of Rahway cop"
Somerset County: "Freeholders mull changes to park commission"
Springfield: "No Homer run for Springfield" -- Wait a minute! 14,429 residents and only 7,063 votes?!
STATE
Lautenberg: Tom Moran: "Lautenberg isn't going anywhere, like it or not"
Miss NJ Flap: "Friends rally to save Miss New Jersey"
NJHMFA: "State agency's workers vote to OK strike after talks fail"
'Special Needs' Housing: "Plan uses drivers' fines to finance special-needs residents' housing"
Supreme Court Justice Rivera-Soto: "Papers detail Rivera-Soto school dispute"
Tax Return Scam: "3 accused of netting $828K with fake tax returns"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Bush: "President To Critics: Wait Till September"
'DC Madam' Fallout: "Are You There, God? It’s Me, Mr. Flaming Wingnut Hypocrite" -- A Jersey blogger's take.
FBI: "Gonzales Knew About Violations, Officials Say"
GOP: "In GOP, Growing Friction On Iraq"
Iraq: "Green Zone Hit By Barrages Which Are Becoming Frequent And Accurate"
Surgeon General: "Ex-Surgeon General Says White House Hushed Him"
OF INTEREST
Ungrown Children: "Diapers take the cake" -- Diapers.com's big seller? A faux wedding cake of diapers.
Grown Children: "They Grow Up So Fast and Then You Have to Let Them Go" -- Mamacita reflects on parenthood and its pitfalls.
Children's Health: "Pediatricians downplaying urinary-tract antibiotics"
iPods: Fran Wood: "With radio hi-Jacked, I'm singing a new tune about high tech" -- Fran's lament.
Rooftop Advertising: "Rooftop ads turn up on Google Earth, Yahoo Maps"
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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