State faults Plainfield schools.. Senior groundbreaking gaffe.. Stumbling toward July 4th.. Decision affects Muhlenberg..
NOTE: Today's Courier reports on efforts to raise money for a life-saving procedure for Michele Marron-Meyerhoff, who suffers from scleroderma. Many readers will remember Michele from local real estate dealings as attorney John Wood Goldsack's real estate paralegal. Details on making donations are included with the story.
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: "Carter: DOE Report Faults School District"
Crescent Times: "Translating" -- Today, Maria is translating letter mentioned by Bernice.
Plainfield Trees: "Cedars, gods, and Gilgamesh"
Senior Center Groundbreaking: "Ground to be broken" -- Today, 11 AM.
Angioplasties - CN: "Angioplasty still allowed at hospitals -- for now" -- Muhlenberg affected.
..... - SL: "Hospitals fear new rules might skew angioplasty study"
..... - NYT: "State rewriting angioplasty guidelines"
Real Estate Fraud: "New Scheme Preys on Desperate Homeowners" -- You know those phone pole signs, 'We Buy Homes For Cash'? It's called 'equity stripping'.
Obituary: Martin Power from Plainfield Towers West died Sunday evening. Funeral services are this Thursday, July 5, at 10 AM at the Friends Meetinghouse, 225 Watchung Avenue, where Martin was an active member.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today. July 3. 11 AM. Senior Center Groundbreaking. East Front Street, across from Bank of America.
- Tomorrow. July 4.
- 10:00 AM. 84th Annual July 4th Parade. East Front Street.
- 5:30 PM. Concert. Cedar Brook Park. FREE.
- Dusk. Fireworks Display. Cedar Brook Park. FREE.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Newark - SL: "City can't say how $10M in CDBG's were spent under James"
..... - NYT: "Mayor Battles Old Guard and Rumors" -- 6th in a continuing series by the NYTimes.
'Smash and Grab' Ring: "More arrests to come in ring that hit 52 towns in 10 counties"
Union County: "Group sues over fees for public records"
STATE
AG's Office: "Attorney general picks a fraud-buster as her top assistant"
Belmar: "Where summer crowd must cool it" -- 'Animal House' laws get a new twist.
Camden: "Lautenberg endorses plan for office park" -- Would involve demolition of an historic Sears.
'Clean Elections': "Senate rivals hit 'clean elections' threshold"
Jury Tainting: "Senator 'regrets' revealing jury's talks"
Morristown: "Renovated museum will have room to display Washington's legacy"
Pleasantville: "State takes over Pleasantville schools" -- Corruption, mismanagement in Atlantic County town.
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Libby - NYT: "Libby Spared 30-Month Jail Term" -- Commutation is not a full pardon.
.......... - WP: "Decision Made Largely Alone" -- WashPost coverage includes Proclamation, and statements of Bush and Fitzgerald.
Iraq - SL: "Troop safety the duty of a Jerseyan bent on winning"
OF INTEREST
Obituary: "Beverly Sills, the All-American Diva"
Brain Injuries: "Turning the world right-side-up again"
Chinese Seafood Imports: "A Slippery, Writhing Trade Dispute"
Faulty Chinese Tires: "Company submits plan for tire recall to federal agency"
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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