Budget: Water everywhere.. Forum probes schools.. Special BOE meeting tonite.. Increase bust size - Attend church..
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: "Forum Probes Board, District"
Crescent Times: "Wanted: Apartment or Studio"
Plainfield Trees: "Plane Trees"
No news, no events, no crime in newspapers today. Good thing or bad thing?
Highway Alerts:
WHAT'S HAPPENING
CENTRAL JERSEY
Newark Murders - SL: 'Community Eye': "After wicked blow, Newark readies a counterpunch" -- Contact info.
.......... - Carranza: "Criticism spurs probes of slaying suspect's bail"
.......... - 4th Suspect: "Man sought in slayings eluded cops for 4 years"
..... - NYT: "After Killings, Sense of Unity Surprises Newark"
Children's Specialized Hospital: "As hope grows, so too does a critical need"
Franklin Twp.: "28 nabbed in Franklin drug bust code-named 'Caveat Emptor'" -- Law enforcement with a sense of humor.
Hillside: "State liquor agency OKs bar reopening"
Ocean Grove & Civil Unions - SL: "Methodist group files lawsuit on civil unions"
.......... - NYT: "Church Group Complains of Civil Union Pressure"
Rahway: "Rahway party is probed by ELEC" -- You do recall reading it here first, right? Thursday.
STATE
Monmouth Corruption: "Ex-utilities official gets 51 months for corruption"
NYC Congestion Plan: "Bloomberg’s Traffic Plan Gets U.S. Boost"
Sex Offenders Online: "AG wants Web sites' help tracking sex offenders"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Business - NYT: "Home Depot Profit Slumps on Housing Weakness"
Rove - WP: "'Architect' Envisioned GOP Supremacy"
Wall Street - NYT: "Goldman and Investors to Put $3 Billion Into Fund"
.......... - WP: "Nasdaq Gives High Rollers A Market Free Of Regulation" -- At such a propitious moment.
OF INTEREST
Aging: "A Grass-Roots Effort to Grow Old at Home"
Air Travel: "Right There on the Tarmac, the Inmates Revolt"
Chinese-made Goods: "Mattel Said to Plan 2nd Toy Recall"
Health: "Care for often-deadly sepsis may be incorrect, study finds"
Hmmmmm: "Our Lives, Controlled From Some Guy’s Couch"
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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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: "Forum Probes Board, District"
Crescent Times: "Wanted: Apartment or Studio"
Plainfield Trees: "Plane Trees"
No news, no events, no crime in newspapers today. Good thing or bad thing?
Highway Alerts:
- Route 18 - Albany Street ramp: Construction through late August.
- Route 287 - Stelton Road to Turnpike: Work now through Nov. 2008.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today - August 14. 8 PM. Special Board of Ed Meeting on Superintendent Search. PHS Library, 950 Park Avenue.
- Wednesday - August 15. 7:30PM. Union County Summer Arts Concerts. Featuring The Sensational Soul Cruisers. 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 16. 6 PM. 3rd Thursday Concerts at Plainwood Square Park. Ray, Goodman & Brown and Soul Generation. Sponsor: Plainwood Square Merchants and City of Plainfield. At Plainwood Square Park, South Avenue. FREE.
- Saturday - August 18. 10 AM - Noon. Closing Reception: 'No Easy Walk' Photography by Helen Stummer. Sponsor: Cultural & Heritage Commission. Plainfield Public Library. 8th Street at Park Avenue. Coffee and Danish. FREE.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Newark Murders - SL: 'Community Eye': "After wicked blow, Newark readies a counterpunch" -- Contact info.
.......... - Carranza: "Criticism spurs probes of slaying suspect's bail"
.......... - 4th Suspect: "Man sought in slayings eluded cops for 4 years"
..... - NYT: "After Killings, Sense of Unity Surprises Newark"
Children's Specialized Hospital: "As hope grows, so too does a critical need"
Franklin Twp.: "28 nabbed in Franklin drug bust code-named 'Caveat Emptor'" -- Law enforcement with a sense of humor.
Hillside: "State liquor agency OKs bar reopening"
Ocean Grove & Civil Unions - SL: "Methodist group files lawsuit on civil unions"
.......... - NYT: "Church Group Complains of Civil Union Pressure"
Rahway: "Rahway party is probed by ELEC" -- You do recall reading it here first, right? Thursday.
STATE
Monmouth Corruption: "Ex-utilities official gets 51 months for corruption"
NYC Congestion Plan: "Bloomberg’s Traffic Plan Gets U.S. Boost"
Sex Offenders Online: "AG wants Web sites' help tracking sex offenders"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Business - NYT: "Home Depot Profit Slumps on Housing Weakness"
Rove - WP: "'Architect' Envisioned GOP Supremacy"
Wall Street - NYT: "Goldman and Investors to Put $3 Billion Into Fund"
.......... - WP: "Nasdaq Gives High Rollers A Market Free Of Regulation" -- At such a propitious moment.
OF INTEREST
Aging: "A Grass-Roots Effort to Grow Old at Home"
Air Travel: "Right There on the Tarmac, the Inmates Revolt"
Chinese-made Goods: "Mattel Said to Plan 2nd Toy Recall"
Health: "Care for often-deadly sepsis may be incorrect, study finds"
Hmmmmm: "Our Lives, Controlled From Some Guy’s Couch"
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |
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