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Saturday, August 11, 2007

On Jerry Green's letter.. Union County voting machines hackable.. New Hillside blog.. Defenestrating Bushies..

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: On Assemblyman Green's Letter: "Smoke? Fire? Fog?"
Crescent Times: "Conflict of Interest"

Drugs: "Plainfield woman charged with transporting, attempting to sell heroin"

Highway Alerts:
  • Route 18 - Albany Street ramp: Construction through late August.
  • Route 287 - Stelton Road to Turnpike: Work now through Nov. 2008.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
  • Today - August 11. 8 AM - 2 PM. Special Household Waste Collection. At: Union County VoTech, 1776 Raritan Road, Scotch Plains. See list on www.ucnj.org/ or call Hotline: (908) 654-9889. No registration required, but proof of Union County residency. No Latex paint accepted. Sponsor: Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders.

  • Today - August 11. 5 - 7 PM. Swain Galleries Exhibit: Selected Works from the duCret 2007 Juried Fine Art Show. Exhibit runs through August 31. Swain Galleries, 703 Watchung Avenue. Info: (908) 756-1707.

  • Monday - August 13. 6 - 7:30 PM. Parent Support Circle: What's On Your Mind? Free child care. Sponsor: Plainfield Center for Stronger Families. At: Jefferson Swing School, 1750 West Front Street. Info: (908) 731-4360, ext. 5381 or 5237

  • Monday - August 13. 8 PM. Van Wyck Brooks Historic District Monthly Meeting.
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CENTRAL JERSEY
Pulaski Skyway - SL: "Pulaski Skyway repairs, a 4-year job, start soon"
..... - HNT: "State to spend $10 million upgrading Pulaski Skyway"
..... - NYT: "After Minneapolis Disaster, Concerns About the Pulaski Skyway"

Newark - Suspect: "Gaps in legal system kept suspect in three killings on the streets"
..... - 3rd Suspect: "Second teen caught by cops in Morristown"
..... - Neighborhood Kids: Mark Di Ionno: "Dear Mayor ... I was afraid to go to sleep Saturday..."
Union Twp.: "4 New Yorkers face weapon charges after brief chase and crash"


STATE

2008 Elections: "Republican ends U.S. Senate aspirations"
Development: "Court: Highlands Act doesn't violate constitutional rights"
Electronic Voting: "N.J. balks on printers for voting machines"
Ocean Twp.: "Reversal Permits School Play About Murder of Gay Man"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.


NATION / WORLD

Economy - Bloomberg: "Central Banks Add Cash to Avert Crisis of Confidence (Update9, 6:11 pm)"
.......... - "Global Stocks Roiled by Credit Concern; Countrywide, Banks Fall"
..... - NYT: "Market Swings Are First Crisis for Fed Chief"


OF INTEREST

E-ZPass & Adultery: "Toll collection records used to prove adultery" -- I dare you not to read this story.

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

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Posted by Dan at 9:22 AM