Schools search.. 23 mattresses = overcrowding?.. Robert Newbold, former Bethel pastor.. Who is Catherine Webster..
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)
Crescent Times: "Who is Catherine Webster?"
Plainfield Trees: "The Japanese Pagoda Tree"
Van Wyck Brooks HD: "Abbott Manor court case update"
2006 Cabbie Robbery: "Dewayne Jackson guilty in cabbie robbery"
Fatal Accident: "92-year-old city man killed in 3-car wreck"
Obituary: "Othello B. Noel, 91, accident victim"
Highway Alerts:
WHAT'S HAPPENING
CENTRAL JERSEY
Auto Theft Ring - NYT: "Police Announce Breakup of Extensive Car-Theft Ring"
..... - SL: "Cops put brakes on hot-car heists"
Fanwood - CN: "Driver hospitalized after car crashes into porch"
..... - SL: "Driver injured after SUV crashes into porch" -- Home declared 'uninhabitable'.
Franklin Twp. Recall: "Election ballot placement determined"
Guantanamo-NJ Connection: Bob Braun: "They defend freedom abroad, and at home"
Hillsboro: "Charter-study panel tweaks mayor-council report"
Somerset County: "State probing all records of Somerset park system"
Summit: "Springfield Avenue: Detour for bridge work next 15 months"
STATE
Corzine/Katz Emails: "Katz contradicts Corzine on e-mails" -- Admits discussing contract with Gov.
9/11 Sixth Anniversary: "Authority OKs visits to Ground Zero site"
Kids & Web: "Corzine increases vigilance of Web"
Meadowlands Development: "Xanadu brags about size" | "EnCap fights $1M fine for emissions"
Pay-to-play: "Teaneck to consider tougher rules than state's"
Rutgers: "Rutgers is pulled into student loan probe
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Bush v. Congress: "Rove Ordered Not to Cooperate; Gonzales Refuses to Alter Testimony"
Cheney: Dan Froomkin: "Cheney's PR Blitz"
Obama: "Obama Says He Would Take Fight To Pakistan"
OF INTEREST
Gardening: "Battle of the bugs" | "The fungus among us" -- Two from the Ledger's Valerie Sudol, one of the best garden writers going.
Health: "Deep brain stimulation credited with man's progress from 'minimally conscious state'"
Museums: "Getty Agrees to Return 40 Antiquities to Italy"
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 |
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)
- "Would 23 mattresses indicate overcrowding?"
- "NNO Continues: Ward 4 Challenge Today"
- "Downtown: Someone IS minding the store"
- "Obituary: Robert Newbold, former Bethel Presbyterian pastor"
- "Magnavox mystery"
- "Crossing guards needed"
Crescent Times: "Who is Catherine Webster?"
Plainfield Trees: "The Japanese Pagoda Tree"
Van Wyck Brooks HD: "Abbott Manor court case update"
2006 Cabbie Robbery: "Dewayne Jackson guilty in cabbie robbery"
Fatal Accident: "92-year-old city man killed in 3-car wreck"
Obituary: "Othello B. Noel, 91, accident victim"
Highway Alerts:
- Route 18 - Construction shuts Albany Street ramp through late August 2007.
- Route 287 - Work between Stelton Road and Turnpike exit continues through Nov. 2008.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today. August 2. 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.
- Today. August 2. 3 - 8 PM. Ward 4 NNO Challenge: Grant Avenue Block Party.
- Today. August 2. 5 PM. Ward 4 NNO Challenge: 'Unity in the Community' Day. Music, games and more. Rushmore Park, West 3rd & Rushmore Avenue. Rain date, Monday, August 6.
- Today. August 2. 8 PM. Planning Board. City Hall Library. Parking at the rear of building, entrance off parking lot.
- Friday. August 3. Ward 3 NNO Challenge. Cleanup at Baptist/Methodist Cemeteries, Plainfield Avenue (Daytime on Friday and Saturday). Clothes drive. Block Party in the evening, starting at Pemberton and Parkside. Details to come.
- Friday. August 3. 7 - 10 PM. Literary Weekend: Days of Encouragement and Deliverance. Authors, poets, speakers and soloists. Sponsor: Blackberry's Restaurant, 4th & Watchung. Prices vary. Info: (908) 444-8950.
- Saturday. August 4. 9 AM - 4 PM. Business Empowerment Conference. Ideas and connections for small business, including making the most of the Port Authority's Light Rail project. Sponsor: B.O.S.S. Register online. Location: HeardOne Complex, 210 Church Street, Plainfield. Info: (908) 757-5155.
- Saturday. August 4. 11 AM. NNO Bike Rodeo / Youth Day. Sponsored by the Plainfield Police Division and the National Night Out Committee. At Library Park. FREE.
- Saturday. August 4. 7 - 10 PM. Literary Weekend: Days of Encouragement and Deliverance. Authors, poets, speakers and soloists. Sponsor: Blackberry's Restaurant, 4th & Watchung. Prices vary. Info: (908) 444-8950.
- Saturday. August 4. Dusk. NNO Youth Event: 'The Pursuit of HappYness' (movie). At Library Park. FREE.
- Sunday. August 5. 7 PM. Rose of Sharon NNO Community Celebration. Neighborhood March, Program, Refreshments.'Give Neighborhood Crime and Drugs a Going Away Party.' Rose of Sharon Church Parking Lot, 825 West 7th Street. All are invited.
- Tuesday. August 7. 6:30 PM. National Night Out: Going Away Party for Crime and Drugs. Music, food, community information tables. At City Hall, 515 Watchung Avenue. All are invited.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Auto Theft Ring - NYT: "Police Announce Breakup of Extensive Car-Theft Ring"
..... - SL: "Cops put brakes on hot-car heists"
Fanwood - CN: "Driver hospitalized after car crashes into porch"
..... - SL: "Driver injured after SUV crashes into porch" -- Home declared 'uninhabitable'.
Franklin Twp. Recall: "Election ballot placement determined"
Guantanamo-NJ Connection: Bob Braun: "They defend freedom abroad, and at home"
Hillsboro: "Charter-study panel tweaks mayor-council report"
Somerset County: "State probing all records of Somerset park system"
Summit: "Springfield Avenue: Detour for bridge work next 15 months"
STATE
Corzine/Katz Emails: "Katz contradicts Corzine on e-mails" -- Admits discussing contract with Gov.
9/11 Sixth Anniversary: "Authority OKs visits to Ground Zero site"
Kids & Web: "Corzine increases vigilance of Web"
Meadowlands Development: "Xanadu brags about size" | "EnCap fights $1M fine for emissions"
Pay-to-play: "Teaneck to consider tougher rules than state's"
Rutgers: "Rutgers is pulled into student loan probe
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Bush v. Congress: "Rove Ordered Not to Cooperate; Gonzales Refuses to Alter Testimony"
Cheney: Dan Froomkin: "Cheney's PR Blitz"
Obama: "Obama Says He Would Take Fight To Pakistan"
OF INTEREST
Gardening: "Battle of the bugs" | "The fungus among us" -- Two from the Ledger's Valerie Sudol, one of the best garden writers going.
Health: "Deep brain stimulation credited with man's progress from 'minimally conscious state'"
Museums: "Getty Agrees to Return 40 Antiquities to Italy"
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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