Christie gives Dems Excedrin headache.. Bender House Sale TODAY.. PT makes 'highest-rated'.. Art Festival tomorrow..
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)
Friend of Library Fundraiser: "McGreevey to be host of library fundraiser"
Muhlenberg: "Central Jersey hospitals earn high marks for care" -- Report is here.
Shootout: "Reward offered for info leading to gunman"
Letter, CN: Nancy Piwowar: "Nation owes coal miners a system of safety precautions"
Comcast: "Comcast Cuts Internet Service to Bandwidth Hogs"
Realtors: "Items to aid local battered women's shelters needed"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
CENTRAL JERSEY
North Plainfield: "Springfield yeshiva appears before Zoning Board"
New Brunswick: "Penalty and a plea in New Brunswick graft cases"
Ocean Grove: Tom Moran: "Gays only welcome if they know their place"
Roselle: "Mayor acts to give himself 'full-time' pay" -- up from $12K to $65K.
Union County's Canadian Geese: "Group fights Union geese extermination"
Woodbridge: "Corrections officer injured in 3rd incident at state prison"
CORRUPTION STING
LEDGER --
STATE
Bridges: "Highlands-Sea Bright bridge to be replaced"
Fraud: "Defense contractor pleads guilty; Substandard tank air filters sent to Iraq"
Hospitals: "Following 'best practices' to guard hospital patients"
Legislature: "Panel won't drop ethics charges against Coniglio, Stack"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Iraq - OpEd, SL: John Farmer: "Democrats will have to compromise on Iraq"
Mortgage Foreclosures: "Quarterly Foreclosure Rate Again Sets Record"
Patriot Act - WP: "Judge Invalidates Patriot Act Provisions" -- "provisions are the ... equivalent of breaking and entering".
OF INTEREST
Foreclosure Forestalling: "Program helps families keep their homes"
Home Flipping Scam: "Prosecutors detail home-flipping case against 2 women"
Honeybees: "Honeybee die-off is linked to virus"
Jazz @ Liberty State Park: "Pianist Bob James wants liberty from labeling"
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)
- "As Dems convene, Christie delivers Excedrin headache"
- "Bender's huge house sale TODAY, tomorrow and Sunday" -- Today! Not yesterday, as reported yesterday. Oy vey!
- "Plainfield Today makes 'highest-rated'"
Friend of Library Fundraiser: "McGreevey to be host of library fundraiser"
Muhlenberg: "Central Jersey hospitals earn high marks for care" -- Report is here.
Shootout: "Reward offered for info leading to gunman"
Letter, CN: Nancy Piwowar: "Nation owes coal miners a system of safety precautions"
Comcast: "Comcast Cuts Internet Service to Bandwidth Hogs"
Realtors: "Items to aid local battered women's shelters needed"
Got a tip? Question? Click here to send PT an email.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Tomorrow - September 8. 10 AM - 4 PM. 44th Outdoor Festival of Art. Library Park. Arts, crafts, food, music.
- Tomorrow - September 8. 1 - 7 PM. Community Fun Day. Games, food, face painting. At the following playgrounds: Bryant School, Hannah Atkins, Mathewson, Rushmore, Milt Campbell Field, and Seidler's Field. Information: Division of Recreation, (908) 753-3097.
CENTRAL JERSEY
North Plainfield: "Springfield yeshiva appears before Zoning Board"
New Brunswick: "Penalty and a plea in New Brunswick graft cases"
Ocean Grove: Tom Moran: "Gays only welcome if they know their place"
Roselle: "Mayor acts to give himself 'full-time' pay" -- up from $12K to $65K.
Union County's Canadian Geese: "Group fights Union geese extermination"
Woodbridge: "Corrections officer injured in 3rd incident at state prison"
CORRUPTION STING
LEDGER --
- Main Story: "Statewide sting catches 11 officials"
- Dem Reaction: "Surprised Democrats now hope arrested pair will quit Assembly"
- Passaic: "Sentiment in Passaic: Say it ain't so, Sammy"
- Orange: "Orange city council girds for aftershock"
- Main Story: "Posing as corrupt firm, feds followed trail to North Jersey"
- Rivera: "Rivera's had some scrapes with the law"
- Main Story: "Corruption stings Passaic officials"
- Rivera: "Rivera always rough and ready"
- Main Story: "FBI arrests 11 officials on bribe-taking charges"
- Details: "Details of the charges against the 12 men arrested in bribe cases"
- Main Story: "Legislative leaders decline to seek Steele, Hackett resignations"
- Newark Reaction: "Crump asks Newark Inspector General to review Christie case against her aide"
- PLAINFIELD TODAY: "As Dems convene, Christie delivers Excedrin headache"
- NY TIMES: "11 Arrested in New Jersey Corruption Inquiry"
- COURIER: "Committee may reopen ethics case after arrests"
STATE
Bridges: "Highlands-Sea Bright bridge to be replaced"
Fraud: "Defense contractor pleads guilty; Substandard tank air filters sent to Iraq"
Hospitals: "Following 'best practices' to guard hospital patients"
Legislature: "Panel won't drop ethics charges against Coniglio, Stack"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Iraq - OpEd, SL: John Farmer: "Democrats will have to compromise on Iraq"
Mortgage Foreclosures: "Quarterly Foreclosure Rate Again Sets Record"
Patriot Act - WP: "Judge Invalidates Patriot Act Provisions" -- "provisions are the ... equivalent of breaking and entering".
OF INTEREST
Foreclosure Forestalling: "Program helps families keep their homes"
Home Flipping Scam: "Prosecutors detail home-flipping case against 2 women"
Honeybees: "Honeybee die-off is linked to virus"
Jazz @ Liberty State Park: "Pianist Bob James wants liberty from labeling"
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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