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Sunday, September 16, 2007

'Day for Kids' today.. Andean Night at St. Mary's.. 9/11 slideshow.. Stillman beautification.. PMUA fair..

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: "Una Noche Mexicana con Sabor Andino" -- Fundraiser tonight at St. Mary's School.
Crescent Times: "Stillman Beautification Day"
Plainfield Trees: "White Pine"

PMUA Environmental Fair: "Officials talk conservation at Plainfield fair"

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REAL ESTATE SUNDAY

SMALL PICTURE
Buyers: "Home buyers, save for that down payment" -- No more 'Zero down'.
Home Equity: "Home equity loan standards tighten"
Mortgage Assistance: "FHASecure: How Much Help?"

BIG PICTURE
Mortgages: "In mortgage crisis, deals - and even lenders -are going under"
Rentals: "Rentals’ New Lease on Life"
Suburbs: "Where the Deals Are"
Ripple Effect: "Sunbelt City in Grasp of Housing Undertow" -- Omen for rest of country?
 Mortgages: "US Mortgage Payment Index"
TOOLS
Buy or Rent?: "Cost Comparison Tool" -- Enter your own values to calculate which is better, buying or renting. A really neat tool!
Ledger: "Home Finder", "Premier Estates" and "Real Estate" sections online.
Courier: "Real Estate" section online.
NYTimes: "This Week's Residential Sales Around the Region"
Trulia: "Your Personal Real Estate Google"

WHAT'S HAPPENING
  • Monday - September 17. 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

  • .Monday - September 17. 7:30 PM. City Council Agenda Session. City Hall Library. 515 Watchung Avenue.

  • Tuesday - September 18. 5:30 - 9 PM. 4th FOSH Restaurant Night - at Cafe Vivace. 1370 South Avenue. Proceeds from event help fund FOSH community activities. Sponsor: Friends of Sleepy Hollow. Info: Fosh website. All are invited.

  • Wednesday - September 19. 7:30 PM. Cultural & Heritage Commission. City Hall Library. Public invited.

  • Wednesday - September 19. 7:30 - 9 PM. New Horizons College Club. Helping high school students prepare for college. See Courier story here. At Washington Community School, 427 Darrow Avenue.

  • Wednesday - September 19. 8 PM. City Council Business Meeting. City Council Chambers/Courthouse. Watchung Avenue and East 4th Street.

  • Thursday - September 20. 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

  • .Thursday - September 20. 6 PM. 3rd Thursday Concerts at Plainwood Square Park: Hispanic Heritage Celebration. Sponsor: Plainwood Square Merchants and City of Plainfield. At Plainwood Square Park, South Avenue. FREE
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  • Thursday - September 20. 8 PM. Planning Board. City Hall Library. Public invited.

  • Friday - September 21. 7 PM. PHS Football: Plainfield at Shabazz

  • Tuesday - September 25. 8 PM. Ebony Fashion Fair: Glam Odyssey 2007. Sponsor: Shiloh Baptist Church. Benefiting A. Ross Brent Scholarship Fund. At Shiloh Community Life/Cultural Arts Center, 515 West 4th Street. $50 advance/$55 at door. Tickets available at the church. Info: (908) 561-3547.
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CENTRAL JERSEY
Shoefiti: "Shoe mystery hangs over Newark"

Edison: "Town considers a board of ethics" -- Edison and ethics, perfect together?
Hunterdon Co.: "New charity, AniMeals, delivers pet food to needy owners"
Metuchen: "Men in wigs rob bank" -- Two blondes walk into a bank...
NJPAC: "Celebrating 10 years with a 'Family Fun Day'"
Sayreville: "Oldest amber in US creates a sticky situation for developers"
South Plainfield: "Foes say Diegnan helped a campaign contributor"
Verizon: "Verizon to sell Newark HQ building" -- Plus Scotch Plains, Madison facilities.
Watchung: "Rescue squad, firefighters ending extrication agreement"


STATE

The 'Sting' --
SL: "Passaic, Bergen Dems move to replace resignees"
..... -Hackett: "Former staffer files lawsuit" -- Alleging sexual harassment, double-billing, more.
BR: "Dems choose replacements for Steele, Coniglio"
NYT: "Passaic mayor rallies supporters - and himself"
The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, September 16, 2007"

Affordable Housing: "Corzine: Cost could hinder housing effort"
Camden: "Corzine expected to extend state oversight"
'Clean Elections': "An uneven path to 'clean elections'"
Demographics: "Suburbs gaining Asians, Hispanics"
Lyme Disease: "Angry residents raise the stakes in Lyme disease war"
Menendez: "Menendez won't keep Hsu cash"

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


NATION / WORLD

Dems: "Hsu Cast Wide Net For Clinton Donors"
GOP: "Colorado: White House Push For Oil, Gas Turns A Red State Purple"
Iraq - Against - OpEd, Courier: Robert Moore: "We were neo-conned into another Vietnam"
..... - For - Courier: John Wroblewski: "'I'm doing something for my son'"
Washington: "Dozens arrested in DC demonstrations" -- NY Times | WashPost


OF INTEREST

Episcopalians: "Church faces deadline set by Anglican conservatives"
Web Searching: "Google's pretty good at guessing what you're looking for"

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

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Posted by Dan at 9:40 AM