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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Plainfield crime stats.. Ebony Fashion Fair tonight.. Redevelopment checkup.. Carter letters fan club..

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: "Redevelopment Needs Status Check"
Crescent Times: "Peter Carter Letters Fan Club" | "Congrats to N. Plainfield citizens"
Plainfield Trees: "Chestnuts" -- and a surprise BONUS tree that will intrigue you.

Campaign Blogs: Cory Storch | Deborah Dowe -- The candidates will be posting frequently.

Plainfield Symphony: "Symphony to perform works of Americas, Spain"

Ethics Reform: Paula Franzese: "Ethics reform is here, just in too few places"


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WHAT'S HAPPENING

  • Today - September 25. 11 AM Registration, 12:30 PM Shotgun Start. 2007 PHC Golf Classic. Sponsored by the Plainfield Health Center. At Beaver Brook Country Club, Annandale, NJ. Information: Anna Enriquez, (908) 753-6401 x195.

  • Today - 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.

  • Tomorrow - September 26. 6:30 PM. New Jersey Civil Union Review Commission. First public hearing on the Civil Unions law. NJ Law Center, 1 Constitution Square, Ryder's Lane (off Route 1), New Brunswick. The public may attend AND testify. Info: see the Garden State Equality website.

  • Tomorrow - September 26. 7:30 - 9 PM. New Horizons College Club. Helping high school students prepare for college. See Club website here. At Washington Community School, 427 Darrow Avenue.

  • Thursday - September 27. 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 27. 6 PM. RESCHEDULED YWCA 100th Anniversary Celebration. Reception, Dinner and Recognitions. YWCA, East Front and Church Streets. Donation: $100/person. Info: (908) 756-3500 x121.

  • Friday - September 28. 8 PM. Harmonic Brass Ensemble. From Hamburg, Germany. At Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, Watchung Avenue and East 7th Street. Sponsor: Crescent Educational & Cultural Association. Tickets: $20/$25 at door; Seniors: $15/$20; Students: $5/$10. Info: (908) 756-2468.

  • Saturday - September 29. 9 AM. Breakfast Author Event. Author M.E. Kemp, in the area to promote Death of a Dutch Uncle, 3rd in her historical mystery series featuring two nosy Puritans as detectives, will share coffee, muffins and book talk with all who are interested. At The Pillars B&B, 922 Central Avenue. RSVP so you'll get a muffin courtesy of innkeepers Nancy and Lamont -- by email or phone: (908) 753-0922.

  • Saturday - September 29. 1 PM. PHS Football: Scotch Plains-Fanwood. At Hub Stine Field.

  • Sunday - September 30. 10 AM - 6 PM. 7th Annual Hispanic Heritage Festival. West Front Street, between Park and Madison Avenues. Food, fun, entertainment, crafts, and information tables. (Rain date: October 7.) Sponsor: Latin American Coalition. Check it out!

  • Sunday - September 30. 1:30 PM. FOSH's Annual Blessing of the Animals. In conjunction with the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi. Representatives of local religious and spiritual traditions will offer blessings. At Leland Avenue Park. Sponsor: Friends of Sleepy Hollow. Info: Fosh website. All are invited.

  • Sunday - September 30. Noon - 5 PM. 12th Annual Fanny Wood Day. Classic car show, parade, food, entertainment. South and Martine Avenues, Fanwood.
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CENTRAL JERSEY

Blue Star Mall: "Halloween display of hanging prompts racism concerns"

Crossroads Theater: "RU professor is new director at Crossroads"
Dunellen: "They still play the silver ball" -- A pinball LEAGUE?
East Orange: "Curtain falls for multiplex theatre that had $2 million spruce-up in'05"
Linden: "Linden playgrounds are arson target for third time"
Orange: "Lawyers: Arrest of man who held up sign at Council meeting violates rights"
Roselle: "Parents urged to get involved in schools"
Springfield: "High court disbars attorney over scam"


STATE


Auto Insurance: "Report shows rates dip, but still highest in nation"
Ballot Question: "Stem-cell research question to remain on ballot, judge rules"
Continental Arena: "Designer label may adorn the Meadowlands arena"
DSU Shootings: "Jerseyan, 18, held in University Shootings" -- Ledger | NY Times
Gas Prices: "Filling up may soon cost more"
Infrastructure: "Engineers give state's infrastructure poor report card"
Obituary: "Stanley Van Ness, 1st public advocate, filed Mt. Laurel suit"
Public Records - Editorial, SL: "McGreevey's absent paper trail"
Racial Profiling: "Law professors, trooper union chief clash over profiling report"
Swastika: "Police helicopter finds swastika cut into a Mercer County cornfield"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here
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NATION / WORLD


2008 Primaries: John Farmer: "Bush is the president non grata in the GOP race"
Ahmadinejad: "Ahmadinejad, at Columbia, Parries and Puzzles"
Auto Emissions: "U.S. Trying to block Calif., 11 other states on emissions"
Craig Affair: "Minn. Prosecutor Argues Sen. Craig Understood Plea"
Crime: "Violent Crime, a Sticky Issue for White House, Shows Steeper Rise"
GM: "Union Strikes to Keep Work in United States"


OF INTEREST

Sputnik: "With Fear and Wonder in Its Wake, Sputnik Lifted Us Into the Future"

Global Warming: "At summit on warming, tales of woe are personal"
Halo 3: "Microsoft banks on heroes of 'Halo 3' to save the day"
Mortgage Scams: "The Loan That Keeps On Taking"
Springsteen: "Springsteen adds 'pre-show' at Meadowlands on Friday"

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

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