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Friday, October 19, 2007

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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: "Carter Cites District Improvements"

Crescent Times: "What affects you and stops you from enjoying Plainfield?"
Plainfield Trees: "Wish-list Trees: Tupelo and Golden Rain Tree"
Campaign Blogs: Cory Storch | Deborah Dowe -- The candidates will be posting frequently.

Schools: "Plainfield schools chief vows to boost performance"

Immigrants: "The mayors and the immigrants" -- Segment on Morristown, Hightstown mayors will be aired tonight on Channel 13's POV.


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WHAT'S HAPPENING

  • Reminder:
    • Saturday and Sunday: Four Centuries in a Weekend: Drake House and others. Details here.

  • Saturday - October 20. Noon. Plainfield Health Center Fashion Show and Luncheon. At The Pines Manor, Rt. 27, Edison. Tickets: $75/person. Info: Paulette Hussey, (908) 454-4600.

  • Saturday - October 20. 1 PM. Football: Linden at Plainfield. At Hub Stine Field.

  • Saturday/Sunday - October 20/21. All day. Chatsworth Cranberry Festival. Chatsworth. Info: (609) 726-9237 or www.cranfest.org/.

  • Tuesday - October 23. 7 - 9 PM. City Council Budget Hearing. City Hall Library. 515 Watchung Avenue. Public invited.

  • Tuesday - October 23. 7:30 PM. Historic Preservation Commission. City Hall Library. Public invited.

  • Wednesday - October 24. 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.

  • Friday - October 26. 9 AM - Noon. Developing a Winning Business Plan. Cosponsors: Plainfield Chamber of Commerce and the Business Resource Center. At the Business Resource Center, County Office Building, West 2nd Street and Park Avenue. Info and registration: Kean SBDC, (908) 737-4220. Free, but preregistration required.
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CENTRAL JERSEY


Clark: "Scouts help restore Robinson Plantation"
Edison: "'New' Democrats in showdown with GOP" -- Did someone say 'New Democrats'?
Mountainside: "Church pillar Biunno admits to swiping collection plate"
Scotch Plains: "'Shield of Faith' summit set for Saturday"
South Plainfield: "GOP finally receives suit settlement"
Union Twp.: "Mayor-council government push gets stronger"


STATE


Rutgers v. South Florida --
National Guard: "NJ National Guard gets $20M for Iraq deployment"
Port Authority: "Real estate broker picked for Freedom Tower" -- Now that's what I call a LISTING.
Stevens Institute: "Stevens to place a campus in South Korea"
Tax Revaluation: "Paterson: Protest staged over city tax increase" -- First revaluation in 34 years.
Vehicle Registration: "Trenton residents decry law to register vehicles"

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


2008 Primaries: "Evangelicals Lukewarm Toward GOP Field"

AG Hearings: "Senators clash with Mukasey about torture" -- NY Times | WashPost |
Iran: John Farmer: "U.S. must stop stoking the crisis with Iran"
Markets: "Banks’ Plan to Help May Itself Need Help"
Pakistan: "Bomb Attack Kills Scores in Pakistan as Bhutto Returns"
S-Chip: "As Veto Override Fails, Bill Planned With Minor Changes" -- Bush veto directly targets NJ.



OF INTEREST



Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster in 'From Here to Eternity'

Obituary: "Deborah Kerr, Shook Up Genteel Image in 'From Here to Eternity'"

Carbon Dioxide Emissions: "Kansas First To Reject Power Plant Over Carbon Dioxide"
Cookbook Brouhaha Brewing?: "How to Get Junior to Eat His Veggies" -- A Seinfeld moment?
Yankees & Torre: "Torre spurns pay cut and bids Yankees goodbye"

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

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