Chief Santiago's hearing.. Sex assault.. School violence hearing tonight.. Netherwood redev reduced..
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: "Day workers" | "October 18th meeting choices"
Campaign Blogs: Cory Storch | Deborah Dowe -- The candidates will be posting frequently.
2007 Election: "Plainfield election focuses on building city"
Chief Santiago: "Hearing delves into suspension of police chief"
Sexual Assault: "City man, brother, charged in sexual assault"
Drug-Free Zones: "Drug-free zones are expanded"
NCLB: "Failing Schools Strain to Meet U.S. Standard" -- We have ours.
School Safety: "New school protocols cover gunmen and bomb scares"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
CENTRAL JERSEY
Madison: "Family, under pressure, removes hanged dummy deemed racist"
Peapack Rabid Goat: "12 being treated for rabies exposure" -- Ledger | Courier |
Roselle: "Roselle unveils $18M plan for schools"
Union Twp.: "Union Twp. credits Compstat strategy for drop in crime"
STATE
Ballot Question: "Voters urged to OK ballot question on $700M in 'tax relief'"
Corzine: "The Guv's pursekeeper"
The Lonegan Show (Cont'd): "A Mayor With a Tough Stance on Immigration Is on Both Sides Now"
NJ/Del. Boundary: "NJ and Delaware Take Long-Brewing Fight to Supreme Court"
Nobel Prizes: "'Nice-guy' Princeton prof a Nobel winner"
PBA/FOP Faceoff: "Law enforcement officers rally as internal union battle brews"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Primary: "Candidate fundraising figures" -- An interactive display of geographic and dollar distribution.
GOP: John Farmer: "GOP must scrap a losing strategy"
OF INTEREST
Silly String & Booby Traps: "Silly String Is Shipped Off to Iraq" -- Ledger | NY Times | -- The law of unintended consequences at work.
Soap Box Races: "Wacky racers uphold Jersey's honor"
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)
- "Last day to register to vote" -- With links and instructions.
- "Girly-boy bankers set up public bailout scenario over mortgage mess"
- "Verizon caught redhanded over privacy notice"
Crescent Times: "Day workers" | "October 18th meeting choices"
Campaign Blogs: Cory Storch | Deborah Dowe -- The candidates will be posting frequently.
2007 Election: "Plainfield election focuses on building city"
Chief Santiago: "Hearing delves into suspension of police chief"
Sexual Assault: "City man, brother, charged in sexual assault"
Drug-Free Zones: "Drug-free zones are expanded"
NCLB: "Failing Schools Strain to Meet U.S. Standard" -- We have ours.
School Safety: "New school protocols cover gunmen and bomb scares"
Got a tip? Question? Click here to send PT an email.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today's Budget Hearing has been canceled. Next hearing October 23rd.
- Wednesday - October 17. 8 PM. City Council Business Meeting. City Council Chambers/Courthouse. Watchung Avenue and East 4th Street.
- Wednesday - October 17. 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.
- Wednesday - October 17. 7:30 PM. Cultural & Heritage Commission. City Hall Library. Public invited.
- Thursday - October 18. 6:30 PM. Daylaborers / Small Contractors Workshop. Featuring an immigration attorney, civil rights attorney, labor officials and contractor assistance. Sponsor: Latin American Coalition. At: LAC, 410 Watchung Avenue. Information: (908) 753-7155.
- Thursday - October 18. 6:30 PM. Meeting With Daylaborers. Asm Jerry Green, Mayor Robinson-Briggs, Union County Prosecutor's Office and others. Sponsors: LLA of Union County, United Church of Christ CDC, North Plainfield Coalition, Vita Abundante Ministries. At: Vita Abundante Ministries, 244 East Front Street, 2nd Floor (next to YWCA). Information: Dr. Jose Adames, adames@ucc.edu.
- Thursday - October 18. 7 PM. Superintendent's Forum on NJQSAC. Acting Schools Sup't Peter Carter will lead a discussion on the state's NJQSAC evaluation of the Plainfield Schools. Promising a 90-minute meeting, to start promptly at 7. At the Emerson 'Swing' School, West Front Street (old National Starch HQ). All are invited.
- Thursday - October 18. 8 PM. Planning Board. City Hall Library. Public invited.
- 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/.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Madison: "Family, under pressure, removes hanged dummy deemed racist"
Peapack Rabid Goat: "12 being treated for rabies exposure" -- Ledger | Courier |
Roselle: "Roselle unveils $18M plan for schools"
Union Twp.: "Union Twp. credits Compstat strategy for drop in crime"
STATE
Ballot Question: "Voters urged to OK ballot question on $700M in 'tax relief'"
Corzine: "The Guv's pursekeeper"
The Lonegan Show (Cont'd): "A Mayor With a Tough Stance on Immigration Is on Both Sides Now"
NJ/Del. Boundary: "NJ and Delaware Take Long-Brewing Fight to Supreme Court"
Nobel Prizes: "'Nice-guy' Princeton prof a Nobel winner"
PBA/FOP Faceoff: "Law enforcement officers rally as internal union battle brews"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Primary: "Candidate fundraising figures" -- An interactive display of geographic and dollar distribution.
GOP: John Farmer: "GOP must scrap a losing strategy"
OF INTEREST
Silly String & Booby Traps: "Silly String Is Shipped Off to Iraq" -- Ledger | NY Times | -- The law of unintended consequences at work.
Soap Box Races: "Wacky racers uphold Jersey's honor"
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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