Green leaves, questions remain.. School violence hearing tomorrow.. Muhlenberg wants angioplasty extension.. Tuesday budget hearing canceled..
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: "Superintendent Search Forum and Open Meeting"
Plainfield Trees: "Wish-list Trees: Tupelo and Golden Rain Tree"
Campaign Blogs: Cory Storch | Deborah Dowe -- The candidates will be posting frequently.
Muhlenberg: "Hospitals lobby for angioplasty study extension" -- More info here.
.......... - Editorial, CN: "Angioplasty program deserves extension"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
CENTRAL JERSEY
Newark: "Side projects hike overrall tab for arena to $500M"
New Brunswick: "Probe disrupts federal program for housing repairs"
STATE
2007 Legislative Elections: "More clout for women in Trenton expected"
Disabled Workers: "An eager but untapped work force"
Gun Laws: "Jesse Jackson visits Newark to press for a change in gun laws"
Lawyer Ads: "'Highly rated' lawyers seek to tout that in ads" -- But wait! There's more!
LiCausi (former Menendez aide): "Stevens Institute subpoenaed in probe of former Menendez aide"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Agencies: "Interim Heads Increasingly Run Federal Agencies"
Immigration: "States' Immigrant Policies Diverge" -- Obstacle to a national law?
Iraq: "A Contract to Find 'Trustworthy' Iraqi Workers" -- So which is worse, that they're only just now guaranteeing the workers are who they say they are, or that the contract goes to Bush cronies?
Lobbying: "Firms Find Ways To Ply Politicians" -- Meanwhile, perk-watching is a bipartisan sport.
Syria: "Israel Silent on Reports of Bombing Within Syria" | Analysis |
OF INTEREST
'The 3 Doctors': "New book: Finding and forgiving their fathers"
Alzheimer's: "Progress Cited in Alzheimer’s Diagnosis"
Immigrants & Prices: "When Immigration Goes Up, Prices Go Down" -- Phenom noted in Israel seems to hold in US.
Mortgage Disparities: "Study Finds Disparities in Mortgages by Race" -- NYC study with NJ implications.
Satellite Radio: "Radio merger offers less than meets the ear" -- Is Mel Karmazin using weasel words?
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)
- "As Assemblyman Green leaves, questions remain"
- "Lonegan's lame blame game"
- "Devils Arena: How about a handy handle?"
Crescent Times: "Superintendent Search Forum and Open Meeting"
Plainfield Trees: "Wish-list Trees: Tupelo and Golden Rain Tree"
Campaign Blogs: Cory Storch | Deborah Dowe -- The candidates will be posting frequently.
Muhlenberg: "Hospitals lobby for angioplasty study extension" -- More info here.
.......... - Editorial, CN: "Angioplasty program deserves extension"
Got a tip? Question? Click here to send PT an email.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Reminders:
- Councilor Burney has updated his 'As One' blog.
- Today - October 15. 7:30 PM. City Council Agenda Session. City Hall Library. 515 Watchung Avenue.
- Today - October 15. 8 PM. Van Wyck Brooks Historic District Monthly Meeting.
- Tuesday'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.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Newark: "Side projects hike overrall tab for arena to $500M"
New Brunswick: "Probe disrupts federal program for housing repairs"
STATE
2007 Legislative Elections: "More clout for women in Trenton expected"
Disabled Workers: "An eager but untapped work force"
Gun Laws: "Jesse Jackson visits Newark to press for a change in gun laws"
Lawyer Ads: "'Highly rated' lawyers seek to tout that in ads" -- But wait! There's more!
LiCausi (former Menendez aide): "Stevens Institute subpoenaed in probe of former Menendez aide"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Agencies: "Interim Heads Increasingly Run Federal Agencies"
Immigration: "States' Immigrant Policies Diverge" -- Obstacle to a national law?
Iraq: "A Contract to Find 'Trustworthy' Iraqi Workers" -- So which is worse, that they're only just now guaranteeing the workers are who they say they are, or that the contract goes to Bush cronies?
Lobbying: "Firms Find Ways To Ply Politicians" -- Meanwhile, perk-watching is a bipartisan sport.
Syria: "Israel Silent on Reports of Bombing Within Syria" | Analysis |
OF INTEREST
'The 3 Doctors': "New book: Finding and forgiving their fathers"
Alzheimer's: "Progress Cited in Alzheimer’s Diagnosis"
Immigrants & Prices: "When Immigration Goes Up, Prices Go Down" -- Phenom noted in Israel seems to hold in US.
Mortgage Disparities: "Study Finds Disparities in Mortgages by Race" -- NYC study with NJ implications.
Satellite Radio: "Radio merger offers less than meets the ear" -- Is Mel Karmazin using weasel words?
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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