Jerry Green resigns abruptly.. Budget talks start.. Senior Center progress.. Dudley House.. Habitat.. UCC..
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: "Budget Talks Start" | "Senior Center Progress"
Crescent Times: "Working on effectiveness" -- Maria is assessing the Assemblyman.
Campaign Blogs: Cory Storch | Deborah Dowe -- The candidates will be posting frequently.
Abbott Funding: "Justices asked to make N.J. fund school building"
Dudley House: "Recovering addicts lobby city to save rehab"
Habitat for Humanity: "It's getting more expensive to build affordable homes"
Union County College: "UCC makes expansion in Elizabeth official" -- $48M building to house multiple programs.
Gannett series on Ethics Reform --
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
CENTRAL JERSEY
Cory Booker: "Newark Mayor’s Other Role: Big Brother"
Elizabeth: "Elizabeth schools' land suit against city rebuffed"
Ferguson v. Stender Race: "Tom Moran: Two GOPers in Congress are sitting not so pretty"
Kean U. Exhibit: "Illustrator James Ransome displays his work"
STATE
2007 Legislative Elections - NYT: "Corruption May Alter Politics. Or Not."
A.C.: "Mayor's Green Beret fakery leaves A.C. in turmoil"
'Assault At Teen Sporting Events' Law Tested: Ledger | NY Times
Bridge Repairs will cost $13.6B: Ledger | NY Times
Commerce Bank bought by Toronto-Dominion: Ledger | Gannett | NY Times | Wall Street Journal
Schools: "E-accounts give parents a line on kids' lunches"
State Police: "$400,000 ends trooper retaliation suit"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Bush's Archives Secrecy: "Court reverses Bush on archive secrecy"
Blackwater Testimony: "Blackwater Chairman Defends His Company"
Domestic Spying: "White House secrecy on illegal measures described"
Iraq: "IED Countermeasures: Initiative in scale of WWII"
.......... - "Private Security Companies Seldom Report Shooting Incidents"
Supreme Court: "High court says no to new rights for church groups"
OF INTEREST
Anita Hill on Justice Thomas' New Book: "The Smear This Time"
Housing Market: "Six Fingers of Blame in the Mortgage Mess"
I.C.E.: "Raids Were a Shambles, Nassau Complains to U.S."
Made In USA: "Love It? Check the Label"
Orlando Patterson: "Jena, O. J. and the Jailing of Black America"
Springsteen: "Bruce kick-starts tour, CD release by rocking Hartford" -- Setlist here.
Isiah Thomas Case: "Jury gives fired MSG exec Anucha Browne Sanders $10M and more"
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) Plain Talker: "Budget Talks Start" | "Senior Center Progress"
Crescent Times: "Working on effectiveness" -- Maria is assessing the Assemblyman.
Campaign Blogs: Cory Storch | Deborah Dowe -- The candidates will be posting frequently.
Abbott Funding: "Justices asked to make N.J. fund school building"
Dudley House: "Recovering addicts lobby city to save rehab"
Habitat for Humanity: "It's getting more expensive to build affordable homes"
Union County College: "UCC makes expansion in Elizabeth official" -- $48M building to house multiple programs.
Gannett series on Ethics Reform --
- Christie & Milgram: Delivering a one-two punch
- Other states exclude legislators from ethics panels
- Ethics panel: All bark, no bite
- Then and Now: Former Assemblyman Anthony Impreveduto
- TROUBLE AT THE TOP?
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today - October 3. 8 PM. City Council Business Meeting. City Council Chambers/Courthouse. Watchung Avenue and East 4th Street.
- Today - October 3. 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.
- Tomorrow - October 4. 7 PM. League of Women Voters Meeting. Plainfield Public Library, Park Avenue & West 8th Street. Interested in the League's work in Plainfield? Visit a meeting.
- Friday - October 5. 7 PM. Football: PHS at Hackensack.
- Friday - October 5. 7 PM preview, Auction at 8 PM. Plainfield Area Humane Society Auction and Reception. Fine art, sports and music memorabilia and more. Hors d'oeuvres, wine and cheese and desserts. Door prizes. At the BUF, West 7th and Central Avenue. $30/person, $50/couple. Reservations and info: Andrea Koenig-Feldman, (908) 448-1164.
- Saturday - October 6. 8 PM. Plainfield Symphony: Music of the Americas and Spain. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. $25/General seating. $15/Senior & Student. Post-Concert buffet $25. Info: (908) 561-5140.
- Sunday - October 7. 1 - 4 PM. Urama Shikan: Music and Dance of the Andes. A Hispanic Heritage Month event sponsored by Union County College-Plainfield, UCC Student Government and the Latino Leadership Alliance of Union County. At UCC-Plainfield, East 2nd and Church Streets. FREE.
- Sunday - October 7. 2 - 6 PM. Men Can Cook for Kids. Fathers, grandfathers, uncles, big brothers and friends cook for the benefit of the King's Daughters Day School. Tickets: $45, $25 age 12 and under. Information: (908) 756-7788.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Cory Booker: "Newark Mayor’s Other Role: Big Brother"
Elizabeth: "Elizabeth schools' land suit against city rebuffed"
Ferguson v. Stender Race: "Tom Moran: Two GOPers in Congress are sitting not so pretty"
Kean U. Exhibit: "Illustrator James Ransome displays his work"
STATE
2007 Legislative Elections - NYT: "Corruption May Alter Politics. Or Not."
A.C.: "Mayor's Green Beret fakery leaves A.C. in turmoil"
'Assault At Teen Sporting Events' Law Tested: Ledger | NY Times
Bridge Repairs will cost $13.6B: Ledger | NY Times
Commerce Bank bought by Toronto-Dominion: Ledger | Gannett | NY Times | Wall Street Journal
Schools: "E-accounts give parents a line on kids' lunches"
State Police: "$400,000 ends trooper retaliation suit"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Bush's Archives Secrecy: "Court reverses Bush on archive secrecy"
Blackwater Testimony: "Blackwater Chairman Defends His Company"
Domestic Spying: "White House secrecy on illegal measures described"
Iraq: "IED Countermeasures: Initiative in scale of WWII"
.......... - "Private Security Companies Seldom Report Shooting Incidents"
Supreme Court: "High court says no to new rights for church groups"
OF INTEREST
Anita Hill on Justice Thomas' New Book: "The Smear This Time"
Housing Market: "Six Fingers of Blame in the Mortgage Mess"
I.C.E.: "Raids Were a Shambles, Nassau Complains to U.S."
Made In USA: "Love It? Check the Label"
Orlando Patterson: "Jena, O. J. and the Jailing of Black America"
Springsteen: "Bruce kick-starts tour, CD release by rocking Hartford" -- Setlist here.
Isiah Thomas Case: "Jury gives fired MSG exec Anucha Browne Sanders $10M and more"
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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