Angela Perun dies.. More on Randle shooting.. New Plainfield trees post.. Is class dividing African Americans?..
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: "Angela Perun Passes"
Plainfield Trees: "Sugar Maples"
Crescent Times: "My wish list for the BOE"
Angela Perun: "Longtime Plainfield activist Angela Perun dies"
Randle Shooting: "Roselle mayor seeks answers in police shooting of teenager"
Death Penalty: Bob Braun: "Byron Halsey's got a right to say the death penalty is wrong"
Profile: "Renato Biribin: Attorney answers curtain call"
African Americans & Class: Juan Williams: "One Race, Divisible"
Hospital Wristbands: "Hospitals seek to standardize wristband color codes"
Thanksgiving Giving: "When Handouts Keep Coming, the Food Line Never Ends"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Reminders:
- Library's Food-for-Fines drive under way thru December 7 -- details here.
- PEP Community Forum set for Nov. 30 -- submit your question by email here.
- Van Wyck Brooks HD's 'Old-Fashioned Christmas' House Tour -- Advance ticket info here.
- Today - November 19. 7:30 PM. City Council Agenda Session. City Hall Library. 515 Watchung Avenue.
- Wednesday - November 21. 6:45 - 8:45 PM. Wednesdays Are For Poetry. Poetry workshop and readings. At the Plainfield Public Library, 8th Street and Park Avenue. FREE.
- Wednesday - November 21. 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 - November 21. 8 PM. City Council Business Meeting. City Council Chambers/Courthouse. Watchung Avenue and East 4th Street.
- Thursday - November 22. 11 AM. Annual Thanksgiving Game: Plainfield at Westfield.
- Friday - November 23. 8 PM. Theater: Over the River and Through the Woods. A family comedy. Presented by Act IV Productions. At First Unitarian Society of Plainfield, 724 Park Avenue. $15. Info and reservations: (908) 756-0750 (press 5 and leave message if no one answers).
- Saturday - November 24. 8 PM. Theater: Over the River and Through the Woods. A family comedy. Presented by Act IV Productions. At First Unitarian Society of Plainfield, 724 Park Avenue. $15. Info and reservations: (908) 756-0750 (press 5 and leave message if no one answers).
CENTRAL JERSEY
'Green' Construction: "Business partnership urges green construction"
Irvington: "Stray bullet hits woman on way home from church"
Somerset County: "Corrections officer admits falsified reports"
STATE
A.C. Prostitutes: "Business, and fear, as usual"
Crime: "N.J. cities, towns near top, bottom of crime survey"
Death Penalty: "New Jersey Moves to End Death Penalty" -- Also related Plainfield story here.
Debt - Editorial, SL: "Get serious about state debt"
Lakewood: "Attack on Lakewood teen called bias crime"
Princeton: "University agrees to return art to Italy"
Witness Protection: "Keeping Witnesses Off Stand to Keep Them Safe"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
(Breaking) White House: "Bush Homeland Security Adviser Resigns"
Markets: "Goldman Sachs Rakes in Profit in Credit Crisis"
Pakistan: "U.S. Hopes to Use Pakistani Tribes Against Al Qaeda"
OF INTEREST
World Trade Center: "Rekindling a joyful WTC memory"
Broadway: "Broadway shows to be dark for Thanksgiving week after talks fail"
Forensic Fakery: "A Murder Conviction Torn Apart by a Bullet"
Religion Lessons Online: "Keep the faith, click the mouse" -- Jewish | Muslim |
Wikipedia: "Librarian: 'Just say no to Wikipedia'"
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 |
ARCHIVES OF CLIPS FROM 11/26/2005 THROUGH 12/31/2006 ARE AT
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