BOE wants leak probed.. VWB holiday house tour.. Tax lien sale..
Rush edition -- going down to AC for League of Municipalities Convention.
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"
Crescent Times
Plainfield Trees: "Red, the color of health: Sourwoods, Dogwoods, Sweetgums"
Schools: "City school board wants probe of leaked resignations"
Tax Lien Sale: Lien sale takes full page of A-11 in today's Courier.
Tista Murder: "Family trying to return slain immigrant's body"
Commuting: "Toll bump to be $2 for Hudson crossings"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
CENTRAL JERSEY
Berkeley Heights: "Community center's destiny is in limbo"
Bound Brook: "Finances plague revived Brook Arts Center"
Dunellen: "Central Jersey group to be featured in 'Juggling Life'"
Elizabeth Murder: "Recuperating teen relives killing that is still a mystery"
Rutgers Women's Basketball: "Stringer's composure on TV pays off"
Union Twp.: "Protests over police oversight"
STATE
Affordable Housing: "Offering housing incentives in suburbs"
Imiri Baraka: "U.S. justices refuse Baraka's case over loss of post"
Broadway Strike: "With Broadway dark, NJ theaters see opening"
Commerce Bank: "Big 'pay to stay' deal for Commerce execs"
Health: "Jump in STD rates worries officials"
Lakewood: "Day after brawl, town asks 'Why?'" -- Ledger | NY Times |
Lonegan & Stem Cell Research: Tom Moran: "A mayor outsmarts the GOP brain trust"
Stem Cell Research: "N.J. panel delays vote on two stem cell labs"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Domestic Spying: "Bush Approves Clearances for N.S.A. Inquiry"
Money Market Funds: "Investor Safe Haven Becomes a Concern" -- More subprime spillover.
OF INTEREST
Pope's Visit: "A limited American visit for an older pope"
Obituary: "Ira Levin, author of 'Rosemary’s Baby' and 'Stepford Wives'"
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"
Crescent Times
Plainfield Trees: "Red, the color of health: Sourwoods, Dogwoods, Sweetgums"
Schools: "City school board wants probe of leaked resignations"
Tax Lien Sale: Lien sale takes full page of A-11 in today's Courier.
Tista Murder: "Family trying to return slain immigrant's body"
Commuting: "Toll bump to be $2 for Hudson crossings"
Got a tip? Question? Click here to send PT an email.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Reminders:
- Library's Food-for-Fines drive under way thru December 7 -- details here.
- Today - November 14. 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.
- Monday - 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.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Berkeley Heights: "Community center's destiny is in limbo"
Bound Brook: "Finances plague revived Brook Arts Center"
Dunellen: "Central Jersey group to be featured in 'Juggling Life'"
Elizabeth Murder: "Recuperating teen relives killing that is still a mystery"
Rutgers Women's Basketball: "Stringer's composure on TV pays off"
Union Twp.: "Protests over police oversight"
STATE
Affordable Housing: "Offering housing incentives in suburbs"
Imiri Baraka: "U.S. justices refuse Baraka's case over loss of post"
Broadway Strike: "With Broadway dark, NJ theaters see opening"
Commerce Bank: "Big 'pay to stay' deal for Commerce execs"
Health: "Jump in STD rates worries officials"
Lakewood: "Day after brawl, town asks 'Why?'" -- Ledger | NY Times |
Lonegan & Stem Cell Research: Tom Moran: "A mayor outsmarts the GOP brain trust"
Stem Cell Research: "N.J. panel delays vote on two stem cell labs"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Domestic Spying: "Bush Approves Clearances for N.S.A. Inquiry"
Money Market Funds: "Investor Safe Haven Becomes a Concern" -- More subprime spillover.
OF INTEREST
Math & Science: "US states vs. foreign countries"
Pope's Visit: "A limited American visit for an older pope"
Obituary: "Ira Levin, author of 'Rosemary’s Baby' and 'Stepford Wives'"
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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