DeFilippo under investigation.. Schools leadership submits resignations.. Planners ponder Transit Villages.. Fire Div promotions..
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)
Plainfield Trees: "Red, the color of health: Sourwoods, Dogwoods, Sweetgums"
Schools: "Three top school officials submit resignations"
School Funding: "School funding tops legislators' list"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
CENTRAL JERSEY
Kean U.: "Kean requires faculty to wear IDs"
National Starch: "Acquisition has workers wary of possible cuts"
North Plainfield: "Feds seize $5.5M Ecstasy in record bust" -- Courier | Ledger | Bergen Record |
Union County: "Probe focuses on Union County politicos"
STATE
Legislature: "Picking leaders: Dems bicker, GOP is smooth" -- Ledger | NY Times | Gannett | -- Green pal Sweeney has a star role.
Civil Unions: "Judge rejects suit by Methodist Campmeeting against civil unions" -- Ocean Grove.
Comptroller: "Corzine taps lawman as state's first comptroller"
Merck: "Merck Agrees to Settle Vioxx Suits for $4.85 B" -- Ledger | NY Times |
NJEA: "Educators hear outspoken vouchers critic"
Stem Cell Research: "Stem Cell bid: Budget hearing dropped, it's back to drawing board" -- Ledger | NY Times |
Veterans: "6,500 NJ vets face homelessness"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Primaries: John Farmer: "Hillary faces a peculiarly American barrier"
AG Nomination: "Senate Confirms Mukasey By 53-40"
Congress: "A Bush veto is overridden for the 1st time" | "Behold the Power of Pork"
The Dollar: Dan Froomkin: "Bush's Disastrous Dollar Policy"
The Economy: "Fed Chief Warns of Worse Times in the Economy"
The Markets --
'Waterboarding': "Waterboarding Is Torture, Says Ex-Navy Instructor"
OF INTEREST
Cellphones: "Devices Enforce Silence of Cellphones, Illegally" -- More on jammers here.
Concerts: "Is the Ticket Biz Out of Line?" -- $2,000 for a Springsteen ticket?
Stay-at-home Dads: Judith Warner: "Daddy Wars"
Jim Treffinger: "From corrupt pol to Princeton seminarian"
Toy Safety: "Aqua Dots recalled, linked to 'date-rape' drug" -- Recall started in Australia and Canada.
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)
- "Union County Dem Chair DeFilippo Under Investigation"
- "Interim Plainfield schools super submits resignation"
- "Garage Sale Saturday benefits singers"
- "An Un-Journalistic Commentary"
- "Planners Ponder Transit Village Concepts"
- "Six in Fire Division Receive Promotions"
- "Green Gains Assembly Leadership Post"
Plainfield Trees: "Red, the color of health: Sourwoods, Dogwoods, Sweetgums"
Schools: "Three top school officials submit resignations"
School Funding: "School funding tops legislators' list"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today - November 9. 7 PM. Magic of Muhlenberg Gala. An elegant evening of dining and dancing to benefit Anesthesia Services. Honoring Sodexho Health Care Services and Gerardo H. Salazar, M.D. At: The Crystal Plaza, Livingston, NJ.
- Saturday - November 10. 8 AM - 6 PM. Garage Sale - Benefiting The Harmony Celebration Chorus. At: 1105 Park Terrace, just off Belvidere Avenue. Go ahead! You know you need stuff!
- Saturday - November 10. 8 PM. Two Masses: Gounod and Vierne. Rarely performed treats by two French masters. Presented by the Crescent Choral Society. At: Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, Watchung Avenue at East 7th Street. $20/adult, $15/senior, $5/student. Info (908) 756-2468.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Kean U.: "Kean requires faculty to wear IDs"
National Starch: "Acquisition has workers wary of possible cuts"
North Plainfield: "Feds seize $5.5M Ecstasy in record bust" -- Courier | Ledger | Bergen Record |
Union County: "Probe focuses on Union County politicos"
STATE
Legislature: "Picking leaders: Dems bicker, GOP is smooth" -- Ledger | NY Times | Gannett | -- Green pal Sweeney has a star role.
Civil Unions: "Judge rejects suit by Methodist Campmeeting against civil unions" -- Ocean Grove.
Comptroller: "Corzine taps lawman as state's first comptroller"
Merck: "Merck Agrees to Settle Vioxx Suits for $4.85 B" -- Ledger | NY Times |
NJEA: "Educators hear outspoken vouchers critic"
Stem Cell Research: "Stem Cell bid: Budget hearing dropped, it's back to drawing board" -- Ledger | NY Times |
Veterans: "6,500 NJ vets face homelessness"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Primaries: John Farmer: "Hillary faces a peculiarly American barrier"
AG Nomination: "Senate Confirms Mukasey By 53-40"
Congress: "A Bush veto is overridden for the 1st time" | "Behold the Power of Pork"
The Dollar: Dan Froomkin: "Bush's Disastrous Dollar Policy"
The Economy: "Fed Chief Warns of Worse Times in the Economy"
The Markets --
- Financial Statements: "Reading the tea leaves of financial statements" -- A primer on flimflammery.
- (Breaking) Stocks: "Wall Street Poised for More Losses"
'Waterboarding': "Waterboarding Is Torture, Says Ex-Navy Instructor"
OF INTEREST
Cellphones: "Devices Enforce Silence of Cellphones, Illegally" -- More on jammers here.
Concerts: "Is the Ticket Biz Out of Line?" -- $2,000 for a Springsteen ticket?
Stay-at-home Dads: Judith Warner: "Daddy Wars"
Jim Treffinger: "From corrupt pol to Princeton seminarian"
Toy Safety: "Aqua Dots recalled, linked to 'date-rape' drug" -- Recall started in Australia and Canada.
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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