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Monday, November 12, 2007

Jerry to Board, Super: Jerry Rules.. Vets ceremony at 11.. CeaseFire and Latinos.. Redevelopment..

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: "Speak Out on Redevelopment"
Crescent Times: "Update on CeaseFire and Latinos"
Plainfield Trees: "Red, the color of health: Sourwoods, Dogwoods, Sweetgums"

Adult Ed: "Classes offer personal enrichment and fun"


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WHAT'S HAPPENING

  • Reminders:
    • Veterans Day Ceremony, 11 AM, War Memorial, East 7th and Watchung Ave.

  • Monday - November 12. 8 PM. Van Wyck Brooks Historic District Monthly Meeting.

  • Wednesday - 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.

  • Tuesday - November 13. 7:30 PM. Building Bridges to Peace. A program for middle and high school students focused on personal and communal responsibility for fostering peace. Sponsor: Union County Peace Council. At: First United Methodist Church of Westfield. East Broad at North Avenue (access parking through Ferris Place). Light refreshments. UCPC website here. FREE.
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CENTRAL JERSEY


Bernards: "In documentary, officer recalls his near-fatal shooting"
Cop2Cop: "Hot line helps cops deal with stress, depression"
SU & Pru: "For Seton Hall hoops, a Rock-solid start"


STATE


Legislature: "A record 34 women to join state Legislature"
NJEA Convention - Editorial, SL: "Teacher convention con"
Supreme Court: "Justices to weigh quagmire of 'legally insane'"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here
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NATION / WORLD


2008 Primaries: "A New Channel for Soft Money Starts Flowing"
Farming Hemp: "Farmers Ask Federal Court To Dissociate Hemp and Pot"


OF INTEREST


Custody or Abduction?: "Girl's fate hangs on custody decision"
Genetics: "Rewriting the rules of inheritance"
Scambaiting: "Web scam artists get taken in, too" -- Web posses.

Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.

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