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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

New worries on schools.. Jena 6 questions.. Food-for-fines drive at Library.. LAC raises money to send body home..

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: "What Next?" | "Veterans Day 2007"
Crescent Times: "Politically correct boundaries"
Plainfield Trees: "Red, the color of health: Sourwoods, Dogwoods, Sweetgums"

Schools: "New worries, debate after school resignations in Plainfield"
Flor Gonzalez: "Hispanic advocate raising funds to send slain man's body home"

Income Parity: "Middle-Class Dream Eludes African American Families"
Nursing: "Nurses straining under workload" -- Ledger | Courier |

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WHAT'S HAPPENING

  • Reminders:
    • Board of Ed work-study session tonight, 8 PM. PHS, 950 Park Avenue.

  • 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.

  • 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.
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CENTRAL JERSEY


Arthur Kill: "Fervent wish for three islands: Heron come home"
Cranford: "Taxpayers get some respect"
Dunellen: "Firefighter charged in blazes" -- Courier | Ledger |
Elizabeth: "Shooting kills 13-year-old" -- Ledger | Comments | NY Times | -- Out riding at 1 AM.
Newark: "Containers Wall Off a Newark Housing Project"
Rutgers: "Rutgers 'teach-in' tries to fill a need"
South Plainfield: "Model U.N. club puts world within students' reach"


STATE


Lakewood: "150 involved in gang-related brawl at high school" -- Ledger | Gannett |
Legislature: "Sweeney ascends knowing voters want N.J. woes fixed"
Stem Cell Research: "Protesters, citing election results, picket stem cell site"


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


2008 Primaries: Paul Mulshine: "This Clinton is just what GOPers need"
Energy: "Voter Anger May Free Up Energy Bills"

Subprime Spillover: "Speculation on E*Trade Hurts Stock"


OF INTEREST


Construction 'Art': "Dressing Up Those Bleak Downtown Construction Sites"

Drug Sentences: "Panel May Cut Sentences For Crack"
Swarming: "From Ants to People, an Instinct to Swarm" -- Why ants don't have traffic jams.
Reverse Mortgages: "Reverse Mortgages: The Choices Expand"
Veterans Day: John Farmer: "Scant praise for the warriors of the 38th parallel"
Wineries: "A Toast to Tuscany, With a Staten Island Red" -- Staten Island?

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

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