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)
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
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.
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.
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)
- "Library's annual Food-for-Fines drive under way"
- "YMCA virtual tour now online"
- "Jena 6: Questions over funds"
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.
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.
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.
BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |
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