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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: "God and Structure"
Plainfield Trees: "Poised To Inherit The Earth: Red Maples"
Campaign Blogs: Cory Storch | Deborah Dowe -- The candidates will be posting frequently.
Candidate Storch, The Blogger: "Modern campaigns merge shoe leather and cyber-stumping"
Home Sales: "Experts say Plainfield's slide may take years to bottom out"
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REAL ESTATE SUNDAY
SMALL PICTURE
WHAT'S HAPPENING
CENTRAL JERSEY
Route 22 'Island': "Trying a Shuttle Bus to Make Crossing Safer"
Devils Rock: "Newark Arena’s Economic Impact Unclear"
East Orange: "Avenue That Used to Be Awaits a Rebirth"
Linden: "Lucky to still be alive, cop recuperates at home"
Montgomery Twp.: "Exploring black history in Montgomery, Rocky Hill"
Newark: "Governor, in Newark, backs Ruiz for James' seat" -- 50 is a crowd?
Madison: "Plunging Into the Thicket Known as ‘Henry VI’" -- At the Shakespeare Theater.
Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority: "Debate heats up over privatization proposal"
Union Twp.: "PBA loses round in a power struggle"
STATE
The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, November 04, 2007"
2007 Legislative Races --
Coniglio Investigation: "Grand jury hears Hodes testify in Coniglio probe" -- Hodes is Hillary's main man in NJ.
Death Penalty: "Lethal injection isn't painless"
Drivers Licenses: "Homeland Security Retreats From Facets of 'Real ID'"
Farming: "Here, the Buffalo Roam"
Lawyers: "Court looks to send lawyers back to classroom"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Primaries --
Pakistan: "White House endures diminished power to influence events" -- WashPost | NYTimes |
OF INTEREST
Drugs: "Cannabis supplants poppies in Afghanistan"
'Greens' Critiquing 'Greens': "Two Environmentalists Anger Their Brethren"
Multitasking: "When texting turns evil"
Skydiving: "900-ft high W Va. bridge draws jumpers" -- Video.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews & Marketing: "A Modern Marketplace for Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox" -- Kosher cellphones that charge a 2500% penalty for calls on the Sabbath; dolls that recite prayers, and more.
Obituary: "Johtje Vos, Who Saved Wartime Jews"
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)
- "Breaking: 1M pounds of ground beef recalled over E. coli" -- Stop & Shop, Wegmans, ShopRite.
- "Outsourcing: The Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority Case"
- "9 Vie for three Freeholder Seats" -- The Westfield Leader.
Crescent Times: "God and Structure"
Plainfield Trees: "Poised To Inherit The Earth: Red Maples"
Campaign Blogs: Cory Storch | Deborah Dowe -- The candidates will be posting frequently.
Candidate Storch, The Blogger: "Modern campaigns merge shoe leather and cyber-stumping"
Home Sales: "Experts say Plainfield's slide may take years to bottom out"
Got a tip? Question? Click here to send PT an email.
REAL ESTATE SUNDAY
SMALL PICTURE
Ownership Law: "Can a Joint Tenant Sell His Ownership Interest?"BIG PICTURE
Safety: "Smoke Detectors Are Just a Start"
Selling Notebook: "Incentives, to Fight the Doldrums"
Urbanites to Suburbanites: "Surrendering to the Suburbs"
NJ Sales - Cities: "Urban residential sales fall 34%" -- Cities hit the hardest.TOOLS
NJ Sales - Down The Shore: "Where Sales Are Buoyant"
Housing Construction: "Top 3 Home Builders' Bonds Cut to Junk Status"
Mortgage Brokers: "Ethics Standards for Brokers"
Subprime Crisis: "Merrill may have $10B more to write down, plus 'inappropriate' transactions"
Mortgages: "US Mortgage Payment Index"
Buy or Rent?: "Cost Comparison Tool" -- Enter your own values to calculate which is better, buying or renting. A really neat tool!
Ledger: "Home Finder", "Premier Estates" and "Real Estate" sections online.
Courier: "Real Estate" section online.
NYTimes: "This Week's Residential Sales Around the Region"
Trulia: "Your Personal Real Estate Google"
WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Reminders:
- Daylight Savings Time ended last night. Set your clocks BACK one hour if you didn't already.
- Time to replace smoke and CO² batteries.
- Today - November 4. 1 PM. HIV/AIDS Awareness Forum: What Our Daughters Need To Know. An awareness forum for girls and their parents. At Adam Clayton Powell State Office Building, NYC. Sponsored by Blossomin' Diva, a non-profit founded by Plainfield resident Tamiko Evans. For more information, email events@blossomindiva.org or call (888) 632-9953.
- Tuesday - November 6. 6 AM - 8 PM. General Election. All seats of Legislature and many county and local offices are up for election.
- Wednesday - November 7. 5:30 - 8 PM. 11th Annual Business Networking Expo. Plainfield Chamber of Commerce. At Union HS Gym, Cooke Drive, Union, NJ.
- Wednesday - November 7. 6 PM. Rotary's 9th Annual Wine Tasting Dinner. Cocktails, followed by a 5-course dinner with accompanying wines. Silent Auction. Benefits Rotary Scholarship Fund for Plainfield and North Plainfield high school seniors. Sponsor: Rotary Club of Plainfield - North Plainfield. Call to reserve tickets: (908) 756-3500 x118.
- Wednesday - November 7. 7 PM. Exhibit opening: Plainfield, A Multicultural Community. Amateur photographers document contemporary Plainfield life in over 40 recent photographs in the Library's Second Annual show. See the Library website here. At the Plainfield Public Library, 8th Street and Park Avenue. Refreshments. FREE.
- Wednesday - November 7. 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.
- Thursday - November 8. 8 PM. Planning Board Special Meeting. Item: Netherwood Redevelopment Plan Reduction. City Hall Library. Public invited.
- Friday - 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
Route 22 'Island': "Trying a Shuttle Bus to Make Crossing Safer"
Devils Rock: "Newark Arena’s Economic Impact Unclear"
East Orange: "Avenue That Used to Be Awaits a Rebirth"
Linden: "Lucky to still be alive, cop recuperates at home"
Montgomery Twp.: "Exploring black history in Montgomery, Rocky Hill"
Newark: "Governor, in Newark, backs Ruiz for James' seat" -- 50 is a crowd?
Madison: "Plunging Into the Thicket Known as ‘Henry VI’" -- At the Shakespeare Theater.
Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority: "Debate heats up over privatization proposal"
Union Twp.: "PBA loses round in a power struggle"
STATE
The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, November 04, 2007"
2007 Legislative Races --
- Ledger: Tom Moran: "Election leaving an empty feeling" -- Surveying the really low points.
- NY Times: "Trends Worth Following as Voters Head to Polls"
- Public Question 4: Fran Wood: "Linguistic evolution on the ballot"
Coniglio Investigation: "Grand jury hears Hodes testify in Coniglio probe" -- Hodes is Hillary's main man in NJ.
Death Penalty: "Lethal injection isn't painless"
Drivers Licenses: "Homeland Security Retreats From Facets of 'Real ID'"
Farming: "Here, the Buffalo Roam"
Lawyers: "Court looks to send lawyers back to classroom"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Primaries --
- Dems: "Campaign Will Get More Intense, Clinton Says"
- GOP: "Thompson Adviser Has Criminal Past"
- Primaries: John Farmer: "Winning early races still matters"
- Public Mood: "Poll Finds Americans Pessimistic, Want Change"
Pakistan: "White House endures diminished power to influence events" -- WashPost | NYTimes |
OF INTEREST
Drugs: "Cannabis supplants poppies in Afghanistan"
'Greens' Critiquing 'Greens': "Two Environmentalists Anger Their Brethren"
Multitasking: "When texting turns evil"
Skydiving: "900-ft high W Va. bridge draws jumpers" -- Video.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews & Marketing: "A Modern Marketplace for Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox" -- Kosher cellphones that charge a 2500% penalty for calls on the Sabbath; dolls that recite prayers, and more.
Obituary: "Johtje Vos, Who Saved Wartime Jews"
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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