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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)
Plain Talker: "Arrest in Lot 6 Shooting" | "Winter is Here"
Crescent Times: "Budget: Links to All Sections"
Plainfield Trees: "Elm Envy"
Plainfield Schools: "State sends 'technical assistance' to school district"
Abbott Schools: "'Abbott' is taboo in Corzine's draft of school aid plan"
Lot 6 Murder: "Plainfield youth, 18, may be tried as adult"
Christmas Eve Closings: "Post offices closing early on Christmas Eve"
Christmas Gift Protocols: "Woman stabs husband after he opens Christmas gift early"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today - December 22. 1 - 4 PM. Cathedral International's 'Christmas in the Park' Celebration. Song, dance and entertainment. Giveaways include new unwrapped toys for children of all ages and bags of groceries. Light refreshments will be served. An outreach activity of Cathedral International's ministries. Info: (732) 585-4059/
- Today - December 22. 1 - 6 PM. Toy Giveaway at Mt. Olive Baptist Church. Sponsored by local police organizations, including PBA Local 19, EBONY and Long Hill Twp. police; as well as Investor's Savings Bank, Liberty CDC, and the UC Prosecutor's Office. At Mt. Olive Baptist Church, 216 Liberty Street (at West 3rd). FREE. (Note: This item submitted by Bernice Paglia to the Courier News, which published it in print, but not online, today.)
- Monday - December 24. 5 PM. Santa Sighting and Sing-along For Little Ones. Gather for an hour with your little ones at Leland Avenue Park for some hot chocolate, holiday songs and a visit by Santa with candy canes for the little ones before he goes off to deliver all those presents to good girls and boys everywhere! Info (908) 561-8575 or email Jennifer. FREE.
- Wednesday - December 26. 2 PM. Kwanzaa Craft-time. Kids learn about this important African American celebration with some fun craft projects. In the Young People's Room. Plainfield Public Library, 8th Street at Park Avenue. FREE.
- Tuesday - December 27. 7:30 PM. Historic Preservation Commission. City Hall Library. Public invited.
- Saturday - December 29. 1 - 6 PM. Kwanzaa Celebration. Program, refreshments, crafts. Sponsor: Recreation Division. At: Washington Community School Cafetorium, 427 Darrow Avenue. (Parking on Spooner Avenue). FREE.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Mt. St. Mary's: "Mount St. Mary Academy finishing $9M in renovations"
South Plainfield: "Town finalizes plans for $4 million library"
Turtle Back Zoo: "Zoo hosting Holiday Light Spectacular"
Union County Jail: "More cameras, razor wire, guards planned for jail"
Zimmerli Museum: "Learn about Hungarian art"
STATE
Wayne Bryant Case: "Prosecutors dismiss claims of 'selective prosecution'" -- 'Scurrilous', Christie says.
'Director of Gangs & Guns': "East Orange police director is named state gangfighter"
Minimum Wage: "Panel proposes raising Jersey's minimum wage"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Primaries --
- Dems: "Hillary Embraces Bill's Legacy" -- Co-presidents. Like Mary as Co-Redemptrix?
- GOP: "Romney's Father, MLK And the Meaning of 'Saw'" -- Another parser.
FEC: "As Primaries Begin, Election Commission Will Shut Down" -- No appointees, no quorum.
Rescue Fund: "Big Fund to Prop Up Securities Is Scrapped" -- Pack up the smoke and mirrors.
OF INTEREST
Candles: "Selling Hope by the Wick"
Lead Poisoning: "For Pets, a Fleck Is a Lot"
Nuns' Brains: "Nuns Leave Their Brains to Science" -- The study is here.
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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