A Christmas riddle.. Budget online.. Fatal traffic accident.. Schools, Kwanzaa, Muhlenberg..
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: "Happy Holidays to All!"
Crescent Times: "Councilman Burney posts budget online"
Plainfield Trees: "Elm Envy"
Kwanzaa: "Kwanzaa celebration has African themes"
Muhlenberg: "Solaris to remain in Horizon network"
Newborns In Need: "NIN spreads the holiday spirit"
Plainfield Schools - Editorial, CN: "Schools need some help from state"
Traffic Death: "City woman struck, killed crossing street" -- Ledger |Courier |
School Funding --
Home Sales: "Builders cutting prices to cut deals"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
CENTRAL JERSEY
Catholic Deacons: "Deacons with difficult jobs find strength in their faith"
Metuchen: "Fire destroys Metuchen family pizzeria"
STATE
Cranberries: "Cranberry shortage pumps up crop price"
Holidays in the Shelters: "Call her Mrs. Christmas"
Human Trafficking: "Colombian immigrant rescues refugees from human trafficking"
Subprime Mortgages: "Rockaway family to lose home at holidays" -- Truly depressing.
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Primaries --
The Dollar: "Dollar's Fall Is Felt Around The Globe"
OF INTEREST
Buzzwords 2007: "All We Are Saying" -- And 2006's, if you missed them (here).
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) Plain Talker: "Happy Holidays to All!"
Crescent Times: "Councilman Burney posts budget online"
Plainfield Trees: "Elm Envy"
Kwanzaa: "Kwanzaa celebration has African themes"
Muhlenberg: "Solaris to remain in Horizon network"
Newborns In Need: "NIN spreads the holiday spirit"
Plainfield Schools - Editorial, CN: "Schools need some help from state"
Traffic Death: "City woman struck, killed crossing street" -- Ledger |Courier |
School Funding --
Home Sales: "Builders cutting prices to cut deals"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today - 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
Catholic Deacons: "Deacons with difficult jobs find strength in their faith"
Metuchen: "Fire destroys Metuchen family pizzeria"
STATE
Cranberries: "Cranberry shortage pumps up crop price"
Holidays in the Shelters: "Call her Mrs. Christmas"
Human Trafficking: "Colombian immigrant rescues refugees from human trafficking"
Subprime Mortgages: "Rockaway family to lose home at holidays" -- Truly depressing.
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Primaries --
- Dems: "The Clinton Referendum"
- GOP: "Giuliani Hits a Rocky Stretch"
The Dollar: "Dollar's Fall Is Felt Around The Globe"
OF INTEREST
Buzzwords 2007: "All We Are Saying" -- And 2006's, if you missed them (here).
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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