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Sunday, December 16, 2007

Council needs your support tomorrow.. Ex-gov joins Red Cross board.. School personnel decisions.. 3 concerts today..

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: "Personnel Decisions Still Unsolved" | "Clarification"
Crescent Times: "More on property value"
Plainfield Trees: "Norway Maple"

Tri-County Red Cross: "Former governor joins Red Cross board"
Wardlaw-Hartridge: "Barbet, Blow join Wardlaw-Hartridge board"
Central Jersey Outlook: "Central Jersey economic summit set for Jan. 17"
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REAL ESTATE SUNDAY

SMALL PICTURE
PODS: "When ‘Full Basement’ Has a New Meaning" -- Neighborhood eyesores?

Co-signing Dangers: "When a Loan Co-Signer Faces Foreclosure"
Gentrification: "Preserving affordable housing amid gentrification"
Loans: "A Loan Just for Adoptive Parents"
Teardowns: "The Heart of Teardown Country"
BIG PICTURE
Banks: "What Bankers Fear"
The Markets: "Why the credit squeeze is a turning point for the world"
Subprime Mess: "In a Mess, Yes, but She’s Got a Plan" -- Is Bush listening?
 Mortgages: "US Mortgage Payment Index"
TOOLS
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" -- 12/16/2007.
Trulia: "Your Personal Real Estate Google"

WHAT'S HAPPENING
  • Today - December 16. 3 PM. Christmas Concert and Open House. Join the choirs and musicians of St. Bart's for an afternoon of familiar and not so familiar carols and holiday music. At St. Bartholomew the Apostle Church, 2032 Westfield Avenue, Scotch Plains. Reception follows. Info: (908) 322-5192 or visit the church's website.

  • Today - December 16. 5:30 PM. Yuletide by Candlelight. A gift of holiday music to the community. Presented by the Crescent Singers. At: Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, Watchung Avenue at East 7th Street. Info (908) 756-2468. FREE.

  • Today - December 16. 7 PM. Good News Gospel Choir Holiday Concert. Under the direction of Plainfield's own Mark Miller and fresh from their first concert -- at Carnegie Hall. At Covenant United Methodist Church, 631 East Front Street (parking in the rear). $15/person, $10/Seniors and children.

  • Tomorrow - December 17. 7:00 PM. Special Council Meeting: Public Hearing on Introduced Budget. And regular Agenda Session. City Hall Library. Public invited.

  • Wednesday - December 19. 9 AM. Court Hearing for 'The Plainfield Four'. Members of the Peoples' Organization for Progress were arrested for unlawful assembly on November 17 at Front and Park protesting alleged police brutality. The group regularly protests the Iraq War and military recruitment in front of the Armed Services Recruitment Center. Original press reportage here. Hearing in Plainfield Municipal Court, East 4th and Watchung Avenue.

  • Wednesday - December 19. 7:30 PM. Cultural & Heritage Commission. City Hall Library. Public invited.

  • Wednesday - December 19. 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 - December 20. 7 PM - 2 AM. Fire Division's Annual Holiday Party and Toy Drive. Sponsored by FMBA locals #7 and #207. Featuring Kenny Bobien and DJ Darryl James (98.7 KISS fm). At The Intercontinental, 111 East Front Street. Admission FREE with gift of unwrapped toy, $15/person without toy.

  • Thursday - December 20. 8 PM. Planning Board. City Hall Library. Public invited.
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CENTRAL JERSEY
Elizabeth: "Two escape Union County jail"

Cranford: "Visitor from Darfur shares moving tales of atrocity"
Kenilworth: "Kenilworth considers change to utility bills"
Middlesex County: "For county Democrats, a costly victory"
Newark: "Lego robots a snap for Newark students"
Paper Mill Playhouse: "At the Paper Mill, a Mr. Fix-It With a Plan"
Roselle Park: "A Fire Can’t Doom Legion Post"


STATE

The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, December 16, 2007"

Corzine: "A rough journey from Wall Street to State Street"
Civil Unions: "Civil unions struggling for equal treatment"
Flu Shots: "N.J. parents fret about flu shots"
Public Housing: "Mother of four evicted based on 'one-strike' rule"
Schools: "No Child Left Behind? Say It in Spanish"
School Funding --
 Technology: "NJEDge.Net: Over 50 colleges linked to world videoconference network"
Trooper Allegations: "Accusation of Attack Stuns Police and College"
Supreme Court: "Top court's dynamic duo is never out of order"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.


NATION / WORLD

Afghanistan: "Afghan Mission Is Reviewed as Concerns Rise"
CIA Tapes: "Bush Defends Destruction of CIA Tapes"
Domestic Spying: "Wider spying fuels Bush bid to shield telecoms"
Terrorism Trial: "Preemptive Terror Trials: Strike Two"


OF INTEREST
Immigration: Amy Chua: "The Right Road to America?" -- An immigrant argues for both toughness and tolerance.

Baseball & Steroids --
 Climate Change Conference: "How the U.S. Caved at Bali"
Environment: "Is the answer to air quality in the ocean?"
Film Piracy: "Frisking film critics won't stop piracy"
Gay Marriage: "Debate intensifies as conservatives get organized"
Gay Teens: "For Gay Teenagers, Hope in Numbers"
Podcasts: "Everyone, it seems, is plugging into a growing Jersey community"

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

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Posted by Dan at 10:18 AM