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Sunday, January 13, 2008

Daylaborer center worrisome.. MLK calendar online.. Corzine tolls town hall hot..

PLAINFIELD


Plainfield Today:
Crescent Times: "QOL: Be more specific" | "Reader 'L' wants you to know"

 Plain Talker: "Senior Center Building Update" | "City Author on NJN"
Plainfield Trees: "Tulip Trees" -- A new entry on Plainfield's trees.
Councilors are blogging: Check out Cory Storch's NEW POST (here) and Rashid Burney (here).

Daylaborers: "Laborers wary of Plainfield's plan for worker center"
Omega Psi Phi: "Fraternity honors life of Martin Luther King Jr."
MLK Observances: "Remembering King by serving the community"

School Funding --
 Schools: "On the Lookout for Out-of-District Students"
Truck Parking: "A Long Haul, and No Place to Park His Rig"

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WHAT'S HAPPENING
  • Reminder:
    • This year's calendar of Martin Luther King Jr. events is online here.

  • Sunday - January 13. 7:30 PM. Act IV Productions: Auditions for 'Twelve Angry Jurors'. Planned as the community theater group's Spring show. Info: (908) 756-0750.

  • Tuesday - January 15. Last day to REGISTER to vote for the Presidential Primary Election. Information: Union County Board of Elections, 271 North Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07208. (908) 527-4121.

  • Tuesday - January 15. 7:45 PM. Democratic Presidential Forum & Straw Poll. Sen. Nia Gill representing Hillary Clinton, Newark Mayor Cory Booker representing Barack Obama, and Sen. Joe Vitale representing John Edwards. Newsweek Senior Editor Jonathan Alter will moderate. Sponsored by the Montclair Democratic Committee, BlueWaveNJ and Garden State Equality. At the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Montclair, 67 Church Street. More info at BlueWaveNJ. FREE, no registration required.

  • Wednesday - January 16. 3:30 PM. Martin Luther King Jr.: Storytime and Crafts. Plainfield Public Library, 8th Street and Park Avenue.

  • Friday - January 18. 7 PM. PBA Local #19 Annual Retirement and Awards Dinner. Honoring Sgt. Robert Beck, Officer Kevin Connors and the late Officer Roger Howell. At The Pines Manor, Edison. Tickets: $65/person. Contact: Vice President William Tyler at (908) 623-9453.

  • Saturday - January 19. Registration starts 8 AM, Conference 9 AM - 4 PM. Peace & Justice Coalition's People's Peace Conference. The annual conference of North Jersey peace and justice activists. Workshops, forums, and a 'People's Primary'. Special guests: M1 of Dead Prez, Plainfield's own Lady Jam, and Philadelphia hip-hop artist 'The Truth'. At Rutgers Law School, 123 Washington Avenue, Newark. For more information visit the Peace And Justice Coalition website.

  • Saturday - January 19. 2 PM. Martin Luther King Jr.: Storytime and Crafts. Plainfield Public Library, 8th Street and Park Avenue.
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REAL ESTATE SUNDAY

SMALL PICTURE


Jersey City: "Condos With Deco in the Details" -- The former Jersey City Medical Center.

Bankruptcy: "Law Makes Debt Relief Harder for Homeowners"
Development: "Montclair makeover is subject of lawsuit" -- When developers brawl.
Energy Costs: "Ways to Whittle Your Energy Bill"
Equity: "Changing a Home’s Value Into Hard Cash"
Fireplaces: "Waking Up an Idle Hearth"
Mortgage Info: "Getting Started, via the Web"
Newton: "A Main Street With Real Staying Power"
BIG PICTURE
Selling Strategies: "New Listings With Your Decaf?"
Sales: "Realtors’ Index Shows Dip for Existing-Home Sales"
Subprime Mortgages: "Inquiry Focuses on Withholding of Data on Loans" -- What did the banks know and when did they know it?
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" -- Week of 1/13/2007.
Trulia: "Your Personal Real Estate Google"

CENTRAL JERSEY

Edison: "Amended budget hinges on developer's contribution"
Garwood: "Builder aims for 'green' standard" -- As the world goes green, Plainfield dithers.
UC Jailbreak: "Two roads after jailbreak, both dead ends" -- And fire at Elizabeth hideout.
Newark: "Throng demands: Keep St. James hospital open"
Newark: "Council asks Booker why outgoing officials will stay on as consultants"


STATE

The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, January 13, 2008"

Corzine's Toll Talks --
 2008 Primaries --
 Death Penalty: John Farmer: "Rule of law prevailed or did it?"
Legislature: "A Slavery Apology, but Debate Continues"
State Budgets: "Governors Seek Remedies for Shortfalls" -- NJ among 13 others.
State School Tests: Robert Weisbuch: "Kill state tests" -- Drew's president weighs in.

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


NATION / WORLD

2008 Primaries --
 The Economy: "Some Fear Economic Stimulus Is Already Too Late"
Waterboarding: "Intelligence Chief Couches Reference to Waterboarding as 'Torture'"


OF INTEREST
War Dead: "War casualties not forgotten by L.A. parish" -- St. John's website here.

Cell Phones: "The Afterlife of Cellphones" -- Doing bad while doing good with your old phone?
Exhibit: "The Soul of Suburbia, Captured on Film"
Being Italian: "Refusing to Let the Mob Hijack What It Means to Be Italian"

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

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Posted by Dan at 10:03 AM