Murder No. 1.. Fatal accident.. BOE meeting.. Complete Corzine coverage.. NH primary..
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: "Closed Meeting Topic Was Superintendent"
Crescent Times: "The public meeting that wasn't"
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).
Auto Fatality: "City man dies after car crashes into house"
Murder No. 1: "Plainfield man, 24, found dead from gunshot wound"
Letter: Margaret Lewis: "Electing or appointing board of ed is not the issue"
Schools: "Community forum Thursday on schools"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Reminders:
- 'Dine Around Town' discount cards are also available at the Netherwood Auto Center, corner of South and Woodland Avenues. Proceeds benefit Library programs for children and adults. (See more here).
- Tomorrow - January 10. 7 PM. Community Forum: Engaging the Community. Interim Superintendent Dr. Garnell Bailey leads presentations by ALL school principals focusing on progress against state guides and AYP preparations. At Washington Community School, 427 Darrow Avenue (parking in Spooner Avenue lot). Everyone is invited.
- Tomorrow - January 10. 7:30 PM. Act IV Productions: Auditions for 'Twelve Angry Jurors'. Planned as the community theater group's Spring show. Info: (908) 756-0750.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Sharpe James: "Judge orders two separate trials for James" -- Ledger | NY Times |
UC Jailbreak: "Escapee Caught Just 6 Blocks From the Jail" -- Ledger | NY Times |
Cemetery Desecration: "Jewish cemetery attack now called hate crime" -- Ledger | Gannett |
Fanwood: "The secret lives of houses"
Millburn: "Democrat supports Republican for mayor's job"
STATE
State of State Address --
- News: "Corzine would end 'credit card culture'" -- Ledger | Gannett | NY Times |
- Analysis: "Corzine gets high marks on delivery, details"
- Toll Plan: "Corzine's plan likened to privatization" -- Gannett | NY Times |
- Editorial, CN: "At first blush, toll hike plan a loser"
- Tom Moran: "When he leaves that foxhole, Corzine doesn't do it at a walk"
- Paul Mulshine: "Monetization plan looks like a dead zeppelin"
- Fran Wood: "Let Corzine do what he was elected to do"
- Obama: "Obama comes to Jersey to challenge Clinton's lead"
- Jersey Primary: "Jerseyans itching to have their say Feb. 5"
High Schools: "State decides not to expel alternative graduation test"
Legislature: "As the trip starts, both parties see tough road ahead"
Quids and Quos: "Lame-duck senator backs school plan, is named to BPU"
'Wrongful Death' Bill: "Governor has doubts about wrongful-death bill"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Primaries --
- NH Results: "Concord Monitor - Complete Tallies" | "NY Times Table, Maps"
- Analysis: "An Epic Struggle Looms" -- NY Times | WashPost | McClatchy |
- Ledger: John Farmer: "Granite Staters put pundits in their place, and all bets are off"
FEC: "FEC Reduced to Offering Advice"
OF INTEREST
Beer: "A Taste for Brews That Go to Extremes"
Facebook: "Facebook decides to play the sharing game"
Florida: "Florida Losing Its Sunny Magnetism"
Real Estate: "Why the housing bust could be a boon"
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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