A painted lady bares all.. Council, Bd of Ed updates.. Corzine toll meeting will be at UCC..
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today: Plainfield Plaintalker: "Meeting Schedule, Rules Up for Votes" | "Trash Piles Up at Plaza"
Crescent Times: "Board of Ed Meeting Outcome"
Plainfield Trees: "White Oak" -- A new entry on Plainfield's trees.
Councilors are blogging: Check out Cory Storch (here) and Rashid Burney (here).
Corzine Toll Tour: "Corzine to hold town meeting at Union County College"
Blackberry's Restaurant: Nice piece in today's Courier Community section; print edition only.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Thursday - January 24. 8 PM. City Council Business Meeting. City Council Chambers/Courthouse. Watchung Avenue and East 4th Street.
- Saturday - January 26. 9 AM - 2 PM. Passport Fair. The Postal Service is sponsoring a walk-in passport application fair (appointments recommended). At Plainfield High School, 950 Park Avenue. See details here.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Ferguson Seat: "Biondi opts out of Congress run" -- Getting down to a single Stender opponent.
Linden: "Police dogs to sniff out drugs in City Hall"
Roselle: "Roselle moves step closer to a civilian safety director"
STATE
Primaries --
- Analysis: "Clinton counts on women, but youngest are balking"
- Today: "Hillary heads for NJ for two rallies and fundraising"
Oscars: "Oscar smiles on 3 films tied to Jersey"
Toll Roads --
- Advisory Committee: "N.J. leaders approve toll plan"
- Budget: "Benefits, patrol costs inflate toll roads budget 3.5 percent"
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Primaries --
- Analysis: "Candidates Turn Attention to Gyrating Markets and Weakened Economy"
- Dems: "Clinton Taking a Pass on S.C.?"
- GOP: "McCain in NYC" | "Huckabee in Florida" | "Thompson quits"
Economic Stimulus: "Bush, Lawmakers Are Close to Deal"
The Fed: "Fed leaps to prevent panic"
Pakistan: "Retired Generals Tell Musharraf to Go"
OF INTEREST
Heath Ledger: "A Rough-Edged Actor Who Carved An Indelible Image"
Army Recruits: "High school graduates increasingly shun Army"
Real Estate: "Feeling Misled on Home Price, Buyers Sue Agent" -- Legal woes for buyers' agents.
The Water Wars: "Nestlé Loses Sales as Alice Waters Bans Bottled Water"
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