'Push polls' early?.. CN letters: Santiago, Obama.. CeaseFire program.. The power of Bernice..

PLAINFIELD

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Plainfield Today:

• "Plainfield push poll season getting a headstart?"

Plainfield Plaintalker: "BOE Will Appeal" | "Progress in Plaza Cleanup"
Crescent Times: "Kudos to Bernice!" | "The Hidden Power"

Plainfield Trees: "The Beeches" -- NEW ENTRY on Plainfield's trees.
Councilors are blogging: Check out Cory Storch's NEW post (here) and Rashid Burney (here).

Operation CeaseFire: "City unites with lights against gang violence"
Letters - Courier --

Police Chief:

• Robert Quinlan: "Efforts to force out chief of police are misguided" -- Quinlan is head of the UC Police Chiefs Ass'n.
• Roman Martyniuk: "No basis for eliminating chief of police position" -- Martyniuk is with the NJ Ass'n of Chiefs of Police.

Obama:

• Rashid Burney: "Non-Democrats can vote for Obama"
• Margaret Lewis: "Obama's opportunities won in past struggles"

Real Estate: "Foreclosure upswing spares Central Jersey" -- Sort of, and for now; ...read closely.
Horizon Blue Cross ID theft: "Swiped Blue Cross laptop puts 300,000 at risk"
Jayson Williams Case: "Appeals court to rule in ex-Net's case" -- Gannett | Ledger |

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WHAT'S HAPPENING

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• Today - January 30. 7 - 9 PM. Town Meeting on the Toll Plan with Gov. Corzine. At Union County College's Roy W. Smith Theater, 1033 Springfield Avenue, Cranford. RSVP to (609) 777-2212 or email union.rsvp@gov.state.nj.us or fill out the online form here.
  
  
• Monday - February 4. 7:30 PM. City Council Agenda Session. City Hall Library. 515 Watchung Avenue.
  
  
• Tuesday - February 5. 6 AM - 8 PM. Presidential Primary Election.
  
  
• Wednesday - February 6. 7 PM. Zoning Board of Adjustment. City Hall Library. Public invited.
  
  
• Wednesday - February 6. 8 PM. City Council Business Meeting. City Council Chambers/Courthouse. Watchung Avenue and East 4th Street.
  
  
• Thursday - February 7. 8 PM. Planning Board. City Hall Library. Public invited.

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CENTRAL JERSEY

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Cullen Case: "4 hospitals try to block suits over conduct of killer nurse"
New Brunswick: "St. Peter's slapped with whistleblower suit over financial problems"
Roselle Park: "Builder vs. borough dispute gets costly"
UC Freeholders: "County considering emergency alert system" -- Big Brother wants to reach you?
Union Twp.: "Court to rule on fight for governmental change"
Westfield: "Trio plead guilty to bilking 89-year-old man" -- Ledger | Gannett |


STATE

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Presidential Primary --

• Dems:
• Camden Rally: "Bill Clinton aims best jabs at Bush"
• Tom Moran: "Bill without bile: Mr. Clinton behaves himself in Camden"
• Ads: "Democratic front-runners bring the ad war to Jersey"
• NJ Matters: "For a Change, New Jersey’s Primary Is at the Storm’s Center"
  
• GOP: "With Giuliani fumble, Jersey bounces free" -- And the headline is Rudy's payback for the sports metaphor.

'Jersey Clicks' Website: "State tech Web site in danger of closure"
Rutgers --

• Lawsuit: "Rutgers clears grad students of false charges" -- In 10-yr. old case, prof tried to ruin students' careers.
• Stadium: "Rutgers board approves stadium expansion plan" | "Project Q&A"

Toll Plan: "Toll plan gets a boost with Chamber approval"
Xanadu: "10 months from opening, Xanadu only one-third rented"

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


NATION / WORLD

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2008 Primaries --

• (Breaking) Edwards: "Edwards Is Dropping Out"
• Florida: "McCain Is Florida Victor; Giuliani Set to Exit the Race"
• Giuliani: "For Giuliani, a Dizzying Free-Fall"

OF INTEREST

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Exhibit: "African beads finally get their time to sparkle" -- At the Newark Museum now.

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