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Sunday, February 10, 2008

Budget meeting Wed.. Unanswered budget questions.. WV case designated bias crime..

PLAINFIELD


Plainfield Today:
Plainfield Plaintalker: "Budget Amendments Up Wednesday"
Crescent Times: "Budget questions" | "Meeting on tenant/landlord issues"

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

Hospitals --
 Charter Schools: "Success brings strains"
Unauthorized Overtime: "Suspended sergeant gave herself $428K in overtime" -- Uncovered by a sharp-eyed citizen using public online databases.

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WHAT'S HAPPENING
  • Today - February 10. 3 PM. Peter Saleh and Friends: A Percussion Ensemble. Marimba, tympani, xylophone, congas and more. Presented by Crescent Concerts. At: Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, Watchung Avenue at East 7th Street. $20/adult, $15/senior, $5/student. Info (908) 756-2468.

  • Wednesday - February 13. 8 PM. Special Council Meeting on Budget. 'Action may be taken'. City Hall Library. Public invited.

  • Saturday - February 16. 11 AM - 3 PM. Charity Jazz Brunch Fundraiser. (Brunch served 11:30 - 2:30.) Sponsored by the Plainfield/Scotch Plains chapter, National Council of Negro Women. At l'Affaire, Route 22 East in Mountainside. Proceeds benefit mentoring and educational support for young people. $55/person. Tickets must be purchased by Saturday, Feb. 15. Info: Barbara Page, (908) 405-3408.

  • Saturday - February 16. 8 PM - Midnight. Jitterbug Jive: A Benefit Celebrating 88 Years of the Plainfield Symphony. Featuring the jumpin' rhythms of Carrie Jackson and her Sultans of Swing. Dancing, live and silent auctions, open bar, light fare. Formal, casual or Swing era attire. $88/person. Get tickets by calling (908) 561-5660 or email info@plainfieldsymphony.org.\

  • Wednesday - February 20. 7:30 PM. Cultural & Heritage Commission. City Hall Library. Public invited.

  • Wednesday - February 20. 6 - 8 PM. Relay For Life 2008 Kickoff Party. Join in Plainfield's 2nd Annual event, an overnight celebration of hope, progress and answers -- raising funds and awareness. Find out how to honor survivors, remember those we've lost and help in the fight against cancer. At Shiloh Baptist Church Community Center, 517 West 4th Street. RSVP by Feb. 13 to (973) 736-7771 x203 or email farrah.stephenson@cancer.org. Plainfield's Relay for Life 2008 will take place June 7-8 at Hub Stine Field. See the website here: www.events.cancer.org/RFLplainfieldNJ.
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REAL ESTATE SUNDAY

SMALL PICTURE


Bungalows: "Elegant Bungalows" -- Plainfield's have yet to get their due.
Home Security: "Remote Systems: Keeping Track From Afar"
Insurance: "Insurance Appraisals: High-Tech Protection"
Open Houses: "Buying or Looking?" -- Nevertheless, they are a useful tool for smart Realtors.
Refinancing: "Does It Pay to Refinance Two Recent Mortgages?"
BIG PICTURE
Arts Districts: "Arts Developers, Now Hear This" -- Pricing artists out no road to success.
 Foreclosures: "Borrowers Still Slow to Get Help, Survey Finds"
'Piggyback Loans': "Piggyback Loans Leading to Foreclosures"
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 2/10/2008.
Trulia: "Your Personal Real Estate Google"
Mortgages: "US Mortgage Payment Index"

CENTRAL JERSEY

Union County Jail: "New warden to step up jail security"
Cranford: "Township to discuss directly electing mayor" -- Would involve a charter change.
Homeless Vets: "A surge in homeless veterans expected"
Kessler & Wounded Military: "Holding On to Hope"
Old Bridge: "School emergency notification system a national model"
Springfield: "Firefighter says chief tried to rig tests to help son"


STATE


Ironically, the NY Times illustrates a story on Democrats with
Plainfield-born and raised Asm. Jon Bramnick, a Republican.
Politics: "Hey, Massachusetts, New Jersey Is Passing on the Left"

The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, February 03, 2008"
Corzine Toll Tour: "Governor wades through a state of doubt" -- "Some sympathy in Hightstown"
Rutgers: "1,700 Rutgers salaries topped $100K"
Special Needs Housing: "N.J. fails to fulfill promise to house disabled"

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


NATION / WORLD

2008 Primaries --
 Pork Exposed: George F. Will: "The Road To a GOP Minority" -- George Will, muckraker? Read on.


OF INTEREST
Album Covers: "Glory days of album covers are fading"
Exhibit: "Cuba: Artists Experience Their Country" -- Hunterdon Museum of Art in Clinton.
Soccer Moms: "Look Out, Soccer Moms: She’s Got You Nailed"

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Posted by Dan at 10:53 AM