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Sunday, February 17, 2008

New homes debut today.. Scariest chart I've ever seen.. Dems choose convention delegates..

PLAINFIELD


Plainfield Today:
Plainfield Plaintalker: "Superintendent in the Wings?"
Crescent Times: "Gardens, gardens, gardens!"

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

Teen Jobs Center: "'Youth One Stop' to offer free services in Plainfield"
Affordable Housing: "Towns worried by changes to affordable-housing rules"
County Budget: "County budget calls for higher taxes again" -- 8 years in a row.
Dem Convention Delegates: "Choosing NJ delegates won't be cakewalk" -- Who goes for Plainfield?
Municipal Bonds: "A 'safe' bond market suffers costly collapse" -- Rowan's rate quadruples overnight.

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WHAT'S HAPPENING
  • 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.

  • Wednesday - February 20. 6 - 8 PM. Girl Scout Day Camp Open House. Campers and parents get a perfect opportunity to meet staffers and see what the day camp is all about. One of the two separately themed camps will be at the Jerseyland Community Center in Scotch Plains. Girls will be able to play games, try different sports, and make new friends. Inquire about Counselor positions. Open House is at the Washington Rock Council's center, 201 Grove Street East, Westfield. No reservations required. Info: Melissa Boronkas, (908) 232-3236 x1212, or by email. FREE.

  • Thursday - February 21. 8 PM. Planning Board. City Hall Library. Public invited.

  • Saturday - February 23. 7 PM. Jazz Concert at Wilson. Renowned jazz vocalist Carrie Jackson and her all-star trio: Jou Rainone, piano; Steve Freeman, bass; Gordon Lane, drums. Hear Carrie and crew in renditions of jazz classics from the Great American Songbook, in an intimate cabaret setting. Fisher Hall at Wilson Memorial Church, Valley Road at Hillcrest Road (parking off Hillcrest), Watchung. Light refreshments follow the concert. A free-will offering will be taken. Info: Roberta Smith at (908) 755-9654. FREE.

  • Monday - February 25. 6:30 - 8:30 PM. Music For All Seasons Conversations Series: AndrĂ© Previn. Join broadcast personality Nancy Shear in an intimate conversation with the artist, followed by a reception with wine and hors d'oeuvres. At the Bösendorfer Artist Salon, 200 Lexington Avenue (at 33rd Street), New York. MFAS is a nonprofit arts organization, the project of Plainfield residents Brian Dallow and Rena Fruchter for the past 16 years. Proceeds from this event help provide musical programs for children living in shelters for victims of domestic violence. $75/person. Tickets and info: (908) 322-6300 or visit their website here: www.musicforallseasons.org/.

  • Tuesday - February 26. 7:30 PM. Historic Preservation Commission. City Hall Library. Public invited.

  • Wednesday - February 27. 8 PM. City Council: Public Hearing and Adoption of FY2008 Budget. Is this the latest budget ever adopted? And no pressure from the state? Must be growth by unity. City Hall Library. 515 Watchung Avenue.
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REAL ESTATE SUNDAY

SMALL PICTURE
Condos: "Few buyers for condos"
Loan Counselors: "Someone to Speak for Borrowers in Trouble"
Renting: "Renting Beats Buying (or Not)"
QTIPs: "Putting Real Estate Into a QTIP Trust"
BIG PICTURE
Mortgages: "How the Stimulus Plan Will Help"
Short Sales: "The Short Sale Gains in Allure"
Short Sales: "When a Lender Declines a Short Sale"
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 2/17/2008.
Trulia: "Your Personal Real Estate Google"
Mortgages: "US Mortgage Payment Index"
CENTRAL JERSEY

EWR Security: "Survivor of both WTC attacks, chief is passionate about her mission"
Greenfaith: "Green group spotlights toxic sites in Newark"
Kean U.: "A lesson on living in study on dying"
Newark: "Booker, Adubato seeking a truce"
Newark Schools: "Superintendent search to get under way"
Roselle: "Roselle scrambles to meet flood grant"


STATE

The Auditor -- For political junkies: "Sunday, February 03, 2008"
Book: "'The Soprano State': Authors detail N.J. corruption" -- An encyclopedia of NJ corruption. Just what we need.
Budget: "The ax hovers over most of state budget"
Campus Safety: "For Seton Hall, a sobering lesson in communication"
Civil Unions: "Report: Civil union law fails to achieve equality"
Bayonne: "Where Church Pews Replaced the Bar Stools"
NJT: "Backers and Critics Spar Over a Rail Plan"

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


NATION / WORLD
Dept. of Truly Scary Charts
The Markets: "Arcane Market Is Next to Face Big Credit Test"

2008 Primaries --
 Torture: "Justice Official Defends Rough CIA Interrogations"


OF INTEREST

Dining Out: "The latest in table-side service: Digital dining" -- Of course!
Shopdropping: "More Than Tissues in a Box of Kleenex" -- The reverse of shoplifting, with a purpose.
Sports: "The Great Escape: Caron Butler's road to stardom and salvation"
Hospital Care: "For Patients, More Comfort and a Bigger Dose of Respect"

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Posted by Dan at 11:02 AM