Rally to save Muhlenberg.. Plainfield schools got tainted beef.. SALT program in danger?.. McWilliams' son is Boston College Scholar..
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PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today:
Crescent Times: "Feeling the (budget) pinch - locally" -- Is the SALT program doomed? (Never could get used to the new name of it -- Dan).
Plainfield Trees: "English Holly" -- Today, a NEW entry on Plainfield's trees.
Councilors are blogging: Check out Cory Storch (here) and Rashid Burney (here).
Letter, CN: Lisa Bayous: "A plea to keep Muhlenberg and its level of excellent care"
Hospitals: "Booker: Emergency care to remain open at St. James"
Auction-Rate Bonds: "Auctions market mess hits NJ institutional borrowers"
PAAD: "Budget hikes seniors' drug co-pays"
Talking & Driving: "Hands-free doesn't mean accident-free" -- Saturday. $100 fine, plus surcharge.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
CENTRAL JERSEY
The Arena Wars: "Essex exec ties Izod Center's future to its profitability"
Sharpe James Case: "Booker might be witness in James trial" -- For the defense?!
Garwood: "Garwood plans to build athletic field complex"
Linden: "Lawyer: Pastor targeted by gov't because of anti-war stance"
Newark: "Calm Stretch Ends, but Officials Claim Progress on Crime"
Rutgers: "Stringer gets win No. 800 as Rutgers defeats DePaul" -- Politi on Stringer here.
South Plainfield: "South Plainfield truck committee meeting tonight"
Watchung Reservation: "Deer 'culling' due at Watchung Reservation"
STATE
Corzine Toll Plan: "Franks wants critics to lower rhetoric" -- Ledger | Gannett |
Board of Public Utilities: "Corzine nominates Fox to BPU again" | "Judge to decide whether to drop out of BPU case"
Camden: "Campbell to stay, Sears to stay standing" -- Gannett | NYTimes | -- Sears slideshow here.
Colleges: "Colleges wrestle with surge in applicants"
Colonoscopies: "Insurer opts to still pay for colonoscopy anesthesia"
Jobs Picture: "Revised job figures reveal picture isn't so pretty in Jersey"
Montclair State: "University president splits paper from student government"
Supremes: "Supreme Court rules estate tax was unjust"
UMDNJ: "Battlefield doc vividly brings war home to med students"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Campaigns --
Economy: "Bernanke: Sagging Growth Is Chief Concern"
OF INTEREST
Black History Quilt: "Stitch by stitch, she tells her story"
Racial Identity: K.A. Dilday: "Go Back to Black" -- An American black in England wants to ditch 'African-American'.
Raising Infants: "The Modern Nursery, Batteries Required"
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Plainfield Today:
- "Plainfield schools got tainted beef"
- "Rally to save Muhlenberg"
- "A.T. McWilliams III a Boston College Presidential Scholar"
Crescent Times: "Feeling the (budget) pinch - locally" -- Is the SALT program doomed? (Never could get used to the new name of it -- Dan).
Plainfield Trees: "English Holly" -- Today, a NEW entry on Plainfield's trees.
Councilors are blogging: Check out Cory Storch (here) and Rashid Burney (here).
Letter, CN: Lisa Bayous: "A plea to keep Muhlenberg and its level of excellent care"
Hospitals: "Booker: Emergency care to remain open at St. James"
Auction-Rate Bonds: "Auctions market mess hits NJ institutional borrowers"
PAAD: "Budget hikes seniors' drug co-pays"
Talking & Driving: "Hands-free doesn't mean accident-free" -- Saturday. $100 fine, plus surcharge.
Got a tip? Question? Click here to send PT an email.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Tomorrow - February 29. 7 PM. Van Wyck Brooks Dine-Out at Blackberry's. What better way to celebrate Leap Day than to join friends and neighbors -- or meet some new folks -- than a dinner out at Plainfield's crossroads restaurant -- Blackberry's. Dutch treat, but RSVP to co-ordinator Arne Aakre here so the restaurant will know how many to expect. Blackberry's is at 5th & Watchung, across from City Hall.
- Sunday - March 2. 2-4 PM. The New Deal's 75th Anniversary. PHS' Henry H. Banta chapter of National Honor Society will re-enact the dramatic 1993 inaugural address of Franklin D. Roosevelt -- the kickoff of the 'New Deal' which combated the country's worst Depression ever. Sponsored by the Historical Society of Plainfield. At the Drake House, 602 West Front Street (at Plainfield Avenue). FREE.
- Wednesday - March 5. 8-9:30 AM. Multi-Chamber of Commerce Meet-and-Greet. The Plainfield Chamber of Commerce hosts the CNJB2B Network and the Piscataway/Middlesex/South Plainfield Chamber of Commerce at a meet-and-greet. Breakfast will be served. Polish your 'elevator speech'! At Suburban Jewelers, 126 East Front Street (parking in Second Street lot). Bring scrap gold to sell. 10% off any purchases during meeting. $15 members/$20 non-members. Info: (908) 753-2296. Be sure to RSVP so there is enough breakfast ordered!
- Wednesday - March 5. Daylong conference begins with breakfast at 7:30 AM. Governor's Conference on Women. Atlantic City Convention Center. More info on the Conference website.
CENTRAL JERSEY
The Arena Wars: "Essex exec ties Izod Center's future to its profitability"
Sharpe James Case: "Booker might be witness in James trial" -- For the defense?!
Garwood: "Garwood plans to build athletic field complex"
Linden: "Lawyer: Pastor targeted by gov't because of anti-war stance"
Newark: "Calm Stretch Ends, but Officials Claim Progress on Crime"
Rutgers: "Stringer gets win No. 800 as Rutgers defeats DePaul" -- Politi on Stringer here.
South Plainfield: "South Plainfield truck committee meeting tonight"
Watchung Reservation: "Deer 'culling' due at Watchung Reservation"
STATE
Corzine Toll Plan: "Franks wants critics to lower rhetoric" -- Ledger | Gannett |
Board of Public Utilities: "Corzine nominates Fox to BPU again" | "Judge to decide whether to drop out of BPU case"
Camden: "Campbell to stay, Sears to stay standing" -- Gannett | NYTimes | -- Sears slideshow here.
Colleges: "Colleges wrestle with surge in applicants"
Colonoscopies: "Insurer opts to still pay for colonoscopy anesthesia"
Jobs Picture: "Revised job figures reveal picture isn't so pretty in Jersey"
Montclair State: "University president splits paper from student government"
Supremes: "Supreme Court rules estate tax was unjust"
UMDNJ: "Battlefield doc vividly brings war home to med students"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Campaigns --
- Clinton: John Farmer: "In a blue-collar Ohio city, hints of trouble ahead for Clinton"
- Clinton: "Clinton Pours Resources Into Two Crucial Primaries"
- Superdelegates: "Got a Problem? Ask the Super" -- Geraldine Ferraro explains how the Dems got 'supers'.
- Obama/McCain: "McCain and Obama Trade Jabs on Iraq"
- McCain: "Does McCain’s Canal Zone Birth Rule Him Out?"
Economy: "Bernanke: Sagging Growth Is Chief Concern"
OF INTEREST
Obituary: "William F. Buckley Jr., conservative eminence" -- National Review | NYTimes |
Black History Quilt: "Stitch by stitch, she tells her story"
Racial Identity: K.A. Dilday: "Go Back to Black" -- An American black in England wants to ditch 'African-American'.
Raising Infants: "The Modern Nursery, Batteries Required"
BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |
