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PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today: Plainfield Plaintalker: "SID Budget Foregoes UEZ Funds"
Crescent Times: "Litter, Litter, Litter Bug"
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).
Green Brook Flood Control: "Feds to propose $10M for Green Brook" -- Ledger | Courier |
Eminent Domain: "Public advocate challenges eminent domain timetable"
Gang Prevention: "Ex-Rutgers player to lead anti-gang effort"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today - February 5. 6 AM - 8 PM. Presidential Primary Election. You know what to do!
- 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.
- Saturday - February 9. 1 - 3 PM. Exhibit: Uhambo (Zulu for 'journey'). New and vivid oil paintings and charcoal drawings by Plainfield artist Indira Bailey, recipient of a Fulbright-Hayes Fellowship to record her impressions of people and places in South Africa. At the Plainfield Public Library, 8th Street and Park Avenue. Refreshments. FREE. (Snow date: February 16, 1 - 3 PM.)
- Saturday - February 9. 6 PM. From the Middle Passage: An African American Journey. A program of music, images and narratives. Sponsored by the Vocal Music Dept. of PHS. At Plainfield High School, 950 Park Avenue. Tickets: Advance $7, Students $2 w/ID; At the door $10, Students $5. Info: Ms. Stefanie Minatee, (908) 731-4200 x5276.
- Sunday - 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.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Amtrak: "Bush asks for less funding for Amtrak"
Linden: "Employee's suit alleges harassment in recreation department"
Newark: "6 months after schoolyard killings, uncertain progress"
Somerville: "Somerville considers creating parking utility" -- More bureaucracy. Hmmm.
'Locks of Love' Program: "Volunteers' locks make wigs for kids with cancer"
STATE
Super Tuesday --
- Roundup: "Jerseyans courted by candidates"
- Delegates: "A vote for Clinton or Obama is one for Genack or Woska"
- Clinton: "For Clinton the Speaker, the Smaller the Better"
- McCain: "McCain Leads the Field, but Shuns Talk of Victory"
- Obama: "Obama Cheered in the Meadowlands"
- Monmouth County: "Monmouth audience hostile to plan" -- Gannett | Ledger |
- Paul Mulshine: "Without GOP, Corzine's plan is on borrowed time"
Giants: "Montclair's Tyree's great comeback" -- Ledger | NYTimes |
Princeton: "Head of Princeton museum says she plans to step down"
Sports Betting: "Grand jury indicts 37 people in $500M sports betting ring"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Primaries: John Farmer: "McCain must revive the Reagan coalition"
Deficits: "Federal deficits soaring higher, menacing the future"
The Economy: "Economy Fitful, Americans Start to Pay as They Go"
OF INTEREST
Lent: "Protestants take new approaches, Catholics pursue recent personal traditions" -- Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday. That means today is Fat Tuesday!
YouTube: "For Marketing, the Most Valuable Player Might Be YouTube"
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