With no losers, primary fight goes on.. Santiago case update.. Council takes up SID budget tonight.. More McGreeveys..
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today: Plainfield Plaintalker: "Council to Resume Budget Talks"
Crescent Times: "Litter, Litter, Litter Bug"
Plainfield Trees: "The Beeches" -- New entry on Plainfield's trees.
Councilors are blogging: Check out Cory Storch (here) and Rashid Burney (here).
Chief Santiago: "Testimony ends on chief's suspension"
Schools: "Event to celebrate Black History Month"
Clinton School: "Author teaches children to avoid gangs"
McGreeveys: "McGreevey divorce draws in boyfriend" -- Are funds commingled?
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today - February 6. 7 PM. Zoning Board of Adjustment. City Hall Library. Public invited.
- Today - 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
Booker/Fenty: "Two Mayors Join Forces to Support Obama"
JFK: "One man's poison may be another man's cure" -- Trials of experimental stroke treatment.
Newark Police: "Attorney General's Office issues opinion in Newark police feud"
Roselle Park: "Reversal made on eminent domain"
Scotch Plains/Fanwood: "Middle school faux primary hands Obama, McCain victory"
Union Twp.: "Residents claim they are registered though clerk removed names" -- Struggle over a referendum petition drive.
Union County: "County going 'green' at public facilities" -- A small start is still a start.
STATE
Presidential Primary --
- Overview: "Jersey's bottom line: Clinton and McCain in a record turnout"
- Tom Moran: "Clinton coalition carves out a Jersey win on its own" -- Hardly 34 points, tho.
- Deciding: "20% of Democrats went down to wire before deciding"
- Machines: "Unique day breaks political machines' grip"
Prisons: "State agrees to pay inmate over $100,000" -- Tape of beating by guard destroyed purposely.
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Primaries --
- Interactive Maps: "Dems" | "GOP" | -- County-by-county results nationwide; just mouse over...
- Ledger: "Campaigns dig in for a long fight"
- NYTimes: "Diverging Paths for Two Parties"
- WashPost: "For Clinton, a lively dead heat" | "Huckabee muddies the race"
- LATimes: "With no losers, the fight goes on"
OF INTEREST
'Toons: "Cartoonists to Protest Lack of Color in the Comics"
A panel from 'Candorville' by Darrin Bell.
NJ Rail History: "Making tracks for museum"
Obituary: "Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Spiritual Leader to Beatles"
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