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PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today:
Save Muhlenberg: "Planning meeting set for Monday, March 10"
Plainfield Trees: "English Holly" -- Continuing the series on Plainfield's trees.
Councilors are blogging: Councilor Cory Storch has a post (here) -- his thoughts on this year's budget process; and Councilor Rashid Burney blogs (here).
Mayor v. Chief Santiago: "Latin-American group backs Plainfield chief"
Muhlenberg - OpEd, CN: "Mayor reports Muhlenberg status dire but hopeful"
McGreeveys: Kathleen O'Brien: "Marriage redefined by McGreevey"
Municipal Aid: "Senator hopes to stymie Corzine's aid cut"
Park Hotel?: "Public advocate acts to ease crowded psychiatric hospitals"
Brownfields: "Once Polluted, Now Profitable for New Jersey Builders"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
CENTRAL JERSEY
Sharpe James Trial --
Green Brook: "Not about to take a gamble on off-track betting" -- Courier | Ledger |
Newark: "Council approves PR contracts for 2 with connections" -- New mayor, same old sausage?
New Brunswick: "Post-retirement rehiring ruled appropriate" -- Because income limited.
Somerset County Parks: "County rehires auditors who failed to report problems" -- Supplee Clooney.
Union Twp: "Ghaffari's Lounge shuttered for good after drive-by shootings"
STATE
2008 Senate Race: "Estabrook quits GOP Senate race after mini-stroke" -- Ledger | NYTimes |
Gas Prices: "As prices hit $104, some drivers step on brakes"
English-only Town Website?: "Dover's leaders want website in English" -- Morris County.
Health Care: "Poll: Majority of Jerseyans see big problems with medical errors"
State Parks: "Budget cuts imperil the state's parkland"
Teaching: "'Alternate route' called tangled path to teaching"
Meadowlands Development: "Raleigh company regrets taking part" -- A story in the Raleigh (NC) News and Observer about Cherokee Partners (a hometown firm), the original investors in the EnCap project and their disappointment with how things went. An update in the Bergen Record is here.
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Races --
OF INTEREST
Addictions: "New Generation Gap Emerges as Older Addicts Seek Help"
Junk Mail: "Postal Service Feels Weight Of 'Junk Mail'" -- Profitable for USPS, but consumers want a way out.
Kids-as-tape-recorders: "Cops say first-grader described drug market"
NBA: "Newark's Cleo Hill, getting credit at last"
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Plainfield Today:
Plainfield Plaintalker:
- "Council Approves Director Title Over Chief"
- "Protesters: Save Muhlenberg"
- "District Vows to Alert New Schools Chief"
- "Senior Center Takes Shape"
Save Muhlenberg: "Planning meeting set for Monday, March 10"
Plainfield Trees: "English Holly" -- Continuing the series on Plainfield's trees.
Councilors are blogging: Councilor Cory Storch has a post (here) -- his thoughts on this year's budget process; and Councilor Rashid Burney blogs (here).
Mayor v. Chief Santiago: "Latin-American group backs Plainfield chief"
Muhlenberg - OpEd, CN: "Mayor reports Muhlenberg status dire but hopeful"
McGreeveys: Kathleen O'Brien: "Marriage redefined by McGreevey"
Municipal Aid: "Senator hopes to stymie Corzine's aid cut"
Park Hotel?: "Public advocate acts to ease crowded psychiatric hospitals"
Brownfields: "Once Polluted, Now Profitable for New Jersey Builders"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Reminders:
- Daylight Savings Time starts this weekend. Set your clocks AHEAD Saturday night.
- Today - March 6. 8 - 11 AM. Development and Redevelopment Opportunities and Solution in NJ. A conference sponsored by McGraw-Hill Construction magazine. LEED, Financing, NIMBY, Parking as Infrastructure. $45/person. Info: (212) 904-2335 or email Preeti Chhibber.
- Sunday - March 9. 3 PM. Festival of Organists. Prominent New Jersey organists perform on Crescent Avenue's G.F. Adams organ. 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.
- Monday - March 10. 6:30 PM. 'Save Muhlenberg' Planning Meeting. The Plainfield chapter of People's Organization for Progress hosts a public planning meeting. At DuCret School of Art, 1030 Central Aveue. Info: Plainfield chair, Steve Hatcher: (908) 731-1518 or State chair, Lawrence Hamm: (973) 801-0001.
- Tuesday - March 11. 6-10 PM. Immigration Policy Hearing. The Governor's Advisory Panel on Immigration Policy will hold its second hearing, seeking public input on immigration policy. At the Bridgeton HS Auditorium, 111 North West Avenue, Bridgeton, NJ. Plainfielder Carol Brokaw, Esq., chairperson of the PMUA Board of Commissioners is a member of the panel. All are welcome!
- Sunday - March 16. 3 PM. The Mèlange: A Celebration of the Arts. Sponsor: Raritan Valley LINKS. Scotch Plains Baptist Church, 333 Park Avenue, Scotch Plains. Info: (908) 756-0563 or (732) 563-0980. FREE.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Sharpe James Trial --
- Trial: "Graft trial focuses on James memo" -- Intensely -- and secretly -- involved in all development decisions.
- Bob Braun: "A tedious trial day wears on the jurors" -- After all, she did tell the FBI she was "a $700,000 piece of ass", didn't she?
Green Brook: "Not about to take a gamble on off-track betting" -- Courier | Ledger |
Newark: "Council approves PR contracts for 2 with connections" -- New mayor, same old sausage?
New Brunswick: "Post-retirement rehiring ruled appropriate" -- Because income limited.
Somerset County Parks: "County rehires auditors who failed to report problems" -- Supplee Clooney.
Union Twp: "Ghaffari's Lounge shuttered for good after drive-by shootings"
STATE
2008 Senate Race: "Estabrook quits GOP Senate race after mini-stroke" -- Ledger | NYTimes |
Gas Prices: "As prices hit $104, some drivers step on brakes"
English-only Town Website?: "Dover's leaders want website in English" -- Morris County.
Health Care: "Poll: Majority of Jerseyans see big problems with medical errors"
State Parks: "Budget cuts imperil the state's parkland"
Teaching: "'Alternate route' called tangled path to teaching"
Meadowlands Development: "Raleigh company regrets taking part" -- A story in the Raleigh (NC) News and Observer about Cherokee Partners (a hometown firm), the original investors in the EnCap project and their disappointment with how things went. An update in the Bergen Record is here.
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Races --
- Dems: "Get Ready for a Rougher, Fiercer Democratic Race"
- New Jersey: "Jersey Dems split on Clinton; Rothman says she can't catch up"
- Obama: "Lesson of Defeat: Obama Comes Out Punching"
- Clinton: "Looking at the Math and the Map, and Hoping the Tide Can Turn"
- Clinton: "Clinton Team Is Battling Itself, Even in Victory"
- Michigan/Florida: "Mich., Fla. consider do-over primaries"
- Pennsylvania: "Pro-Clinton 527 preps for Pa. air war"
- McCain: "Party and President Back McCain"
OF INTEREST
Addictions: "New Generation Gap Emerges as Older Addicts Seek Help"
Junk Mail: "Postal Service Feels Weight Of 'Junk Mail'" -- Profitable for USPS, but consumers want a way out.
Kids-as-tape-recorders: "Cops say first-grader described drug market"
NBA: "Newark's Cleo Hill, getting credit at last"
BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |
