McGreeveys: Today's update.. Santiago replacing Santiago?.. McWilliams Memorial Plaza proposed.. Cop cleared in Randle shooting..
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today:
- "Policing Plainfield: Santiago to replace Santiago?"
- "Council asked to designate McWilliams memorial plaza"
- "McGreevey 3-ways: He says yes, she says no. What's new?"
Crescent Times: "Stress-Free Plainfield?"
Save Muhlenberg: "Save Muhlenberg: Update from Dottie Gutenkauf"
Plainfield Trees: "Southern Magnolia" -- A further post in Greg Palermo's ongoing 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).
City Council: "Vote looms on Plainfield top cop post"
Councilor Davis DWI: "Plainfield official gets DWI trial date"
Randle Shooting: "Roselle cop cleared in shooting of North Plainfield teen" Ledger (Blog w/comments) | Ledger (print) | Courier | -- North Plainfield?
Alcotest: "High court clears new DWI tester" -- Ledger | NYTimes | Gannett |
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- NOTE:
- Tuesday, March 25, is the last day to register to vote in April's School Board election.
- Today - March 18. 7 PM. Board of Ed:Business Meeting. Barlow School, East Front Street and Farragut Road.
- Wednesday - March 19. 7 PM. Board of Ed:Budget Workshop. PHS Library, 950 Park Avenue.
- Wednesday - March 19. 7:30 PM. Cultural & Heritage Commission. City Hall Library. Public invited
. - Wednesday - March 19. 8 PM. City Council Business Meeting. City Council Chambers/Courthouse. Watchung Avenue and East 4th Street.
- Thursday - March 20. 6:30 PM. Brownfields Development Area Steering Committee. Initial meeting. City Hall Library. Public invited.
- Thursday - March 20. 8 PM. Planning Board. City Hall Library. Public invited.
- Thursday - March 20. RESCHEDULED.
6th Annual Boys & Girls Club Father/Daughter Dance. - Tuesday - March 25. Last day to REGISTER to vote for the School Board Election. Information: Union County Board of Elections, 271 North Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07208. (908) 527-4121.
- Tuesday - March 25. 7 PM. Recital: A Forgotten Legacy - Women Composers of the Past. A piano recital by Plainfield's own Victoria Griswold, featuring music of Fanny Mendelssohn, Clara Wieck Schumann, Marianne Martinez, Maria Szymanowska and Margaret Bonds. Sponsored by the Plainfield Cultural & Heritage Commission. At the Plainfield Public Library, 8th Street and Park Avenue. Reception follows the recital. FREE.
- Tuesday - March 25. 7 PM. Board of Ed:Business Meeting. PHS Library, 950 Park Avenue.
- Tuesday - March 25. 7:30 PM. Historic Preservation Commission. City Hall Library. Public invited.
- Friday - March 28. 7-11 PM. Acting Superintendent's Social Gathering. Sponsored by Parents Empowering Parents (PEP). At the PHS Cafeteria (Parking available in Kenyon Avenue lot), 950 Park Avenue. All are welcome.
- Saturday - March 29. 7:30 PM. Vocals 'N' Vibes Concert. The vocal group Mixed Company will perform doo-wop, barbershop, showtunes, light rock and jazz favorites. The World Jazz Quintet will also perform. At First Unitarian Society of Plainfield, 724 Park Avenue. $15/person, $10/seniors and students. Info: (908) 756-0750.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Sharpe James Trial: "Witness recalls a woman with political pull"
Union County Voting Machines: "Legal threat thwarts voting-machine check"
Edison: "Edison appoints financial officer"
Orange: "5th mayoral candidate focuses on 'positive' growth" -- Challenging Mims Hackett.
Warren/Watchung Judge: "Ex-judge hit with formal complaint" -- Ledger | Courier | -- Go-go bar brawl? Drunk on the bench?
STATE
Budget: "Acting treasurer sees further decline in state revenues"
Legislature: "Bill barring legislators from ethics panel clears"
Meadowlands: "Legislators want U.S. attorney to ovesee a probe of EnCap"
Organ Donations: "Bill linking decision to driver's licenses advances"
Universal Health Care: "A proposal to insure everyone" -- Ledger | NYTimes |
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
The Markets --
- Analysis:
- The Fed: "Rescue Tests the Credibility of the Fed"
- Andrew Ross Sorkin: "Saving Wall St. (For Now)"
- Paul Krugman: "The B Word" -- As in 'bailout'.
- John Farmer: "The worst financial crisis since the'30s"
- Ledger: "Jolting sell-out fails to panic investors -- yet"
- Bush: "Bush Backs Fed, but Critics Quickly Find Fault"
- Next?: "At Lehman, Allaying Fears About Being the Next to Fall"
- World Markets: "Plunge Averted, Markets Look Ahead Uneasily"
- Obama: "Race uproar offers test for Obama" -- Major address on race this AM in Philly.
- Florida/Michigan: "Florida out of options on revote" -- Michigan moving ahead.
- Liberals: "Liberals take back their swagger"
- YouTube: "Journalist smacked down in man-in-the-street interview" -- Obama supporter gets 1M+ views for off-the-cuff interview.
- Guns: "Court to hear key gun case today" -- Whether localities can place limits on ownership.
- Language: "Justices Take Up On-Air Vulgarity Again"
OF INTEREST
Political Websites: "The 'lawn' signs that never come down"
Real Estate: "Tapping a Flow of Cash From the Credit Crisis" -- The rich have ways of making money.
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