City website overhauled.. Tips on hiring women.. Giants' O'Hara supports Muhlenberg.. WWII remains found..
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today:
Plainfield Plaintalker:
- Plainfield.com: "City website overhauled"
- Library: "Jim and Dina now tell all at the Library"
- Arbor Day: "Arbor Day celebrated"
- City website: "Holly Molly Guacamole! The City's Website is Up!"
- Gardening: "The Bush That Is Not"
Save Muhlenberg: "Giants Shaun O'Hara, Super Bowl champ, to speak at Tuesday rally"
Doc's Potpourri: "Channel 74"
Plainfield Trees: "Japanese Flowering Cherries" -- A fresh post in Greg Palermo's ongoing series on Plainfield's trees.
Councilors are blogging: Councilor Cory Storch(here) and Councilor Rashid Burney (here).
Paper-shred Event: "Union County, Plainfield join forces to recycle"
WWII Casualty: "Jersey Airmen finally coming home" -- Including S/Sgt. Robert E. Frank of Plainfield.
Crime-Prevention Deal: "Corzine attorneys to review awarding of contract" -- Wanna bet it still won't come to Plainfield School District?
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- NOTE:
- Tree Planting at First-Park Baptist was yesterday -- my screw-up!! -- Dan
- Sexual Assault Awareness Workshops at the YMCA today (see below)
- Today - April 26. 9 AM - 1 PM (Rain or shine). Cedar Brook Park Cleanup. Join with volunteers from Plainfield block and neighborhood associations in beautifying one of our county's gems. Pick up leaves, help paint or plant flowers. Sponsored by the Parkside Road/Lakview Terrace Block Association. Light refreshments will be provided. Contacts: Michele Tucker - (908) 346-0628; Brenda Williams - (908) 412-9451; Rita Davis - (908) 548-8459.
- Today - April 26. Noon - 2 PM. Sexual Assault Awareness Workshop. Gain valuable information about sexual assaults and resources available from the Union County Rape Crisis Center. Two presentations: Noon to 1 PM in English; 1 - 2 PM in Spanish. At the Plainfield Area YMCA, 518 Watchung Avenue. FREE.
- Today - April 26. 2 - 5 PM. Candidate Meet & Greet: Olive Lynch. Join friends and neighbors at a meet-and-greet for Ward 3 candidate. Refreshments. At: 512 Stelle Avenue.
- Monday - April 28. 7:30 PM. City Council Agenda Session. City Hall Library. 515 Watchung Avenue.
- Wednesday - April 30. 2 - 7 PM. Muhlenberg School of Nursing Open House. Tours of the new Harold B. and Dorothy a. Snyder School of Nursing will be held, in addition to opportunities for potential students to have credits evaluated and specific program presentations on radiography (4:30), radiation therapy (5:00), sonography (5:30) and nuclear medicine technology(6:00). Info: (908) 668-3400.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Cory Booker's Network: "As Newark Rebuilds, Help From Beyond City Limits"
Anti-Hunger Drive: "Muslim charity looks to raise $50G in fight vs. hunger"
North Plainfield: "Fallen state trooper memorialized"
Somerset County Parks: "Official misconduct brings ex-employee 5-year term" -- Courier | Ledger | -- Disclosed bid information to tip award to a certain contractor.
STATE
High School Requirements: "State unveils data to bolster high school plan"
NJN: "Cash-squeezed NJN wants to sever ties with state"
State Parks: "DEP ponders corporate support for parks"
Voting Machines: "Judge allows review of voting machines with discrepancies"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Campaigns --
- Analysis: "Hillary's Attacks Could Do Lasting Harm, Democrats Say"
- Campaign Switching: "Clinton Fund-Raiser Defects to Obama"
- Obama: "Obama Plans 50-State Drive" -- Pivoting to general-election mode.
- Clinton: "Mommie's dearest: Chelsea outshines Bill"
- McCain: "Plouffe: McCain has the racist vote anyway"
Iran & Iraq: "Questions Linger on Scope of Iran’s Threat in Iraq"
OF INTEREST
Sean Bell Trial: "Fatally Flawed Police Work, Judge Says, but Not Crime"
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