Muhlenberg: All chime in.. Cedar Brook Park cleanup.. Man sought in rape.. FUSP going 'green'..
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today:
Plainfield Plaintalker: "Solaris CEO: No Money for Muhlenberg"
Crescent Times: "Cedar Brook Park cleanup" | "Meet & Greet for Olive Lynch"
Save Muhlenberg:
- McGee at Council: "Solaris CEO on Muhlenberg: We're broke!"
- Analysis: "What might Solaris really be up to?"
- Editorial: "Muhlenberg supporters offer lesson in hope"
- OpEd: "OpEd: Hospitals are closing all over NJ" -- From Sunday, up at last!
Plainfield Trees: "Japanese Flowering Cherries" -- A fresh post in Greg Palermo's ongoing series on Plainfield's trees.
Councilors are blogging: Councilor Cory Storch's latest post is about the Obama phenom and his support for Annie McWilliams in the upcoming primary -- see (here) -- and Councilor Rashid Burney blogs on the FOSH garage sale confusion (here) as well as sending out his 'As I See It' email.
Sexual Assault & Robbery: "Man sought in rape of resident"
Robbery: "Plainfield man charged in theft"
First Unitarian Society: "Group assists congregation in going 'green'"
Pay-to-Play: "Judge rejects Monroe's ethics rules for developers"
Earth Day: "Buried beneath our own trash"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today - April 22. 7:30 PM. Historic Preservation Commission. City Hall Library. Public invited.
- Tomorrow - April 23. 7:30 PM. Plainfield Shade Tree Commission. City Hall Library. Public invited.
- Friday - April 25. 10 AM - 2 PM. Shredmobile Comes To Plainfield. Residents may have the County's 'shredmobile' shred paper documents that are no longer needed. Instructions: Remove pins or staples; remove from envelopes; do not tie up; bring in bags or boxes -- limit: 3 per resident. At Cedar Brook Park, rain or shine. Park in lot by Tennis Courts. PMUA employees will help carry papers from cars to shredmobile. Sponsors: UC Freeholders and PMUA. More info at UC recycling hotline: (908) 654-9889.
- Saturday - 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.
- Saturday - April 26. 9 AM - 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
Edison: "Edison, state DEP to get total of $300K" -- Ford knowingly sent tainted concrete rubble to 10 sites.
Hillside: "Council, planning board at odds over direction of redevelopment"
Irvington: "Police undermanned, PBA charges"
Liberty State Park: "Officials envision a wildlife refuge in park"
STATE
Budget --
- Cuts: "Departments: Here's where to cut"
- Colleges: "Colleges ask lawmakers to undo cuts in state aid"
Supremes: "N.J. justices call e-privacy surfers' right" -- Grand jury subpoenas required.
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Campaigns -- As an NPR commentator noted this AM, in re: the PA primary today: "Our long national nightmare at last is over..."
- Pennsylvania: "Five things to watch in Pennsylvania"
- Obama: John Farmer: "For Obama, close means victory in Pennsy"
- Clinton: "Clinton Campaign Facing Deepening Debt to Advisers"
- McCain: "A Developer, His Deals and His Ties to McCain"
Gas Prices: "Gas Reaches $3.50, With Little Hope for Relief"
NAFTA: "White House Defends NAFTA; Bush Meets Heads of Mexico, Canada"
OF INTEREST
Essence Magazine: "Overhaul for Web Site of Essence"
Ex-Presidents: "Post-White House, a Pretty Good Deal" -- Life on the public dime.
Matzo Madness: "It’s Passover. Who’s Hiding the Matzo?" -- A secret scheme for a new commodities market?
Racism: "A measure of racism: 15 percent?"
Women: "Life Expectancy Drops for Some U.S. Women"
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