Garage Sales galore!.. Muhlenberg March & Rally.. Author coming.. Plant exchange.. Olddoc on CNJRR..
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today:
Plainfield Plaintalker: "Plant Exchange: A Great Idea"
Crescent Times: "Valerie Wesley Wilson is coming to town!" | "Helping Honeybees & Butterflies"
Doc's Potpourri: "CNJRR" -- Central NJ Railroad.
Save Muhlenberg: "Courier reports on Saturday march & rally"
Plainfield Trees: "Street Cherries" -- The most recent post by Plainfield's tree guru, Dr. Greg Palermo, including observations on Redbuds.
Councilors are blogging: Councilor Cory Storch(here) has a new entry on the statement he gave at the recent hearing on closing Muhlenberg; and Councilor Rashid Burney blogs (here).
NAACP: "At 35, New Leader for NAACP Is Its Youngest" -- NYTimes | WashPost |
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today - May 18. 9 AM - 4 PM. Annual FOSH Garage Sale. Over 100 homes are participating in Plainfield's oldest, biggest and best community garage sale. Homes will be identified with balloons. You can start on Charlotte Road near Woodland, where items sold will benefit the Plainfield Symphony -- or you can just pull over wherever you see a crowd. A not-to-be-missed Plainfield event attended by thousands yearly. FREE.
- Today - May 18. 9 AM - 4 PM. Van Wyck Brooks Historic District Garage Sale. Start at 935 Madison Avenue, where items sold benefit the VWB Historic District. Maps available or simply drive through the District between Arlington and Plainfield Avenues, from West 8th Street to Randolph Road and look for signs and balloons. FREE.
- Today - May 18. 9 AM - 2 PM. 3rd Annual 'Homeless Animal Lifeline' Yard Sale. A large multi-family yard sale to benefit this animal charity. Clothing, household items, antiques and collectibles, and more. Visit the organization's website at www.halrescue.org/. Location: 1326 Watchung Avenue. FREE.
- Today - May 18. Noon - 8 PM. Open Gates to Fly Enrichment School of Tutoring Open House. A new tutoring opportunity for our youth. Math, reading, language arts, financial literacy and everyday homework help. At the School, 207 East 5th Street. FREE
- Today - May 18. 3 PM. The World Sings: Opera, classical, folk and pop, by the Crescent Singers. 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.
- Tomorrow - May 19. 8 PM. City Council Business Meeting. City Council Chambers/Courthouse. Watchung Avenue and East 4th Street.
- Tuesday - May 20. 7 PM. Annual Meeting: Friends of the Plainfield Public Library. Awards, presentation, election of officers and a reception highlight the Friends' annual meeting. At the Plainfield Public Library, Anne Louise Davis Meeting Room. Come out and join this vital organization!
- Thursday - May 22. 7 PM. YWCA's 29th Annual Tribute toWomen. The YWCA of Central New Jersey each years honors women of excellence in career achievement. This year's Dinner and Awards Ceremony is at the Hyatt Regency - New Brunswick. For more information, visit the TWIN website www.ywca-cnj-twin.org/.
REAL ESTATE SUNDAY
SMALL PICTURE
Adaptive Reuse: "A New Stamp on a Vast Space"BIG PICTURE
'Arts Districts': "High Rises at Center of J.C. Arts District Debate"
Reverse Mortgages: "Reverse mortgages gain steam"
Transit Villages: "Next Stop: A Commuter Village in Secaucus"
TOOLS
Appraisals: "A Buyer’s Market, a Seller’s Pain"
Analysis - Newark:
Foreclosure's Impact: "The Scars of Losing a Home"
- One Block: "Mortgage crisis' block of despair" -- Rutgers has been working on an in-depth analysis.
- The 'Flipper': "'Don't tell me I'm a flipper,' says buyer of run-down houses"
- The Scam: "This American dream turned out to be a scam"
Mortgages: "Lenders Raise the Bar"
This Week's Sales: "NYTimes's Residential Sales Around the Region" -- Week of May 18, 2008.
Ledger: "Home Finder", "Premier Estates" and "Real Estate" sections online.
Courier: "Real Estate" section online.
Trulia: "Your Personal Real Estate Google"
Mortgages: "US Mortgage Payment Index"
Buy or Rent?: "Cost Comparison Tool" -- Enter your own values to calculate which is better, buying or renting. A really neat tool!
CENTRAL JERSEY
7th Congressional District: "4 of 7 GOP candidates run on shoestring budgets"
Linden: "Tables turned as incumbent becomes underdog"
Newark Schools: "The 3 who want to lead Newark schools" -- Profiles.
Newark Fresh Air Fund: "Chairman vows to help inner-city kids enjoy summer camp" -- The redoubtable Angelo Genova.
No Child Left Behind: "Newton Street School Tries Coaching"
Perth Amboy: "Perth Amboy mayor-elect seeks residents' input"
'Praying Coach': "U.S. appeals panel rebuffs head-bowing coach"
STATE
The Auditor: For political junkies: "Sunday, May 18, 2008"
Camden HS: "Instead of Fistfights, Fashion at a Troubled High School"
Corrections Dept.: "Corrections fired 52 prison officers in 2007"
Meadowlands Development: "Critic Earns An ‘I Told You So’"
U.S. Senate Race: "Ho Hum, It’s Just Another Senate Race"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Campaigns --
- Obama: "Obama Camp Making Plans for General Election"
- Dems: "Rival Camps Plan Inevitable Merger"
- GOP: "Big GOP losses in Congress likely"
OF INTEREST
Art & Politics: "Obama's On-the-Wall Endorsement" -- And how it was done.
Black Cowboys: "A hero's welcome for an urban cowboy" -- Newark teacher returns from cross-country ride.
Health: "Youth Obesity Threatens a Generation"
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