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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Jerry: Saving Muhlenberg or Jerry?.. The missing Courier part.. Hollywood & Crescent.. John Pepe dies.. Olddoc on Council meeting..

PLAINFIELD


Plainfield Today:

Plainfield Plaintalker: "Plainfield: Ready for her closeup" | "Clerks garner honors" -- Including Laddie.
Crescent Times: "HS students take a historic tour of city" | "Renaming Emerson School?" | "Hollywood in Crescent?"
Doc's Potpourri: "Council Meeting: 5/19"
Save Muhlenberg:
"Some questions on Jerry's new Muhlenberg proposal"
"Olive Lynch: Saving Muhlenberg can be done"
Plainfield Trees: New this week -- "Horse Chestnuts" is tree guru's newest entry.

Councilors are blogging: This week, Councilor Cory Storch posts his view of Saturday's March and Rally to Save Muhlenberg (here); and Councilor Rashid Burney blogs (here).



Police: "Report of shots spurs arrests of 8, injuries"
Obituary: "John M. Pepe Sr., City Rec superintendent, WERA personality"
McGreeveys: "Accountant puts little stock in McGreevey name" -- Charles Manson?
Abbott Schools --
OpEd: Regina Brown: "Segregation and inequality continue with Abbotts"
Paul Mulshine: "Abbott ain't over until it's over"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
  • Today - May 20. 1 - 4 PM. Open House: Muhlenberg Adult Day Health Center 25th Anniversary. Come and take a tour of the facility that has offered adult day care for twenty-five years to over 4,000 clients, including trips, games, crafts and cultural enrichment activities. At Muhlenberg's Kenyon House, corner of Park Avenue and Randolph Road. FREE.

  • Today - 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/.
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CENTRAL JERSEY

Kean U.: "Historic Liberty Hall may open door to Jersey's past" -- An exhibit on Victorian dining.
Newark Housing Authority: "Agency to rent HQ offices; revenue needed as funding shrinks"
Roselle Park: "Redevelopment inches ahead"


STATE

Legislature --
Affordable Housing: "Legislators differ on reforms for affordable housing laws"
Consumer Affairs: "AG urged to act faster on beefs against professionals"
FamilyCare: "Panel votes to boost state health coverage"
Gambling: "Sen. Lesniak disputes U.S. ban on sports bets"
School Elections: "Assembly backs moving school votes to November"
Schools: "Jersey lags other states on teens in AP classes"
U.S. Senate Race: "GOP hopefuls battle over the economy and energy"

 Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.


NATION / WORLD

2008 Campaigns --
Obama: "Obama returns to Iowa, hoping to declare victory tonight"
Clinton: "Clinton Puts Up A New Fight"
Dems: "Democrats Observe A Fragile Cease-Fire"
McCain: "John McCain's Rapid-Fire Responders"
GOP: "GOP fails to recruit minorities"
EPA & Politics: "White House Role Cited in EPA Reversal on Emissions"
Farm Bill: John Farmer: "Agriculture shouldn't be a sacred cow"


OF INTEREST
Blogging: "A Living-Room Crusade via Blogging" -- A non-Arabic-speaking Jersey blogger roils autocratic Yemen.

Cicadas: "17-year cicadas draw near, in all their cacophonous glory"

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