Muhlenberg drops off the radar.. Answer on women's group.. Dare we call it beautification?..
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today:
Plainfield Plaintalker: "A new look for The Annex"
Crescent Times: "Women for Progress: An Answer" | "Wow!" | "Wait, Wait, Wait!"
Doc's Potpourri: "MRC Questions: 5/24/2008"
Save Muhlenberg: "Hospital aid? Fuggedaboutit"
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).
Boys & Girls Clubs: "This 'gang' traffics in success stories and service"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Wednesday - May 28. 7:30 PM. Plainfield Shade Tree Commission. City Hall Library. Public invited.
- Friday - May 30. 6 - 11 PM. 7th Annual Chamber of Commerce Gala. Join with members from Plainfield's business community in celebrating achievements in community distinction and service to the Chamber as well as 'Entrepreneur of the Year'. Dinner, awards and election of officers. $100/person. At the Pillars of Plainfield, 922 Central Avenue. Info: (908) 753--0922.
- Friday - May 30. 7 PM. Film: The Smith Family. Final film in FUSP's Spring series. The movie documents the struggle of a devout Mormon family whose lives are shattered by HIV and AIDS caused by the father's infidelities with men. Popcorn, drinks and childcare provided. At First Unitarian Society of Plainfield, 724 Park Avenue. FREE.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Duke Gardens: "Petition protesting Duke Gardens changes gathers 1,0000 signatures"
EWR: "Airlines hike fares up to $60 roundtrip, cite fuel costs"
Keansburg: "Keansburg BOE restudies Super's severance sum" -- After a firestorm.
Union Catholic HS: "Two schoolboys held on gun, assault charges"
STATE
Budget: "State budget crisis hits judiciary hard"
Workers' Comp: "State to consider reform for workers compensation"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Campaigns --
Obama:
"Obama electrifies Cuban exile group, long a GOP mainstay"Clinton: "Hillary Clinton Raises the Specter of the Unspeakable" -- Egging on the wackos? Oh, and she's sorry.
"Obama Takes 3 More Superdelegates"
McCain: "GOP strategists mull McCain ‘blowout’"
Of Preachers & Candidates: "Spotlight Recasts Church Leaders and Their Support"
OF INTEREST
'Down the Shore':
"Kelly Heyboer talks about Shore blogs" -- Everything you want or need to know about the Shore is blogged.Online Book Searching: "Microsoft Shuts Down Book Search Program"
"Life's a beach! Bargains abound at the Jersey Shore"
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