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PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today:
- "Muhlenberg hearing tomorrow is crucial"
- "AOL users of Plainfield, you have nothing to lose but your misery"
Crescent Times: "About the Peninsula" | "Gunshots Thoughts"
Doc's Potpourri: "Ballard-Fox on Plainfield"
Save Muhlenberg: "Muhlenberg update from Dottie Gutenkauf"
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 an entry on developing a City Council agenda; and Councilor Rashid Burney blogs (here).
NJ Views of Wright: "Considering if Wright was wrong" -- At Elmwood Presbyterian Church in East Orange, the Ledger's Alexi Friedman takes the pulse.
Development: "U.S. Investigates Development After Official’s Surprising ‘Yes’ Vote"
School Funding, Editorial - CN: "New school funding plan is fair for all"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today - May 5. 8 PM. City Council Business Meeting. City Council Chambers/Courthouse. Watchung Avenue and East 4th Street.
- Thursday - May 8. 10 AM - 12:30 PM. Temporary Rental Assistance Workshop. An attorney will be available to inform residents of their legal rights as tenants. Sponsored by: Plainfield Action Services. At City Hall Library, 515 Watchung Avenue. Info: Joy Hilliman (908) 753-3526 or Maria Lopez (908) 753-3525. FREE.
- Monday - May 12. 7:30 PM. City Council Agenda Session. City Hall Library. 515 Watchung Avenue.
- Tuesday - May 13. Last day to REGISTER to vote for the June Primary Election. Information: Union County Board of Elections, 271 North Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07208. (908) 527-4121.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Komen Run For Life: "A day for pink and hope" -- Thousands turn out for first Newark run, including Gov. Corzine (see here).
Millburn: "Surgeon finds Rx to help less fortunate" -- Develops an online journal for developing countries' doctors.
Piscataway: "Piscataway students learn to identify disease"
Somerset County: "Somerset Dems seek new leader" -- You go, Beki!
South Plainfield: "Fate of new library in residents' hands"
STATE
NJ Hall of Fame: "Bruce leads first group of inductees into Hall of Fame"
Digital Fingerprinting: "Use of digital fingerprints is expanding"
Government Salaries: "State staffs cut, overtime increases"
Prisons: "State acts silently on smuggled prison gun"
U.S. Senate Race: "For Lautenberg, the age-old question remains"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Campaigns --
- Analysis:
- "In Poll, Obama Survives Furor" -- NYTimes/CBS poll.
- "Ruthlessness and Grit Seen in Clinton’s Style"
- "Spin set, let the voting begin" -- The REAL audience for tomorrow's vote.
- "’88 Campaign Offers a Lesson in Using Symbols as Bludgeons" -- Times have changed?
- Obama: "Charlotte Observer backs Obama"
- Clinton: "Clinton mailing attacks Obama on guns" -- But it has a huge gaffe (see here).
OF INTEREST
Gas Prices: "All signs point to fuel hike" -- Some are ordering 5's?!
Black Liberation Theology: "A Fiery Theology Under Fire"
Connections: "The Ultimate Little Black Book" -- Firm you never heard of routes ALL phone calls.
'Slow Medicine': "For the Elderly, Being Heard About Life’s End"
Wine Online: "A hint of intrigue with a smoky finish"
BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |
