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Monday, May 19, 2008

Should Christie look into Davis DWI?.. Garage sales slides.. BOE job titles.. Solaris harassment, 'de facto' closing..

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Plainfield Today:
"Should Chris Christie look into Don Davis DWI?"
"Slideshow: FOSH, VWB, Lifeline Yard Sales"
Plainfield Plaintalker: "BOE: More job title changes Tuesday" | "Kaufman, lost and found"
Crescent Times: "The new...Emerson School" | "BOE: Why job title changes?"

Doc's Potpourri: "Monday AM: Nothing world-shaking"
Save Muhlenberg:
"Solaris employee harassment: Contact numbers"
"'De facto closing' protested in letter to Corzine"
Plainfield Trees: New today -- "Horse Chestnuts" is tree guru's newest entry.

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

Shiloh Baptist Church: "Plainfield church celebrates 100th year"
Cop Car Struck: "Driver charged after vehicle hits police car stopped at light"
McGreeveys:
Jim: "Accountant will examine McGreevey's earning potential"
Dina: "Is Matos entitled to lavish lifestyle?"
Gangs: "A survivor sets kids straight on myths of gang life"
Hospital Infections: "Simple Reminders Reduce Deadly Infections"


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WHAT'S HAPPENING

  • Today - May 19. 8 PM. City Council Business Meeting. City Council Chambers/Courthouse. Watchung Avenue and East 4th Street.

  • Tomorrow - 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


Watchung Reservation: "Geocaching: High-tech treasure hunters"


STATE


Corzine & State Finances: "Poll: Corzine's ratings at low ebb"
Utility Bills: "15% surge seen in users who can't pay for electricity"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here
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NATION / WORLD


2008 Campaigns --
Obama: "Despite polls, Obama has the money edge in Kentucky"
Clinton: "Clinton Quiet About Own Radical Ties"| "Elizabeth Edwards: Not backing Hillary"
Dems: "Dems to launch McCainpedia oppo site" -- New Internet wrinkle -- see site here.
McCain: "McCain is slow to gain young voters"
GOP: E.J. Dionne: "Brand on the Run"
Oregon: "Oregon Still Embraces the Unconventional"
Classifying Information: "Keeping Secrets: Bush's New Designation for Hiding Information"
Veterans: "VA struggles to gear up to care for female vets"


OF INTEREST

MLK Memorial: "More Changes Asked For King Statue" -- Death by a thousand chisel chips?

Infant Health: "For an All-Organic Formula, Baby, That’s Sweet"
Lupus: "Teens with lupus embrace Toya's legacy of life and laughter"

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