What happens to Muhlenberg's $7.3M?.. Valor awards to 4 firefighters.. Public intoxication.. A Race Conference for Plainfield?..
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today:
Plainfield Plaintalker: "More on public intoxication"
Crescent Times: "Needed: A Plainfield Race Conference"
Doc's Potpourri: "Gloom and Doom"
Save Muhlenberg:
"Muhlenberg: Piscatelli's 'medical mall' proposal" -- Incomplete online, I will transcribe later.Plainfield Trees: New this week -- "Horse Chestnuts" is tree guru's newest entry.
"Solaris answers questions on Muhlenberg"
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).
Plainfield Fire Division: "200 Club: Honoring the protectors" -- Valor awards went to these Plainfield firefighters: Acting Lt. Richard Campanelli and Firefighter Pietro Martino, and Lt. David W. Jackson and Firefighter John Pellegrino.
Memorial Day: "They wore the shackles of war"
Vacations: "Shore's a sure thing as many vacation plans run out of gas"
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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.
REAL ESTATE SUNDAY
SMALL PICTURE
Selling: "Home Staging: Stage it to sell it"TOOLS
This Week's Sales: "NYTimes's Residential Sales Around the Region" -- Week of May 25, 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: "GOP faces 7-way split" -- Candidate profiles here.
Gas Prices: "Consumer complaints about gas stations are rising with cost of gas"
Westfield: "Students ace lesson in sustainable gifts"
STATE
The Auditor -- For political junkies: "Sunday, May 25, 2008"
Corzine: "Gov's helicopter use has quadrupled since car accident"
Bond Losses: "N.J. borrowed and got bitten" -- Maybe they should have just gone to A.C.
NJ's Economy: "Jersey bruised, but not broken"
U.S. Senate Race:
Dems: "To a pair of Democratic challengers, age matters"Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Endorsement, Ledger: "Andrews for Senate" -- The Ledger votes for change.
GOP: "Trio's goals: Senate seat, putting GOP back on track"
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Campaigns --
Obama:
"Co-chair of Clinton Hispanic council endorses Obama"Clinton:
"Obama Redoubles Efforts to Reach Hispanics"
Strategy: "To Claim Popular Vote, She Seeks Wins in Last 3 Primaries"
Farmer: "Clinton blunder bares worst of media"
Mulshine: "Conservatives for Clinton?"
OF INTEREST
Feds' Victims: "Innocent and detained" -- Flagrant mistakes made.
Israel & U.S.: Jeffrey Goldberg: "Israel’s ‘American Problem’"
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