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Sunday, June 15, 2008

BOE: Agenda, Job titles.. Monkeyin' around.. Dr. Fertig blasts state over Muhlenberg..

PLAINFIELD


Plainfield Today:

Plainfield Plaintalker: "BOE staff to get new titles - for a month"
Crescent Times: "BOE Agenda: Crystal ball, Ouija board or smoke?" | "2007 AYPs and NCLB" | "Happy Father's Day"
Doc's Potpourri: "Olddoc on Father's Day"s
Save Muhlenberg: "Dr. Brian Fertig blasts state in Courier" | "Three stories from the Record-Press News"

Plainfield Trees: Tree enthusiast Greg Palermo features: "Flowering Dogwoods".

Councilors are blogging: Councilor Cory Storch asks whether Plainfield Democrats can 'kiss and make up' (here) and Councilor Rashid Burney (here).

Municipal Gas Costs: "Municipalities sweating high gas prices" -- Everywhere but Plainfield?
Police Director: "Union seeks civilian police director"

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WHAT'S HAPPENING
  • Summer Creativity: Check out the great summer offerings of our own duCret School of Art here. Go ahead, unlock the artist in you!

  • Monday - June 16. 8 PM. City Council Business Meeting. City Council Chambers/Courthouse. Watchung Avenue and East 4th Street.

  • Wednesday - June 18. 7:30 PM. Cultural & Heritage Commission. City Hall Library. Public invited.

  • Thursday - June 19. Noon - 2 PM. Music in the Plaza. Live music, featuring Breez. Sponsored by the Division of Recreation, the Chamber of Commerce and the city's Economic Development Office. At the County Office Building Plaza, Front Street and Park Avenue. FREE.

  • Thursday - June 19. 6 PM. Juneteenth Celebration. At Washington Community School, 427 Darrow Avenue. Parking in Spooner Avenue lot. FREE.

  • Thursday - June 19. 8 PM. Planning Board. City Hall Library. Public invited.

  • Friday - June 20. 10 AM - 3 PM. Juneteenth Celebration. At the Plainfield Senior Center, 305 East Front Street.
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REAL ESTATE SUNDAY

SMALL PICTURE
Tax Appeals: "Homeowners Fight Back as Market Cools Off"
Buying: "Person-to-Person Loans"
Selling: "House Won’t Sell? Turn It Into a B&B"
Guest Rooms: "The Problem With Guest Rooms: Guests"
Slideshow: "Living in Madison, NJ"
BIG PICTURE
Mortgage Mess: "The Bubble" -- How we got here.
TOOLS
This Week's Sales: "NYTimes's Residential Sales Around the Region" -- Week of June 15, 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

Irvington: "Housing Authority asked for the FBI raid on Section 8 office"
Newark: "Protesters rally to halt neighborhood liquor store opening"
Roselle: "Roselle library's buzz gets louder"
Rutgers: "Rutgers Helps Revive Ramapo (the Tomato, That Is)"
Sikhs: "Turbans Make Targets, Some Sikhs Find"


STATE

The Auditor -- For political junkies: "Sunday, June 15, 2008"
Budget: "Legislators, Corzine near budget accord"
Lt. Governor?: "New post, new hope for many politicians"
Immigrants & E-Verify: "Advocates oppose rule requiring online check"
NJ National Guard: "Ft. Dix bleachers are packed for sendoff for 2,800 soldiers"
Public Records: "DEP may levy extra fees for records requests"
School Super Salaries: "New Jersey's top school officials rake in huge salaries"
Voting Machines - Editorial, SL: "The voting machine verdict"

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


NATION / WORLD

2008 Campaigns --
Obama: "One on One, Battling ‘Just a Speechmaker’ Label"
McCain: "McCain Cuts Fund-Raiser" | "Many historians see little chance for McCain"
Guantanamo: "America's prison for terrorists often held the wrong men"
Oil Markets: "The incredible growing oil bubble"
 War on Terrorism: John Farmer: "Prosecuting terrorism: More than a crime, less than a war"


OF INTEREST
Veterans: "The hellish aftermath of war"

Modern Etiquette: "LieDate.Com" -- Competition for 'Miss Manners'?
Paper Mill Playhouse: "That Pesky Plant Returns in a Vibrant ‘Little Shop’"
Gay Marriage: "Gay Couples Find Marriage Is a Mixed Bag"

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Posted by Dan at 11:06 AM