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PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today:
Plainfield Plaintalker: "Bailey tribute leads busy BOE meeting"
Crescent Times: Maria posts on the BOE today -- last night's meeting, walk-on items, IT answers, more..
Doc's Potpourri: Olddoc on naming schools, public rudeness ... and the Canal du Midi.
Save Muhlenberg: "Using 'Street Theater' to promote Muhlenberg cause"
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).
Obituary: "Dorothy B. Horne" -- Community activist, widow of Westry Horne. Services at Bethel Presbyterian Church, tomorrow (Thursday): Visitation, 10 AM; Funeral, 11 AM.
Filming: "Woody Harrelson flick filmed" -- Who knew they filmed in Plainfield?
Poverty in NJ: "N.J.'s poor: Many are working, and very few get welfare"
Route 22: "Nine hurt as paving stones thrown at cars"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Tomorrow - 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.
- Tomorrow - June 19. 6 PM. Juneteenth Celebration. At Washington Community School, 427 Darrow Avenue. Parking in Spooner Avenue lot. FREE.
- Tomorrow - 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.
- Saturday - Jun 21. 7 PM. Olympia's Daughters: Living Out Loud. A new program in which many singers of this women's a cappella group tell their coming out stories, weaving them together with healing and empowering music. At the United Church of Christ, 220 West 7th Street (corner of Madison Avenue). FREE.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Berkeley Hts: "Residents to vote on $10m community center"
Gas Prices: "North Plainfield site closed and slapped with $800 fine"
Paper Mill Playhouse: "Millburn votes to bail out its theater"
Perth Amboy: "Mayor-elect appoints experienced transition team"
STATE
FY2009 Budget: "$32.9B budget finds money for business, arts and others"
Corzine: "Corzine says he's running in Obama's wake" -- How's that for grabbing coattails he wouldn't touch six months ago!
Commercial Real Estate: "NJ Office Developers See a Few Bright Spots"
'Green' Colleges: "Montclair State works to make green its school color"
Honeybees: "Some sweet news on honeybees"
Offshore Drilling: "Tide of opposition hits McCain's offshore drilling idea"
Pension Reform: Fran Wood: "Problems with pension reform"
Supremes: "Palimony ruling sets precedent" -- Cohabitation not only factor.
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Campaigns --
Obama: "Michelle Obama looks for a new introduction"Congress & Loopholes: "Congress keeps mortgages off books" -- More here and at Portfolio mag, which started it all.
McCain: "McCain plays with fire on offshore drilling" -- See NJ reaction here -- How to lose three important states.
Mortgage Mess: "MBIA Debt Is Setting Up a Quandary" -- A game of 'chicken' with the economy?
OF INTEREST
LinkedIn: "At Social Site, Only the Businesslike Need Apply" -- A number of Plainfielders belong.
Gay Marriage - Kelly Heyboer on NJ blogs: "New Jersey next?"
Willie Randolph Firing: "Yer outta here! What the Mets did wrong"
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