Lawsuit makes NYTimes.. Accident raises questions.. Muhlenberg slideshow.. Bernice on taxes/budgets.. Maria on race and business.. Olddoc's camel repr
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today:
Plainfield Plaintalker: "Taxes and budgets" | "Lillies and hollyhocks"
Crescent Times: "If there were better businesses downtown, would there be shoppers?"
Doc's Potpourri: "Gas Savior (cont.)" -- Olddoc's wry wit.
Save Muhlenberg: "Brian Fertig letter; Street Theater slideshow"
Plainfield Trees: Plainfield tree guru Greg Palermo has a new post on "Fringetrees".
Councilors are blogging: Councilor Cory Storch blogs (here) and Councilor Rashid Burney posts (here).
F.A.I.R. lawsuit against Connolly Properties:
- Courier: "Tensions arise over immigration in Plainfield"
- NY Times: "Group wields racketeering law against landlords"
Journalism Award: "Courier reporter Lausch honored at NJPAC lunch" -- Brandon covers Plainfield. Way to go, Brandon!
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Wednesday - June 25. 7:30 PM. Plainfield Shade Tree Commission. City Hall Library. Public invited.
- Thursday - June 26. Hours? 15th Annual UCC Evening At The Races. Proceeds benefit Union County College. At the Pegasus, the Meadowlands. Info: Bill Collins? - per fnd mailer of 10/07.
- Sunday - June 29. 10:00 AM. Gay Pride Celebration and Worship Service. At the United Church of Christ-Congregational, 220 West 7th Street (at Madison Avenue). All are welcome.
REAL ESTATE SUNDAY
SMALL PICTURE
Being 'Green': "The new trophy home, small and ecological"BIG PICTURE
In Madison: "Not just a home, but a statement on living 'green'"
Credit Ratings: "Avoiding foreclosure, but fearing a rating cut"
Technology: "Using a high-def webcam to buy long distance" -- Realtors! Don't miss this one!
Hoboken: "Hoboken weathers the market"TOOLS
Mortgage Fees: "A close look at all those fees"
Rent v. Own: "Rise in renters erases gains in ownership"
CENTRAL JERSEYThis Week's Sales: "NYTimes's Residential Sales Around the Region" -- Week of June 22, 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!
Dunellen/Middlesex: "Towns consider more shared services"
Elizabeth: "St. John's Church: Three centuries of faith"
Liberty State Park: "A quest that brought Lady Liberty closer"
South Plainfield: "GOP looks to lift truck ban on Hamilton Blvd."
STATE
The Auditor -- For political junkies: "Sunday, June 22, 2008"
FY2009 Budget: "Navigating the road to budget harmony"
Corzine & Obama: "Allies once again"
DYFS: "Reforming DYFS: Five years later"
NJT & Zipcars: "Transit offers Zipcars as supplemental way to travel"
Pensions: "Union pressure, for once, fails to kill reform bill"
School Vouchers: "State weighs scholarships for private schools"
Stem Cell Research: "State pulls back on stem cell funding"
Waterloo Village: "A hazy vision for Waterloo may spell its destruction"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Campaigns --
Obama: "Obama gets warm welcome at US mayors' meeting"The Economy: "New crisis threatens healthy banks" -- Now it's car, credit card payments.
McCain: "Can McCain claim the Ron Paul votes?"
Medicare: "As reimbursement cuts loom, seniors and lawmakers worry"
Offshore Drilling: "New debate emerges over offshore drilling"
Zimbabwe: "Mugabe rival pulling out of runoff"
OF INTEREST
Replica Guns: "Line blurs between play, gunplay"
Exhibit: "Embodying the Sacred in Yoruba Art" -- NYTimes reviews Newark Museum exhibit.
Prostate Cancer: "New tactic: Waiting it out"
Review: "The Stone House at Stirling Ridge" -- On Stirling Road, in Warren.
Trash Talk: "Psst! Rumor has it gossip websites hit home"
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