A look at the election numbers.. The Shakespeare Garden.. Olddoc on Plainfield manufacturing.. Maria thanks our teachers..
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today:
Plainfield Plaintalker: "Visit the Shakespeare Garden" | "Cheers for Samir" | "A tisket, a tasket"
Crescent Times: "Thanks go to Plainfield Schools teachers"
Doc's Potpourri: "Partial History of Plainfield Manufacturing" | "A Kytherian Easter"
Save Muhlenberg: Planning meeting Monday -- read more "here".
Plainfield Trees: Tree enthusiast Greg Palermo has a brand new post : "Flowering Dogwoods".
Councilors are blogging: Councilor Cory Storch has a brand-new post today (here); and Councilor Rashid Burney blogs (here).
McGreeveys: Kathleen O'Brien: "Battle has cost Matos something priceless"
Hospitals: "Concerned About Costs, Congress Pushes Curbs on Doctor-Owned Hospitals"
Food Pantries: "Pinched, Food Pantries Find Reach Limited"
Verizon: "Service suffers as Verizon upgrades to fiber optics"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today - June 8. Noon. Historical Society's Annual Member Brunch. Brunch served by the Board of Trustees, and annual election of officer. Perfect opportunity to join in the work of the Society. At the Drake House, West Front Street at Plainfield Avenue. More info: (908) 755-5831.
- Tomorrow - June 9. 6:30 PM. Save Muhlenberg Planning Meeting. 'Save Muhlenberg' participants meet to continue planning to save Muhlenberg. At duCret School of the Arts, 1030 Central Avenue.
- Tomorrow - June 9. 7:30 PM. City Council Agenda Session. City Hall Library. 515 Watchung Avenue.
REAL ESTATE SUNDAY
SMALL PICTURE
Decorating: "Start in Neutral"BIG PICTURE
Showing to Sell: "Taking the Home Out of the House"
Home Equity Lines: "Shrinking Lines of Credit"TOOLS
New Jersey: "Tales >From a Slow Market"
Rent v. Buy: "Playing It Safe by Renting, for Now"
This Week's Sales: "NYTimes's Residential Sales Around the Region" -- Week of June 8, 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
Newark: "Council proposes container taxation"
STATE
The Auditor -- For political junkies: "Sunday, June 08, 2008"
Constitutional Amendment: "Proposed: Voters to OK all borrowing"
Corzine-Katz Emails: "A look at what Corzine has said about e-mails"
Camden: "Camden's surge in homicides seen as gang-related"
GSP/Turnpike: "Toll increases feared as revenue declines"
Jersey City: "Land swap with P.A. considered to redevelop Powerhouse"
Sen. Lautenberg: "Bucking the Trend in a Year of Change"
Pension Reform - Editorial, SL: "Pension reform's moment"
Teaching: "For Novices, a Route to the Classroom"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Campaigns --
Dems:Analysis:
Gains: "Despite her loss, Clinton broke barriers for women in politics"
Mistakes: "Hillary Clinton's 5 mistakes"
Paul Mulshine: "Why Hillary's bitter and John may be"
Obama: "Clinton throws her support to Obama" -- Ledger | NYTimes | WashPost | Politico |McCain: "The unhappy warrior"
OF INTEREST
Remembering RFK:
John Farmer: "Confusion and anguish"College Textbook Costs: "Studying high cost of college texts"
"Bill Eppridge -- His photos made history"
Divorce: "Divorce a luxury for those bound by a bad economy"
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