Summer's first Monday: Bloggers muse.. Media snooze(s).. Storch costs out-pay-to-play
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today:
Plainfield Plaintalker: "Where's Ralph Waldo?"
Crescent Times: "504 Madison: And this will make empty building #2"
Doc's Potpourri: "Flood Protection"
Save Muhlenberg: "Trinitas pinches pennies"
Plainfield Trees: Plainfield tree guru Greg Palermo's recent post is on "Fringetrees".
Councilors are blogging: Councilor Cory Storch starts a series on 'Pay-to-Play' with an instalment on the 'Corruption Tax' (here) and Councilor Rashid Burney writes (here).
Development: "Livingston warms to retail/residential mix"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- NOTE: Today - June 23. 6:30 PM. Save Muhlenberg Meeting. 'Save Muhlenberg' participants plan for Thursday's climactic meeting and vote of the State Health Planning Board. The Board will recommend a course of action to Commissioner Heather Howard. At duCret School of the Arts, 1030 Central Avenue.
- 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.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Newark: "City sponsors etiquette classes" -- Manners, they say, are on the way back.
Transit Villages: "Edison's Choi speaks out against Piscataway transit village proposal"
UC Magnet HS: "The nation's most elite public schools" -- Beats out Bronx Science in this list of the best nationwide.
STATE
Corzine & Obama: "Corzine profile rises in Obama camp"
Meadowlands Development: "Fed, state prosecutors team up on EnCap probe"
Parole Officers: "Parole officers ready to take on new role"
Schools Construction: "$3.9B plan for schools could spark emotional debate"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Campaigns --
Obama: "Obama moves to reintroduce himself to voters"
McCain: "Three women who could join GOP ticket"
OF INTEREST
Religion: "Young evangelicals aim to broaden agenda"
Obit: "George Carlin: Counterculture comedian" -- Famous for 'What am I doing in New Jersey?' and '7 words you can never say on TV'.
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