What I learned on Election Day (not political).. Al Pittis ends an era.. BOE questions.. Alma Cruz on midwifery worries..
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today:
Plainfield Plaintalker: "End of an Era" -- Al Pittis retires. | "Prom Royalty at the Senior Center"
Crescent Times: "BOE meeting deceptive?" | "Questioning 'meeting' motives"
Doc's Potpourri: "Olddoc on Council meeting" | "Meetings: Council, BOE" | "Paris, 1945"
Save Muhlenberg: "Alma Cruz questions future of midwifery program"
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).
Police Division: "Hellwig talks of progress" -- Meanwhile, court lets Santiago case go forward.
Queen City Bus Co.: "Bus business collides with rising insurance rates"
Traffic Fatality: "Mistaken identity resolved, body waits for shipment home" -- Flor Gonzalez is collecting contributions. Contact her at (908) 753-7155 to help.
2005 Murder Trial: "Case goes to jury" -- Accomplice is a Plainfield teen.
Real Estate Scam: "NJ Affordable figure arrested in fraud" -- Ledger | Gannett |
Voting Machines: "ACLU, press want test results disclosed"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- NOTE: All my calendar entries are on the laptop in the shop. Sorry.
- Friday - June 13. 7 - Midnight. Retirement Party for Jackie and Ron Upperman. Jackie is retiring after 30 years and Ron after 25 years of service to the Plainfield Public Schools. Come help this popular couple 'peace out'. Music by DJ Don Juan. At the Crown Plaza, 36 Valley Road, Clark. Info: Gwen Hunter of Jan Stansbury, x5264. $55/person (includes gift).
CENTRAL JERSEY
Cory Booker: "Booker furious over Esquire interview" -- Let's see, HE gave the interview, and he doesn't like the story?
Edison: "Transit village proposal shut down over 'excessive units'" -- Ledger | Courier |
Franklin: "Cop who killed himself pilfered $50K from evidence room" -- Ledger | Gannett |
Kenilworth: "Celebration kicks off town cookbook sales"
Linden: "Linden Airport protests Manhattan heliport"
Newark: "Blessed Sacrament, path to success for many Black students, graduates last class"
Newark Dem Committee: "Ward politics get better of Booker"
Newark Schools: "Corzine to name superintendent today"
School Funds Fraud: "Deputy borough clerk indicted in theft scheme"
STATE
Corzine-Katz Emails: "Gov wants case to play out in court"
Budget: "Budgeteers iron out retirement plan wrinkle"
'Clean Elections': "New proposal makes major changes"
Pensions: "Teachers oppose pension plan changes"
Supremes: "Auto wreck survivors can sue if traumatized"
NATION / WORLD
2008 Campaigns --
Obama: "New PAC seeks to court Christians for Obama"Iraq: "Security talks in trouble in Baghdad and D.C." -- McClatchy | WashPost | NYTimes |
Clinton: "Those loyal to the Clintons take note of who was not"
McCain: "What should McCain do about Cheney?"
Oil Markets: "Feds to probe speculators in oil prices"
OF INTEREST
Digital TV: "Many viewers unready for switch" -- It's coming, you have to do something.
First Amendment: "Identities of protesters sought in Morristown case"
Kelly Heyboer on NJ Blogs: "Is anorexia a mental illness?"
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