Big Ledger changes.. Gallon's first BOE meeting.. FOSH and Literacy Volunteers of UC..
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today:
Plainfield Plaintalker: "Gallon's first BOE meeting Tuesday"
Crescent Times: "Puzzled by BOE agendas? Read on"
Doc's Potpourri: "Winchester Cathedral and a Lyons Synagogue"
Save Muhlenberg: "Westfield Leader: State moves closer to Muhlenberg shutdown"
Plainfield Trees: The current post by Plainfield tree guru Greg Palermo is the "Sweet Bay Magnolia".
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).
FOSH: Nice write-up of FOSH scholarships to PHS grads Christopher Garces and Christian Payne, but you'll have to grab a Ledger to read it -- not online.
Literacy Volunteers of UC: Operating out of the Plainfield Public Library, they got a nice write-up in today's Courier for an outstanding year: 500 adults tutored for over 12,000 hours by 204 volunteers. But you'll have to grab a Courier -- couldn't find story online.
School Board Contracts: "Keansburg super goes to court over severance"
Canada Geese: "Trying everything against geese"
Pay-to-Play: "Critics say plan is too weak"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- NOTE: Monday - July 7. 6:30 PM. Save Muhlenberg Meeting. 'Save Muhlenberg' participants plan next steps. Anyone with petitions to Commissioner Heather Howard circulated at the July 4 Parade is asked to bring them to the meeting. At duCret School of the Arts, 1030 Central Avenue.
REAL ESTATE SUNDAY
SMALL PICTURE
Style: "Brand-new Arts & Crafts in Montclair"BIG PICTURE
Mortgages: "Mortgage brokers as naysayers"TOOLS
This Week's Sales: "NYTimes's Residential Sales Around the Region" -- Week of July 6, 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
North Plainfield: "Artist Chris Carlucci works under noted sculptor" -- That would be Jeff Koons. Online gallery here.
Perth Amboy: "Newcomer's rise signals shift of power"
M&E Railroad: "How can state continue to fund 'breached contract'?"
STATE
Business: "Pennsylvania poaching businesses from Jersey"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Campaigns --
- Obama: "Obama addresses his faith" | "Obama & FISA: Critics organize on his own website"
- Dem Convention: "Rising costs and delays worry Dems"
- McCain: "McCain battles a nemesis, the teleprompter"
- Campaign Cash: "Cashing in on McCain and Obama" -- How nearly $1B has been spent. Chart.
Investing: "Long reliable, dividends start to crumble"
OF INTEREST
Accessibility: "Playgrounds that welcome wheelchairs"
Archaeology: "Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection"
Dial-up Access: "Online, but falling behind fast"
'The Millenials': "What comes next after Generation X"
Tennis: "All Williams Wimbledon final is all Venus"
Web: "As Web Traffic Grows, Crashes Take Bigger Toll" -- You may want to bookmark the site.
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