July 4 thru the eyes of your bloggers.. Muhlenberg petitions need to get in..
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today:
Plainfield Plaintalker:
- "Marchers protest Muhlenberg closing"
- "Some parade photos"
- "Freedom to blog and more"
- "Cheers for Harold Mitchell"
- "July Meetings"
- "Facts vs. intimidation"
- "Plainfield's 4th of July fireworks"
- "How the other Plainfields celebrate July 4"
Save Muhlenberg: "'Save Muhlenberg' in July 4 Parade"
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).
July 4th:
- Courier: "Plainfield's parade a city tradition" -- Actually, I can remember when it was a CENTRAL JERSEY tradition, with about 15 towns participating. Can we rebuild that?
- Ledger: "Celebrating history, close to home" -- Ledger's July 4 roundup gives a shoutout to Plainfield.
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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.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Statue of Liberty: "Access to crown by public studied"
NATION / WORLD
2008 Campaigns --
- Obama: "Obama sets off debate on ties between religion and government"
- McCain: "No Bush-McCain appearance at Convention"
OF INTEREST
Tennis: "Williams v. Williams at Wimbledon"
Church Youth Trips: "Churches retool mission trips"
Google Daycare Flap: "On this one, Google stumbles" -- To Plainfielders, this must sound like another planet.
Obituary: "Jesse Helms, master of racial politics"
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