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PLAINFIELD
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Doc's Potpourri: "Blue Cross: Health costs flim-flam" | "Interlude" -- The picture and caption are worth the price of admission!
Save Muhlenberg: As we await Commissioner Heather Howard's decision, you can read posts here.
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).
Schools: "School chief meets public" -- Contract details included.
LWV: "President comes full circle" -- Bernice's story appears in print, FINALLY.
Ah, politics!: "A new campaign charge: You supported Clinton"
Forensic Audit: "Hawkins' first aim as Orange mayor: Forensic audit of finances" -- A thought.
Pay-to-Play: "Court backs law aimed at ending pay-to-play"
Real Estate Scam: "Poor investors' lawsuit alleges mortgage con" -- If it sounds too good to be true...
Stormwater, Sewer Cleanup: "Loans cleared for water cleanup" -- Plainfield on the list?
Streetcams: "Newark expands streetcams" | OpEd: "Video surveillance doesn't make us safer" -- And Plainfield waits...and waits.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Friday - July 4. 10 AM. July 4th Parade. Along Front Street; parade steps off at 10 AM.
- Friday - July 4. 5 PM. July 4th Concert. Music and more at Cedar Brook Park.
- Friday - July 4. Dusk. July 4th Fireworks. Display begins at dusk. In Cedar Brook Park.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Hillside: "Synagogue's new mikvah spa-like"
Newark Schools: "Big crowd greets new superintendent"
New Brunswick: "Petitions submitted for government changes" -- Ledger | Gannett -- Would set up Wards, expand Council.
New Brunswick: "Repairs blunt pain of Jewish cemetery's desecration"
Perth Amboy: "New mayor hopes to pay off her debts" -- What it costs to beat a machine, and what the machine spent.
Roselle: "Council completes hearings on budget" -- Targeted for adoption 8 months into budget year.
STATE
FY2009 Budget: "Corzine signs 'painful' budget" -- Ledger | Gannett
Corzine/Katz Emails: "Lawsuit cost taxpayers $54k so far"
Medicare: "White House freezes Medicare fee cut"
Open Space: "Corzine will wait on open-space funding"
Port Authority: "Ground Zero timetable to be reworked"
UMDNJ: "Cardiologist will settle fraud case"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Campaigns --
- Obama: "NRA plans $40M fall blitz targeting Obama"
- McCain: "Heads for Colombia, where advisor has long ties"
Detainee Cases: "Court challenges 'questionable evidence' in hearings"
Energy: "'Drill Now' as the conservative 'MoveOn'?"
OF INTEREST
Bottled Water: "Colorless, odorless, and smells like...money" -- Puh-leez!
Quitting Smoking: "Gadgets, support groups ease the 'Quit-Tobacco Road'"
Weddings: "Some clergy want out of wedding duty"
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