South Avenue zoning plan up tonight.. Cook, Cedarbrook to go K-8; Discussion tomorrow.. UEZ $$ tapped for streetcams..
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today:
Plainfield Plaintalker: "UEZ money tapped for cameras" | "Thrift in the garden"
Crescent Times: "BOE: Orientation and training of members"
Doc's Potpourri: "Bastille Day" -- Thank you olddoc for remembering. Allons! Marchons! Le jour de gloire est arrivé!
Save Muhlenberg: "Courier editorializes on angioplasty licenses"
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).
Schools: "Plan to expand 2 schools to K-8 to be outlined" -- Cook, Cedarbrook.
Winter Heating: "PSE&G plans big increase"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today - July 14. 6:30 PM. 'Save Muhlenberg' meeting. At the duCret School of Art, 1030 Central Avenue. All are welcome.
- Today - July 14. 7:30 PM. City Council Agenda Session. City Hall Library. 515 Watchung Avenue.
- Tomorrow - July 15. 7 PM. Board of Education. At Washington School Cafetorium. 427 Darrow Avenue (parking in lot on Spooner Avenue). Expansion of Cook, Cedarbrook to K-8 will be discussed. All are welcome.
- Thursday - July 17. 6 - 9 PM. 'Cruisin' Plainfield' Car & Bike Show. Got a classic car? Muscle car? Hog? Come on out and show off at 'Cruisin' Plainfield'. Or come out and look. Trophies. Sponsored by the Plainfield SID and G-Wiz Entertainment. Featuring DJ 'Stick Shift Eddie'. At Plainwood Square Park, South Avenue (by Cafe Vivace). Rain date: the following Thursday.
- Thursday - July 17. 7 PM - 1 AM. Liberty CDC Fundraiser: 'Party with a Purpose'. At Club 111, 111 East Front Street. Admission: $15/advance, $20/at door. Info: (908) 226-9955 or visit their website www.libertycdc.com/.
- Monday - July 21. 8 PM. City Council Business Meeting. City Council Chambers/Courthouse. Watchung Avenue and East 4th Street.
- Wednesday - July 23. 7:30 PM. Plainfield Shade Tree Commission. City Hall Library. Public invited.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Pru Center: "Drawing fans, but work not done"
Rutgers Stadium: "Colonial village unearthed by construction"
UMDNJ: "State weighs action in view of KKK hazing incident"
STATE
NJHSPD: "Little-known police force earns $3.4M in overtime" -- With a chart here.
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Campaigns --
- Obama: "Obama slams 'New Yorker' Muslim portrait"
- Dem Convention: "Dems look to lobbyist to fund convention"
- McCain: "McCain to follow Obama at NAACP convention" -- Going where few Republicans have gone before.
The Markets:
- NYTimes: "Treasury acts to shore up Fannie, Freddie"
- Analysis: "Government as the big lender" | "More banks will fail"
- WSJ's Outlook: "Continuing vicious housing, financials cycle ensnares market"
OF INTEREST
North Jersey/South Jersey: "New Jersey: Where is 'the line'?" -- Moviemakers' blog is here.
Gay Teens: "Coming out sooner, but protections lag"
Health: "In power of Vitamin D, hope for a new disease fighter"
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