Traffic snafus.. Elmwood Gardens demolition planned.. Olddoc: Council action needed; Green ad pondered.. Flora Dunn's mother passes..
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today:
Plainfield Plaintalker: "A clarification and some thoughts on comments" | "School Cable: TV or not TV?"
Crescent Times: "BOE: Code of Ethics" -- Pay attention! Maria is setting you up with THE manual!
Doc's Potpourri: "Needed: Council action" | "Cabot Trail, 1948" | "Green's laudation" | "Potpourri"
Save Muhlenberg: "Courier: Gallery of photos from last Friday"
PEPtalk: "Second to NONE!"s
Elmwood Gardens: "Housing Authority plans to raze complex" -- 120 units will be replaced by 80 townhomes.
Obituary: "Sarah A. Smith" -- Mother of Flora Dunn, wife of former Councilor Malcolm R. Dunn.
'Outside Employment' of Cops: "Boro looks into increasing fees where cop cars are needed" -- By $9/hour.
Test Scores: "State raises bar for proficiency tests"
Political Machines: "Anatomy of a Machine" -- Of which ours is a fainter copy.
Tomatoes: "The Ramapos are coming" -- Mid-August; not a minute too soon.
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).
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today through Sunday - July 17 - 20. 2008 Summer Carnival. Rides, food, game booths, prizes, face painting, car show, dance contest. Sponsored by the Eula Mae Amaker Family Life Center. At the PHS Athletic Fields, Kenyon Avenue. Info: (908) 753-2615 or (908) 668-4946.
Thu/Fri, 6 - 11 PM | Sat, 2 - 11 PM | Sun 4 - 11 PM. - Today - July 17. Noon - 2 PM. Music in the Plaza. Live music. Sponsored by the Division of Recreation, the Chamber of Commerce and the city's Economic Development Office. At the County Office Building Plaza, Front Street and Park Avenue. FREE.
- Today - 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.
- Today - 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
Archdiocese of Newark: "Fraud suspect Follieri was turned away" -- Hustled Bill Clinton with notion he could access church-owned properties in U.S. for quick flips.
Linden: "City adopts budget, sidestepping state intervention"
North Plainfield: "Appeals court reverses conviction of Plainfield man"
Orange: "New mayor takes on fire director duties, quadrupling his salary" -- Hmmm.
Rahway: "Officials, merchants differ over new parking" -- Merchants say tickets, loss of spaces hurt sales.
STATE
US Senate Race: "Lautenberg's funds are triple his foe's"
Bergen Probe: "Ferriero probe broadens"
Crime Victim Fund: "Exec ousted amid probe of payouts"
Jobs Outlook: "State expected to continue losing jobs thru 2010"
Katz/CWA: "Feds probe Katz's union activities" | "Court refuses to reinstate her"
Scandals: "New Jersey's best political scandals"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Campaigns --
- Obama: "Just in time for Obama, economy becomes issue No. 1"
- McCain: "McCain's humor often backfires"
OF INTEREST
Poison Ivy: "It eats CO2 for breakfast" -- And global warming? Uh-oh.
Dieting: "Study of 3 Diets: South Beach and Atkins beat low-fat"
Red Cross: "Problems persist with Red Cross blood collection services"
RVs: "At $4.81/gal, trimming back"
Stamps: "Series celebrates Black films" -- Check for them at the P.O.
Obituary: "Sherman 'Jocko' Maxwell, first Black sportscaster"
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