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PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today:
Crescent Times: "Volunteers needed for National Night Out" | "BOE: Election, duties of Board President"
Doc's Potpourri: "Thoughts: Angioplasty, anonymous comments, service clubs" | "Arduaine Gardens"
Save Muhlenberg: "Coverage of Friday's rally"
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).
Letters, Courier:
Verizon: "Verizon given OK to raise landline phone rates"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
CENTRAL JERSEY
7th CD Race: "Rangel contributions to Stender a focus in race"
Fanwood: "Meeting on boro's fiscal crisis packed"
Municipal Aid: "State awards $14.9M in aid" -- N. Plainfield - $500K; Fanwood, $425K; Middlesex Boro, $100K.
Newark: "Rally by POP today commemorates 41st anniversary of riots"
Pru Center: "Judge reopens The Rock after 'technical' closure"
UMDNJ: "3 EMT workers fired in Ku Klux Klan incident"
Westfield: "Pressed, town looks for ways to control or cut costs"
Westfield: "Retail vacancies bothersome as economy stumbles"
STATE
Corzine Energy Plan: "Wind power, cost awareness pushed at first hearing"
Katz/CWA: "Fighting back, Katz sues CWA"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Campaigns --
Financial Markets: "Government takes over struggling mortgage bank"
Israeli AF Using Iraqi Airspace:
OF INTEREST
Poker: "Computer beats human poker pros in Las Vegas"
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Plainfield Today:
Plainfield Plaintalker: "School posts up for votes Tuesday" | "State officials to comment at BOE"
Crescent Times: "Volunteers needed for National Night Out" | "BOE: Election, duties of Board President"
Doc's Potpourri: "Thoughts: Angioplasty, anonymous comments, service clubs" | "Arduaine Gardens"
Save Muhlenberg: "Coverage of Friday's rally"
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).
Letters, Courier:
- Joyce A. Phipps: "Channel foreign aid toward supporting human rights"
- Alex Lowe: "Drilling foes hold unrealistic standards for oil companies"
- Lee Bulkley: "Riley's columns a delight, especially for Father's Day"
Verizon: "Verizon given OK to raise landline phone rates"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Monday - July 14. 6:30 PM. 'Save Muhlenberg' meeting. At the duCret School of Art, 1030 Central Avenue. All are welcome.
- Saturday - July 12. 5 - 7 PM. duCret School of Art Winners Exhibit. Selections from winners of the 2008 juried fine art show on exhibit at an opening reception. The exhibit runs through July 31. At Swain Gallery, corner of Watchung Avenue and East Seventh Street.
- Monday - July 14. 7:30 PM. City Council Agenda Session. City Hall Library. 515 Watchung Avenue.
- Tuesday - July 15. 7 PM. Board of Education. At Washington School Cafetorium. 427 Darrow Avenue (parking in lot on Spooner Avenue). All are welcome.
- 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
7th CD Race: "Rangel contributions to Stender a focus in race"
Fanwood: "Meeting on boro's fiscal crisis packed"
Municipal Aid: "State awards $14.9M in aid" -- N. Plainfield - $500K; Fanwood, $425K; Middlesex Boro, $100K.
Newark: "Rally by POP today commemorates 41st anniversary of riots"
Pru Center: "Judge reopens The Rock after 'technical' closure"
UMDNJ: "3 EMT workers fired in Ku Klux Klan incident"
Westfield: "Pressed, town looks for ways to control or cut costs"
Westfield: "Retail vacancies bothersome as economy stumbles"
STATE
Corzine Energy Plan: "Wind power, cost awareness pushed at first hearing"
Katz/CWA: "Fighting back, Katz sues CWA"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Campaigns --
Obama: "Germany denies being pressured to refuse Obama's speech location"Bush to G8: "Bush: 'Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter'" -- His exact words.
McCain: "McCain takes lead in transparency race"
Financial Markets: "Government takes over struggling mortgage bank"
Israeli AF Using Iraqi Airspace:
- RawStory: "Iraq denies knowledger of Israeli drills in its airspace"
- Jerusalem Post: "Iraq denies reports of IAF using its airspace" -- But JPost has photos.
- Global Security: "Target Iran - Air Strikes"
OF INTEREST
Obituary: "Michael DeBakey, pioneering heart surgeon"
Poker: "Computer beats human poker pros in Las Vegas"
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