Where does the leadership team live?.. Who's on 3rd?.. BOE committees.. 'Super users' swamp ERs..
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today:
Crescent Times: "BOE Committees"
Doc's Potpourri: "Abbey St. Michel de Cuxa" | "Potpourri"
Save Muhlenberg: "'Super users' swamp ERs"
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).
West End: "Plainfield Boxing Academy offers youth a fighting chance"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
REAL ESTATE SUNDAY
SMALL PICTURE
CENTRAL JERSEY
New Brunswick: "Petition trumps ordinance in contest over charter change"
NJPAC: "Putting out the word that Newark's got talent"
Orange: "Questions fly over BOE president who lived in Millburn while serving"
South Plainfield: "Council to vote Monday on truck traffic"
UMDNJ: "Anger growing over KKK hazing incident"
STATE
The Auditor: Hooked on The Auditor? Fuggedaboutit. Missing online for two weeks in a row.
Corzine: "Torricelli opens home to Corzine fundraiser"
Katz/CWA: "A house divided" -- Katz herself blogs. | "A fighter now fights for herself"
DOT: "Traffic Management Center gets a hold on traffic"
Opinion Research: "NJ firm's 'curves' track opinion shaping"
Princeton: "Princeton accused of anti-Asian bias"
Schools Construction: "Half-billion for 3 schools raises old questions"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Campaigns --
OF INTEREST
Children's Books: "Neighborhoods and storytelling" -- Mentioning our own Judy Blume.
BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |
Plainfield Today:
Plainfield Plaintalker: "Who's On Third?"
Crescent Times: "BOE Committees"
Doc's Potpourri: "Abbey St. Michel de Cuxa" | "Potpourri"
Save Muhlenberg: "'Super users' swamp ERs"
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).
West End: "Plainfield Boxing Academy offers youth a fighting chance"
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
REAL ESTATE SUNDAY
SMALL PICTURE
Energy Conservation: "Running a home on Yankee ingenuity"BIG PICTURE
Trenton: "A city decays, but one holdout hangs on"
Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac:TOOLS
Mortgages: "The silence of the lenders"
- NYTimes: "Making sense of problems at Fannie & Freddie" -- Graphic.
- NYTimes: "How fallout could affect Main Street"
- 'Mish' Shedlock: "Nature of the Fannie Mae bailout"
This Week's Sales: "NYTimes's Residential Sales Around the Region" -- Week of July 13, 2008.
Ledger: "Home Finder", "Premier Estates" and "Real Estate" sections online.
Courier: "Real Estate" section online.
Trulia: "Your Personal Real Estate Google"
Mortgages: "US Mortgage Payment Index"
Buy or Rent?: "Cost Comparison Tool" -- Enter your own values to calculate which is better, buying or renting. A really neat tool!
CENTRAL JERSEY
New Brunswick: "Petition trumps ordinance in contest over charter change"
NJPAC: "Putting out the word that Newark's got talent"
Orange: "Questions fly over BOE president who lived in Millburn while serving"
South Plainfield: "Council to vote Monday on truck traffic"
UMDNJ: "Anger growing over KKK hazing incident"
STATE
The Auditor: Hooked on The Auditor? Fuggedaboutit. Missing online for two weeks in a row.
Corzine: "Torricelli opens home to Corzine fundraiser"
Katz/CWA: "A house divided" -- Katz herself blogs. | "A fighter now fights for herself"
DOT: "Traffic Management Center gets a hold on traffic"
Opinion Research: "NJ firm's 'curves' track opinion shaping"
Princeton: "Princeton accused of anti-Asian bias"
Schools Construction: "Half-billion for 3 schools raises old questions"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Campaigns --
- Obama: "Obama supporters on left cry foul" -- 'a transformative politician ... but still a politician'.
- McCain: "McCain has no national service plan"
OF INTEREST
"Serenity' Prayer: "Serenity Prayer Stirs Up Doubt: Who Wrote It?"
Full text of Reinhold Niebuhr's prayer.
Children's Books: "Neighborhoods and storytelling" -- Mentioning our own Judy Blume.
BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |
