YWCA executive retires.. BOE personnel moves hard to decipher.. West Nile mosquitoes found in neighboring towns..

PLAINFIELD

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Plainfield Today:

• "Glock retires from YWCA, Ludlow assumes responsibilities"

Plainfield Plaintalker: "Personnel moves hard to decipher" | "Boys and their toys"
Crescent Times: Check BOE standards and practices Maria has assembled here.
Doc's Potpourri: "Energy Alternatives"
Save Muhlenberg: Keep up-to-date on the struggle to save Muhlenberg here.
PEPtalk: "We've got to make time"

West Nile Virus: "Infected mosquitoes found in South and North Plainfield, Middlesex Boro"

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

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• Today and tomorrow - July 19 - 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.
  | Sat, 2 - 11 PM | Sun 4 - 11 PM.
  
  
• 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.

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CENTRAL JERSEY

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Sharpe James: "Lawyers lobby to avoid 'life sentence'"
Newark: "Prosecutor defends effort to oust Rone"
New Brunswick: "City invalidates ward system petition"
Shared Services: "Shared fire services recommended for N. Plainfield, Watchung and Green Brook"
Somerset County Parks: "Audit clears contractor"
UC MusicFest: "The ultimate vanity project?"


STATE

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Olympics: "Jersey's Olympic contingent is 17 strong"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.


NATION / WORLD

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2008 Campaigns --

• Obama: "Fundraiser excludes Cleland, now a lobbyist"
  
• McCain: "McCain co-chair, under fire, resigns"

The Economy: "Uncomfortable answers to questions on the economy"
Iraq: "Shifting, Bush accepts timeline idea"


OF INTEREST

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Disaster Preparedness: "Meeting disaster with more than a wing and a prayer"
Heath Ledger: "Actor's drug death puts light on abuse"
Obituary: "Jo Stafford, wistful voice of WWII era"

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