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Sunday, September 28, 2008

The house where Paul lived.. Jerry gets caught rewriting history.. Undercover work dents crime.. Two obits of note..

PLAINFIELD


PLAINFIELD TODAY:
Be sure to check out fellow Plainfield bloggers: Bernice spots an ad on the PPS News blog. Maria enjoys the Library Book Sale and reminds the Assemblyman that he voted to abolish the Abbott school districts. Olddoc puts up a disquisition on health care, and remarks on the flurry of posts from the Assemblyman (though the reference to 'bogs' may be a typo, it is certainly NOT a malapropisim). The Assemblyman takes credit for getting Plainfield returned to the Abbott District list, but I can attest to a slightly different reality -- it was thanks to then-Sen. Donald DiFrancesco folks, as we all witnessed at a ceremony at Hubbard MS auditorium to celebrate the fact. Check it out!
 Park Florist: "Creativity flourishes at Plainfield flower shop"
Plainfield Police: "Undercover efforts make dent in certain crimes"
Jay Jefferson Cooke: "Is is time for street cams in Plainfield?"
Obituary: "Victor Liske, legendary Plainfield swim coach" -- Coached Milt Campbell among others.
Obituary: "Martha Ann Thomas, longtime Plainfield children's librarian"

Foreclosures: "Union County gets part of $64M from HUD to buy foreclosed properties"
Commuting: "The long haul: Navigating to work via NJT" -- Not all commuters are Manhattan-bound.
Polls: "Their prominent role in election campaigns" -- Two words: Money, volunteers.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
  • VOTER REGISTRATION: The Plainfield Alumni chapter of Kappa Alpha Phi fraternity is conducting a voter registration drive on Wednesday and Thursdays from 5:00 - 8:45 PM at the Plainfield Public Library through October 9th. Members will provide voter registration forms and assistance for those not currently registered to vote. Info: Jerry Black, (908) 922-5898 or the Library's Bob Golon, (908) 757-1111 x132.

  • Today - September 28. 3 PM. Crescent Concerts: Organ Recital. Eric Plutz, University Organist at Princeton, formerly organist and music director, Church of the Epiphany, Washington, DC. At Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, Watchung Avenue at East 7th Street. Tickets: $20, $15/senior, $5/student. Info: (908) 756-2468 or www.crescentconcerts.org/.

  • Tomorrow - September 29. 7:30 PM. City Council Agenda Session. City Hall Library. 515 Watchung Avenue.

  • Tuesday - September 30. 9 AM. 'Chamber Walk'. Members of the Plainfield Chamber of Commerce will be walking in the South Avenue shopping district to meet business owners and hear about their needs and concerns.
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REAL ESTATE SUNDAY

SMALL PICTURE
Closings: "Will the renters be out by the closing date?"
Evoking Previous Owners: "In a splotch, a Rohrschach test"
Selling: "Getting inventive to seduce buyers"
Sellling: "It pays to be prepared, and patient"
BIG PICTURE
Deconstruction: "This old (recyclable) house" -- Plainfield has had a recent example.
Jersey Suburbs: "Scaling back in suburbia" -- An end to the era of McMansions?
Sales: "Raffles: Real estate's latest game of chance"
TOOLS
This Week's Sales: "NYTimes's Residential Sales Around the Region" -- Week of Sept. 28, 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

eBay: "Middlesex County turning to eBay to auction surplus items"
Paper Mill Playhouse: "Grand revival for milestone season" -- That would be 'Oklahoma!'.
St. Peter's Hospital: "Legionnaire's Disease infects 8th patient" -- Gannett |
Zimmerli Art Museum: "Painting for the Grave" -- Face to face with Stalinist horrors.


STATE

The Auditor -- For political junkies: "Sunday, September 28, 2008"

Pro Soccer: "Red Bull Stadium under construction in Harrison"
Suicides: "Study: Rural NJ has highest suicide rate"
Wall Street Impact: "Tied to Wall Street, state feels the shock"
Wildlife Refuges: "State's wildlife refuges in crisis"

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


NATION / WORLD

2008 Campaigns --
 Wall Street Bailout: "Congressional negotiators strike a bailout deal"
Subprime Crisis: "Instruments of finance -- and confusion"


OF INTEREST
Obituary: "Paul Newman, Actor, Philanthropist" -- An appreciation here and here; filmography here.

Doo-Wop: "Doo-wop lives on at Ocean Grove" -- The Emburys.

BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |

Posted by Dan at 10:47 AM