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Sunday, September 21, 2008

Olive Lynch Open House today.. Budget advisory group listed.. Bernice: State of the District.. Green: Winning war on crime..

PLAINFIELD


PLAINFIELD TODAY:
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Bernice notes polyglot eats, 'State of the District' and that municipal elections will be all-Dem. Maria cheers on the citizens' budget advisory group -- and lists names. Olddoc outfoxes the Internet Taliban, delightfully. Plainfield Sports News updates with PHS's first home game of the season -- Union HS. Assemblyman Green's highly variable writing style is on display with a new post on how we are 'winning the war on crime' -- my -- and your -- broken car windows notwithstanding.


Memorial to hit-and-run victim Shavon Creekmur, December 2007.
(Photo -- DD)
2007 Hit-and-run: "Good police work leads to arrest in fatal accident" -- Egbert, McGuire and the missing mirror.

Obituary: "Ray Ballard, Air Force veteran" -- Husband of Barbara Ballard, longtime Plainfield booster, WERA radio personality and Central Jersey Chamber of Commerce exec.

Trees: "Master Tree Stewards have it made in the shade"
Classic suburb at 50: "Levittown, NJ turns 50" -- Name changed in 1963 to: Willingboro.
Pay Equality: "Gender gap in pay grows in NJ"
Surviving hard times: "Survival skills: A Primer"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
  • Obama Yard Sale 9/27: Items Needed. Per an email from Councilor Burney received yesterday, the Obama Yard Sale fundraiser has been cancelled in favor of continued voter turnout efforts. Those who may have dropped off items should call Councilor Burney at (908) 803-7606 to arrange for disposition.

  • Tomorrow - September 22. 9 AM. Rally For Abbott Funding. People are rallying from all over the state in support of funding for Abbott District initiatives: Full-day kindergarten, Pre-school for all 3- and 4-year-olds, Drop-out prevention programs, college transition and school-to-work programs. At the Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex, 25 Market Street, Trenton. Contact: Abbott Leadership, (973) 353-3560.

  • Tuesday - September 23. 6:30 PM. Block Associations Meeting. Join with neighborhood activists from block and neighborhood associations throughout the city to share information, common concerns and coordinate plans. At United Presbyterian Church, 525 East Front Street (parking in rear). TY,B ;-)

  • Wednesday - September 24. 6:30 - 8:30 PM. Chamber Business Card Exchange. The Plainfield Chamber of Commerce kicks off the Fall season with its first business card exchange. Free to members, $10/non-members. At The Incubator, 320 Park Avenue. RSVP to (908) 315-0838 or email rsvp@positivelyplainfield.org/.

  • Wednesday - September 24. 7:30 PM. Plainfield Shade Tree Commission. City Hall Library. Public invited.

  • Wednesday - September 24. 8 PM. Special Council Meeting called by Mayor Robinson-Briggs. City Hall Library. The Mayor has called this meeting to present her Administration's FY2009 budget proposal to the Council. The public is most welcome, the Tree Commission meeting be damned.

  • Thursday - September 25. 7 PM. Superintendent's Town Hall Meeting. The Superintendent and other district leaders will share the exciting programs and activities planned for the new school year, and engage the community in a dialog. Hosted by Superintendent Steve Gallon III. At Evergreen School, corner of Evergreen Avenue and Edgewood Terrace. All are welcome!
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REAL ESTATE SUNDAY

SMALL PICTURE
Buying: "For buyers, many roadblocks"
Homeownership's Pleasures: "Off to work, to pay the handyman"
Selling: "Gizmo power" -- Using holograms to sell properties? Why not.
BIG PICTURE
Market Meltdown & NJ: "Meltdown ripples across the Hudson" -- Ledger | NYTimes |
Mortgages: "Considering the seven-year plan"
TOOLS
This Week's Sales: "NYTimes's Residential Sales Around the Region" -- Week of September 20, 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

7th CD Race: "What Lance will do for money? Call on Bush" -- Ledger | Gannett |
Baptistine Sisters: "From Divine Order to Public Good" -- Convent becomes a public park.
Irvington: "Olympic hero Cullen Jones welcomed back"
New Brunswick: "Ward advocates in court tomorrow" | "'Push polling' used against Ward advocates"
NJSO: "Victor Parsonnet, MD: Surgeon, musician, honoree"
Peapack-Gladstone: "Most exciting events here are made up" -- Where 'Guiding Light' is taped.


STATE

Wayne Bryant Case: "Did he break the law, or just bend it?"
Corruption: "Sniffing taint, GOP taunts Democrats"
Hoboken: "Despites successes, state takes reins in Hoboken"
Job Growth: "Corzine strategy criticized"
Parsippany: "Indictment alleges widespread corruption"
Rutgers: "Trenton quietly sent $2.5M to Rutgers sports"
Supremes: "Court will weigh roadside searches"
Voting - OpEd, Ledger: "Mail-in voting deserves stamp of approval"

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


NATION / WORLD

The Economy:
 Candidate Palin: Paul Mulshine: "This 'pundint' is appalled by her 'verbage'"
Cheney: "Court orders all his records be preserved"
Israel: "Olmert will resign today" -- Crippled by scandal.


OF INTEREST
Phone Service: "Users are tossing their land lines overboard"

College Graduation Strategies: "Seton Hall has a game plan for least likely to graduate: Males"
Parenting: "For hyperactive kids, a special camp"

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Posted by Dan at 11:02 AM