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PLAINFIELD
PLAINFIELD TODAY:
Be sure to check out fellow Plainfield bloggers: Bernice notes the fast-tracking of the ultra-modern commercial proposal for West Front Street on tonight's Council agenda, and how the nip in the air perks up her nasturtiums (nasturtia?). Here's Maria's new lineup: Maria's blog, the Crescent Area HD, Evergreen School PTO, and the Train Station Beautification project. Along with a dose of medicine (Fannie, Freddie and Ginnie), olddoc shares some tranquil views -- I'm partial to the Outer Hebrides one. Plainfield Sports News has a post by Terence Johnson on the Cardinals vs. SPF HS (see Courier slideshow in news below). Assemblyman Green has no new post, but is supposed to be holding a hearing on the mortgage crisis today (who knew we had a mortgage crisis?).
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Web-Broadcast Council Meetings: "Branchburg contracts for live Web broadcasts for $9,000/year" -- While Plainfield spends hundreds of thousands per year and can't get it done.
Alternative Energy: "Towns start reshaping landscape for solar, wind energy" -- SOME towns, that would be; not even a whisper about Plainfield.
Mental Health System: "Lawmakers seek overhaul after continuing incidents, crises"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- VOTER REGISTRATION: The Plainfield Alumni chapter of Kappa Alpha Phi fraternity is conducting a voter registration drive at the Plainfield Public Library. This Wednesday and Thursday, from 5:00 - 8:45 PM, will be the last opportunity to register with this assistance. 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 - October 6. 8 PM. City Council Business Meeting. City Council Chambers/Courthouse. Watchung Avenue and East 4th Street.
- Tomorrow - October 7. 9 PM. Second Presidential Debate. Obama and McCain in a town hall format at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. Moderated by Tom Brokaw, special correspondent for NBC News.
- Friday - October 10. 5:30 PM Sharp bus departure. Community Trip: Walking With Dinosaurs: The Live Experience. Bus trip sponsored by the Recreation Division to the show at the Izod Center at the Meadowlands. Bus departs City Hall parking lot at 5:30 PM sharp. Show starts at 7:30 PM, bus will return to City Hall parking lot at 11:00 PM. $55/person includes show ticket and round-trip transportation. First come, first served. Contact the Recreation Division, City Hall Annex, 510 Watchung Avenue or (908) 753-3097.
- Saturday - October 11. 8 PM. Plainfield Symphony: 89th Season Opening Concert. Guest Conductor: Charles Prince. Wagner: Die Meistersinger (Prelude), Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (Waltzes), Beethoven: Symphony No. 7. At Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, Watchung Avenue at East 7th Street. $25/General seating. $15/Senior & Student. Info: (908) 561-5140 or email info@plainfieldsymphony.org.
- Tuesday - October 14. Last day to REGISTER to vote for the November General (Presidential) Election. Information: Union County Board of Elections, 271 North Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07208. (908) 527-4121.
- Tuesday - October 14. 7:30 PM. City Council Agenda Session. City Hall Library. 515 Watchung Avenue.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Obama Youth Rally: "Dems rally for Obama in Roselle"
Pay-to-Play: "Pay-to-play on Somerville Council agenda"
South Plainfield: "Confusion over free school supplies angers parents"
STATE
Dem Slush Fund: "Kean: Time for answers in slush fund case"
Wall Street Impact: "Jersey Offers Preview of Possible Economic Woes to Come"
Hainesville General Store: "Marking 125 years: Food, nails and worms at NJ's coldest spot"
Supremes: "DWI case may set new direction for prosecutions"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Campaigns --
- FactCheck: For a daily analysis of the latest spin from either campaign see the non-partisan FactCheck.org, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Dems: "Obama to hit McCain on 'Keating 5'" -- Preview video here, complete version online at Noon here.
- GOP: "Virginia GOP fears McCain could lose state" -- A 'red' state, too.
- Palin:
- Palin attack: "Obama 'pallling around with terrorists'" -- He was 8 years old, for Pete's sake!
- Troopergate: "Palin's AG relents, subpoenaed workers to testify"
- Voters: "Registration gains favor Obama"
- The Fed: "Lending directly to states, companies may be next credit crisis"
- State Impacts: "As goes Greenwich, so goes Connecticut" -- As goes Jersey City, so goes NJ? See related story in NJ section above.
- (Breaking) Europe: "European markets plunge" -- Russian markets suspended after falls of 14%.
OF INTEREST
On the Border: "Texas rancher faces off with Border Patrol over bridge to his past"
eBay: "eBay opposes moves that say it is an 'online fencing operation'"
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