BOE member resigns.. Boil-water advisory still in effect.. All-Stars capture soccer title.. City may be let off half pension cost for year..
PLAINFIELD
PLAINFIELD TODAY:
Water Advisory: "Boil-water advisory remains in effect"
Board of Ed: "BOE member announces resignation" -- Seat to be filled by current board until April.
Abbott Schools: "Editorial: No time to scrap Abbott" | "Mulshine: Court deals low blow to Corzine"
State Pensions: "Corzine proposes letting towns defer half this year's obligation" -- Needs legislative approval.
Ledger: "Ledger assigns journalists to mailroom" -- Two who didn't take the buyout. Plus list of all who are staying.
Teaching: "State toughens training for 'alternate route' teachers" -- After complaints they were being left to flounder.
Hunger: "One in 11 Jerseyans in hunger"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
CENTRAL JERSEY
'Green' Construction: "Scotch Plains builder wins green award for Westfield home"
ICE: "33 Immigrants swept up in Morris County ICE raids"
Linden: "Infineum plant among 'most dangerous' in U.S."
Morristown & Erie RR: "Another roadblock for freight line"
Orange:
STATE
Corzine: "Poll: Most think he shouldn't serve 2nd term"
Bush: "Poll: In NJ, Bush less popular than Nixon ever was"
Chess: "Inmates vs. Ivy" -- Inmates take on Rutgers students.
Employment: "Jersey jobless rate reaches 6%"
Rutgers: "Report: RU failed to properly oversee athletics" -- Ledger | Courier |
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Obama Transition --
Economy: "Key indicators suggest deep recession" -- Do we have to be told?
GOP: "Weakened House GOP moves right with new leaders" | "Senate GOP in big funk"
Health Care: "This time around, health care re-vamp has wings"
Iraq: "Why U.S. blinked on the troop agreement"
OF INTEREST
Teens & Web: "Study: Teen use of Web mostly a good thing" -- Tend to avoid danger, benefit from interactions.
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PLAINFIELD TODAY:
Be sure to check out fellow Plainfield bloggers: Bernice scoops all on the BOE resignation, notes Tsunami Track Club's presentation to the BOE and posts a cat picture puzzle (one stumped me). Who crushed Maria's hopes? Olddoc's pondering of the boil-water alert leads him to larger questions of Plainfield's emergency preparedness. PEPtalk notes its upcoming meeting, childcare and movie room included. Plainfield Sports News reports the All Stars captured the inter-county soccer title and an interview with girls' basketball coach Terence 'T-Bone' Johnson.
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Water Advisory: "Boil-water advisory remains in effect"
Board of Ed: "BOE member announces resignation" -- Seat to be filled by current board until April.
Abbott Schools: "Editorial: No time to scrap Abbott" | "Mulshine: Court deals low blow to Corzine"
State Pensions: "Corzine proposes letting towns defer half this year's obligation" -- Needs legislative approval.
Ledger: "Ledger assigns journalists to mailroom" -- Two who didn't take the buyout. Plus list of all who are staying.
Teaching: "State toughens training for 'alternate route' teachers" -- After complaints they were being left to flounder.
Hunger: "One in 11 Jerseyans in hunger"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- ACT IV Theater: Neil Simon's 'The Sunshine Boys'. Lewis and Clark, a vaudeville team, brings back their act for a TV history of comedy, but their offstage dislike for each other stands in the way. Featuring award-winning John Boucher and Renato Biribin. At First Unitarian Society, 724 Park Avenue. Tickets: $15. Info/reservation: (908) 756-0750. Six performances: 8 PM - Fri 11/21, Sat 11/22, Fri 11/28, Sat 11/29; and 3 PM Sun 11/30.
- BUDGET CALENDAR: A three-year budget comparison document is online here.
- The Budget adoption schedule is being revised, watch for update.
- Today - November 20. 7:30 PM. Looking for American on the New Jersey Turnpike. A talk about America's most important and most-traveled road. Who were the people who built it and why? And what does it say about America's ideas and values in the mid-20th century? By RU's Angus Kress Gillespie. At the Scotch Plains Public Library, 1927 Bartle Avenue. Info: (908) 322-5007. Gillespie book on the Turnpike is here.
- Today - November 20. 8 PM. Planning Board. City Hall Library. Public invited.
- Monday - November 24. 7 PM. Charter School Informational. The state has granted a charter for a new Middle School which will emphasize music and high academics. An informational session on the Ellen G. Pressman Charter School, slated to open for Grades 6 and 7 in September 2009. At the Plainfield Public Library, Park Avenue at West 8th Street. Info: (973) 635-6944. Open to all.
- Monday - November 24. 7:30 PM. City Council Agenda Session. Citizens Budget Advisory Committee report expected. City Hall Library. 515 Watchung Avenue.
- Tuesday - November 25. 7:30 PM. Historic Preservation Commission. City Hall Library. Public invited.
- Wednesday - November 26. 7:30 PM. Plainfield Shade Tree Commission. City Hall Library. Public invited.
- Friday - November 28. 8 PM - 2 AM. West End Reunion '08. Dance the night away as Plainfield's most popular social happening celebrates an East-West Connection Blowout. Featuring the band Cosmic Heat and the Doris Spears Jazz Quintet, with DJ Kevin McAllister. At BUF Community Center Complex, West 7th and Central. Dress to impress, BYOB. Donation: $25/person. Info: Frank Coit (908) 722-3498 or (712) 314-1443, Lenny Cathcart (908) 305-0668, Milt Campbell (908) 732-6377, or Albert Mills (347) 892-8981.
CENTRAL JERSEY
'Green' Construction: "Scotch Plains builder wins green award for Westfield home"
ICE: "33 Immigrants swept up in Morris County ICE raids"
Linden: "Infineum plant among 'most dangerous' in U.S."
Morristown & Erie RR: "Another roadblock for freight line"
Orange:
- "After running as local Obama, Hawkins runs into Orange's hard edge"
- "Orange Council axes deal with fire, police unions"
STATE
Corzine: "Poll: Most think he shouldn't serve 2nd term"
Bush: "Poll: In NJ, Bush less popular than Nixon ever was"
Chess: "Inmates vs. Ivy" -- Inmates take on Rutgers students.
Employment: "Jersey jobless rate reaches 6%"
Rutgers: "Report: RU failed to properly oversee athletics" -- Ledger | Courier |
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
Obama Transition --
- Homeland Security: "Arizona governor Janet Napolitano will head DHS"
- Cabinet: "Anti-war groups fear Cabinet will be hawkish" -- Important part of Obama base.
Economy: "Key indicators suggest deep recession" -- Do we have to be told?
GOP: "Weakened House GOP moves right with new leaders" | "Senate GOP in big funk"
Health Care: "This time around, health care re-vamp has wings"
Iraq: "Why U.S. blinked on the troop agreement"
OF INTEREST
Teens & Web: "Study: Teen use of Web mostly a good thing" -- Tend to avoid danger, benefit from interactions.
BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |
