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Monday, November 3, 2008

Dem Committee urging vote fraud?.. Election meditations.. Olddoc's hilarious dissection.. Maria: Adventures with automatic translation..

PLAINFIELD


BREAKING (11:30 AM): "Dick Cheney's Hometown Paper Endorses Obama Today"


PLAINFIELD TODAY:
Be sure to check out fellow Plainfield bloggers: Bernice has a brief, thoughtful essay tying together an invasive Clematis, the financial meltdown, tomorrow's election, and...us, dear readers. Check it out. Maria delves into translating the Evergreen blog into Spanish, causing my extremities to shake with laughter at her test of an automatic online translator. Olddoc also meditates on the momentous election tomorrow, but you won't want to miss his hilarious adventures in cadaver-land.


Plainfield Symphony: "Violinists comibine youth, experience to make beautiful music" -- 79+17= Wow! And this Saturday is a 'Tribute to Lenny' (Bernstein, that is).
Fire: "East End fire displace family of eight"

Same-Sex Classes: "Students improve at Newark school after classes divided" -- An idea whose time has come (again)?

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WHAT'S HAPPENING
  • BUDGET CALENDAR: A three-year budget comparison document is online here.

    • Mon Oct 20 | Fire Division and $1.66M error.
    • Thu Oct 23 - 7:30 PM, City Hall Library | Extra budget meeting: IT [Information Technology], Public Information, and Project Alert [Dudley House].
    • Fri Oct 31 | Citizens Budget Advisory Committee sends budget recommendations to council.
    • Fri Nov 7 | City Council sends budget changes to Council finance committee.
    • Mon Nov 10 | City Council discusses budget changes and recommendations (from CBAC) with self, and requests administration comment and implementation. CBAC presentation of recommendations to City Council.
    • Wed Nov 13 | Administration responds electronically to change recommendations.
    • Mon Nov 17 | Resolution for budget changes is finalized and brought forward.
    • Mon Nov 24 | Public hearing on FY2009 Budget.
    • Mon Dec 1 | FY2009 Budget adoption..

  • Today - November 3. No 'Save Muhlenberg' Meeting. Next meeting: Monday, November 10, 6:30 PM, duCret School of Art.

  • Tomorrow - November 4. 6 AM - 8 PM. General (Presidential) Election. Polls are open from 6:00 AM to 8:00 PM.

  • Tuesday - November 4. 4 PM - 1 AM. Election Night Returns-Watching Party. Join others in watching the returns -- and help a worthy cause: Club Cosmo's Winter Coat Drive. 8 large-screen TVs. At Club Cosmo, 1209 South Second Street (next to All Hands On Carwash, corner of Clinton Avenue). Cash bar, kitchen will be open, no cover charge. Info, call CJ at (908) 577-0708. Donations will benefit the Winter Coat Drive.

  • Saturday - November 8. 8 PM. Plainfield Symphony: Tribute to Leonard Bernstein. Guest Conductor: Gary Schneider. Celebrating Lennie's 100th with the Overture to Candide and the Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. Also: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5. 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. The Plainfield Symphony, New Jersey's oldest community symphony, was established in 1919.

  • Monday - November 10. 7:30 PM. City Council Agenda Session. City Hall Library. 515 Watchung Avenue.

  • Saturday - November 15. 8 PM. Crescent Concerts: Elijah. The Crescent Choral Society will perform Felix Mendelssohn's classic oratorio, with organ accompaniment. 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/.
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CENTRAL JERSEY

Millburn: "Brides picket bankrupt bridal shop"
South Plainfield: "Report sparks debate about contamination at Suburban Transit property"


STATE

Forensics: "NJ's lack of rules for storing evidence hinders convicts"
Medicaid Fraud: "State probes fraud at adult day care centers" -- Nearly one third commit fraud.
NJ National Guard: "Guard mobilizes to help NJ families"
School Administrators: "Cap on vacation, sick time payouts challenged in court today"
State Investment Fund: "Administrator defends $144M to Black Rock" -- Was state between a Rock and a hard place?
State Police: "Troopers with law degrees sue to practice law"
Voting Procedures: "Jersey's provisional ballots worry watchdogs"

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


NATION / WORLD

2008 Campaigns --
 AIG Bailout: "Experts: Bankruptcy might be better than bailout"
Real Estate: "One in five homeowners 'under water'" -- Owing more than house is worth.


OF INTEREST

A 1943 Report Card.
Report Cards: "Online grading systems mean no more changing Ds to Bs"
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Posted by Dan at 9:19 AM