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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Vote or be tormented.. Plainfield cop pleads guilty in DWI.. Car chase.. Olddoc on Yom HaShoah.. Cryan hearing boils over..

PLAINFIELD



PLAINFIELD TODAY:
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Be sure to check out fellow Plainfield bloggers: Bernice notes how the Muhlenberg closure is affecting her health care. Maria is amused by Dan's 'guilt' and amazed by Jerry's post. Olddoc meditates on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Assemblyman Green gets portentous with 'An Address to Maria's Blog and Plainfield Voters'.


Cop DWI Case: "Sanders pleads guilty in DWI crash" -- Courier | Ledger |
Car Chase: "Chase by cops ends in crash at 7th & Central"
School Security: "Lessons learned from Columbine"
'Gold Parties': "Getting rid of unused or unwanted jewelry benefits charities" -- Our own Suburban Jewelers has raised money for the Friends of the Library. Call Lisa at 756-1774 for details.

Cryan-stalking Case: "Hearing over ex-girlfriend's PTI explodes in charges, countercharges"
Edison: "Choi to opponents: Disclose government jobs and contracts"
NJT: "Gaps between train and platform lead to 58 injuries"
Prison Lit: "Prison may put inmates' book on banned list"
Pru Discrimination Suit: "Legal fight gets rolling again"
Pulitzer: "Rutgers' Gordon-Reed wins for 'The Hemings of Monticello'"
Theaters: "Metuchen's Forum to open again" -- Meanwhile, Plainfield's Strand has been utterly gutted. Check it out.
Union County: "Freeholders clear $442.5M county budget"


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WHAT'S HAPPENING

  • SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS TODAY, 2:00 - 9:00 PM.

  • Tomorrow - April 22. Administrative Professionals Day. Don't forget to thank the people who REALLY make the world go 'round.

  • Thursday - April 23. 6:30 - 8:30 PM. Culture & Heritage Commission Open House.

  • Saturday - April 25. 8 PM. Crescent Concerts: Reformation and Requiem. The Crescent Choral Society and orchestra present J.S. Bach's Ein feste' Burg cantata and John Rutter's Requiem. Under the direction of Ronald Thayer. At Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, East 7th Street and Watchung Avenue (parking in lot on First Place or at Swain Galleries). Tickets: $20/person, $15/seniors, $5/students. Info: (908) 756-2468 or visit the website at www.crescentconcerts.org/.

  • Tuesday - April 28. 6:30 PM. Citywide Block Association Meeting. Getting reorganized. At: United Presbyterian Church, 525 East Front Street (across from Richmond Towers, parking in rear).
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STATE
2009 Races --
ELEC: "ELEC bans use of campaign funds for criminal defense"
Pollution Case: "Plant manager gets 70 months in Delaware pollution case"
School Board Elections: "Local districts take different approaches" | "$14B in budgets on the line"
State Parks: "No state parks will close, but land preservation may suffer"


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