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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Thanksgiving.. Bernice: Mayor's cabinet's pay.. Olddoc: Taxpayers and Connolly's PMUA tab?.. Storch: How other towns handle budgets..



PLAINFIELD TODAY
LVA: "Packed house at launch of literacy students' magazine"
PMUA: "Utility mulls options in light of Connolly's 900M debt" -- Courier | Ledger |
Plainfield Symphony: "PSO to perform Holiday Pops family concert"
Plainfield PBA: "Police union distributes baskets to needy" -- A photo gallery.
Queen City Academy: "Kids embrace the game of chess" -- Photo gallery here.
Obituary: "Arnold Hamm, PHS '70, Stone Square Lodge" -- Viewing at Calvary Baptist, Friday, 6-9; Services Saturday, 9 AM.

Plainfield observers (click on name to go to post): Bernice takes up the matter of the Mayor's cabinet's pay, and invites all to give thanks. Olddoc notes news that taxpayers may have to pick up Connolly's PMUA debt. Maria wishes all a Happy Thanksgiving. Bo on the 22nds, in light of Plainfield's budget mess, asks it voters don't feel cheated. Councilor Mapp wishes all a Happy Thanksgiving. Councilor Storch notes what some other towns are doing about the 'budget dilemma'. CBAC (budget advisory committee) invites your comments.

Also, three personal blogs by Plainfielders, each with a point of view: Rebecca Williams' Confessions of a Bathrobe Blogger, Renata Hernandez' PEPTalk: Revisited, and Jackie Schnoop's The (TV) Show Must Go On.

Cranford Crossing: "Debate continues over what are proper tenants at troubled complex"
Schools Consolidation: "Proposal to consolidate 6 Somerset county districts is in limbo"

Sen. Bob Menendez: "Menendez' focus is 'jobs, not Dobbs'"
State Budget --
Taxes: "Poll: Voters support merging school districts, local governments to cut taxes"


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