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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Rucker on Ward 1 Town Hall, citywide block associations meetings.. Maria: Smart Growth development scorecard.. Bernice: What's next for DPW&UD?.. Olddoc captures a German soldier.. PSN kicks off weekly Steel interviews.. Jackie on Survivor: Redemption Island..



PLAINFIELD TODAY:
St. Mark's Church:  "Canon Leroy Lyons celebrating 40 years in Plainfield"
Plainfield Public Library:  "Library hosting series of personal workshops"
Police Blotter:  "Blotter, March 23"
YMCA:  "Youth fitness programs offered for ages 5-8 and 9-13"


Hillsborough:  "School district union concessions could save 270 jobs"
Newark Schools --

Overtime:  "County pays $13.9M in overtime" -- Two corrections officers made over $200,000 each, more than the governor or their boss.

Abbott Schools Funding:  "Christie confident he can convince Supreme Court on funding"
Charters:  "Doing the math on the DOE Interim Charters Report" -- Gordon MacInnes.
Early Release Program:  "Another slaying attributed to early-release ex-inmate"
'Grandparent Scam':  "AG Dow launches educational campaign on 'grandparent scam'"
Illegal Housing:  "Carteret launches campaign against illegal housing"
Homelessness:  "NJ homelessness rises more than 6 percent in two years"
Police Consolidation:  "Christie: It's time to consolidate police" -- Ledger | Gannett |
Redistricting:  "Map proposes to increase minority representation" -- PolNJ | Ledger -- Map is here.
School Choice Bill:  "Students rally at NJ Assembly budget hearing seeking bill's passage"
State Budgets:  "States pass pain to cities as cutbacks cascade"

RECENT POSTS: Bernice asks what's next for DPW&UD, notes anniversary of North Avenue demolition, flowers bow to Mother Nature. Olddoc notes the 66th anniversary of his taking a German soldier prisoner. Maria posts a Smart Growth Development Scorecard from NJ Future. Tony Rucker, at Queen City Progressive, reports on both the Ward 1 Town Hall and the Citywide Block Associations meetings. Plainfield Sports News kicks off its 'Steel Weekly interviews. Jackie Schnoop's The (TV) Show Must Go On, posts the 3/23 Survivor: Redemption Island blog party.


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