More on Howard resignation.. A cautionary development tale.. P-Funk tomorrow at Cedar Brook Park..
PLAINFIELD
Plainfield Today: "Development: A cautionary tale" -- Beware 'creative financing'
Plain Talker: "Madison Playground Repairs Coming"
Crescent Times: "New Ice Cream Shop = Yum!"
Campaign Blog wrapups: "Cory Storch" | "Tony Rucker"
Schools: "Paula Howard: Tension in district forcing her to step down as Superintendent"
FOSH: "Sleepy Hollow group holding dinner June 12"
Hospital Charity Care: "Dems plan $170M boost to hospital charity aid"
Schools: "Career Day slated for Clinton Elementary"
Schools Construction Corp.: "Legislation would ax Schools Construction Corp."
Drug Bust: "Plainfield man charged after wrestling with cops during drug bust"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
CENTRAL JERSEY
Newark: "Newark council members question mayor's tactics"
North Plainfield: "Street fair scheduled for Saturday at noon"
Sayreville: "Residents suspect Superfund sites in cancer cluster"
Scotch Plains: "Slow down for Bambi on Cooper Road"
Union County Prosecutor: "Romankow awaits renomination word"
STATE
Budget: Tom Moran: "GOP seeks swing vote, letting the poor hang"
Elections - SL: "Coalition offers 6 bills to better N.J. elections"
..... - CN: "Voter rights advocates unveil legislation to help meet fed rules"
Trenton: "Educators involved in grades tampering may lose licenses"
Legislature:
..... - DWIs: "Bills target DWI repeats"
..... - Hospital Infections: "Senators advance bill to post hospital-infection data"
..... - Offender-tracking: "Offender-tracking extension advances"
..... - Pennsylvania Fireworks: "Less bang for the bucks"
..... - Smoking: "Bill aims to safeguard kids in smokers' cars"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Elections - OpEd, SL: John Farmer: "GOP dissing of Bush bodes ill for the party in'08"
Attorneygate - The Hill: "Goodling’s ‘uncomfortable’ conversation piques senators’ interest"
Domestic Spying - WP: "Official: Cheney Urged Wiretaps"
.......... - Truthout: "Comey Implicates Cheney in Wiretapping Reprisal"
Iraq - AP: "U.S. death toll in Iraq passes 3,500"
Libby & Bush - Consortium News: "Last Plamegate Worry for Bush-Cheney"
Russia - NYT: "Putin Presents Bush With Plan on Missile Shield"
Surgeon General Nominee - ABC: "'Homosexuality Isn't Natural or Healthy'"
Voter Registration Act - McClatchy Wire: "Complaints over enforcement of voter registration law"
War Czar - WP: "Nominee to Coordinate War Offers Grim Forecast on Iraq"
OF INTEREST
NAACP: "NAACP Will Cut Staffing, Close Offices"
Ryland Inn: "For now, there's no food at the inn"
The Sopranos: "Betting Against Tony? Fuhgeddaboudit."
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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Plainfield Today: "Development: A cautionary tale" -- Beware 'creative financing'
Plain Talker: "Madison Playground Repairs Coming"
Crescent Times: "New Ice Cream Shop = Yum!"
Campaign Blog wrapups: "Cory Storch" | "Tony Rucker"
Schools: "Paula Howard: Tension in district forcing her to step down as Superintendent"
FOSH: "Sleepy Hollow group holding dinner June 12"
Hospital Charity Care: "Dems plan $170M boost to hospital charity aid"
Schools: "Career Day slated for Clinton Elementary"
Schools Construction Corp.: "Legislation would ax Schools Construction Corp."
Drug Bust: "Plainfield man charged after wrestling with cops during drug bust"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Tomorrow. June 9. Noon - 7 PM. Rhythm & Blues by the Brook. Sponsored by Union County Freeholders. At Cedar Brook Park. FREE. -- Featuring P-Funk, see Courier story here.
- Tomorrow. June 9. 7 PM. Opening Gala - Plainfield Pride Film Festival. Screening "20 Centimeters." At the home of Councilor Rashid Burney. 1127 Watchung Avenue. $25/person. Info: 757-6103.
- Exhibit. Through June 18. Wed-Sat, 10 - 4. New Jersey Landscapes by Gerry Heydt. Studio 7 Gallery. 5 Morristown Road, Bernardsville. Info: (908) 963-0365.
- Sunday. June 10. Noon - 6 PM.. 2nd Annual Plainfield Pride Picnic. Sponsors: Sleepy Hollow Realtors and Wells Fargo Mortgage. Music, clowns, facepainting, jugglers and more. Proceeds benefit Hyacinth AIDS Center and The Pride Center. At Leland Avenue Park, near Cook School. FREE.
- Sunday. June 10. 2 PM. Display: In Honor of that Grand Old Flag. Flag Day commemorated by the Historical Society of Plainfield with a display of its flag collection. At the Drake House, 602 West Front Street. FREE. Refreshments will be served.
CENTRAL JERSEY
Newark: "Newark council members question mayor's tactics"
North Plainfield: "Street fair scheduled for Saturday at noon"
Sayreville: "Residents suspect Superfund sites in cancer cluster"
Scotch Plains: "Slow down for Bambi on Cooper Road"
Union County Prosecutor: "Romankow awaits renomination word"
STATE
Budget: Tom Moran: "GOP seeks swing vote, letting the poor hang"
Elections - SL: "Coalition offers 6 bills to better N.J. elections"
..... - CN: "Voter rights advocates unveil legislation to help meet fed rules"
Trenton: "Educators involved in grades tampering may lose licenses"
Legislature:
..... - DWIs: "Bills target DWI repeats"
..... - Hospital Infections: "Senators advance bill to post hospital-infection data"
..... - Offender-tracking: "Offender-tracking extension advances"
..... - Pennsylvania Fireworks: "Less bang for the bucks"
..... - Smoking: "Bill aims to safeguard kids in smokers' cars"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.
NATION / WORLD
2008 Elections - OpEd, SL: John Farmer: "GOP dissing of Bush bodes ill for the party in'08"
Attorneygate - The Hill: "Goodling’s ‘uncomfortable’ conversation piques senators’ interest"
Domestic Spying - WP: "Official: Cheney Urged Wiretaps"
.......... - Truthout: "Comey Implicates Cheney in Wiretapping Reprisal"
Iraq - AP: "U.S. death toll in Iraq passes 3,500"
Libby & Bush - Consortium News: "Last Plamegate Worry for Bush-Cheney"
Russia - NYT: "Putin Presents Bush With Plan on Missile Shield"
Surgeon General Nominee - ABC: "'Homosexuality Isn't Natural or Healthy'"
Voter Registration Act - McClatchy Wire: "Complaints over enforcement of voter registration law"
War Czar - WP: "Nominee to Coordinate War Offers Grim Forecast on Iraq"
OF INTEREST
NAACP: "NAACP Will Cut Staffing, Close Offices"
Ryland Inn: "For now, there's no food at the inn"
The Sopranos: "Betting Against Tony? Fuhgeddaboudit."
Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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