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	<title>Grassroots Groundswell</title>
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		<title>FAQ: How the State’s Regionalization Plan Could Affect Your District &#8211; submitted by Mark Williams</title>
		<link>http://communityrights.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/faq-how-the-state%e2%80%99s-regionalization-plan-could-affect-your-district-submitted-by-mark-williams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Accessed 11/16/2009
By March 2010, the state’s 21 Executive County Superintendents will submit proposals to regionalize school districts within their jurisdictions. The primary goal is elimination of as many elementary-only and high school-only districts as possible in favor of kindergarten-through-12th grade configurations. How many school districts will be included in the regionalization proposals that appear on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=communityrights.wordpress.com&blog=2399573&post=3479&subd=communityrights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Focus on the Positive</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Heather Jones DeGeorge
Since this blog is heavily devoted to navigating the obstacles that face our community, it can tend to feel negative.  After all, problems are not pleasant.
There are plenty of initiatives I would love to take on in an effort to make things better that I am stretched too thin to do.  I&#8217;m [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=communityrights.wordpress.com&blog=2399573&post=3476&subd=communityrights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Annual Clean Up of Parkview Ave</title>
		<link>http://communityrights.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/annual-clean-up-of-parkview-ave/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The North Plainfield Shade Tree Advisory Board will conduct our annual clean up of Parkview Ave,. between Harrington Ave. &#38; Clinton Ave. on Saturday, November 7, starting at 9:00 A.M. Anyone wishing to join us is welcome, just show up and sign in.
For more information, please contract Frank D&#8217;Amore at frankdsr@comcast.net
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		<title>Candidates for North Plainfield &#8211; NJ.com</title>
		<link>http://communityrights.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/candidates-for-north-plainfield-nj-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
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Experience vs. fresh ideas in North Plainfield council race
By Stephen Stirling/For The Star-Ledger
October 25, 2009, 6:05AM
Jim McGarryNORTH PLAINFIELD &#8212; A North Plainfield Republican is making a renewed bid for a borough council slot he held nearly a decade ago.
Jim McGarry will face-off against Democratic incumbent Everett Merrill for the sole open position on the North [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=communityrights.wordpress.com&blog=2399573&post=3471&subd=communityrights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Joint Meeting of Borough Council, Board of Adjustment, Planning Board: Crystal Ridge &#8211; Possible Dropping Of Age Restriction</title>
		<link>http://communityrights.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/joint-meeting-of-borough-council-board-of-adjustment-planning-board-crystal-ridge-possible-dropping-of-age-restriction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The meeting will be held Monday, October 26th at North Plainfield Community Center, 614 Greenbrook Road at 7:30pm.
The attorneys, for the property owners of the Crystal Ridge development, have approached the borough to eliminate the age restriction. The impact on the borough, with respect to education costs, should concern all North Plainfield residents. It is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=communityrights.wordpress.com&blog=2399573&post=3462&subd=communityrights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Audio: NPCCR October 20 Meeting &#8211; Candidates Night</title>
		<link>http://communityrights.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/audio-npccr-october-20-meeting-candidates-night/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Here&#8217;s the audio from last night&#8217;s meeting.
Bob Gatto provided an update on the NPCCR Sunshine Law petition. NPCCR contends their version of the petition is significantly different from the one passed by the borough council and wants their version of the ordinance to be voted on by the residents. In order for that to happen, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=communityrights.wordpress.com&blog=2399573&post=3455&subd=communityrights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Clothing Bin Ordinance &#8211; Borough Council Meeting, October 13th 2009</title>
		<link>http://communityrights.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/clothing-bin-ordinance-borough-council-meeting-october-13th-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the BC meeting last night, a new clothing bin ordinance was discussed. The state has issued an allowance for municipalities to regulate the use of clothing bins. It was reported, some clothing collection areas (not necessarily in North Plainfield) are used by organizations other than charities. An example was provided that told of a company shipping [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=communityrights.wordpress.com&blog=2399573&post=3446&subd=communityrights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>H1N1 (Swine Flu) Vaccination Status &#8211; Board Of Health Meeting, October 13th 2009</title>
		<link>http://communityrights.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/h1n1-swine-flu-vaccination-status-board-of-health-meeting-october-13th-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FLU SHOTS AVAILABLE ON OCTOBER 17TH ARE **NOT** THE SWINE FLU VACCINATION.
John Horensky of Somerset County Health Department and Brian Martin, Coodinator, Office of Emergency Management were at the Board Of Health meeting and provided a status report for the availability of the swine flu vaccination.
The H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine should [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=communityrights.wordpress.com&blog=2399573&post=3438&subd=communityrights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Flu shots available Sat. 10/17</title>
		<link>http://communityrights.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/flu-shots-available-sat-1017/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark your calendar,
Saturday, October 17, is the date of the &#8220;North Plainfield Health and Safety Day&#8221; at the Community Center (the corner of Greenbrook Road &#38; Clinton Avenue&#8211;the beige building).
From 8:00 A.M. to 12 noon.   Flu shots will be give from 10:00 A.M. 12 noon. There will be a $5.00 charge for residents and $10.00 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=communityrights.wordpress.com&blog=2399573&post=3435&subd=communityrights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Artificial Turf Health Concerns and the “Precautionary Principle” &#8211; submitted by Mark Williams</title>
		<link>http://communityrights.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/artificial-turf-health-concerns-and-the-%e2%80%9cprecautionary-principle%e2%80%9d-submitted-by-mark-williams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many of you are familiar with the “Precautionary Principle”? The primary tenet of the principle is that we have a moral responsibility to take a proactive posture in response to a threat to human health and the environment when it is reasonably perceived that a threat exists despite the lack of scientific proof. Follow [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=communityrights.wordpress.com&blog=2399573&post=3430&subd=communityrights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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