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12/25/2005 - Sunday: Christmas, Kwanzaa begins, Channukah begins at sundown
CLIPPINGS is also online here - where you can track down new and old postings and stories
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
PLAINFIELD TODAY: "Season's Greetings from Mayor McWilliams and Mayor-elect Robinson-Briggs"
Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church: "New pipe organ just about ready for its solo"
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Linden: "Recycling campaign cuts rubbish, but city still liable to surcharge at County incinerator"
Perth Amboy: "$65M downtown residential/retail/parking project gets under way at long last"
Scotch Plains: "Union County gives farm new lease on life for learning"
............So with an educational farm set for Scotch Plains, what happens to the proposal for
............the same at the Peterson Farm on Cushing Road? Stay tuned.
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine: "The Keane-Byrne Dialog: A blueprint for Corzine"
For political junkies - The Auditor: "Sunday, December 25, 2005"
2006 - 1 of 8 - Courier: "Residents uncertain about state's future"
Codey: "Accidental governor looks back"
Kwanzaa: "Newark will host Kwanzaa creator Maulana Ron Karenga"
Newark - OpEd, Ledger: Joan Whitlow: "Embedded: My year of keeping an eye on Newark's City Hall"
Newark Boys and Girls Clubs: "Felix Rouse and Shavar Jeffries put their Ivy League degrees to work for club"
State Slogan - Editorial, Courier: "One slogan idea hits the mark"
UMDNJ: "As scandal rages, the healing and learning go on"
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - OpEd, Boston Globe: Ellen Goodman: "Bush's false choices"
Scandal Central:
.......... - Abramoff Affair: "The 'dirty little secret' of OpEd articles: Some were secretly paid for"
.......... - Domestic spying - NY Times: "Legal Precent: Little Help From Justices on Spy Program"
.............................. - "Congress: Among Those Told of Program, Few Objected"
Paid-for 'news' placement: "Young firm, the Lincoln Group, finds a bonanza in Middle East"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Chanukah: "The old and new Chanukah: Costlier gifts, latkes and gelt"
............ BTW, if you have noticed I have spelled the word variously, check out
............ the following -- "The Spellings of Chanukah" -- it seems no spelling is 'incorrect.' --Dan
Cheney's travel style, and gadget fetish: "Cheney Flies in Comfort"
Christmas Merchandise: "Santa's Chinese elves"
............ In which we learn that seven of the White House's 2003 artificial Christmas trees were
............made in China, and China's atheist leadership is pleased to allow the season in
............China to promote consumer spending...
Exhibit: Lichtenstein at Montclair: "Pop Artist's Fascination With the First Americans"
Geek Patrol: "Podcasting: Tutorial from Webmonkey"
Party Sales: "These are not your mother's Tupperware parties"
Pharma Humor: "Panexa. Ask your doctor for a reason to take it."
Real Estate: "House Prices: The State of the Bubble"
.......... - "New-Home Sales Dropped Last Month"
.......... - Third Homes?: "The Third Home Comes Within Reach"
Wine Snobbery: "Message in a Bottle: Blame it on the Romans"
Wineries of NJ: "Ringoes and Beyond: Wineries of New Jersey"
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