01/10/2006 - Tuesday
CLIPPINGS: is online here - you can track down new and old postings and stories.
PLAINFIELD TODAY: my personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: the online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
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Abbott Nursing Home: "Foes don't give up; residents sue to block expansion of facility"
PHS: MLK Essays - Courier: Very nice special [not online], page C-5, features 17 PHS
students and prints their essays on the theme 'In 10 years, the world should be...'
PHS Basketball: "Plainfield sticking by motto: 'Defend, rebound and run'"
School Board - Plain Talker: "School Board Race Coming Up"
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Cranford: "New mayor lists town's priorities"
Franklin (Somerset): "Council beset by prosecutor's probe and controversy"
Mountainside: "Mayor warns taxes could jump"
North Plainfield: "Villa Maria development talks halted by Green Brook debate"
Scotch Plains: "6-year public defender Blacker named to post of prosecutor"
South River: "Borough worker pleads guilty to theft of $2,000 in utility bills"
Union Co. Freeholders: "New chairman vows to bring Jets into Berkeley Heights"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine - Cabinet Picks:
.......... - Attorney General - Ledger: "Farber reportedly is choice for AG"
.......... - Health, Human Services - Ledger: "Corzine names human services, health chiefs"
.................... - NY Times: "Corzine Pick for Human Services Wins the Praise of Reformers"
Legislature:
.......... - Death Penalty - Ledger: "Capital punishment timeout advances"
.......... - Domestic Partners: "Gay rights bills move forward"
.......... - Legislative Roundup - Ledger: "No big fights as Legislature wraps up"
............... - Courier: "$70M in spending, tax breaks await Codey's approval"
.......... - Retiring Legislators: "By choice or defeat, 10 head for home"
.......... - Smoking - Ledger: "Assembly votes indoor smoking ban"
.................... - NY Times: "Legislators Pass Smoking Ban in New Jersey"
Affordable Housing: "28 towns miss deadline, face builder lawsuits"
Emergency Medical Care: "State's care rated a little better than average"
Medicare: "Medicare chaos strands Jersey's needy seniors, State steps in"
Montclair: "Midtown Direct rail service attracts condo builder"
Newark: "Ward leader Truitt picked for Assembly seat, replaces disgrace Williams"
.......... - Devils: "Newark, Devils are still apart on arena"
Orange: "5.5% tax increase predicted"
............ Cites administrator Jewel Thompson-Chin, who many Plainfielders will remember
Parkway: "Size does matter: Contractor agrees to use bigger plows"
Tenafly: "Bergen borough offers eruv settlement, would permit religious district"
Transportation Trust Fund: "Meter on empty, fund searches for revenue"
UMDNJ - Ledger: "Accountants to examine UMDNJ; Monitor holds first meeting with Petillo"
.......... - NY Times: "Monitor Asks for New Jersey Medical and Dentistry School Records"
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
.......... - Abramoff: "From Big-Time Lobbyist to Object of Derision"
.................... - Fallout: "Lobby firm Alexander Strategy Group is scandal casualty"
.......... - DeLay - Replacement: "Two major contenders in race to lead House Republicans"
..................... and a graphic of who's who in the sweepstakes is here
.......... - Domestic spying:
.................... - LA Times: "Attorney General Is Asked to Testify on Spy Program"
.......... - Plamegate - Washington Post: "Tim Russert Resisted Testifying On Leak"
Federal Spending - Christian Science Monitor: "Why budget fixes can't wait"
Iraq: "In a New Book, Bremer Defends His Year in Iraq"
Israel: "Sharon Shows Improvement, Doctors Report"
Spam [the Internet kind, not the gourmet food] - NPR: "$11B fine leveled in spam case"
Supreme Court: Alito on Day 1 - Washington Post: "'A Judge Can't Have Any Agenda"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
College Admissions: Table comparing seven admission factors for a host of schools is here
Cough Syrups: "Cough syrups leave doctors cold on results"
............ I don't care what they say, gimme my Nyquil!
Education: "What Every (College) Student Should Know"
............ The 'core curriculum' debate in a new guise. . .
Facebook: "In Your Facebook.com: The good, the bad, the ugly"
Healthcare: "Record Share Of Economy - 1 in every 8 dollars - Is Spent on Health Care"
Retirement: "More Companies Ending Promises for Retirement"
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CLIPPINGS: is online here - you can track down new and old postings and stories.
PLAINFIELD TODAY: my personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: the online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
....... x----------------------------------------x
....... |........................................|
....... |......PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR........|
....... |........................................|
....... |.....Click HERE to get listing form.....|
....... |........................................|
....... x----------------------------------------x
Abbott Nursing Home: "Foes don't give up; residents sue to block expansion of facility"
PHS: MLK Essays - Courier: Very nice special [not online], page C-5, features 17 PHS
students and prints their essays on the theme 'In 10 years, the world should be...'
PHS Basketball: "Plainfield sticking by motto: 'Defend, rebound and run'"
School Board - Plain Talker: "School Board Race Coming Up"
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Cranford: "New mayor lists town's priorities"
Franklin (Somerset): "Council beset by prosecutor's probe and controversy"
Mountainside: "Mayor warns taxes could jump"
North Plainfield: "Villa Maria development talks halted by Green Brook debate"
Scotch Plains: "6-year public defender Blacker named to post of prosecutor"
South River: "Borough worker pleads guilty to theft of $2,000 in utility bills"
Union Co. Freeholders: "New chairman vows to bring Jets into Berkeley Heights"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine - Cabinet Picks:
.......... - Attorney General - Ledger: "Farber reportedly is choice for AG"
.......... - Health, Human Services - Ledger: "Corzine names human services, health chiefs"
.................... - NY Times: "Corzine Pick for Human Services Wins the Praise of Reformers"
Legislature:
.......... - Death Penalty - Ledger: "Capital punishment timeout advances"
.......... - Domestic Partners: "Gay rights bills move forward"
.......... - Legislative Roundup - Ledger: "No big fights as Legislature wraps up"
............... - Courier: "$70M in spending, tax breaks await Codey's approval"
.......... - Retiring Legislators: "By choice or defeat, 10 head for home"
.......... - Smoking - Ledger: "Assembly votes indoor smoking ban"
.................... - NY Times: "Legislators Pass Smoking Ban in New Jersey"
Affordable Housing: "28 towns miss deadline, face builder lawsuits"
Emergency Medical Care: "State's care rated a little better than average"
Medicare: "Medicare chaos strands Jersey's needy seniors, State steps in"
Montclair: "Midtown Direct rail service attracts condo builder"
Newark: "Ward leader Truitt picked for Assembly seat, replaces disgrace Williams"
.......... - Devils: "Newark, Devils are still apart on arena"
Orange: "5.5% tax increase predicted"
............ Cites administrator Jewel Thompson-Chin, who many Plainfielders will remember
Parkway: "Size does matter: Contractor agrees to use bigger plows"
Tenafly: "Bergen borough offers eruv settlement, would permit religious district"
Transportation Trust Fund: "Meter on empty, fund searches for revenue"
UMDNJ - Ledger: "Accountants to examine UMDNJ; Monitor holds first meeting with Petillo"
.......... - NY Times: "Monitor Asks for New Jersey Medical and Dentistry School Records"
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
.......... - Abramoff: "From Big-Time Lobbyist to Object of Derision"
.................... - Fallout: "Lobby firm Alexander Strategy Group is scandal casualty"
.......... - DeLay - Replacement: "Two major contenders in race to lead House Republicans"
..................... and a graphic of who's who in the sweepstakes is here
.......... - Domestic spying:
.................... - LA Times: "Attorney General Is Asked to Testify on Spy Program"
.......... - Plamegate - Washington Post: "Tim Russert Resisted Testifying On Leak"
Federal Spending - Christian Science Monitor: "Why budget fixes can't wait"
Iraq: "In a New Book, Bremer Defends His Year in Iraq"
Israel: "Sharon Shows Improvement, Doctors Report"
Spam [the Internet kind, not the gourmet food] - NPR: "$11B fine leveled in spam case"
Supreme Court: Alito on Day 1 - Washington Post: "'A Judge Can't Have Any Agenda"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
College Admissions: Table comparing seven admission factors for a host of schools is here
Cough Syrups: "Cough syrups leave doctors cold on results"
............ I don't care what they say, gimme my Nyquil!
Education: "What Every (College) Student Should Know"
............ The 'core curriculum' debate in a new guise. . .
Facebook: "In Your Facebook.com: The good, the bad, the ugly"
Healthcare: "Record Share Of Economy - 1 in every 8 dollars - Is Spent on Health Care"
Retirement: "More Companies Ending Promises for Retirement"
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