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PLAINFIELD TODAY: my personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: the online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Housing Authority: "Plainfield housing director resigns"
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Elizabeth: "Students learn math, help charity; NJN to highlight youths' generous deeds"
............... - "Acting schools superintendent gets $30K pay raise"
Garwood: "Mayor's goals: Keep taxes down, services up"
Hillside: "Library makeover is a page turner; New desks, computers only the start"
North Plainfield: "Police department using new breath test"
Piscataway - Ledger: "Town rezones Stelton Rd. site for 'transit village' plan"
............... - Courier: "Piscataway council OKs transit village"
Rahway: "3 killing witnesses recant; say detectives coerced them"
Union Twp.: "PBA calls for renewal of moonlighting program"
Woodbridge: "Pelzman lists his achievements; address resembles campaign speech"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine - Ledger: "On his first day, governor issues warning to towns"
.................... - Appointments - State Police: "Corzine keeping State Police boss"
.................... - Bd of Public Utilities: "Corzine keeps aide's wife at helm of utilities board"
............... - Courier: "Mayors sound off on taxes during meeting with Corzine"
.................... - Staffing: "463 workers face resignation as Corzine seeks to reduce payroll"
............... - NY Times: "Corzine Addresses Fiscal Ills, but Not Cures"
Menendez - Ledger: "Menendez takes oath as a U.S. senator"
.......... - Courier: "Menendez begins dream job"
.......... - AP: "Rep. Menendez Gets New Title: Senator"
Menendez Replacement: "Corzine weighs special election to fill Menendez's seat"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
Mahwah: "Ramapough tribe sues Ford over sludge dumping"
Medicare: "26 states spread out a safety net; Survey finds dozens of problems"
Ocean County - Ledger: "Video plea from dying woman fails to budge freeholders"
NY Times: "Freeholders turn dying officer down again on benefits for companion"
Political Contributions: "Democrats raise more, spend more than rivals -- by about 3-to-1"
Smoking: "Proposed bill would end all smoking inside casinos"
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
.......... - Abramoff - Wash Post/AP: "White House silent on Abramoff meetings with Bush staff"
.......... - DeLay - AP: "DeLay Case Prosecutor Wants Conspiracy Charge Revived"
.......... - Domestic spying:
.................... - Wash Post: "Congressional Agency Questions Legality of Wiretaps"
.................... - Salon.com: "Strange Bedfellows v. Bush and Cheney"
.................... - Guardian/UK: "Hitchens joins authors seeking US wiretapping ban"
.......... - Lobbygate:
.................... - Congress - OpEd, NY Times: "If You Give a Congressman a Cookie"
.................... - Hilary's 'Plantation' remark - Wash Post: "Obama Backs Clinton's Criticism of GOP"
......................... - Dem Reform Proposals: "Democrats Unveil Lobbying Curbs"
.................... - Junkets - LA Times: "Lawmakers May Have to Fund Own Trips"
Afghanistan - SF Chronicle: Robert Scheer: "Terrorism's elusive refuge"
Cisneros - NY Times: "Inquiry on Clinton official ends with accusations of cover-up"
Iraq - Wounded - Truthdig: "The Forgotten Wounded of Iraq"
.......... - WMDs - Reuters: "Ex-CIA chief Tenet's book to explain "slam dunk" on Iraq"
............... - NY Times: "2002 Memo Doubted Uranium Sale Claim"
Medicare - Wash Post: "Amid criticism of new plan, GOP tries to reassure angry Seniors"
Murtha - OpEd, NY Times: James Webb: "Purple Heartbreakers"
.......... - Column, Wash Post: Howard Kurtz: "A Swift-Moving Story"
Schools: Jonathan Kozol: "The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America"
Supreme Court: "Justices Unanimously Send Back Parent-Notification Law"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Aspirin: "Study Reveals a Sharp Gender Divide in Benefits"
Eminent Domain: "Developers Can't Imagine a World Without Eminent Domain"
DNA Research: "If Irish Claim Nobility, Science May Approve"
Global Warming: "Do trees share blame for global warming?"
Junk-food: "Suit targets Kellogg, Nickelodeon"
Profile - Wash Post: "Breaking Ranks: Larry Wilkerson, Colin Powell's once best friend"
Restrooms. Yes, restrooms! : "'Potty parity' aims to remedy long lines"
Spain: "Sleepless in Spain: The siesta recedes as economy globalizes"
Street Cams: "Federal grants bring cameras to small towns; Critics say crime not deterred"
Voting Machines: "As election season nears, upgrade efforts bog down"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - FEMA: "Brown Accepts More Blame on Katrina"
New Orleans - Nagin Flap - Washington Post: "Mayor apologizes for his remarks"
.......... - Times-Picayune [Tues]: "Evoking King, Nagin calls N.O. 'chocolate' city"
............... - Transcript of extemporaneous speech is here
............Reposting entire Nagin section as links were messed up yesterday. Sorry.
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PLAINFIELD TODAY: my personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: the online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Housing Authority: "Plainfield housing director resigns"
....... x----------------------------------------x
....... |........................................|
....... |......PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR........|
....... |........................................|
....... |.....Click HERE to get listing form.....|
....... |........................................|
....... x----------------------------------------x
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Elizabeth: "Students learn math, help charity; NJN to highlight youths' generous deeds"
............... - "Acting schools superintendent gets $30K pay raise"
Garwood: "Mayor's goals: Keep taxes down, services up"
Hillside: "Library makeover is a page turner; New desks, computers only the start"
North Plainfield: "Police department using new breath test"
Piscataway - Ledger: "Town rezones Stelton Rd. site for 'transit village' plan"
............... - Courier: "Piscataway council OKs transit village"
Rahway: "3 killing witnesses recant; say detectives coerced them"
Union Twp.: "PBA calls for renewal of moonlighting program"
Woodbridge: "Pelzman lists his achievements; address resembles campaign speech"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine - Ledger: "On his first day, governor issues warning to towns"
.................... - Appointments - State Police: "Corzine keeping State Police boss"
.................... - Bd of Public Utilities: "Corzine keeps aide's wife at helm of utilities board"
............... - Courier: "Mayors sound off on taxes during meeting with Corzine"
.................... - Staffing: "463 workers face resignation as Corzine seeks to reduce payroll"
............... - NY Times: "Corzine Addresses Fiscal Ills, but Not Cures"
Menendez - Ledger: "Menendez takes oath as a U.S. senator"
.......... - Courier: "Menendez begins dream job"
.......... - AP: "Rep. Menendez Gets New Title: Senator"
Menendez Replacement: "Corzine weighs special election to fill Menendez's seat"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
Mahwah: "Ramapough tribe sues Ford over sludge dumping"
Medicare: "26 states spread out a safety net; Survey finds dozens of problems"
Ocean County - Ledger: "Video plea from dying woman fails to budge freeholders"
NY Times: "Freeholders turn dying officer down again on benefits for companion"
Political Contributions: "Democrats raise more, spend more than rivals -- by about 3-to-1"
Smoking: "Proposed bill would end all smoking inside casinos"
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
.......... - Abramoff - Wash Post/AP: "White House silent on Abramoff meetings with Bush staff"
.......... - DeLay - AP: "DeLay Case Prosecutor Wants Conspiracy Charge Revived"
.......... - Domestic spying:
.................... - Wash Post: "Congressional Agency Questions Legality of Wiretaps"
.................... - Salon.com: "Strange Bedfellows v. Bush and Cheney"
.................... - Guardian/UK: "Hitchens joins authors seeking US wiretapping ban"
.......... - Lobbygate:
.................... - Congress - OpEd, NY Times: "If You Give a Congressman a Cookie"
.................... - Hilary's 'Plantation' remark - Wash Post: "Obama Backs Clinton's Criticism of GOP"
......................... - Dem Reform Proposals: "Democrats Unveil Lobbying Curbs"
.................... - Junkets - LA Times: "Lawmakers May Have to Fund Own Trips"
Afghanistan - SF Chronicle: Robert Scheer: "Terrorism's elusive refuge"
Cisneros - NY Times: "Inquiry on Clinton official ends with accusations of cover-up"
Iraq - Wounded - Truthdig: "The Forgotten Wounded of Iraq"
.......... - WMDs - Reuters: "Ex-CIA chief Tenet's book to explain "slam dunk" on Iraq"
............... - NY Times: "2002 Memo Doubted Uranium Sale Claim"
Medicare - Wash Post: "Amid criticism of new plan, GOP tries to reassure angry Seniors"
Murtha - OpEd, NY Times: James Webb: "Purple Heartbreakers"
.......... - Column, Wash Post: Howard Kurtz: "A Swift-Moving Story"
Schools: Jonathan Kozol: "The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America"
Supreme Court: "Justices Unanimously Send Back Parent-Notification Law"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Aspirin: "Study Reveals a Sharp Gender Divide in Benefits"
Eminent Domain: "Developers Can't Imagine a World Without Eminent Domain"
DNA Research: "If Irish Claim Nobility, Science May Approve"
Global Warming: "Do trees share blame for global warming?"
Junk-food: "Suit targets Kellogg, Nickelodeon"
Profile - Wash Post: "Breaking Ranks: Larry Wilkerson, Colin Powell's once best friend"
Restrooms. Yes, restrooms! : "'Potty parity' aims to remedy long lines"
Spain: "Sleepless in Spain: The siesta recedes as economy globalizes"
Street Cams: "Federal grants bring cameras to small towns; Critics say crime not deterred"
Voting Machines: "As election season nears, upgrade efforts bog down"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - FEMA: "Brown Accepts More Blame on Katrina"
New Orleans - Nagin Flap - Washington Post: "Mayor apologizes for his remarks"
.......... - Times-Picayune [Tues]: "Evoking King, Nagin calls N.O. 'chocolate' city"
............... - Transcript of extemporaneous speech is here
............Reposting entire Nagin section as links were messed up yesterday. Sorry.
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