PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Getting the most out of blogs: Understanding Permalinks"
Plain Talker: "Attorney will Receive $7,500 To Research Mayoral Issue"
Courier has nice cover picture on 'Community' section of Mayor Robinson-Briggs being
visited at her home by Girls Scouts selling their trademark cookies. Not in online edition.
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Edison - Column, SL: Tom Moran: "The reformer navigates a minefield in Edison"
Linden: "U.S. revisits crash that killed drunk cop, chastises city"
Manville: "Robbers pistol-whip employee, steal packages at travel agency"
New Brunswick: "Cahill: On the menu, top-notch development"
Rahway: "Rahway probing officer's accident; Did go-go bar visit preced car crash?"
Roselle Park: "Roselle Park shuffles school administrators"
Scotch Plains: "Town Hall primed for $3 million makeover"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine: Schools Constructions Corp.: "School-building agency retooled"
Menendez' Vacant House Seat: "Vas challenges Sires to debates"
Gambling scandal hits pro hockey - Ledger:
..... - "Coach and trooper allegedly took bets from players, Gretzky's wife"
..... - "Gretzky's wife takes center ice in probe"
..... - "AG, lawyer at odds over trooper's story" Get a load of the loot list for this trooper!
..... - "NHL skates into an age-old problem"
Advance Placement Tests: "Few in poor districts ever take the exams"
East Orange: "Property revaluations detailed; First such effort in 32 years"
Election Reform - SL: "Pilot program on fundraising encourages election reformers"
..... - CN: "State not ready to give up 'clean' election goal"
Finances - SL: "Auditor: Nobody's minding the store; Describes lack of financial oversight"
..... - CN: "Auditor: State ignoring savings tips"
Homeowner Association Rules: "Judges say residents cannot sign away rights"
..... - Companion story: "In Camelot, rules hardly seem ideal"
Jersey City: "Start of train passenger screening goes smoothly at Exchange Place"
McMansions: "Livingston debates 'McMansion limits'"
Medicare: "Local druggists call Medicare plans an Rx for disaster"
Middletown: "School board charges superintendent inflated vacation time"
Newark: "Newark a likely site for armed homeland security copter"
Pay-to-play - Editorial, SL: "'Fair and open' nonsense"
Totowa: "One Year After Chemist's Murder, a Stalled Inquiry Angers Relatives"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - SL: "President's budget unlikely to endure election-year politics"
..... - Analysis, WP: "Budget Plan Assumes Too Much, Demands Too Little"
Scandal Central:
..... - Abramoff - Boston Globe: "Abramoff's grand aims came early"
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - Boston Globe: "GOP senators add heat; Specter urges AG to get court review"
.......... - LA Times: "Gonzales ends up defending his credibility against claims he misled"
.......... - NYT: "Republican Who Oversees N.S.A. Calls for Wiretap Inquiry"
............... - "Ex - President Carter: Eavesdropping Illegal"
..... - Plamegate - AlterNet: "The Betrayal of Valerie Plame"
Boehner / Lobby connection - WP: "Boehner Rents D.C. Apartment Owned by Lobbyist"
FDA / Lobby connection - WP: "Former FDA Chief Joins Lobby Shop"
H-Bomb Plans - Oakland Tribune: "Lab officials excited by new H-bomb project"
Iraq - Guardian/UK: "US general admits presence of troops 'a destabilizing factor'"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Diet: "Low-Fat Diet's Benefits Rejected; Study Finds No Drop In Risk for Disease"
Coretta Scott King Funeral - NYT: "At Mrs. King's Funeral, a Mix of Elegy and Politics"
..... - WP: "Coretta Scott King's Legacy Celebrated in Final Farewell"
.............. - Photo galleries of the funeral and her life are here
The Muhammad Cartoons: "A Startling New Lesson in the Power of Imagery"
Real Estate: "2 Web Sites Push Further Into Services Real Estate Agents Offer"
....... The info site, Zillow, is here. The bidding site, Redfin, is here.
ABBREVIATIONS FOR FREQUENTLY CITED NEWS SOURCES
CN - Courier News | SL - Star-Ledger | NYT - New York Times | WP - Washington Post |
AFP - Agence France Presse | AP - Associated Press | APP - Asbury Park Press | BR - Bergen Record |
CSM - Christian Science Monitor | CP - Courier Post [Cherry Hill] | HNT - Home News [New Brunswick] |
JJ - Jersey Journal [Jersey City] | LAT - Los Angeles Times | ND - Newsday | NOLA - Times-Picayune |
NPR - National Public Radio | PNJ - Politics NJ | TT - Trenton Times |
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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Getting the most out of blogs: Understanding Permalinks"
Plain Talker: "Attorney will Receive $7,500 To Research Mayoral Issue"
Courier has nice cover picture on 'Community' section of Mayor Robinson-Briggs being
visited at her home by Girls Scouts selling their trademark cookies. Not in online edition.
. x--------------------------------x
. |...PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR...|
..|.Click HERE to get listing form.|
. x--------------------------------x
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Edison - Column, SL: Tom Moran: "The reformer navigates a minefield in Edison"
Linden: "U.S. revisits crash that killed drunk cop, chastises city"
Manville: "Robbers pistol-whip employee, steal packages at travel agency"
New Brunswick: "Cahill: On the menu, top-notch development"
Rahway: "Rahway probing officer's accident; Did go-go bar visit preced car crash?"
Roselle Park: "Roselle Park shuffles school administrators"
Scotch Plains: "Town Hall primed for $3 million makeover"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine: Schools Constructions Corp.: "School-building agency retooled"
Menendez' Vacant House Seat: "Vas challenges Sires to debates"
Gambling scandal hits pro hockey - Ledger:
..... - "Coach and trooper allegedly took bets from players, Gretzky's wife"
..... - "Gretzky's wife takes center ice in probe"
..... - "AG, lawyer at odds over trooper's story" Get a load of the loot list for this trooper!
..... - "NHL skates into an age-old problem"
Advance Placement Tests: "Few in poor districts ever take the exams"
East Orange: "Property revaluations detailed; First such effort in 32 years"
Election Reform - SL: "Pilot program on fundraising encourages election reformers"
..... - CN: "State not ready to give up 'clean' election goal"
Finances - SL: "Auditor: Nobody's minding the store; Describes lack of financial oversight"
..... - CN: "Auditor: State ignoring savings tips"
Homeowner Association Rules: "Judges say residents cannot sign away rights"
..... - Companion story: "In Camelot, rules hardly seem ideal"
Jersey City: "Start of train passenger screening goes smoothly at Exchange Place"
McMansions: "Livingston debates 'McMansion limits'"
Medicare: "Local druggists call Medicare plans an Rx for disaster"
Middletown: "School board charges superintendent inflated vacation time"
Newark: "Newark a likely site for armed homeland security copter"
Pay-to-play - Editorial, SL: "'Fair and open' nonsense"
Totowa: "One Year After Chemist's Murder, a Stalled Inquiry Angers Relatives"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - SL: "President's budget unlikely to endure election-year politics"
..... - Analysis, WP: "Budget Plan Assumes Too Much, Demands Too Little"
Scandal Central:
..... - Abramoff - Boston Globe: "Abramoff's grand aims came early"
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - Boston Globe: "GOP senators add heat; Specter urges AG to get court review"
.......... - LA Times: "Gonzales ends up defending his credibility against claims he misled"
.......... - NYT: "Republican Who Oversees N.S.A. Calls for Wiretap Inquiry"
............... - "Ex - President Carter: Eavesdropping Illegal"
..... - Plamegate - AlterNet: "The Betrayal of Valerie Plame"
Boehner / Lobby connection - WP: "Boehner Rents D.C. Apartment Owned by Lobbyist"
FDA / Lobby connection - WP: "Former FDA Chief Joins Lobby Shop"
H-Bomb Plans - Oakland Tribune: "Lab officials excited by new H-bomb project"
Iraq - Guardian/UK: "US general admits presence of troops 'a destabilizing factor'"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Diet: "Low-Fat Diet's Benefits Rejected; Study Finds No Drop In Risk for Disease"
Coretta Scott King Funeral - NYT: "At Mrs. King's Funeral, a Mix of Elegy and Politics"
..... - WP: "Coretta Scott King's Legacy Celebrated in Final Farewell"
.............. - Photo galleries of the funeral and her life are here
The Muhammad Cartoons: "A Startling New Lesson in the Power of Imagery"
Real Estate: "2 Web Sites Push Further Into Services Real Estate Agents Offer"
....... The info site, Zillow, is here. The bidding site, Redfin, is here.
ABBREVIATIONS FOR FREQUENTLY CITED NEWS SOURCES
CN - Courier News | SL - Star-Ledger | NYT - New York Times | WP - Washington Post |
AFP - Agence France Presse | AP - Associated Press | APP - Asbury Park Press | BR - Bergen Record |
CSM - Christian Science Monitor | CP - Courier Post [Cherry Hill] | HNT - Home News [New Brunswick] |
JJ - Jersey Journal [Jersey City] | LAT - Los Angeles Times | ND - Newsday | NOLA - Times-Picayune |
NPR - National Public Radio | PNJ - Politics NJ | TT - Trenton Times |
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