PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
Helen Miller: Viewing today, 4 - 7 pm. Rose of Sharon Church, 825 West 7th Street.
A celebration of her life at 7 pm. Don't even think of parking in the church's lot!
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "The Great Blizzard of '06"
Plain Talker: "Bonaparte Gets Topeka Top Job"
Letter to the Editor, CN: Joe Gutenkauf: "Enough! Just let the mayor serve"
New Calendar Events: February 21 and 28
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Cranford: "As the Rahway River chokes on silt, Cranford looks for answers"
Elizabeth: "Making a case for a new school site"
Newark Archdiocese: "Archdiocese names Hanbury new schools chief, looks at closings"
Roselle: "Roselle officer among four whose Vietnam-era remains are found in Laos"
Roselle Park: "EPA, other agencies holding an 'availability' today on ballfield lead levels"
Scotch Plains: "Hunters bag 75 deer in effort to thin the herd"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Fiscal situation - SL: "Advocates for needy urge Corzine to help"
..... - CN: "State warned against cutting off poor"
............ The Antipoverty Network's website is here
Gay Marriage: "Backers of gay marriage rally amid hope on key court case"
..... - Editorial, CN: "Lawmakers, not court, should make call on gay marriage"
Highlands: "Tax refunds okayed for 4 towns; Property owners lost right to develop land"
McGuire AFB: "New McGuire projects a cause to celebrate"
Medical School: "Plan for Touro medical school is brought back to life"
Newark 2006 Mayoral Race:
..... - Booker - Column, SL: Tom Moran: "Round two: Booker jabs, but James stays low"
..... - James - Column, SL: Joan Whitlow: "The mayor boasts like a man in the race"
Parsippany: "Ex-court clerk admits stealing $745 in fines, faces year in jail"
Sayreville: "Council expands redevelopment agency; Agency threatens suit"
Schools Construction Corp.: David Sciarra: "A rebuilt school construction plan"
Statehouse: "$1.2 million upgrade to make Statehouse more secure"
West Orange - SL: "No joke, W. Orange charges cop-comic"
..... - NYT: "Sergeant's Raunchy Comedy Puts Police Career at Risk"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - WP: "Bush Budget Would Cut Popular Health Programs"
Scandal Central:
..... - Abramoff - LAT: "Abramoff Bragged of Ties to Rove"
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - Reuters: "American Bar Association slams Bush on eavesdropping"
.......... - VillageVoice: Nat Hentoff: "The War on Privacy has changed our way of life"
.......... - WP: "White House in full court press to stop probe of NSA spying"
Cheney Hunting Accident:
..... - NYT: "Handling of Mishap Creates Strain in the White House"
.......... - "Account of Doctors Raises Questions on Heart Injury"
................. 'Shotgun basics' graphic is here
.......... - "Whittington: A Red-Stater Even Before There Was Such a Thing"
.......... - "Hunter Shot by Cheney Suffers Mild Heart Attack"
..... - WP: "Cheney's Response A Concern In GOP"
..... - Editor & Publisher: 3:40 PM Tues. "McClellan fails to tell press about victim's heart attack"
................includes transcript of the back-and-forth between reporters and McClellan
.......... - 5:30 PM Tues.: "Ari Fleischer Joins Criticism Of Cheney's Response to Shooting"
Asbestos Victim Fund: "Asbestos lobby beats back bill, for now"
Oil Companies - NYT: "U.S. Has Royalty Plan to Give Windfall to Oil Companies"
Iraq - NYT: "If War’s Virtues May Be Debatable, the Profits Aren’t"
.......... - "Quick Rise for Lincoln Group, Purveyors of Propaganda in Iraq"
..................Rise built in part on exaggerated claims about capabilities and connections
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Advertising: "Madison Avenue's 30-Second Spot Remover"
Curling, the sport: "Wicks? Skips? Decoding the curious sport of curling"
........ And you do know about the Plainfield Curling Club, right? Here.
A 'dead pool' for Boomers?: "Mortality test gives the odds you're good for 4 more years"
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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