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: "pfld = Plainfield? Whatever!"
Plain Talker: "Plan to change the City Council’s meeting schedule draws fire"
..... - "Council To Fill Board Vacancies" (posted yesterday AM, but after 'Clips' went out)
Chamber of Commerce [last item]: "Chamber seminar focuses on service"
Crime [last item]: "Plainfield man led police on a three-town chase"
Santiago 'Leave': "Protest by Plainfield police targets their chief"
Obituary: "Antwine L. McAllister, shooting victim"
New event listed for March 7th is here
Events for this week are here
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Elizabeth: "After stabbing, school district OKs use of metal detectors"
Hillside: "Residents complain about lewd behavior outside tavern"
North Plainfield: "Young professional spins web and nets friends (5,500 of 'em)"
Piscataway: "New Master Plan details Halper property plans"
South Amboy: "Firm in eminent domain fight claims city was too involved in report"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine: Gas Tax: Tom Moran: "Corzine opts for a low-octane solution"
Fenderbender in Trenton: "Official's use of car probed"
Master Plans: "East Orange has master plan for city's future"
Medicaid - SL: "Legislators looking to save money on Medicaid services"
..... - CN: "Medicaid spending could face cuts"
Newark - NYT: "With little fanfare, Newark's Mayor submits petitions to run a sixth time"
NJ has a Navy?: "Naval Militia, idled in'02, hopes to convince Corzine it's not redundant"
Port Takeovers - SL: "Bush rejects bipartisan calls to kill deal; Corzine plans to sue"
.......... - Dubai Ports World: "The new kid on the dock has unclear ties"
.......... - Q&A on the process: "A secretive approval set off the alarms"
.......... - Editorial: "Right to doubt port deal"
.......... - Op-Ed: Fran Wood: "Our security can't be dealt away"
..... - Jersey Journal: "Will UAE firm run Jersey City terminal?"
..... - NYT: "Pataki Joins Opposition to Takeover of Ports"
.......... - "Bush Would Veto Any Bill to Halt Dubai Port Deal"
Pay-to-Play: "New pay-to-play provisions confounding towns"
Property Revaluation: "Montclair selects Morris firm for first revaluation since 1989"
Road Rules for Big Rigs: "Court: Jersey's limits on big trucks unconstitutional"
Shore Properties: "A new squall menaces houses built on sand"
UMDNJ: "UMDNJ packs away its 'golden parachutes'; Severance policies halted"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - BBC: "Google throws out US data demand"
..... - Lobbygate - LAT: "'Earmarks' Became Contractor's Business"
2006 Elections - CSM: "Now running for office: an army of Iraq war vets"
Army - Boston Globe: "Struggling for recruits, rules on fitness, education, age relaxed"
Iraq - Independent/UK: "US threatens to cut aid to Iraq if new government is sectarian"
.......... - CSM: "War costs irk Congress"
Medicare - WP: "Millions Not Joining Medicare Drug Plan"
New York Governor - WP: "Pataki Undergoes Second Surgery in NYC"
Palestine - CSM: "Arab nations say they will offset funds withheld by Israel"
Port Takeovers [see entries under New Jersey]
Supreme Court - MSNBC: "Supreme Court to weigh late-term abortions"
..... - LAT: "Justices to Study Scope of '72 Clean Water Act"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Drinking in NJ - SL: "Poll: N.J. teens today start drinking earlier"
..... - CN: "Study: Teens drinking earlier than prior generations"
Gay Marriage: "Gay rights group criticizes Hillary's stance on same-sex marriage"
Media: "Remember, You Didn't Hear This From Me . . ."
....... The use of anonymous sources has as many defenders as critics
Negro League: "When the Eagles soared: Their biggest triumph was their last hurrah"
Real Estate: "For Minorities, Signs of Trouble in Foreclosures"
....... Map of foreclosures by neighborhood is here
Supreme Court: "Sect free to drink tea laced with hallucinogenic drug"
Women in Leadership: "Rutgers course helps build careers of female executives"
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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