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: "W's Adventures with Cow Pies - A Selection of Editorial Cartoons"
Plain Talker: "Board of Ed Filings Due Monday"
Acting Police Chief - CN: "20-year veteran to be city's acting chief"
....... How could the Ledger miss such an important story?
Drive-by Shooting - SL: "City man shot in drive-by shooting"
..... - CN: "Resident injured in drive-by shooting"
Black History: "A powerful voice: From a Summit pulpit, she preached racial equality"
....... Plainfielder Ethel Washington curates this exhibit at Summit's
....... Wallace Chapel AMEZ Church on March 11
School Board [2nd item]: "David Graves appointed to school board"
Events for tonight and next week are here
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. |....PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR....|
. |..Click HERE to get listing form..|
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Clark: "County to buy cemetery land to link lake to new park"
Elizabeth: "Mayor asks state to take over city schools"
Metuchen: "Cameras and alarm protected weapons cache"
Scotch Plains: "Brookside Park to get $2 million overhaul"
South Plainfield: "South Plainfield HS student custodian of a Holocaust legacy"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine:
..... - Cabinet: "After grilling, panel OKs treasurer; Public Advocate, Commerce also approved"
.......... - CN: "Public advocate nominee shakes off critics to advance"
..... - Ethics Panel: "Corzine adds members to ethics panel"
..... - Animal Welfare: "Office staff reassigned in 'efficiency' effort as advocates cry foul"
Body Parts Scam - SL: "4 charged in ring stealing body parts"
..... - NYT: "4 Men Charged in $4.6 Million Trade in Human Body Parts"
Health: "Study: Chromium industry diluted data"
Iraq: "Rep. Rothman [D-9th District] joins call to pull out"
Kushner: "Prison bureau puts Kushner's release on hold"
Legislature: "Homeowner group regulation advances, but not without sparring"
..... - CN: "Budget panel thinks IT office stands for 'information tardy'"
.......... - SL"State plans full review of tech spending"
..... - "Eminent Domain: Sparks fly; more hearings set"
Morristown: "Epstein's site to become Morristown Green residential-retail complex"
Newark: "Condo owners fighting drive-through Commerce Bank branch"
Ports Brouhaha:
..... - SL: "Florio sees his '88 law ignored; It authorized probes of deals like Dubai's"
.......... - OpEd, SL: John Farmer: "Bush gets port deal right, politics wrong"
.......... - Column, SL: Tom Moran: "Minus facts, foes of deal miss boat on vital ally"
..... - NYT: "Port Agency to Break Lease in Bid to Block Dubai Sale"
..... - LAT: "Arab Company, White House Had Secret Agreement"
..... - Working Assets: "The dirty little secret behind the UAE port security flap"
Rutgers: "Lawmaker accosts Rutgers board on ethics"
Schools Aid: "Boards drafting cutbacks as officials blame state for static aid"
Sports Betting - SL: "Sports betting advances for A.C.; But federal law restricts wagers"
.......... - CN: "Assembly panel OKs gambling bill"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - ConsortiumNews: "Bush's Mysterious 'New Programs'"
....... Is Bush really preparing internment camps for Quaker grandmothers?
Scandal Central:
..... - Abramoff - Boston Globe: "Abramoff ties to Russians probed; inquiry widens to energy concerns"
..... - Torture - SL: "FBI warned military on Gitmo tactics"
Disasters - SL: "White House study urges aid overhaul; Softer tone than House critique"
Medicare - Boston Globe: "Medicare numbers at odds with US claims"
Ports Brouhaha: [See New Jersey section]
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Abortion - NYT: "South Dakota Approves Bill Outlawing Nearly All Abortions"
..... - WP: "S.D. Abortion Bill Takes Aim at 'Roe'"
Incomes: "Fed report shows drop in family incomes"
Voting Machines: "Many of Florida's voting machines were faulty in'04, group says"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Relief: "UAE donated $100M for Katrina victims"
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: "W's Adventures with Cow Pies - A Selection of Editorial Cartoons"
Plain Talker: "Board of Ed Filings Due Monday"
Acting Police Chief - CN: "20-year veteran to be city's acting chief"
....... How could the Ledger miss such an important story?
Drive-by Shooting - SL: "City man shot in drive-by shooting"
..... - CN: "Resident injured in drive-by shooting"
Black History: "A powerful voice: From a Summit pulpit, she preached racial equality"
....... Plainfielder Ethel Washington curates this exhibit at Summit's
....... Wallace Chapel AMEZ Church on March 11
School Board [2nd item]: "David Graves appointed to school board"
Events for tonight and next week are here
. x----------------------------------x
. |....PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR....|
. |..Click HERE to get listing form..|
. x----------------------------------x
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Clark: "County to buy cemetery land to link lake to new park"
Elizabeth: "Mayor asks state to take over city schools"
Metuchen: "Cameras and alarm protected weapons cache"
Scotch Plains: "Brookside Park to get $2 million overhaul"
South Plainfield: "South Plainfield HS student custodian of a Holocaust legacy"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine:
..... - Cabinet: "After grilling, panel OKs treasurer; Public Advocate, Commerce also approved"
.......... - CN: "Public advocate nominee shakes off critics to advance"
..... - Ethics Panel: "Corzine adds members to ethics panel"
..... - Animal Welfare: "Office staff reassigned in 'efficiency' effort as advocates cry foul"
Body Parts Scam - SL: "4 charged in ring stealing body parts"
..... - NYT: "4 Men Charged in $4.6 Million Trade in Human Body Parts"
Health: "Study: Chromium industry diluted data"
Iraq: "Rep. Rothman [D-9th District] joins call to pull out"
Kushner: "Prison bureau puts Kushner's release on hold"
Legislature: "Homeowner group regulation advances, but not without sparring"
..... - CN: "Budget panel thinks IT office stands for 'information tardy'"
.......... - SL"State plans full review of tech spending"
..... - "Eminent Domain: Sparks fly; more hearings set"
Morristown: "Epstein's site to become Morristown Green residential-retail complex"
Newark: "Condo owners fighting drive-through Commerce Bank branch"
Ports Brouhaha:
..... - SL: "Florio sees his '88 law ignored; It authorized probes of deals like Dubai's"
.......... - OpEd, SL: John Farmer: "Bush gets port deal right, politics wrong"
.......... - Column, SL: Tom Moran: "Minus facts, foes of deal miss boat on vital ally"
..... - NYT: "Port Agency to Break Lease in Bid to Block Dubai Sale"
..... - LAT: "Arab Company, White House Had Secret Agreement"
..... - Working Assets: "The dirty little secret behind the UAE port security flap"
Rutgers: "Lawmaker accosts Rutgers board on ethics"
Schools Aid: "Boards drafting cutbacks as officials blame state for static aid"
Sports Betting - SL: "Sports betting advances for A.C.; But federal law restricts wagers"
.......... - CN: "Assembly panel OKs gambling bill"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - ConsortiumNews: "Bush's Mysterious 'New Programs'"
....... Is Bush really preparing internment camps for Quaker grandmothers?
Scandal Central:
..... - Abramoff - Boston Globe: "Abramoff ties to Russians probed; inquiry widens to energy concerns"
..... - Torture - SL: "FBI warned military on Gitmo tactics"
Disasters - SL: "White House study urges aid overhaul; Softer tone than House critique"
Medicare - Boston Globe: "Medicare numbers at odds with US claims"
Ports Brouhaha: [See New Jersey section]
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Abortion - NYT: "South Dakota Approves Bill Outlawing Nearly All Abortions"
..... - WP: "S.D. Abortion Bill Takes Aim at 'Roe'"
Incomes: "Fed report shows drop in family incomes"
Voting Machines: "Many of Florida's voting machines were faulty in'04, group says"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Relief: "UAE donated $100M for Katrina victims"
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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