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: "TW3: # 02 - February 20 - 26, 2006"
............ Monday's posts take the form of a digest of Plainfield-only news from the past week:
............ THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS -- or TW3 -- with links to the online stories.
..... - "Rick Taylor's letter to the editor: "4 women of color made a difference""
............ The Rev. Rick's salute to Nellie Suratt and Helen Miller, from Sunday's Courier
Plain Talker: "Green To Party: Hands Off School Board Election"
Concert [last item]: "Winston-Salem University Concert Choir to perform at Barlow School"
Council [#7]: "Council honors Helen Miller"
Crime [#6]: "Man charged with weapon possession"
Events for this week are here
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Hillside: "Man shot in driveway recalled as a dedicated dad"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine's Senate Seat - SL: "The GOP brings in big guns for Kean; McCain leads off"
Amtrak/NJT: "U.S. Tells Northeast States to Pay More to Use Tracks"
Auto Insurance: "Geico's two rates: white-collar and blue-collar"
Pt. Pleasant Polar Bear Plunge: "Ice cold on the outside, but raises $500K for charity"
Ports Brouhaha:
..... - SL: "Dubai Ports volunteers for review"
............... - Column: Bob Braun: "Port plan is a sellout to some 9/11 families"
..... - AP: "Timeline of events in proposed ports deal"
..... - Newsday: "Arab Company Accepts Broader Ports Review"
St. Barnabas Hospital: "Innovative radiation treatment boasts painless precision"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - NYT: "Justice Dept. Rejects Google's Privacy Issues"
..... - Torture - Editorial, NYT: "Cave-in a Judicial Green Light for Torture"
Abortion - NYT: "Sizing Up the Opposing Armies in the Coming Abortion Battle"
Afghanistan - SL: "Inmates riot, take control of Kabul prison"
Border Wall - SF Chronicle: "700 miles of Mexican border wall: Border security or boondoggle?"
Halliburton - NYT: "Army to Pay Halliburton Unit Most Costs Disputed by Audit"
Illegal Immigrants - SL: "States press Bush for action; say drain on resources must be plugged"
Iraq - NYT: "Iraqi Sunni Bloc to Rejoin Talks on Government"
.......... - Runup to War: "German Intelligence Gave U.S. Iraqi Defense Plan, Report Says"
Ports Brouhaha: [See New Jersey section]
Where's Osama? - WP: "He's Welcome In Pakistan"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Internet: "High-speed Internet closing gap between town, country"
Labor Unions: "West Orange native Andy Stern leads major shake-up in labor movement"
NAACP's 'Image Awards': "Foxx's music, Mac's humor garner top honors"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Relief: "Huge March Planned for Tomorrow, Eve of Katrina Evictions"
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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