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: February 27 - March 5, 2006"
..... Mondays, PLAINFIELD TODAY is a digest of Plainfield-only news from the past week:
..... That Was The Week That Was (TW3)
Women of Excellence Awards: "Women to be honored at dinner"
..... - Plainfield's Ethel Washington will be honored for Arts and Humanities
Chisholm Documentary: "Library to show 'Chisholm '72: Unbought and Unbossed"
Connections?
Other stories pertinent to Plainfield
..... - Flood Insurance: "Flood insurance: Higher rates and other options on table"
..... - Vital Records - Editorial, SL: "Overreach on vital records"
New event listed for Saturday is here
Events for this week are here
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
South Plainfield - Editorial, CN: "Debris fight needs a closer look"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine & Cabinet - NYT: "Overachievers Under the Gun"
Giants-Jets Stadium: "Corzine wants better terms for state; Teams say a deal is a deal"
Mob: Genovese Family: "Little mobster's wire has big fish on a hook"
Transportation Trust Fund: "Plan to increase transportation funds elicits polar reactions"
Towns: Jersey City: "Amid the Glitter, Jersey City's Growing Pains"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
MISSING IN ACTION: A significant story on NJ's unique court ombudsman program, which
helps people navigate the maze of court procedures and paperwork, and is being looked
into as a model by other states, appears in the NJ section of the Ledger today. In print only.
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - OpEd, SL: John Farmer: "Cheney's fall from grace is a liability"
Scandal Central:
..... - DeLay - WP: "DeLay Will Face Voters' Verdict In PrimaryThis Week"
..... - Lobbygate - LAT: "Lawmakers Embrace Lobbyist Cash"
2006 Elections - NYT: "To Democrats Hungry for Senate, a Pennsylvania Seat Looks Ripe"
.......... - And the NY Times map makes NJ look like its 'no contest'
Dems - NYT: "For Democrats, Many Voices, but No Theme Song"
Immigration - Editorial, SL: "Middle way on immigration"
Iraq - Foreign Affairs: "Seeing Baghdad, Thinking Saigon"
.......... - Another major piece from FA, apparently free -- unheard of!
National Security - CSM: "On security, it's Congress vs. Bush"
'Planted' news - LAT: "Military Will Keep Planting Articles in Iraq"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Weddings: "Invitations Are Romantic and Now the Stamps Can Match"
2004 Campaign Contributions: "Internet changed campaign financing; Small donors big role"
Abortion: "Parental Notice Has Scant Effect in Teen Abortion"
Channel 1: "Channel One ads mean more to kids than news" This is news?
Community Colleges: "Elite schools look to draw from well of 2-year colleges"
ID Theft Prevention: "New Jersey at fore of 'credit freezing'"
Islam in Brooklyn: "To Lead the Faithful in a Faith Under Fire"
Is Ma Bell putting herself back together?: "AT&T to Buy BellSouth, Creating Telecom Giant"
Oscars: "Partial List of 78th Annual Oscar Winners"
Painting: "Dark Portrait of a 'Painter of Light': Thomas Kinkade"
Slave Cemetery in NYC: "Site of African Burial Ground Gets Recognition, and Money"
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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