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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: Things to do today:
..... - 11:00 a.m.: "Florence Spearing Randolph: Unsung Black Heroine of the Cloth"
..... - 7:00 p.m.: "Nancy Wilson with the Spelman Jazz Ensemble in PHS benefit concert"
Santiago - SL: "Judge puts off ruling on chief's suspension"
..... - CN: "Santiago to remain on leave until hearing"
Letter to Editor, CN: Muriel D. Northover: "Grandparents lose in closed adoptions"
Connections?
Other stories pertinent to Plainfield
..... - Scenic byway: "Hearing scheduled to discuss scenic byway along Millstone River"
Legal Notices: Go here, and clilck on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
Events for this week are here
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. |....PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR....|
. |..Click HERE to get listing form..|
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Edison: "Mayor: Township knew of health claims at Ford site"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Douglass/Rutgers:
..... - SL: "Board gives go-ahead to transform Rutgers into unified university"
.......... - "Mabel Smith Douglass and her college"
..... - CN: "Rutgers board adopts reorganization"
..... - NYT: "Board Approves Reorganization at Rutgers"
Giants/Jets Stadium: "Plan for stadium falls flat over roof"
Ports:
..... - SL: "Bush: Port uproar could impair Mideast relations"
..... - NYT: Editorial: "Our Porous Port Protections"
.......... - Whatever your opinion of the ports brouhaha, the real scandal is the neglect to improve
.......... - security since 9/11 -- Dan
..... - NYT: Newark In'tl: "U.S. Shakes Up Airport Security at Newark"
..... - WP: "Port Deal's Political Fallout Not Over"
Towns - Parsippany - Editorial, SL: "Morris Freeholders put free speech on trial"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - LAT: "Bush Schedules Speeches to Update Situation in Iraq"
Scandal Central:
..... - Plamegate: "Libby Defense to Get Some CIA Reports"
2006 Elections - WP: Analysis: "In an Election Year, GOP Wary of Following Bush"
Anti-State Bureaucratic Maneuvers - NY: "'Silent Tort Reform' Is Overriding States' Powers"
Interior Dep't. - WP: "Interior Secretary Norton to Step Down" Aha... The Friday p.m. story...
Iraq - LAT: "U.S. Contractor Found Liable for Fraud in Iraq"
Lobbying Reform - NYT: "Push to Tighten Lobbying Rules Loses Strength"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
SPORTS LINKS: Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
Atlanta: "Gentrification Changing Face of New Atlanta"
Fashion: "Fashion Goes West: The Brokeback Effect"
Internet and Kids: "Don't Talk to Invisible Strangers"
Pinup of the 1940s: "A Golden Age for a Pinup; Making a Good Living at Last"
..... - Bettie Page, 82, finally makes a good living from her 1940s pinups...her site
Political Fundraisers: "Report Offers More Details on Fund-Raiser for Rell"
..... - Just an illustration...nothing like this goes on in NJ at any level. Of course not.
Profile in Courage: "For Muslim Who Says Violence Destroys Islam, Violent Threats"
Real Estate: "On the Internet, Some Home Buyers Find a House of Cards"
SAT Scores: "SAT Errors Raise New Qualms About Testing"
Ski Industry: "The Legacy of WWII's 'Soldiers on Skis'"
'Sopranos': "'Sopranos' is the show some Italians love to hate"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Mississippi: "In Casino Towns, Aid and Speculation Fuel a Post-Katrina Boom"
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 EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: Things to do today:
..... - 11:00 a.m.: "Florence Spearing Randolph: Unsung Black Heroine of the Cloth"
..... - 7:00 p.m.: "Nancy Wilson with the Spelman Jazz Ensemble in PHS benefit concert"
Santiago - SL: "Judge puts off ruling on chief's suspension"
..... - CN: "Santiago to remain on leave until hearing"
Letter to Editor, CN: Muriel D. Northover: "Grandparents lose in closed adoptions"
Connections?
Other stories pertinent to Plainfield
..... - Scenic byway: "Hearing scheduled to discuss scenic byway along Millstone River"
Legal Notices: Go here, and clilck on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
Events for this week are here
. x----------------------------------x
. |....PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR....|
. |..Click HERE to get listing form..|
. x----------------------------------x
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Edison: "Mayor: Township knew of health claims at Ford site"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Douglass/Rutgers:
..... - SL: "Board gives go-ahead to transform Rutgers into unified university"
.......... - "Mabel Smith Douglass and her college"
..... - CN: "Rutgers board adopts reorganization"
..... - NYT: "Board Approves Reorganization at Rutgers"
Giants/Jets Stadium: "Plan for stadium falls flat over roof"
Ports:
..... - SL: "Bush: Port uproar could impair Mideast relations"
..... - NYT: Editorial: "Our Porous Port Protections"
.......... - Whatever your opinion of the ports brouhaha, the real scandal is the neglect to improve
.......... - security since 9/11 -- Dan
..... - NYT: Newark In'tl: "U.S. Shakes Up Airport Security at Newark"
..... - WP: "Port Deal's Political Fallout Not Over"
Towns - Parsippany - Editorial, SL: "Morris Freeholders put free speech on trial"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - LAT: "Bush Schedules Speeches to Update Situation in Iraq"
Scandal Central:
..... - Plamegate: "Libby Defense to Get Some CIA Reports"
2006 Elections - WP: Analysis: "In an Election Year, GOP Wary of Following Bush"
Anti-State Bureaucratic Maneuvers - NY: "'Silent Tort Reform' Is Overriding States' Powers"
Interior Dep't. - WP: "Interior Secretary Norton to Step Down" Aha... The Friday p.m. story...
Iraq - LAT: "U.S. Contractor Found Liable for Fraud in Iraq"
Lobbying Reform - NYT: "Push to Tighten Lobbying Rules Loses Strength"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
SPORTS LINKS: Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
Atlanta: "Gentrification Changing Face of New Atlanta"
Fashion: "Fashion Goes West: The Brokeback Effect"
Internet and Kids: "Don't Talk to Invisible Strangers"
Pinup of the 1940s: "A Golden Age for a Pinup; Making a Good Living at Last"
..... - Bettie Page, 82, finally makes a good living from her 1940s pinups...her site
Political Fundraisers: "Report Offers More Details on Fund-Raiser for Rell"
..... - Just an illustration...nothing like this goes on in NJ at any level. Of course not.
Profile in Courage: "For Muslim Who Says Violence Destroys Islam, Violent Threats"
Real Estate: "On the Internet, Some Home Buyers Find a House of Cards"
SAT Scores: "SAT Errors Raise New Qualms About Testing"
Ski Industry: "The Legacy of WWII's 'Soldiers on Skis'"
'Sopranos': "'Sopranos' is the show some Italians love to hate"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Mississippi: "In Casino Towns, Aid and Speculation Fuel a Post-Katrina Boom"
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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