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: The Week That Was: "TW3: March 6 - 12, 2006"
Plain Talker: "Raises In Store For City Officials, Workers"
Senior Center - Editorial, CN: "Senior center delay needs explanation"
Women's History Month Film: "Film on Chisholm scheduled at library"
UC Magnet School: "Plainfield student will speak to state school board"
Connections?
Other stories pertinent to Plainfield
..... - Pharmacies: "Small Pharmacists Say Medicare Drug Plan Threatens Their Income"
..... - Rt. 78 Alert: "Clinton Avenue ramp work expected to unsnarl Newark"
..... - Springfield, MA: "City of Homes and Hoops Faces a Long Road Back"
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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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Branchburg: "Branchburg to offer 'Taste' of fun in event"
North Plainfield: "Council hearing today on Villa Maria"
Scotch Plains/Fanwood Schools: "Somerset Patriots teach students to make good decisions"
Union County College: "Blind UCC student makes the grade with special tutor"
Westfield: "Downtown celebrates Youth Art Month"
How come is it that the Westfield Public Schools always have a brief in about their
upcoming meeting and I hardly ever see one for Plainfield?
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine - OpEd, SL: Philip Barbara: "Corzine must push to make new commuter rail tunnel a reality"
Board of Public Utilities: "BPU globe trotting paid for by $1.1M in dues fees"
..... - This story clearly needs more coverage in depth...
Legislature: "Legislature to consider research, trust fund proposals"
Politics: "Black politicians' legacies inspire sons' ambitions"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - NYT: "Bush Is Business as Usual Despite Party Grumbles"
Free Speech - LAT: "Sheriff's Deputies' Questions Unsettle University"
GOP - OpEd, SL: John Farmer: "GOP confab offers lots of hot air, but no Bush heir"
Immigration Reform - CSM: "Divide is too deep for immigration reform"
Iraq - OpEd, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Sally Kalson: "Is this war worth the price?"
..... - News-Telegraph/UK: "SAS soldier quits Army in disgust at 'illegal' American tactics in Iraq"
Lobbying - NYT: "Senate scrutinizes 'Astroturf' campaigns, shell 'grassroots' groups"
Military Recruitment- SL: "Recruiting Teachers as Recruiters: Educators at boot camp"
..... - WP: "Army Guard Refilling Its Ranks; Members Get Cash Bonus For New Recruits"
..... - CN: "For Army, a good recruit is getting tough to find"
White House Staff Fatigue - WP: "Senior White House Staff May Be Wearing Down"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Kinky Coincidence?: One day I read of 1940s pinup Bettie Page finally cashing in
a little on the art that featured her decades ago, and today -- bam! -- the NY Times
has a style article in the magazine on Gretchen Mol, starring in the Bettie Page
biopic due out next month. Does she remind you of Bettie Page? Judge for
yourself. The LAT story is here. The Bettie Page website is here. And the NYT
article is here.
SPORTS LINKS: Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
Abortion: "Poll: Views of abortion both consistent and 'extremely conflicted'"
Community Planning: "Shantytowns as a New Suburban Ideal"
Internet Biz: "Alive and Well in NYC's Silicon Alley"
Media: "The NY Times' Conservative Beat: Is It Working?"
'Network Theory': "Can Network Theory Thwart Terrorists?"
The News: "Study: More news outlets are covering fewer stories"
Poverty Line: "A Poverty Line That's Out of Date and Out of Favor"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Mississippi: "In Mississippi, Farmers, Fishermen Are Storm's Forgotten 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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