Newark's Cherry Blossom Festival in Branch Brook Park runs Sunday through 4/23,
but you can see some in Plainfield in front of the Plainfield Public Library!
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "It's Spring, and thoughts turn to...gangs?"
Plain Talker: "Crime Will Be Topic Of Conference Meeting"
Letter - CN: Victoria Griswold: "Election fraud needs recourse"
Connections?
Food For Thought
..... - Eminent Domain: "Raise your fists against eminent domain"
..... - Distressed Cities Aid: "A Primer on Distressed Cities Aid"
..... - Verizon vs. Comcast: "Stage set on Long Island for a preview of Cable TV competition"
..... - Gangs and gun violence - SL: "Essex crackdown on gunmen to be copied elsewhere"
.......... -CN: "N.J. police, officials announce tactics to stem gang violence"
..... - Historic Preservation: "Historical plan prompts anger in Bernards"
..... - Council Meetings: "Adubato buses in hundreds to counter claim of 'plantation'"
..... - Zoning Dispute: "Mayor blasts lawsuit filed by Hillsborough Properties"
Quest's Board of Ed candidate forum, Saturday, April 8, is here
Rummage Sale at UCC-Congregational is here
Events for this week are here
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. |....PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR....|
. |..Click HERE to get listing form..|
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Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Berkeley Heights: "Problem-solving with forensic science; students get real 'CSI' training"
Edison: "Housing cut by Hartz Mountain from plan for Ford site"
Kenilworth: "Seniors push school board candidates on teacher benefits"
Scotch Plains: "In Scotch Plains, 6 vying for 3 seats"
Somerset County: "Somerset GOP picks freeholder candidate"
South Plainfield: "School board hopefuls put focus on future"
Springfield: "Springfield school plan holds likely tax spike"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Budget - SL: "Corzine hits road to pitch budget; Mt. Laurel audience polite"
.......... - "Governor's got mail, and it's oh so fiscally frank"
.......... - "State office's revenue estimates lower than Corzine's"
Anti-Semitism: "ADL sees ebb in anti-Semitic acts in Jersey"
Businesses: "New Jersey to monitor tax-dodging businesses"
Eminent Domain - OpEd, Record: "Raise your fists against eminent domain"
Financial Disclosure: "Lawsuit aims to unplug online disclosure database for state execs"
Mt. Laurel: "Housing goals unmet; Promise is casualty of formulas, fights"
Pharma Lobbying: "Report: Drugmakers lobby to maintain prices; Consumers are losers"
Racial Profiling: "A Former Trooper's Take on His Race Profiling Case"
Ramapough Shooting - Record: "Mahwah top cop irate over shooting"
..... - SL: "AG's office to probe Park Police shooting"
Shared Services: "Citing roadblocks to shared services"
UMDNJ: "New Jersey Medical School Gives Blatant Lesson in Spoils System"
Towns:
..... - Ewing: "Will Ewing become a town in distress? Special aid comes with label"
..... - Newark Politics: "Newark official sees payback in job loss"
..... - Orange: "Orange confers with neighbors on shared services for fire coverage"
..... - West Orange: "Stripped-down factory slotted for redevelopment"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - OpEd, FindLaw: John Dean: "Bush's Unprecedented Arrogance"
..... - John Dean served in Richard Nixon's White House--this is worth a read!
Scandal Central:
..... - DeLay - Guardian/UK: "Fall creates a crisis for his party and political machine he built"
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - SL: "Up to 260 improper entries are found in terror database"
..... - Torture/Renditions - NYT: "Amnesty Report Fuels Secret Prison Suspicions"
.......... - Independent/UK: "Revealed: the plight of prisoners caught up in US rendition"
.......... - AI's full report: "Below the radar: Secret flights to torture and 'disappearance'"
527s - SL: "House curbs contributions from political groups"
Congresswoman McKinney - Houston Chron: "Grand Jury to Hear McKinney Run-In Case"
..... - Wrong move! The real story here is that members of Congress don't do metal
..... - detectors. What?! In this post-9/11 world?
France - Guardian/UK: "Political crisis grows as 3 million take to streets"
Healthcare - NYT: "Massachusetts Sets Health Plan for Nearly All"
Immigration - WP: "Immigration Debate Wakes A 'Sleeping Latino Giant'"
..... - "Letter on Immigration Deepens Split Among Evangelicals"
..... - "A Widespread Issue: Map of Undocumented Immigrants by State"
India - SL: "Rice says pact with India poses no nuclear danger"
Iraq - Guardian/UK: "I will not be forced out by US and UK, says Iraqi PM"
..... - InterPress: Analysis: "Is U.S. Planning More Attacks on Shiite Militias?"
..... - WP: "Rumsfeld Challenges Rice on 'Tactical Errors' in Iraq"
.......... - "Democracy In Iraq Not A Priority in U.S. Budget"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
SPORTS LINKS: Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
Fake TV News: PRWatch: "Fake News: Widespread and Undisclosed"
Humor: "The Schlepping Through the Alps Passover Greeting"
..... - An animation promoting the book, Hadassah Magazine's #1 nonfiction bestseller
Marketing: "Chevy Tries a Write-Your-Own-Ad Approach, and the Potshots Fly"
Merck: "Jury rules Vioxx hurt the heart of a user"
Phones, Internet: "Internet Calls Untethered From Your PC" - Untethered, you read it right!
Political 'Pork': "'Pig Book' details a record in waste"
Pru compensation case: "Key word is 'secret' in case involving Pru and 350 agents"
Sex Workers and Taxes: "An Old Profession That's New to Doing Taxes"
Wages: "The Economics of Henry Ford May Be Passé"
..... - Spreadsheet junkies: Here's an inflation-adjusted view of wages, 1947-2005
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Rebuilding: "New Orleans Mayor Blocks FEMA Trailer Park"
PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
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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but you can see some in Plainfield in front of the Plainfield Public Library!
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "It's Spring, and thoughts turn to...gangs?"
Plain Talker: "Crime Will Be Topic Of Conference Meeting"
Letter - CN: Victoria Griswold: "Election fraud needs recourse"
Connections?
Food For Thought
..... - Eminent Domain: "Raise your fists against eminent domain"
..... - Distressed Cities Aid: "A Primer on Distressed Cities Aid"
..... - Verizon vs. Comcast: "Stage set on Long Island for a preview of Cable TV competition"
..... - Gangs and gun violence - SL: "Essex crackdown on gunmen to be copied elsewhere"
.......... -CN: "N.J. police, officials announce tactics to stem gang violence"
..... - Historic Preservation: "Historical plan prompts anger in Bernards"
..... - Council Meetings: "Adubato buses in hundreds to counter claim of 'plantation'"
..... - Zoning Dispute: "Mayor blasts lawsuit filed by Hillsborough Properties"
Quest's Board of Ed candidate forum, Saturday, April 8, is here
Rummage Sale at UCC-Congregational is here
Events for this week are here
. x----------------------------------x
. |....PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR....|
. |..Click HERE to get listing form..|
. x----------------------------------x
Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Berkeley Heights: "Problem-solving with forensic science; students get real 'CSI' training"
Edison: "Housing cut by Hartz Mountain from plan for Ford site"
Kenilworth: "Seniors push school board candidates on teacher benefits"
Scotch Plains: "In Scotch Plains, 6 vying for 3 seats"
Somerset County: "Somerset GOP picks freeholder candidate"
South Plainfield: "School board hopefuls put focus on future"
Springfield: "Springfield school plan holds likely tax spike"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Budget - SL: "Corzine hits road to pitch budget; Mt. Laurel audience polite"
.......... - "Governor's got mail, and it's oh so fiscally frank"
.......... - "State office's revenue estimates lower than Corzine's"
Anti-Semitism: "ADL sees ebb in anti-Semitic acts in Jersey"
Businesses: "New Jersey to monitor tax-dodging businesses"
Eminent Domain - OpEd, Record: "Raise your fists against eminent domain"
Financial Disclosure: "Lawsuit aims to unplug online disclosure database for state execs"
Mt. Laurel: "Housing goals unmet; Promise is casualty of formulas, fights"
Pharma Lobbying: "Report: Drugmakers lobby to maintain prices; Consumers are losers"
Racial Profiling: "A Former Trooper's Take on His Race Profiling Case"
Ramapough Shooting - Record: "Mahwah top cop irate over shooting"
..... - SL: "AG's office to probe Park Police shooting"
Shared Services: "Citing roadblocks to shared services"
UMDNJ: "New Jersey Medical School Gives Blatant Lesson in Spoils System"
Towns:
..... - Ewing: "Will Ewing become a town in distress? Special aid comes with label"
..... - Newark Politics: "Newark official sees payback in job loss"
..... - Orange: "Orange confers with neighbors on shared services for fire coverage"
..... - West Orange: "Stripped-down factory slotted for redevelopment"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - OpEd, FindLaw: John Dean: "Bush's Unprecedented Arrogance"
..... - John Dean served in Richard Nixon's White House--this is worth a read!
Scandal Central:
..... - DeLay - Guardian/UK: "Fall creates a crisis for his party and political machine he built"
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - SL: "Up to 260 improper entries are found in terror database"
..... - Torture/Renditions - NYT: "Amnesty Report Fuels Secret Prison Suspicions"
.......... - Independent/UK: "Revealed: the plight of prisoners caught up in US rendition"
.......... - AI's full report: "Below the radar: Secret flights to torture and 'disappearance'"
527s - SL: "House curbs contributions from political groups"
Congresswoman McKinney - Houston Chron: "Grand Jury to Hear McKinney Run-In Case"
..... - Wrong move! The real story here is that members of Congress don't do metal
..... - detectors. What?! In this post-9/11 world?
France - Guardian/UK: "Political crisis grows as 3 million take to streets"
Healthcare - NYT: "Massachusetts Sets Health Plan for Nearly All"
Immigration - WP: "Immigration Debate Wakes A 'Sleeping Latino Giant'"
..... - "Letter on Immigration Deepens Split Among Evangelicals"
..... - "A Widespread Issue: Map of Undocumented Immigrants by State"
India - SL: "Rice says pact with India poses no nuclear danger"
Iraq - Guardian/UK: "I will not be forced out by US and UK, says Iraqi PM"
..... - InterPress: Analysis: "Is U.S. Planning More Attacks on Shiite Militias?"
..... - WP: "Rumsfeld Challenges Rice on 'Tactical Errors' in Iraq"
.......... - "Democracy In Iraq Not A Priority in U.S. Budget"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
SPORTS LINKS: Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
Fake TV News: PRWatch: "Fake News: Widespread and Undisclosed"
Humor: "The Schlepping Through the Alps Passover Greeting"
..... - An animation promoting the book, Hadassah Magazine's #1 nonfiction bestseller
Marketing: "Chevy Tries a Write-Your-Own-Ad Approach, and the Potshots Fly"
Merck: "Jury rules Vioxx hurt the heart of a user"
Phones, Internet: "Internet Calls Untethered From Your PC" - Untethered, you read it right!
Political 'Pork': "'Pig Book' details a record in waste"
Pru compensation case: "Key word is 'secret' in case involving Pru and 350 agents"
Sex Workers and Taxes: "An Old Profession That's New to Doing Taxes"
Wages: "The Economics of Henry Ford May Be Passé"
..... - Spreadsheet junkies: Here's an inflation-adjusted view of wages, 1947-2005
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Rebuilding: "New Orleans Mayor Blocks FEMA Trailer Park"
PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
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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