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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "I - XIV"
Plain Talker: "School Board Candidates Share Views"
[Stories below: Scroll down to Union County section of online story]
July 4 Celebration: "Performers sought for July 4th concert"
Library: "1937 film 'Dead End' presented at public library"
Scholarships: "Scholarships available for Hispanic students"
Connections?
Food For Thought
..... - Doubledipping: "Fed Scrutiny of Sen. Bryant Shines Light on Connections in Trenton"
..... - Undocumenteds: "Path to Deportation Can Start With a Traffic Stop"
..... - 100 Black Men: "Ex-official accused of siphoning cancer program funds"
..... - No-bid Deals: "State yanks drug counseloring firms $2.7M contract"
..... - Gunplay/Gangs: "Hillside boy, 14, held in drive-by shootings"
..... - Needle Exchanges: Tom Moran: "The blind objections to needle exchanges"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Elizabeth: "School board candidates focus on tests, overcrowding"
Hillside: "School board candidates object to party-funded mailing"
..... Contenders, registered Dems, begrudge brochure's Republican comparison
Linden: "Only one contested race for Linden school board"
Roselle: "Candidates, $47M plan in upcoming school vote"
Scotch Plains: "Three budgets equal higher tax bills in Scotch Plains"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Legislature:
..... - Sen. Wayne Bryant: "Fed Scrutiny of Senator Shines Light on Trenton Connections"
Arts in Schools: "Online survey aims to gauge arts efforts in Jersey schools"
Budget: "Senate Dems speak out against Corzine sales tax hike"
..... - "Jersey's best and brightest stand to lose"
Brad Campbell: "Ex-state official's new job raises questions of ethics"
Health: "State mandates screening for postpartum depression"
Undocumented Immigrants: "Judge slams U.S. on immigration case involving Bergen man"
No-bid Deals: "State yanks drug counseloring firms $2.7M contract"
Needle Exchanges: Tom Moran: "The blind objections to needle exchanges"
Smoking - SL: "Judge stubs out 11th-hour attempt to block ban"
..... - CN: "Judge says he won't delay smoking ban"
..... - NYT: "Jersey Joins 10 States in Banning Indoor Smoking"
Towns:
..... - Newark: "Man vs. machine: Would Booker become James?"
.......... - "Newark mayoral front-runner viewed favorably around state"
.......... - "Booker sues James on nonprofit groups"
............... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
..... - Cape May: "Cape May's 2nd-Home Migration"
..... - East Orange: "Ex-councilman in East Orange facing tax charges"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
(Picture, New York Times)
Rumsfeld - NYT: "More Retired Generals Call for Rumsfeld's Resignation"
............... A graphic detailing the generals and their comments is here
..... - Slate: "The Revolt Against Rumsfeld; Officer corps is getting restless"
..... - Reuters: "Retired US Iraq general demands Rumsfeld resign"
Scandal Central:
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - Newsweek: "America’s Secret Police?"
.......... - Wired: "AT&T Seeks to Hide Spy Docs"
............... - "Wiretap Whistleblower's Statement"
.......... - NYT: "Librarians Win as U.S. Relents on Secrecy Law"
............... Wherein the identity of the unnamed Connecticut library is revealed...
Iran - OpEd, SL: John Farmer "Bush's band of war-happy simpletons"
............... Farmer, former NJ attorney general, sharply criticizes the neocons...
..... - NYT: "Analysts Say a Nuclear Iran Is Years Away"
..... - Financial Times: "US ex-official Richard Armitage urges talks with Iran"
Iraq - Truthout: "Learning to Count: The Dead in Iraq"
..... - Prensa Latina: "New Italian PM to Pull Iraq Troops"
Military - Seattle PI: "Decorated Air Force nurse, barred over lesbianism, sues"
National Intelligence - SL: "Some fear intelligence boss hamstrung by bureaucracy"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Picture, New York Times)
Shoes?: "Stilt Walking Into Spring"
Art: "Christ's Passion re-imagined through the lens of present day torture, terror and tragedy"
..... An article by Gwynneth Leech, the artist whose work is featured in Plainfield Today today
Civil Rights: "FBI reviews 1946 lynching case to see if modern techniques could unearth data"
Eye Infections: "UMDNJ eye doctor's find puts Bausch & Lomb on the spot"
Geek Patrol: "A Pretty Good Way to Foil the NSA"
Illustration: "Illustrations by American Artists at the Dahesh Museum"
Marketing: "In the world of surveys, Seton Hall finds a niche: Sports"
Nicknames: "Mi, a Name I Call Myself. And You Are?"
Proms: "Prom-goers finding a date is expendable, as long as you have friends"
..... Reaching out to the prom generation, the Ledger has an online prom project,
..... more details here, and a 'Project Prom' blog here
SPORTS LINKS: Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
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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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "I - XIV"
Plain Talker: "School Board Candidates Share Views"
[Stories below: Scroll down to Union County section of online story]
July 4 Celebration: "Performers sought for July 4th concert"
Library: "1937 film 'Dead End' presented at public library"
Scholarships: "Scholarships available for Hispanic students"
Connections?
Food For Thought
..... - Doubledipping: "Fed Scrutiny of Sen. Bryant Shines Light on Connections in Trenton"
..... - Undocumenteds: "Path to Deportation Can Start With a Traffic Stop"
..... - 100 Black Men: "Ex-official accused of siphoning cancer program funds"
..... - No-bid Deals: "State yanks drug counseloring firms $2.7M contract"
..... - Gunplay/Gangs: "Hillside boy, 14, held in drive-by shootings"
..... - Needle Exchanges: Tom Moran: "The blind objections to needle exchanges"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Elizabeth: "School board candidates focus on tests, overcrowding"
Hillside: "School board candidates object to party-funded mailing"
..... Contenders, registered Dems, begrudge brochure's Republican comparison
Linden: "Only one contested race for Linden school board"
Roselle: "Candidates, $47M plan in upcoming school vote"
Scotch Plains: "Three budgets equal higher tax bills in Scotch Plains"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Legislature:
..... - Sen. Wayne Bryant: "Fed Scrutiny of Senator Shines Light on Trenton Connections"
Arts in Schools: "Online survey aims to gauge arts efforts in Jersey schools"
Budget: "Senate Dems speak out against Corzine sales tax hike"
..... - "Jersey's best and brightest stand to lose"
Brad Campbell: "Ex-state official's new job raises questions of ethics"
Health: "State mandates screening for postpartum depression"
Undocumented Immigrants: "Judge slams U.S. on immigration case involving Bergen man"
No-bid Deals: "State yanks drug counseloring firms $2.7M contract"
Needle Exchanges: Tom Moran: "The blind objections to needle exchanges"
Smoking - SL: "Judge stubs out 11th-hour attempt to block ban"
..... - CN: "Judge says he won't delay smoking ban"
..... - NYT: "Jersey Joins 10 States in Banning Indoor Smoking"
Towns:
..... - Newark: "Man vs. machine: Would Booker become James?"
.......... - "Newark mayoral front-runner viewed favorably around state"
.......... - "Booker sues James on nonprofit groups"
............... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
..... - Cape May: "Cape May's 2nd-Home Migration"
..... - East Orange: "Ex-councilman in East Orange facing tax charges"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
(Picture, New York Times)
Rumsfeld - NYT: "More Retired Generals Call for Rumsfeld's Resignation"
............... A graphic detailing the generals and their comments is here
..... - Slate: "The Revolt Against Rumsfeld; Officer corps is getting restless"
..... - Reuters: "Retired US Iraq general demands Rumsfeld resign"
Scandal Central:
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - Newsweek: "America’s Secret Police?"
.......... - Wired: "AT&T Seeks to Hide Spy Docs"
............... - "Wiretap Whistleblower's Statement"
.......... - NYT: "Librarians Win as U.S. Relents on Secrecy Law"
............... Wherein the identity of the unnamed Connecticut library is revealed...
Iran - OpEd, SL: John Farmer "Bush's band of war-happy simpletons"
............... Farmer, former NJ attorney general, sharply criticizes the neocons...
..... - NYT: "Analysts Say a Nuclear Iran Is Years Away"
..... - Financial Times: "US ex-official Richard Armitage urges talks with Iran"
Iraq - Truthout: "Learning to Count: The Dead in Iraq"
..... - Prensa Latina: "New Italian PM to Pull Iraq Troops"
Military - Seattle PI: "Decorated Air Force nurse, barred over lesbianism, sues"
National Intelligence - SL: "Some fear intelligence boss hamstrung by bureaucracy"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Picture, New York Times)
Shoes?: "Stilt Walking Into Spring"
Art: "Christ's Passion re-imagined through the lens of present day torture, terror and tragedy"
..... An article by Gwynneth Leech, the artist whose work is featured in Plainfield Today today
Civil Rights: "FBI reviews 1946 lynching case to see if modern techniques could unearth data"
Eye Infections: "UMDNJ eye doctor's find puts Bausch & Lomb on the spot"
Geek Patrol: "A Pretty Good Way to Foil the NSA"
Illustration: "Illustrations by American Artists at the Dahesh Museum"
Marketing: "In the world of surveys, Seton Hall finds a niche: Sports"
Nicknames: "Mi, a Name I Call Myself. And You Are?"
Proms: "Prom-goers finding a date is expendable, as long as you have friends"
..... Reaching out to the prom generation, the Ledger has an online prom project,
..... more details here, and a 'Project Prom' blog here
SPORTS LINKS: Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
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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