Mark your calendars: Mayor Sharon Robinson-Briggs will present her report on the
first 100 days of her administration next Thursday, 4/27, 6:00 P.M., Washington School
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "HITS: Laddie a gold-digger?... Rev. Rick riffs on schools... CSI: Plainfield..."
Crime - SL: "Police: Plainfield man ran East End marijuana operation"
Fire: "Tuesday night fire destroys Brewster Court home"
Connections?
Food For Thought
..... - Immigration: Robert Samuelson: "Conspiracy Against Assimilation"
..... - Condos: "Condos coming to Bound Brook"
..... - Public Housing Rents: "27% of Tenants Face More Rent Under NYC Plan"
..... - Transition Plans: "Booker nonprofit creating a guide on urban issues"
..... - Public Records: "Old Bridge to simplify access, make executive sessions more timely"
..... - Construction Inspections: "Licenses suspended amid flak over W. Orange club"
.......... DCA: Inspectors have no right to ignore planning or zoning board decisions
...... - Shootings: "Newark cops seize more guns; Violence grows, shootings rise nearly 10%"
New events listed for Thursday, April 27
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___________________________________________________________________________
Bound Brook: "Condos coming to Bound Brook"
Clark: "Councilman's attendance a campaign question; missed 25% of meetings"
Cops' Fireworks, Drinking: "Detectives' fireworks fiasco sparks disciplinary charges"
..... - This is the story that was MIA yesterday...
Edison: "Ford promises to clean up toxic debris"
Elizabeth: "City goes to US Supreme Court over 2001 ejection of Monteiro from meeting"
New Brunswick: "Cop's use of 'disproportionate' force faces probe"
Route 22: "Corridor improvements to break ground next year"
Union County Budget: "4.8% tax increase in county budget"
Westfield: "Calm day at Westfield High; Police, dogs were in place as a precaution"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine - SL: "I won't wait for you, Corzine tells Legislature; asks faster action on tax reform"
..... - CN: "Corzine acknowledges state's tax woes"
DEP: "New Jersey close to drought"
DYFS - SL: "Budget panel warns DYFS it can't count on extra funds"
..... - NYT: "Trenton Child Safety Czar Fights Uphill"
Gas Prices: "Gas prices climb with no relief on horizon"
'Governor's School': "A quick change of fortune for the Governor's School"
State Pension Investments: "State to wrap up Sudan divestment by August"
State Sen. Wayne Bryant: "Son's death is latest setback for embattled state senator"
Voting Machines: "Judge doubts voting machine timetable"
'Water tax': "Proposed water tax picks up support as drought watch looms"
Towns:
..... - Newark - SL: "Booker, Rice vow to make Newark safer"
.......... - Booker - SL: "Booker nonprofit creating a guide on urban issues"
.......... - Sharpe - NYT: "Newark Ordered to Freeze Funds Linked to Departing Mayor"
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
..... - Newark Housing Authority: "Council Prez Bradley resigns post on housing authority"
Newark Police: "Police seize more guns; City's violence grows as shootings rise nearly 10%"
..... - West Orange: "Licenses suspended amid ongoing flak over W. Orange club"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
China - NYT: "Bush and Chinese leader vow to cooperate on Iran"
..... - SL: "Transcript: What Bush and Hu said in Washington"
Congress & Iraq War - SL: "Iraq bill cuts gear for troops but adds controversial aircraft"
FCC: "FCC expands payola probe of 4 major radio companies"
Guantรกnamo: "Release of Gitmo list stirs anger in nations"
Immigration - Employers - SL: "'Targeted' immigration raid rounds up 1,194"
..... - NYT: "U.S. Crackdown Set Over Hiring of Immigrants"
Medicare - SL: "Feds beat goals for Medicare Part D"
Immigration - OpEd, WP: Robert Samuelson: "Conspiracy Against Assimilation"
Iraq - NYT: "Shiite Drops Bid to Keep Post as Premier"
Supreme Court - SL: "A new go-between for courts, Congress"
White House Staff - OpEd, SL: John Farmer: "Bush made his spokesman unbelievable"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Commuting: "Commute gone wild for quality of lifestyle"
Judaism, Conservative: "Facing interfaith couples, a Jewish movement thaws"
Maypoles: "Maypole Festivals: Dancing to Celebrate Spring"
Medical Marijuana: "F.D.A. Dismisses Medical Benefit From Marijuana"
Redacting Documents: "NSA paper on redacting documents" (PDF file)
....... You must click 'Accept' at bottom of page to get access to document.
....... This is THE doc on redaction, from the people in charge!
.... - Microsoft Redaction Tool Info: "Redaction add-in for MS Word 2003"
BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |
SPORTS LINKS: Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Rebuilding: "Hillborough teacher helps clear homes of Katrina victims"
PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
ABBREVIATIONS AND LINKS 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 |
(In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have
expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.
Plainfiield Today and Clippings have no affiliation whatsoever with the originator of these articles nor are
Plainfield Today or Clippings endorsed or sponsored by the originator.)
Some publications, such as the NY Times and the Ledger, remove their articles from free access after a
period of time (for the Times it is one week, for the Ledger two). This means the link may become broken
or may lead you to a pay-for-access page. If you are a 'clipper,' save the interesting stories to your hard drive
the day you read them, that way you will always have access to them.
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first 100 days of her administration next Thursday, 4/27, 6:00 P.M., Washington School
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "HITS: Laddie a gold-digger?... Rev. Rick riffs on schools... CSI: Plainfield..."
Crime - SL: "Police: Plainfield man ran East End marijuana operation"
Fire: "Tuesday night fire destroys Brewster Court home"
Connections?
Food For Thought
..... - Immigration: Robert Samuelson: "Conspiracy Against Assimilation"
..... - Condos: "Condos coming to Bound Brook"
..... - Public Housing Rents: "27% of Tenants Face More Rent Under NYC Plan"
..... - Transition Plans: "Booker nonprofit creating a guide on urban issues"
..... - Public Records: "Old Bridge to simplify access, make executive sessions more timely"
..... - Construction Inspections: "Licenses suspended amid flak over W. Orange club"
.......... DCA: Inspectors have no right to ignore planning or zoning board decisions
...... - Shootings: "Newark cops seize more guns; Violence grows, shootings rise nearly 10%"
New events listed for Thursday, April 27
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___________________________________________________________________________
Bound Brook: "Condos coming to Bound Brook"
Clark: "Councilman's attendance a campaign question; missed 25% of meetings"
Cops' Fireworks, Drinking: "Detectives' fireworks fiasco sparks disciplinary charges"
..... - This is the story that was MIA yesterday...
Edison: "Ford promises to clean up toxic debris"
Elizabeth: "City goes to US Supreme Court over 2001 ejection of Monteiro from meeting"
New Brunswick: "Cop's use of 'disproportionate' force faces probe"
Route 22: "Corridor improvements to break ground next year"
Union County Budget: "4.8% tax increase in county budget"
Westfield: "Calm day at Westfield High; Police, dogs were in place as a precaution"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine - SL: "I won't wait for you, Corzine tells Legislature; asks faster action on tax reform"
..... - CN: "Corzine acknowledges state's tax woes"
DEP: "New Jersey close to drought"
DYFS - SL: "Budget panel warns DYFS it can't count on extra funds"
..... - NYT: "Trenton Child Safety Czar Fights Uphill"
Gas Prices: "Gas prices climb with no relief on horizon"
'Governor's School': "A quick change of fortune for the Governor's School"
State Pension Investments: "State to wrap up Sudan divestment by August"
State Sen. Wayne Bryant: "Son's death is latest setback for embattled state senator"
Voting Machines: "Judge doubts voting machine timetable"
'Water tax': "Proposed water tax picks up support as drought watch looms"
Towns:
..... - Newark - SL: "Booker, Rice vow to make Newark safer"
.......... - Booker - SL: "Booker nonprofit creating a guide on urban issues"
.......... - Sharpe - NYT: "Newark Ordered to Freeze Funds Linked to Departing Mayor"
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
..... - Newark Housing Authority: "Council Prez Bradley resigns post on housing authority"
Newark Police: "Police seize more guns; City's violence grows as shootings rise nearly 10%"
..... - West Orange: "Licenses suspended amid ongoing flak over W. Orange club"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
China - NYT: "Bush and Chinese leader vow to cooperate on Iran"
..... - SL: "Transcript: What Bush and Hu said in Washington"
Congress & Iraq War - SL: "Iraq bill cuts gear for troops but adds controversial aircraft"
FCC: "FCC expands payola probe of 4 major radio companies"
Guantรกnamo: "Release of Gitmo list stirs anger in nations"
Immigration - Employers - SL: "'Targeted' immigration raid rounds up 1,194"
..... - NYT: "U.S. Crackdown Set Over Hiring of Immigrants"
Medicare - SL: "Feds beat goals for Medicare Part D"
Immigration - OpEd, WP: Robert Samuelson: "Conspiracy Against Assimilation"
Iraq - NYT: "Shiite Drops Bid to Keep Post as Premier"
Supreme Court - SL: "A new go-between for courts, Congress"
White House Staff - OpEd, SL: John Farmer: "Bush made his spokesman unbelievable"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Commuting: "Commute gone wild for quality of lifestyle"
Judaism, Conservative: "Facing interfaith couples, a Jewish movement thaws"
Maypoles: "Maypole Festivals: Dancing to Celebrate Spring"
Medical Marijuana: "F.D.A. Dismisses Medical Benefit From Marijuana"
Redacting Documents: "NSA paper on redacting documents" (PDF file)
....... You must click 'Accept' at bottom of page to get access to document.
....... This is THE doc on redaction, from the people in charge!
.... - Microsoft Redaction Tool Info: "Redaction add-in for MS Word 2003"
BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |
SPORTS LINKS: Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Rebuilding: "Hillborough teacher helps clear homes of Katrina victims"
PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
ABBREVIATIONS AND LINKS 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 |
(In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have
expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.
Plainfiield Today and Clippings have no affiliation whatsoever with the originator of these articles nor are
Plainfield Today or Clippings endorsed or sponsored by the originator.)
Some publications, such as the NY Times and the Ledger, remove their articles from free access after a
period of time (for the Times it is one week, for the Ledger two). This means the link may become broken
or may lead you to a pay-for-access page. If you are a 'clipper,' save the interesting stories to your hard drive
the day you read them, that way you will always have access to them.
*
