NOTE: Mexican Festival at St. Mary's Church begins today with a procession from
Twin City supermarket to the church, 9:30 AM. Dancing, food, festivities to 5:00 PM.
Continues tomorrow with open air Mass at 1:30. More info: 756-0085.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "'Plainfield Cooks' eat-for-scholarships event today"
Plain Talker: "Block Leader Honored On Arbor Day"
Crime:
..... - Murder: "Teen shot in city dies, becoming 4th murder victim of 2006"
..... - Drugs [3rd from last]: "Police: Suspects ran drug delivery business"
Plainfield Symphony: "Pops Concert Tonight, 8:00 PM"
Mexican Festival [next to last item]: "Mexican festival starts today, continues Sunday"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Recall - CN: "Joerger resigns, recall averted"
.......... - SL: "Bedminster official quits amid conflict"
..... - Policing - 'Stop and Challenge': "33 are arrested in police sweeps"
..... - Guns: E.J. Dionne: "Mayors take lead in gun violence debate"
Events for this week are here
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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___________________________________________________________________________
North Plainfield: "Car Nutz go ga-ga for Project Graduation"
Stender/Ferguson Race: "NJ 7: EMILY’s List Backing Gives Stender a Shot at Upset"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Budget: "Paper-based political puffery being replaced with online reports"
College Tuition: "Cuts leave college funding in the dark"
Drew U.: "A poetic inaugural"
Brain Drain: "N.J. aims to keep Ft. Monmouth's work force"
Gas, Pump-your-own - SL: "Corzine, despite detractors, still bullish on self-serve gas"
..... - CN: "Possible speed limit change drives debate"
Immigrants - CN: "N.J. Hispanics abuzz with talk of work boycott"
..... - NYT: "Immigrants Panicked by Rumors of Raids"
Rutgers: "Demoted Rutgers exec will get help in finding job"
..... - The backstory on this one is probably movie material...
State Museum: "State Museum fires executive"
Towns:
..... - Newark: The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
..... - Knowlton Twp.: "Dammed either way, town fêtes beaver"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
..... - Abu Ghraib - SL: "Interrogation chief faces Army charges in Abu Ghraib case"
Oil - NYT: "Trading Frenzy Adding to Rise in Price of Oil"
Iran - SL: "Iran defies U.N. on nuclear program"
Iraq - TT: "Madeleine Albright has harsh words for Bush; Iraq war 'worse than Vietnam'"
..... - SL: "U.S. deaths and taunts by al Qaeda rise in Iraq"
Sudan - AP: "5 US lawmakers among Sudan protest arrests"
..... - "U.N. agency halves Darfur food rations; 'Scandalous' shortfall in funding is blamed"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo: Toronto Globe & Mail; click to enlarge)
Pete Seeger Inspires The Boss: "Why Pete Seeger is one hot octogenarian"
..... - a permanent copy of this story is on Plainfield Stuff
Ben, of Ben & Jerry's: Ben Cohen explains the national budget using Oreo Cookies
Crucifixion as State Punishment: "A short history of crucifixion"
Drugs - Mexico: "Move toward decriminalization threatens anti-drug efforts with U.S."
..... - Rush Limbaugh: "Limbaugh, authorities cut deal in drug case"
Flags: "Video: Bush Waves The Mexican Flag"
McGreevey Dishes the Dirt?: "McGreevey's memoir: Details emerge"
Veterans' Needs: "Reflections of a Military Brat" -- from Jay Lassiter's blog
..... - and PSTD-Combat, a blog dedicated to post-traumatic stress syndrome issues
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 |
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. Plainfield 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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Twin City supermarket to the church, 9:30 AM. Dancing, food, festivities to 5:00 PM.
Continues tomorrow with open air Mass at 1:30. More info: 756-0085.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "'Plainfield Cooks' eat-for-scholarships event today"
Plain Talker: "Block Leader Honored On Arbor Day"
Crime:
..... - Murder: "Teen shot in city dies, becoming 4th murder victim of 2006"
..... - Drugs [3rd from last]: "Police: Suspects ran drug delivery business"
Plainfield Symphony: "Pops Concert Tonight, 8:00 PM"
Mexican Festival [next to last item]: "Mexican festival starts today, continues Sunday"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Recall - CN: "Joerger resigns, recall averted"
.......... - SL: "Bedminster official quits amid conflict"
..... - Policing - 'Stop and Challenge': "33 are arrested in police sweeps"
..... - Guns: E.J. Dionne: "Mayors take lead in gun violence debate"
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___________________________________________________________________________
North Plainfield: "Car Nutz go ga-ga for Project Graduation"
Stender/Ferguson Race: "NJ 7: EMILY’s List Backing Gives Stender a Shot at Upset"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Budget: "Paper-based political puffery being replaced with online reports"
College Tuition: "Cuts leave college funding in the dark"
Drew U.: "A poetic inaugural"
Brain Drain: "N.J. aims to keep Ft. Monmouth's work force"
Gas, Pump-your-own - SL: "Corzine, despite detractors, still bullish on self-serve gas"
..... - CN: "Possible speed limit change drives debate"
Immigrants - CN: "N.J. Hispanics abuzz with talk of work boycott"
..... - NYT: "Immigrants Panicked by Rumors of Raids"
Rutgers: "Demoted Rutgers exec will get help in finding job"
..... - The backstory on this one is probably movie material...
State Museum: "State Museum fires executive"
Towns:
..... - Newark: The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
..... - Knowlton Twp.: "Dammed either way, town fêtes beaver"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
..... - Abu Ghraib - SL: "Interrogation chief faces Army charges in Abu Ghraib case"
Oil - NYT: "Trading Frenzy Adding to Rise in Price of Oil"
Iran - SL: "Iran defies U.N. on nuclear program"
Iraq - TT: "Madeleine Albright has harsh words for Bush; Iraq war 'worse than Vietnam'"
..... - SL: "U.S. deaths and taunts by al Qaeda rise in Iraq"
Sudan - AP: "5 US lawmakers among Sudan protest arrests"
..... - "U.N. agency halves Darfur food rations; 'Scandalous' shortfall in funding is blamed"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo: Toronto Globe & Mail; click to enlarge)
Pete Seeger Inspires The Boss: "Why Pete Seeger is one hot octogenarian"
..... - a permanent copy of this story is on Plainfield Stuff
Ben, of Ben & Jerry's: Ben Cohen explains the national budget using Oreo Cookies
Crucifixion as State Punishment: "A short history of crucifixion"
Drugs - Mexico: "Move toward decriminalization threatens anti-drug efforts with U.S."
..... - Rush Limbaugh: "Limbaugh, authorities cut deal in drug case"
Flags: "Video: Bush Waves The Mexican Flag"
McGreevey Dishes the Dirt?: "McGreevey's memoir: Details emerge"
Veterans' Needs: "Reflections of a Military Brat" -- from Jay Lassiter's blog
..... - and PSTD-Combat, a blog dedicated to post-traumatic stress syndrome issues
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 |
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. Plainfield 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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