Abbreviated post today -- off to the Chamber of Commerce's Legislative Breakfast.
Saturday, May 13 - 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Annual Spring Book Sale, Plainfield Public Library, West 8th & Park Avenue
Hardbacks - Paperbacks - Children's books - Historic postcards - Spring plants.
Proceeds benefit the Friends of the Library, whose projects extend the Library's
services and programs. See you there!
Saturday, May 13 - 11:00 AM
Pre-Mother's Day march against violence starts at Neighborhood House,
644 West Fourth Street, ends at City Hall, East 6th Street & Watchung Avenue
Be sure to check out the Katherine Harris stories in National....
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Chamber of Commerce Legislative Breakfast"
Letter - 'Transit Villages': Pat Ballard Fox: "Development could spark city growth"
..... - Missed this in yesterday's haste over the Booker win...gives important background -- Dan
YMCA: "Plainfield YMCA chief's focus is community"
Speaking Out: Rick Taylor: "City's young learn media's importance"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Dems - SL: "Assembly leader takes on property taxes"
.......... - CN: "Proposals target pension abuse, school district spending, shared services"
..... - Mayors: "Mayors renew calls for tax convention"
..... - Anti-immigrant bias?: "Letter leads to removal in Bound Brook"
.......... - and here's the Letter: "Bound Brook saw respite from illegals"
..... - Townwide Free Wireless: "Summit is looking to cast wireless net"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Jayson Williams: "Williams asks state Supreme Court to block retrial"
Scotch Plains/Fanwood Schools: "The Cupcake Wars"
Somerville: "Business district revamp difficult"
UC Juvenile Detention Center: "At vigil for her late son, a mother seeks justice"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine: "Corzine buys the ticket for Trans-Hudson rail tunnel in 2009"
Menendez' Vacant House Seat: "Sires ignores primary foe in TV ads"
Budget: "Senators unmake hospital 'bed tax'"
Pru Suit: "Court orders unsealing of Pru lawsuit"
Verizon vs. Cable Co's.: "Union lambastes Verizon's cable plans"
Towns:
..... - Newark - SL: "Booker borrows idea to cut city's red tape"
............. - "A day to celebrate -- and give thanks"
.......... - Council Runoff: "Winner's slate has unfinished business"
.. ... - NYT: "In Victory Laps, Booker Greets Newark's Hopeful and Doubtful"
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
..... - East Orange: "Schoolkids earn top state prize; Cited for helping Katrina victims"
..... - Long Branch: "Long Branch poll plot alleged"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, Wonkette - Harris had complained the media doctored her photos)
Florida 2006 Election: Katherine Harris is giving the GOP fits--
..... - Wall Street Journal: "Katherine Harris Battles Old Friends For Florida's Keys"
.......... - archived here if you have hassles...
..... - Wonkette: "Breaking News: Katherine Harris to stay in it 'til November"
.......... - "Katherine Harris Continues to be Tested By Fire, Disgruntled Former Staffers"
Federal Courts - SL: "ABA calls Bush nominee "not qualified""
HUD: "Secretary Denies Rejecting Contract over Vendor's Dislike of Bush"
Iran - CSM: "US, Iran standoff grows tenser"
..... - Letter to US - LeMonde: "Letter of Iranian President to President Bush"
Israel/Palestine - InterPress: "Keep Hamas in Power, Israeli Leader Demands"
Republicans - WP: "Hard-Core Republicans Are Fleeing President"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |
SPORTS LINKS: PHS | 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.
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.
*
Saturday, May 13 - 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Annual Spring Book Sale, Plainfield Public Library, West 8th & Park Avenue
Hardbacks - Paperbacks - Children's books - Historic postcards - Spring plants.
Proceeds benefit the Friends of the Library, whose projects extend the Library's
services and programs. See you there!
Saturday, May 13 - 11:00 AM
Pre-Mother's Day march against violence starts at Neighborhood House,
644 West Fourth Street, ends at City Hall, East 6th Street & Watchung Avenue
Be sure to check out the Katherine Harris stories in National....
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Chamber of Commerce Legislative Breakfast"
Letter - 'Transit Villages': Pat Ballard Fox: "Development could spark city growth"
..... - Missed this in yesterday's haste over the Booker win...gives important background -- Dan
YMCA: "Plainfield YMCA chief's focus is community"
Speaking Out: Rick Taylor: "City's young learn media's importance"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Dems - SL: "Assembly leader takes on property taxes"
.......... - CN: "Proposals target pension abuse, school district spending, shared services"
..... - Mayors: "Mayors renew calls for tax convention"
..... - Anti-immigrant bias?: "Letter leads to removal in Bound Brook"
.......... - and here's the Letter: "Bound Brook saw respite from illegals"
..... - Townwide Free Wireless: "Summit is looking to cast wireless net"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Jayson Williams: "Williams asks state Supreme Court to block retrial"
Scotch Plains/Fanwood Schools: "The Cupcake Wars"
Somerville: "Business district revamp difficult"
UC Juvenile Detention Center: "At vigil for her late son, a mother seeks justice"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine: "Corzine buys the ticket for Trans-Hudson rail tunnel in 2009"
Menendez' Vacant House Seat: "Sires ignores primary foe in TV ads"
Budget: "Senators unmake hospital 'bed tax'"
Pru Suit: "Court orders unsealing of Pru lawsuit"
Verizon vs. Cable Co's.: "Union lambastes Verizon's cable plans"
Towns:
..... - Newark - SL: "Booker borrows idea to cut city's red tape"
............. - "A day to celebrate -- and give thanks"
.......... - Council Runoff: "Winner's slate has unfinished business"
.. ... - NYT: "In Victory Laps, Booker Greets Newark's Hopeful and Doubtful"
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
..... - East Orange: "Schoolkids earn top state prize; Cited for helping Katrina victims"
..... - Long Branch: "Long Branch poll plot alleged"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, Wonkette - Harris had complained the media doctored her photos)
Florida 2006 Election: Katherine Harris is giving the GOP fits--
..... - Wall Street Journal: "Katherine Harris Battles Old Friends For Florida's Keys"
.......... - archived here if you have hassles...
..... - Wonkette: "Breaking News: Katherine Harris to stay in it 'til November"
.......... - "Katherine Harris Continues to be Tested By Fire, Disgruntled Former Staffers"
Federal Courts - SL: "ABA calls Bush nominee "not qualified""
HUD: "Secretary Denies Rejecting Contract over Vendor's Dislike of Bush"
Iran - CSM: "US, Iran standoff grows tenser"
..... - Letter to US - LeMonde: "Letter of Iranian President to President Bush"
Israel/Palestine - InterPress: "Keep Hamas in Power, Israeli Leader Demands"
Republicans - WP: "Hard-Core Republicans Are Fleeing President"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |
SPORTS LINKS: PHS | 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.
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.
*
