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Teachers, librarians and free speech advocates:
Check out the open letter from children's author Patricia Palacco about
censorhsip by McGraw-Hill of her speeches at a recent reading conference.
Under Of Interest.
Saturday, May 13 - To-do before your mail carrier arrives! Postal workers
will collect food donations to help Stamp Out Hunger!
To do your part, simply leave a sturdy bag containing non-perishable foods,
such as canned soup, canned vegetables, pasta, rice or cereal next to your
mailbox prior to the time of regular mail delivery on May 13. Food items should
be in non-breakable containers, such as boxes and cans. The nation's 240,000
letter carriers will then collect donations from homes across the country and deliver
them to food bank members of America's Second Harvest - The Nation's Food Bank
Network and other hunger relief organizations in more than 10,000 local communities.
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
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: (1) "Chamber of Commerce Legislative Breakfast"
and (2) "HITS: Eerie Council meetings... Raising the roof/getting a roof... Teachers on the march... Letters, we get letters..."
Letter: Michael Smith: "Self-service gas deserves look"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Gangs: "In Trenton, Anti-Gang Measures Are Proposed"
..... - Black-owned Biz: "Behind growing numbers, a troubling trend"
.......... - Lydia Sanchez Flagg is featured, got her start on Plainwood Square
..... - Development: "Monroe mayor's many roles tie in to big proposal"
Events for this week are here
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. |....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___________________________________________________________________________
Edison - SL: "'Naked cop' on trial"
..... - CN: "Officer's colleagues testify in case of naked cop"
Bound Brook: "Pournaras steps down as planner"
Hillside: "Minister presses Hillside on Darfur"
Kean U.: "Spike's advice to Kean grads: No career daze"
Scotch Plains/Fanwood Schools: "Choye to retire" and "Sports boosters tackle school board"
Somerville: "Somerset Medical Center phasing out outpatient mental health program"
Union County: "Worker accused of welfare theft"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Bank Scam: "Rabbi's son charged in $50 million bank scam"
GOP: "Whitman seeks empowerment for moderates"
Legislature:
..... - "3 senators push insurer to set aside part of surplus"
..... - SL: "Lawmaker to retool anti-surveillance bill"
..... - CN: "Security legislation called too sweeping"
..... - "Property tax crisis spawns task force"
..... - "Action in Trenton: Roundup"
Medicare: "3 firms leading in race to provide senior drug plans"
Newark Airport: "El Al Seeks to Do Extra Baggage Screening"
Racial Profiling: "AG cautious on call to end monitoring of trooper stops"
Towns:
..... - Newark: Bob Braun: "A new age begins in Newark ... just like all the ones before"
............ - Read this. Bob Braun knows Plainfield. He'd probably include us in the list...
........ - "New job for Booker, but same old digs"
..... - Newark Housing Authority: "Housing authority makes concessions, avoids takeover"
..... - Jersey City: "Mailman accused of grand jury leaks for insider trading"
..... - Wildwood: "New Jersey's vintage motels wilt to modern real estate boom"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
..... - Abramoff - AP: "E-Mails: Bush Aide Offered Abramoff Damage Control"
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - AP: "Congress Demands Phone Records Answers"
.......... - USAToday: "NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls"
.............. - This is the story that broke the story -- a heavy piece for USAT!
.......... - NYT: "Bush Is Pressed Over New Report on Surveillance"
............... - "NSA Stymies Justice Dept. Spying Probe"
.......... - Opinion, SL: John Farmer: "This time the Big Brother fears are justified"
..... - Lobbygate - LAT: "Rep. Lewis Surfaces in Probe of Rep. Cunningham"
..... - Torture - LAT: "Army Rules Put on Hold; Some Say They Allow Torture"
Army Reserves - WP: "Army Using Policy to Deny Reserve Officer Resignations"
Atomic Tests - Deseret News: "Test-blast battle not over yet"
Gas Taxes - SL: "Gas taxes on road to summer break"
Internet - Baltimore Sun: "Proposed rule changes would tangle the Web"
Iran - Truthout: "Iran vs. US: Nuclear Standoff or Realpolitik?"
..... - WP: "U.S. Under Pressure To Talk to Tehran"
Pentagon - SL/KRT: "Pentagon's financial management termed an 'embarrassment'"
Tax Cuts - Editorial, NYT: "The Republican Agenda for 2006: Tax Cuts for a Favored Few"
Visas for Scholars - CSM: "Foreign scholars denied visas are still waiting to hear why"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Strange but True Dept., L.A. Div.: "It's a miracle: Paralytic flees on foot"
Battered Women: "Coalition puts spotlight on plight"
Censorship: "Open Letter From Children's Author Patricia Polacco"
Muslims in America: "Devout Muslims in a secular land take pains to focus on their devotion"
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.
*
Teachers, librarians and free speech advocates:
Check out the open letter from children's author Patricia Palacco about
censorhsip by McGraw-Hill of her speeches at a recent reading conference.
Under Of Interest.
Saturday, May 13 - To-do before your mail carrier arrives! Postal workers
will collect food donations to help Stamp Out Hunger!
To do your part, simply leave a sturdy bag containing non-perishable foods,
such as canned soup, canned vegetables, pasta, rice or cereal next to your
mailbox prior to the time of regular mail delivery on May 13. Food items should
be in non-breakable containers, such as boxes and cans. The nation's 240,000
letter carriers will then collect donations from homes across the country and deliver
them to food bank members of America's Second Harvest - The Nation's Food Bank
Network and other hunger relief organizations in more than 10,000 local communities.
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
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: (1) "Chamber of Commerce Legislative Breakfast"
and (2) "HITS: Eerie Council meetings... Raising the roof/getting a roof... Teachers on the march... Letters, we get letters..."
Letter: Michael Smith: "Self-service gas deserves look"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Gangs: "In Trenton, Anti-Gang Measures Are Proposed"
..... - Black-owned Biz: "Behind growing numbers, a troubling trend"
.......... - Lydia Sanchez Flagg is featured, got her start on Plainwood Square
..... - Development: "Monroe mayor's many roles tie in to big proposal"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Edison - SL: "'Naked cop' on trial"
..... - CN: "Officer's colleagues testify in case of naked cop"
Bound Brook: "Pournaras steps down as planner"
Hillside: "Minister presses Hillside on Darfur"
Kean U.: "Spike's advice to Kean grads: No career daze"
Scotch Plains/Fanwood Schools: "Choye to retire" and "Sports boosters tackle school board"
Somerville: "Somerset Medical Center phasing out outpatient mental health program"
Union County: "Worker accused of welfare theft"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Bank Scam: "Rabbi's son charged in $50 million bank scam"
GOP: "Whitman seeks empowerment for moderates"
Legislature:
..... - "3 senators push insurer to set aside part of surplus"
..... - SL: "Lawmaker to retool anti-surveillance bill"
..... - CN: "Security legislation called too sweeping"
..... - "Property tax crisis spawns task force"
..... - "Action in Trenton: Roundup"
Medicare: "3 firms leading in race to provide senior drug plans"
Newark Airport: "El Al Seeks to Do Extra Baggage Screening"
Racial Profiling: "AG cautious on call to end monitoring of trooper stops"
Towns:
..... - Newark: Bob Braun: "A new age begins in Newark ... just like all the ones before"
............ - Read this. Bob Braun knows Plainfield. He'd probably include us in the list...
........ - "New job for Booker, but same old digs"
..... - Newark Housing Authority: "Housing authority makes concessions, avoids takeover"
..... - Jersey City: "Mailman accused of grand jury leaks for insider trading"
..... - Wildwood: "New Jersey's vintage motels wilt to modern real estate boom"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
..... - Abramoff - AP: "E-Mails: Bush Aide Offered Abramoff Damage Control"
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - AP: "Congress Demands Phone Records Answers"
.......... - USAToday: "NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls"
.............. - This is the story that broke the story -- a heavy piece for USAT!
.......... - NYT: "Bush Is Pressed Over New Report on Surveillance"
............... - "NSA Stymies Justice Dept. Spying Probe"
.......... - Opinion, SL: John Farmer: "This time the Big Brother fears are justified"
..... - Lobbygate - LAT: "Rep. Lewis Surfaces in Probe of Rep. Cunningham"
..... - Torture - LAT: "Army Rules Put on Hold; Some Say They Allow Torture"
Army Reserves - WP: "Army Using Policy to Deny Reserve Officer Resignations"
Atomic Tests - Deseret News: "Test-blast battle not over yet"
Gas Taxes - SL: "Gas taxes on road to summer break"
Internet - Baltimore Sun: "Proposed rule changes would tangle the Web"
Iran - Truthout: "Iran vs. US: Nuclear Standoff or Realpolitik?"
..... - WP: "U.S. Under Pressure To Talk to Tehran"
Pentagon - SL/KRT: "Pentagon's financial management termed an 'embarrassment'"
Tax Cuts - Editorial, NYT: "The Republican Agenda for 2006: Tax Cuts for a Favored Few"
Visas for Scholars - CSM: "Foreign scholars denied visas are still waiting to hear why"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Strange but True Dept., L.A. Div.: "It's a miracle: Paralytic flees on foot"
Battered Women: "Coalition puts spotlight on plight"
Censorship: "Open Letter From Children's Author Patricia Polacco"
Muslims in America: "Devout Muslims in a secular land take pains to focus on their devotion"
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.
*
