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Monday, May 15, 2006

15 - Mon - TW3: May 8 to 14... Plainfield website a crime scene... Drake House restoration... Fighting phone tree hell...

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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "TW3: May 08 - May 14 - Digest of Plainfield-centered news"

Drake House: "Drake House restoration full of history, suprises"


Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Development: "The Lofts, a Landlord and a Battle to Remember"
..... - NJ Orators Club: "Competition empowers them to communicate with confidence"
..... - Transitions: "Pastor M. William Howard will guide Newark transition"

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___________________________________________________________________________

Cooking - NJN: "Just a Guy Named Mike [Colameco]"
Kean U. - NYT: "A Far-Eastern Campus for Kean"
Somerset County: "County to use GPS to track 911 cell phone calls"
Super-Supermarkets: "Supermarkets on Steroids for the One-Stop Shopper"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Booker - NYT: "Next for Booker? (Get Used to the Question)"

Corruption Probe: "Awarding of jail work contracts scrutinized"
Interpreters Needed: "Legal system's plea for interpreters echoes across state"

Towns:

..... - Newark: Booker Transition: "Pastor M. William Howard will guide Newark transition"
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
..... - Short Hills: "Greenwood Gardens, 22 acres hidden in the middle of everything"
..... - South Jersey: "In Wake of Casinos, Suburbs Mushroom"
..... - Ft. Monmouth: "VA wants to keep clinic at Ft. Monmouth healthy"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Bush - SL: John Farmer: "Bush's phone record snooping holds great peril for Americans"

Immigration - SL: "Bush plans to deploy the Guard to border"
Intelligence - NYT: "Chart: Intelligence Turf, A Guide"
Medicare - SL: "GOP leaders request more drug plan time"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________


Computer Disaster: "In Case of Disaster, Have a Backup Plan for Your PC"
Phone Tree Hell Tips: "Hello. Is that a real person on the phone?"
Historic Preservation: "Designing a future for Stickley's monument to interior design"
Job Hunting: "In a Ghost-Written Résumé, Your Best Incarnation"

Libraries - NYT: "Scan This Book!"
Turnpike Rest Stops: "A Dozen Roadside Attractions"

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 |

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