PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "HITS: More daytime shootings... Security cams in City Hall?... What about the West End?... 'Beat the Odds' scholarships..."
Assemblyman Green - SL: "3 lawmakers seek union givebacks"
..... - Democrat trio, proposing way to freeze sales tax, expect to be 'vilified' -- and they are
..... - CN: "Democrats propose pay cuts, more hours for state workers"
Plinton Suicide: "Ohio sheriff blasts officers' 'sloppy work' in drug sting"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - OPRA - Editorial, CN: "Fee dispute a winner for public access"
..... - Police HQ: "East Orange police reveling in new HQ"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Duke Gardens: "Celebration of nature; Duke estate opens Japanese garden"
Edison - SL: "DEP saw little risk in tainted concrete"
..... - CN: "Answers few at Ford demolition rubble pollution hearing"
Naked Cop Case: "Officer calls driving while naked a foolish mistake"
Linden/Roselle: "Linden and Roselle join for police patrols on St. Georges Avenue"
Roselle: "Balance of power among Dems at stake in Roselle race"
BOOKER TRANSITION________________________________________________________________________
Forum: "Booker seeks opinions on economy, quality of life and other issues"
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez - SL: "Menendez and Kean get differing receptions in Hudson"
..... - CN: "Menendez starts Senate campaign"
..... - NYT: "Menendez Opens Campaign for Election to U.S. Senate"
Highlands: "DEP chief sets record straight on Highlands"
Homeland Security Grants - NYT: "To Some Mayors, Security Grants Seemed Fair"
Legislature:
..... - State Parks: "Two panels advance stable park funding"
..... - Disaster 'insurance': "Legislator backs insurance 'disaster fund'
Personnel Records Privacy: "ACLU sides with state workers in privacy case"
Schools: "State to take at least 1 more year for Newark, Paterson, Jersey City schools"
Seton Hall: "Seton radio station adviser accused in theft scheme"
Spelling Bee - SL: ""Ursprache" (German for language) means victory for Spring Lake teen"
..... - CN: "Spring Lake teen wins National Spelling Bee title"
UMDNJ: "A top dean at UMDNJ fired after raid by FBI"
Towns:
..... - Newark - Editorial, SL: "End the Newark land grab"
......... - Science High Building: Joan Whitlow: "An easy layup for developers"
..... - East Orange: "East Orange police reveling in new HQ"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
..... - Abramoff - NYT: "Investigator: Safavian Changed His Story"
2004 Campaign - NYT: "Fundraiser Admits Funneling Money to Bush Campaign"
Afghanistan - Cursor.org: "Military spinning is out of control"
..... - Warning: Photos are vivid! -- another, mostly text version here
Frist - NYT: "FEC Fines Frist's 2000 Senate Campaign"
Haditha Incident - WP: "Probe Into Iraq Deaths Finds False Reports"
Immigration Reform - WP: "Bill Would Add 20M Legal Immigrants, $66B Revenue, Report Says"
..... - "'Unscrupulous' Firms Are Faulted By Bush For Hiring Illegals"
Iraq: "Troops to face murder charges in Iraqi's death"
Treasury - LAT: "Paulson's Playbook Not Likely to Boost Dollar, Shrink Deficit"
Web Spying - NYT: "U.S. Wants Companies to Keep Web Usage Records"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Sound familiar? Yesterday's Dilbert...
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
Charter Schools: "Harlem, a Test Lab, Splits Over Charter Schools"
Jim Crow: "1898 Wilmington, NC, Race Clash Ruled a Coup D'Etat"
Real Estate: "IRS Ruling Imperils 'Gift Fund' Down Payment Charities For Home Buyers"
The Sopranos?: "Manufacturer of a diet pill has it in for 'Vito'"
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 |
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Levees - WP: "Corps Faults Itself For Levee Breaks In New Orleans"
Relief and Aid Contacts:
Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/
Salvation Army: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/
Catholic Charities: http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism: http://www.uscj.org/
Islamic Relief: http://www.irw.org/
Other Area Contacts: "Indonesia Relief Contacts"
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.
*
Plainfield Today: "HITS: More daytime shootings... Security cams in City Hall?... What about the West End?... 'Beat the Odds' scholarships..."
Assemblyman Green - SL: "3 lawmakers seek union givebacks"
..... - Democrat trio, proposing way to freeze sales tax, expect to be 'vilified' -- and they are
..... - CN: "Democrats propose pay cuts, more hours for state workers"
Plinton Suicide: "Ohio sheriff blasts officers' 'sloppy work' in drug sting"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - OPRA - Editorial, CN: "Fee dispute a winner for public access"
..... - Police HQ: "East Orange police reveling in new HQ"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Duke Gardens: "Celebration of nature; Duke estate opens Japanese garden"
Edison - SL: "DEP saw little risk in tainted concrete"
..... - CN: "Answers few at Ford demolition rubble pollution hearing"
Naked Cop Case: "Officer calls driving while naked a foolish mistake"
Linden/Roselle: "Linden and Roselle join for police patrols on St. Georges Avenue"
Roselle: "Balance of power among Dems at stake in Roselle race"
BOOKER TRANSITION________________________________________________________________________
Forum: "Booker seeks opinions on economy, quality of life and other issues"
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez - SL: "Menendez and Kean get differing receptions in Hudson"
..... - CN: "Menendez starts Senate campaign"
..... - NYT: "Menendez Opens Campaign for Election to U.S. Senate"
Highlands: "DEP chief sets record straight on Highlands"
Homeland Security Grants - NYT: "To Some Mayors, Security Grants Seemed Fair"
Legislature:
..... - State Parks: "Two panels advance stable park funding"
..... - Disaster 'insurance': "Legislator backs insurance 'disaster fund'
Personnel Records Privacy: "ACLU sides with state workers in privacy case"
Schools: "State to take at least 1 more year for Newark, Paterson, Jersey City schools"
Seton Hall: "Seton radio station adviser accused in theft scheme"
Spelling Bee - SL: ""Ursprache" (German for language) means victory for Spring Lake teen"
..... - CN: "Spring Lake teen wins National Spelling Bee title"
UMDNJ: "A top dean at UMDNJ fired after raid by FBI"
Towns:
..... - Newark - Editorial, SL: "End the Newark land grab"
......... - Science High Building: Joan Whitlow: "An easy layup for developers"
..... - East Orange: "East Orange police reveling in new HQ"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
..... - Abramoff - NYT: "Investigator: Safavian Changed His Story"
2004 Campaign - NYT: "Fundraiser Admits Funneling Money to Bush Campaign"
Afghanistan - Cursor.org: "Military spinning is out of control"
..... - Warning: Photos are vivid! -- another, mostly text version here
Frist - NYT: "FEC Fines Frist's 2000 Senate Campaign"
Haditha Incident - WP: "Probe Into Iraq Deaths Finds False Reports"
Immigration Reform - WP: "Bill Would Add 20M Legal Immigrants, $66B Revenue, Report Says"
..... - "'Unscrupulous' Firms Are Faulted By Bush For Hiring Illegals"
Iraq: "Troops to face murder charges in Iraqi's death"
Treasury - LAT: "Paulson's Playbook Not Likely to Boost Dollar, Shrink Deficit"
Web Spying - NYT: "U.S. Wants Companies to Keep Web Usage Records"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Sound familiar? Yesterday's Dilbert...
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
Charter Schools: "Harlem, a Test Lab, Splits Over Charter Schools"
Jim Crow: "1898 Wilmington, NC, Race Clash Ruled a Coup D'Etat"
Real Estate: "IRS Ruling Imperils 'Gift Fund' Down Payment Charities For Home Buyers"
The Sopranos?: "Manufacturer of a diet pill has it in for 'Vito'"
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 |
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Levees - WP: "Corps Faults Itself For Levee Breaks In New Orleans"
Relief and Aid Contacts:
Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/
Salvation Army: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/
Catholic Charities: http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism: http://www.uscj.org/
Islamic Relief: http://www.irw.org/
Other Area Contacts: "Indonesia Relief Contacts"
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.
*
