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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Shakespeare Garden in peak viewing condition"
Plain Talker: ""Flat Budget" Means $14 Million In School Cuts"
Green/Moriarty/Sweeney Proposal:
..... - Bergen Record: "A call to cut state workers' perks"
..... - Courier Post: "State workers asked to sacrifice for budget"
..... - Daily Journal: "Lawmakers want cuts in state pay"
..... - Daily Record: "State workers threatened with pay cuts"
..... - Gloucester County Times: "Reform targets state's workers"
..... - Philadelhia Inquirer: "Sweeney to N.J. workers: Cut pay"
..... - Trenton Times: "Cost cutting hits a nerve"
Carnival [last item]: "Carnival set at high school"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Menendez: "Menendez uses Obama to mend political fences with N.J. blacks"
..... - Police Pay: "Pay cops more, poll urges"
..... - Jewish Newark: "Jewish Newark thrives in cemeteries, novels and memory"
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']
BOOKER TRANSITION________________________________________________________________________
Death Threats: "Booker's security gets beefed up after Bloods death threat"
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, Courier Post)
Menendez / Kean Race: "Kean and Menendez schedule TV debates"
..... - Menendez: "Menendez uses Obama to mend political fences with N.J. blacks"
.......... - "Menendez touts record in race to keep job"
Sires / Vas Primary: "Pow! Bam! No One's Pulling Punches in This Primary"
Toxic Sites: "Journal adds fuel to growing fears of chromium risk"
..... - "Officials call rules lax on site cleanups"
Smoking Ban: "Cigarette ban puts slump in bar trade"
Towns:
..... - Newark:
..... - Englewood: "Temporary pact ends a lockout of nurses"
..... - Parsippany: "PAL official charged with stealing funds"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Homeland Security - NYT: "Who Divides Antiterror Money? That's a Secret"
Iraq - SL: "U.S. troops are cleared in 1 of 3 Iraqi incidents"
Lobbying - NYT: "Rise of Lobbyist Shines a Light on House Ties"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
Automobile Markets: "Along Chevrolet Impala's Path, a Map of a Decline in Detroit"
Tax Shelters: "Judge approves settlement in KPMG tax shelter lawsuit"
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 - Rebuilding: "Roof repairs still lag in New Orleans as new season approaches"
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 |
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