PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Clippings is one!"
Green/Moriarty/Sweeney Proposal: Paul Mulshine: "Sweeney [et al] ticks off public unions"
Abbott Schools: "Aging schools pressed into action in Abbott districts"
New Democrats Forum: "Community forum on school issues"
Queen City Academy [next to last item]: "Blanco resigns charter school post"
YMCA: "Free aerobics classes at YMCA"
Connections? Food For Thought
Photo, NY Times
Sens. Ronald Rice [D] and Tom Kean, Jr. [R] oppose, Sen. Nia Gill [D] supports
..... - Needle Exchange - NYT: "No Compromise in Sight on Plan to Fight H.I.V."
..... - Heroin Additive: Fentanyl: "Heroin Users Warned About Deadly Additive"
..... - Surveillance - BBC: "Web users to 'patrol' US border"
..... - Softball Fundraiser: ""Battle of the Barristers" tournament benefits Fresh Air Fund"
..... - Policing: "Edison's Choi creates program to identify officers with problems"
..... - Banks: Fran Wood: "Trouble ahead? Bank on it"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Clark: "Mom drops girl to safety as apartment fire rages"
Cranford: "Cranford to renovate historic building on bank of Rahway River"
Edison: "Tired of waiting on state, Choi creates program to identify officers with problems"
Franklin Twp., Somerset - CN: "A 'Freedom Salute' for Iraq duty"
..... - SL: "In Somerset, special salute for Guard back from Iraq"
Hillside: "Sidelined candidate speaks out"
Perth Amboy: "Festival is again imperiled by dispute; Group lacks funds for cops"
Piscataway: "Fire damages Little League building in Piscataway"
Somerset County: "4 candidates compete for 2 freeholder seats"
..... - North Plainfield zoning battle over Villa Maria development inspired two to run
South Plainfield: "Robber holds up South Plainfield bank"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, June 04, 2006"
The 'Corzine' Seat: "For 2 men, the victory is in the voting"
Menendez' Vacant House Seat: "Sires and Vas near end of nasty race"
Ferguson / Stender Race: "Sierra Club vows to mobilize to defeat Rep. Ferguson"
Farming: "Membership soars at farm that lets consumers buy shares of harvest in advance"
Finances: "McGreevey 'swaps' deals enriched consultants, have cost the state millions"
Legislature: "Legislative staffers got $400K in bonuses"
School Superintendent Salaries: "For many school chiefs, salary is only part of the story"
Towns:
..... - Newark:
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
..... - Essex County: "Vas allies challenge sheriff, surrogate"
..... - Maplewood: "Primary threatens to tip Maplewood's delicate balance"
..... - Monroe Twp.: "Temple honors crash victims with new Torah"
..... - Irvington: "Ex-police chief loses suit against Irvington"
..... - East Orange: "Mayor says overdue infrastructure projects could start in August"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
..... - Plamegate - WP: "Libby Suffers Setback In Document Request"
2006 Elections - NYT: "Bush Calls for an Amendment Banning Same-Sex Nuptials"
..... - Playing to his base and hoping to distract from issues like the war...
Border Surveillance - BBC: "Web users to 'patrol' US border"
Canada: "17 Held in Plot to Bomb Sites in Ontario"
Haditha - TheAge/Australia: "US winces as Haditha echoes My Lai"
Immigration - NYT: "Border Patrol Draws Scrutiny as Its Role Grows"
Iraq - NYT: "Attacks on Iraq Oil Industry Aid Vast Smuggling Scheme"
Iran - NYT: "A Talk at Lunch That Shifted the Stance on Iran"
Iran-Contra at 20 - TomDispatch: "Greg Grandin on the Mother of All Scandals"
Oil - AlterNet: "Cheney Starts New Cold War Over Oil"
'State Secrets' Privilege - NYT: "Invoking Secrets Privilege a More Popular Legal Tactic by U.S."
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
Black Men - WP: "Poll Reveals a Contradictory Portrait Shaded With Promise and Doubt"
Goldman Sachs - OpEd, SL: J. Scott Orr: "The Goldman Touch"
Health: "Two drugs are found to slow or halt tumors"
Media - Covering the White House: "The White House Without a Filter"
Negotiating: Steve Adubato: "The keys to success when negotiating"
Obituary: "'Broil-a-Foil' Inventor Elihu Eli Tchack"
Obituary: "Bernard Loomis; Merged Toy Marketing, Saturday Cartoons"
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_________________________________________________________
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: "Clippings is one!"
Green/Moriarty/Sweeney Proposal: Paul Mulshine: "Sweeney [et al] ticks off public unions"
Abbott Schools: "Aging schools pressed into action in Abbott districts"
New Democrats Forum: "Community forum on school issues"
Queen City Academy [next to last item]: "Blanco resigns charter school post"
YMCA: "Free aerobics classes at YMCA"
Connections? Food For Thought
Photo, NY Times
Sens. Ronald Rice [D] and Tom Kean, Jr. [R] oppose, Sen. Nia Gill [D] supports
..... - Needle Exchange - NYT: "No Compromise in Sight on Plan to Fight H.I.V."
..... - Heroin Additive: Fentanyl: "Heroin Users Warned About Deadly Additive"
..... - Surveillance - BBC: "Web users to 'patrol' US border"
..... - Softball Fundraiser: ""Battle of the Barristers" tournament benefits Fresh Air Fund"
..... - Policing: "Edison's Choi creates program to identify officers with problems"
..... - Banks: Fran Wood: "Trouble ahead? Bank on it"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Clark: "Mom drops girl to safety as apartment fire rages"
Cranford: "Cranford to renovate historic building on bank of Rahway River"
Edison: "Tired of waiting on state, Choi creates program to identify officers with problems"
Franklin Twp., Somerset - CN: "A 'Freedom Salute' for Iraq duty"
..... - SL: "In Somerset, special salute for Guard back from Iraq"
Hillside: "Sidelined candidate speaks out"
Perth Amboy: "Festival is again imperiled by dispute; Group lacks funds for cops"
Piscataway: "Fire damages Little League building in Piscataway"
Somerset County: "4 candidates compete for 2 freeholder seats"
..... - North Plainfield zoning battle over Villa Maria development inspired two to run
South Plainfield: "Robber holds up South Plainfield bank"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, June 04, 2006"
The 'Corzine' Seat: "For 2 men, the victory is in the voting"
Menendez' Vacant House Seat: "Sires and Vas near end of nasty race"
Ferguson / Stender Race: "Sierra Club vows to mobilize to defeat Rep. Ferguson"
Farming: "Membership soars at farm that lets consumers buy shares of harvest in advance"
Finances: "McGreevey 'swaps' deals enriched consultants, have cost the state millions"
Legislature: "Legislative staffers got $400K in bonuses"
School Superintendent Salaries: "For many school chiefs, salary is only part of the story"
Towns:
..... - Newark:
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
..... - Essex County: "Vas allies challenge sheriff, surrogate"
..... - Maplewood: "Primary threatens to tip Maplewood's delicate balance"
..... - Monroe Twp.: "Temple honors crash victims with new Torah"
..... - Irvington: "Ex-police chief loses suit against Irvington"
..... - East Orange: "Mayor says overdue infrastructure projects could start in August"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
..... - Plamegate - WP: "Libby Suffers Setback In Document Request"
2006 Elections - NYT: "Bush Calls for an Amendment Banning Same-Sex Nuptials"
..... - Playing to his base and hoping to distract from issues like the war...
Border Surveillance - BBC: "Web users to 'patrol' US border"
Canada: "17 Held in Plot to Bomb Sites in Ontario"
Haditha - TheAge/Australia: "US winces as Haditha echoes My Lai"
Immigration - NYT: "Border Patrol Draws Scrutiny as Its Role Grows"
Iraq - NYT: "Attacks on Iraq Oil Industry Aid Vast Smuggling Scheme"
Iran - NYT: "A Talk at Lunch That Shifted the Stance on Iran"
Iran-Contra at 20 - TomDispatch: "Greg Grandin on the Mother of All Scandals"
Oil - AlterNet: "Cheney Starts New Cold War Over Oil"
'State Secrets' Privilege - NYT: "Invoking Secrets Privilege a More Popular Legal Tactic by U.S."
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
Black Men - WP: "Poll Reveals a Contradictory Portrait Shaded With Promise and Doubt"
Goldman Sachs - OpEd, SL: J. Scott Orr: "The Goldman Touch"
Health: "Two drugs are found to slow or halt tumors"
Media - Covering the White House: "The White House Without a Filter"
Negotiating: Steve Adubato: "The keys to success when negotiating"
Obituary: "'Broil-a-Foil' Inventor Elihu Eli Tchack"
Obituary: "Bernard Loomis; Merged Toy Marketing, Saturday Cartoons"
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_________________________________________________________
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.
*
