PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Politics: The Salad Spinner effect?"
Green / Moriarty / Sweeney Proposal: Tom Moran: "Pro-labor Democrat feels union wrath"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - High School Sports: "High-school steroid tests on verge of final passage"
..... - Immigrants: "Polls show softening of stance on immigrants"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Elizabeth, Roselle Primaries: "Machine Democrats get stung in Elizabeth, Roselle races"
Linden: "Councilman will challenge Gregorio"
North Plainfield: "Party-line Democrats fend off challengers in North Plainfield"
Old Bridge: "EPA calls halt to housing development in Old Bridge over wetlands"
Somerset County Primaries: "Ledger Roundup article" -- Villa Maria roils North Plainfield
Union County College: "Prof collects seeds and cuttings with ties to history for campus orchard"
Watchung Reservation: "Trailside Center posts new hours in preparation for renovated exhibits"
Woodbridge: "Woodbridge mayor treated for cancer"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, Star-Ledger)
Senate Race - SL: "Menendez and Kean sail past primary"
..... - CN: "Kean Jr., Menendez coast to victories"
..... - NYT: "As Expected: Senate Race Between Kean and Menendez"
..... - Bergen Record: "Senate foes cast themselves as reformers"
........ - Analysis, Record: "The Bush, Corzine factor"
..... - JJ: "Menendez: Bring on Kean Jr."
Victory Speech Texts: Posted by PoliticsNJ: Menendez and Kean
Menendez' House Seat - SL: "Sires crushes Vas; Virtual lock on Menendez's House seat"
..... - CN: "Sires easily beats Vas for 13th District nod"
..... - JJ: "Vas: Home-court advantage did me in"
Independents: "28 Independents beat deadline to file for House, Senate seats"
9/11 Widows: "For 9/11 widows, Coulter book adds insult to injury"
ID Theft?: "State investigating disappearance of data during cop test"
Legislature - NYT: "Legislators' Summer Plans Include Tackling Property Taxes"
Monmouth Corruption Trial - SL: "Hospitalized after suicide attempt, informant resumes"
..... - APP: "Palughi's fitness to testify debated"
..... - NYT: "Witness Recovers From Overdose to Describe Graft"
Parkway: "Improving the toll roads, one interchange at a time"
Taxes - SL: "Legislative leaders target property taxes"
..... - CN: "Legislators agree to summer session to address property taxes"
Towns:
..... - Newark: "Arrest didn't stop bid to renew Newark computer services contract"
.......... - Newark's vendor snagged in sting for receipt of 54 stolen computers
..... - Camden: "Corzine Rejects School Chief's Salary"
..... - Maplewood: "Mayor's allies win in Maplewood race -- barely"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
..... - Lobbygate - NYT: "Lobbyist and Client Bought Town House, Deed Reveals"
2006 Elections - NYT: "Senate Emphasis on Ideology Has Some in G.O.P. Anxious"
9/11 Commission - SL: "Civil liberties board is called a paper tiger"
Canada - SL: "Canada feared siege of Parliament"
Congress - NYT: "Estate Tax Showdown Is Splitting the G.O.P."
..... - SL: "'Marriage amendment' DOA but debate continues"
Immigration Reform - LAT: "Bush downplays disagreement on immigration bills"
..... - Bergen Record: "Polls show softening of stance on immigrants"
Jefferson Affair - NYT: "Documents Point to Bribes of Nigerian by Congressman"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NY Times)
Netflix, The Phenomenon: "What Netflix Could Teach Hollywood" -- and the Top 100 Rentals
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
CIA & Nazis: "C.I.A. Knew Where Eichmann Was Hiding, Documents Show"
D-Day Observance: "Anniversary of D-Day evokes some vivid memories by the sea"
Obituary: "Keyboardist Billy Preston, 59, 'the 5th Beatle'"
Obituary: "Hilton Ruiz, 54, Pianist Fluent in Jazz and Latin Rhythms"
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 - Demographics: "Census data show Latinos moving to evacuated areas"
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.
Plainfield 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: "Politics: The Salad Spinner effect?"
Green / Moriarty / Sweeney Proposal: Tom Moran: "Pro-labor Democrat feels union wrath"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - High School Sports: "High-school steroid tests on verge of final passage"
..... - Immigrants: "Polls show softening of stance on immigrants"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Elizabeth, Roselle Primaries: "Machine Democrats get stung in Elizabeth, Roselle races"
Linden: "Councilman will challenge Gregorio"
North Plainfield: "Party-line Democrats fend off challengers in North Plainfield"
Old Bridge: "EPA calls halt to housing development in Old Bridge over wetlands"
Somerset County Primaries: "Ledger Roundup article" -- Villa Maria roils North Plainfield
Union County College: "Prof collects seeds and cuttings with ties to history for campus orchard"
Watchung Reservation: "Trailside Center posts new hours in preparation for renovated exhibits"
Woodbridge: "Woodbridge mayor treated for cancer"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, Star-Ledger)
Senate Race - SL: "Menendez and Kean sail past primary"
..... - CN: "Kean Jr., Menendez coast to victories"
..... - NYT: "As Expected: Senate Race Between Kean and Menendez"
..... - Bergen Record: "Senate foes cast themselves as reformers"
........ - Analysis, Record: "The Bush, Corzine factor"
..... - JJ: "Menendez: Bring on Kean Jr."
Victory Speech Texts: Posted by PoliticsNJ: Menendez and Kean
Menendez' House Seat - SL: "Sires crushes Vas; Virtual lock on Menendez's House seat"
..... - CN: "Sires easily beats Vas for 13th District nod"
..... - JJ: "Vas: Home-court advantage did me in"
Independents: "28 Independents beat deadline to file for House, Senate seats"
9/11 Widows: "For 9/11 widows, Coulter book adds insult to injury"
ID Theft?: "State investigating disappearance of data during cop test"
Legislature - NYT: "Legislators' Summer Plans Include Tackling Property Taxes"
Monmouth Corruption Trial - SL: "Hospitalized after suicide attempt, informant resumes"
..... - APP: "Palughi's fitness to testify debated"
..... - NYT: "Witness Recovers From Overdose to Describe Graft"
Parkway: "Improving the toll roads, one interchange at a time"
Taxes - SL: "Legislative leaders target property taxes"
..... - CN: "Legislators agree to summer session to address property taxes"
Towns:
..... - Newark: "Arrest didn't stop bid to renew Newark computer services contract"
.......... - Newark's vendor snagged in sting for receipt of 54 stolen computers
..... - Camden: "Corzine Rejects School Chief's Salary"
..... - Maplewood: "Mayor's allies win in Maplewood race -- barely"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
..... - Lobbygate - NYT: "Lobbyist and Client Bought Town House, Deed Reveals"
2006 Elections - NYT: "Senate Emphasis on Ideology Has Some in G.O.P. Anxious"
9/11 Commission - SL: "Civil liberties board is called a paper tiger"
Canada - SL: "Canada feared siege of Parliament"
Congress - NYT: "Estate Tax Showdown Is Splitting the G.O.P."
..... - SL: "'Marriage amendment' DOA but debate continues"
Immigration Reform - LAT: "Bush downplays disagreement on immigration bills"
..... - Bergen Record: "Polls show softening of stance on immigrants"
Jefferson Affair - NYT: "Documents Point to Bribes of Nigerian by Congressman"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NY Times)
Netflix, The Phenomenon: "What Netflix Could Teach Hollywood" -- and the Top 100 Rentals
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
CIA & Nazis: "C.I.A. Knew Where Eichmann Was Hiding, Documents Show"
D-Day Observance: "Anniversary of D-Day evokes some vivid memories by the sea"
Obituary: "Keyboardist Billy Preston, 59, 'the 5th Beatle'"
Obituary: "Hilton Ruiz, 54, Pianist Fluent in Jazz and Latin Rhythms"
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 - Demographics: "Census data show Latinos moving to evacuated areas"
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.
Plainfield 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.
*
