Groundbreaking for new Emerson School, today at 5 PM, 3rd & Emerson
Special Report: Rolling Stone magazine's investigation of the 2004 election. Includes an interview with 'Buster' Soaries startling in its frankness. See Of Interest...
Several readers have passed along a 'speeding ticket blitz' warning they received via email. It's an urban myth--see the Bergen Record story under Of Interest...
Kids outwit parents & teachers with a ring tone adults can't hear? See Of Interest...
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Citizen input for Master Plan sought Thursday evening"
Speaking Out: Joan Hervey: "Same-sex couples relegated to second class"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - John Lynch: "Cash took same route as building interests"
..... - Abbott Schools: "Preschools fail to clear teachers"
..... - Eminent Domain: "Property owners gain a shield in reform bill"
..... - Eminent Domain: "Assembly panel weighs state eminent domain reforms"
..... - Pay-to-Play: "Opponent of limits on donors backs off"
..... - Foster Care: "Advocates serve as voice for kids in foster care"
..... - Reform Dems: "Distancing Dems from Lynch, municipal chairman ousted"
..... - Development: "New Brunswick high-rise short 25 parking spaces, must remedy"
..... - Crime Stats: "Violent crime rate grows in large cities"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Bound Brook: "Bound Brook man charged with selling fake licenses"
Cranford: "Owner of dog due in court over attacks"
Elizabeth: "Federal probe sought of election letter"
Hillside: "School district suing township over $1.7M"
BOOKER TRANSITION________________________________________________________________________
Council Runoff - SL: "Newark voting in runoff election today"
..... - NYT: "Newark Council Runoff May Determine Extent of Mayor-Elect's Newfound Power"
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez: "All eyes will be on Menendez' vote on flag burning amendment"
Auto Insurance - SL: "Geico defends its rating policies"
..... - CN: "Senate committee scrutinizes GEICO's rate-setting practices"
Budget - SL: "Some mull a sales tax alternative"
..... - NYT: "Corzine Shifts to Collegiality on the Budget"
DYFS: "Advocacy group extends talks on DYFS takeover"
Eminent Domain: "Property owners gain a shield in reform bill"
..... - CN: "Assembly panel weighs state eminent domain reforms"
Fingerprints: "Court orders new murder trial in 'no prints' case"
John Lynch: "Cash took same route as building interests" --the article missing on Sunday
..... - "Distancing Dems from Lynch, municipal chairman ousted"
Pay-to-Play: "Opponent of limits on donors backs off"
..... - Editorial, SL: "Pay-to-play reforms should not be weakened"
Services-sharing: "Civil service rules called snag in towns sharing public services"
State Parks: "Bill to allocate $15M for annual upkeep of parks advances"
Veterans: "N.J. joins effort to place veterans in construction jobs"
World Cup: "Newark's Ghanian community treats World Cup debut as a holiday"
Towns:
..... - Newark: "Newark's Pabst landmark still making its last stand"
..... - North Hunterdon HS: "A prom night ends in charges and counter-charges"
..... - Lakewood: "Edict turns many Jews in Lakewood into library regulars"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - SL: Bob Sommer: "Bush should be shamed by comparison to Truman"
Scandal Central:
..... - Plamegate: "The Rove Indictment?: Sealed vs. Sealed"
..... - Renditions - NYT: "Judges Press C.I.A. Lawyer Over Withheld Documents"
Foreign Policy - Foreign Affairs Mag: "Public Perceptions: The Tipping Points"
Guantánamo - SL: "State Department disavows comment on Guantánamo"
Immigration - SL: "National Guard helps seal Arizona border crossings"
Personal Debt - NYT Mag: "The American Way of Debt"
Supreme Court - SL: "Justices' 2 rulings cheered on death row"
Voting Machines & Politics: "Diebold Lobbyist Donates $10,000 to Blackwell Campaign"
..... - Diebold manufactures voting machines used in Ohio; Ken Blackwell is the GOP candidate for governor and oversaw the 2004 elections in Ohio
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Illustration, Rolling Stone magazine)
2004 Election: The Rolling Stone Report:
..... - "Was the 2004 Election Stolen?"
..... - "Sources and Commentary"
..... - "The Voice of Voting Reform: Interview with 'Buster' Soaries"
..... - Commentary - Seattle PI: "Associate Publisher: Public interest in news topics beyond control of mainstream media"
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
Churches: "And the Relics of a Church Shall Be Rescued"
Ann Coulter: "Deadly Intent: Ann Coulter, Word Warrior"
Episcopal Church: "Episcopalians could be on brink of major schism over gays"
Kid-tracking Phones: "Locator phones let parents make call on kid surveillance"
Ring Tones: "A Ring Tone Meant to Fall on Deaf Ears"
Speeding Ticket Blitz - Bergen Record: "Ticket blitz is bogus"
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.
*
Special Report: Rolling Stone magazine's investigation of the 2004 election. Includes an interview with 'Buster' Soaries startling in its frankness. See Of Interest...
Several readers have passed along a 'speeding ticket blitz' warning they received via email. It's an urban myth--see the Bergen Record story under Of Interest...
Kids outwit parents & teachers with a ring tone adults can't hear? See Of Interest...
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Citizen input for Master Plan sought Thursday evening"
Speaking Out: Joan Hervey: "Same-sex couples relegated to second class"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - John Lynch: "Cash took same route as building interests"
..... - Abbott Schools: "Preschools fail to clear teachers"
..... - Eminent Domain: "Property owners gain a shield in reform bill"
..... - Eminent Domain: "Assembly panel weighs state eminent domain reforms"
..... - Pay-to-Play: "Opponent of limits on donors backs off"
..... - Foster Care: "Advocates serve as voice for kids in foster care"
..... - Reform Dems: "Distancing Dems from Lynch, municipal chairman ousted"
..... - Development: "New Brunswick high-rise short 25 parking spaces, must remedy"
..... - Crime Stats: "Violent crime rate grows in large cities"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Bound Brook: "Bound Brook man charged with selling fake licenses"
Cranford: "Owner of dog due in court over attacks"
Elizabeth: "Federal probe sought of election letter"
Hillside: "School district suing township over $1.7M"
BOOKER TRANSITION________________________________________________________________________
Council Runoff - SL: "Newark voting in runoff election today"
..... - NYT: "Newark Council Runoff May Determine Extent of Mayor-Elect's Newfound Power"
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez: "All eyes will be on Menendez' vote on flag burning amendment"
Auto Insurance - SL: "Geico defends its rating policies"
..... - CN: "Senate committee scrutinizes GEICO's rate-setting practices"
Budget - SL: "Some mull a sales tax alternative"
..... - NYT: "Corzine Shifts to Collegiality on the Budget"
DYFS: "Advocacy group extends talks on DYFS takeover"
Eminent Domain: "Property owners gain a shield in reform bill"
..... - CN: "Assembly panel weighs state eminent domain reforms"
Fingerprints: "Court orders new murder trial in 'no prints' case"
John Lynch: "Cash took same route as building interests" --the article missing on Sunday
..... - "Distancing Dems from Lynch, municipal chairman ousted"
Pay-to-Play: "Opponent of limits on donors backs off"
..... - Editorial, SL: "Pay-to-play reforms should not be weakened"
Services-sharing: "Civil service rules called snag in towns sharing public services"
State Parks: "Bill to allocate $15M for annual upkeep of parks advances"
Veterans: "N.J. joins effort to place veterans in construction jobs"
World Cup: "Newark's Ghanian community treats World Cup debut as a holiday"
Towns:
..... - Newark: "Newark's Pabst landmark still making its last stand"
..... - North Hunterdon HS: "A prom night ends in charges and counter-charges"
..... - Lakewood: "Edict turns many Jews in Lakewood into library regulars"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - SL: Bob Sommer: "Bush should be shamed by comparison to Truman"
Scandal Central:
..... - Plamegate: "The Rove Indictment?: Sealed vs. Sealed"
..... - Renditions - NYT: "Judges Press C.I.A. Lawyer Over Withheld Documents"
Foreign Policy - Foreign Affairs Mag: "Public Perceptions: The Tipping Points"
Guantánamo - SL: "State Department disavows comment on Guantánamo"
Immigration - SL: "National Guard helps seal Arizona border crossings"
Personal Debt - NYT Mag: "The American Way of Debt"
Supreme Court - SL: "Justices' 2 rulings cheered on death row"
Voting Machines & Politics: "Diebold Lobbyist Donates $10,000 to Blackwell Campaign"
..... - Diebold manufactures voting machines used in Ohio; Ken Blackwell is the GOP candidate for governor and oversaw the 2004 elections in Ohio
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Illustration, Rolling Stone magazine)
2004 Election: The Rolling Stone Report:
..... - "Was the 2004 Election Stolen?"
..... - "Sources and Commentary"
..... - "The Voice of Voting Reform: Interview with 'Buster' Soaries"
..... - Commentary - Seattle PI: "Associate Publisher: Public interest in news topics beyond control of mainstream media"
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
Churches: "And the Relics of a Church Shall Be Rescued"
Ann Coulter: "Deadly Intent: Ann Coulter, Word Warrior"
Episcopal Church: "Episcopalians could be on brink of major schism over gays"
Kid-tracking Phones: "Locator phones let parents make call on kid surveillance"
Ring Tones: "A Ring Tone Meant to Fall on Deaf Ears"
Speeding Ticket Blitz - Bergen Record: "Ticket blitz is bogus"
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.
*
