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As war deaths reach 2500 [see Nation & World], the Ledger's John Farmer excoriates the GOP leadership's 'phony debate' in Congress. You should remember John Farmer is a Republican and was Tom Kean's attorney general.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "HITS: More on missing $$$... Parking... Schools construction... Master Plan...."
Green / Moriarty / Sweeney Proposal: "Corzine pressed on contracts"
Film Festival: "Pride Film Festival running this weekend" -- and a link to films being shown
HIV Health Fair: "Health Center, Muhlenberg will sponsor HIV fair"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Dual Officeholding: "Advocates demanding end to double-dipping"
.......... - Full text of the NJPP report "One To A Customer" [PDF file]
..... - Eminent Domain - NYT: "Battle to Revise Eminent Domain Law Escalates"
..... - Daylaborers: "NYC to Consider Job Centers for Day Labor"
..... - Fentanyl: "More than 100 drug abusers have died from J&J's synthetic narcotic"
..... - Wal-Mart: Tom Moran: "Don't let the prices fool you: Wal-Mart is no bargain for N.J"
..... - World Cup: "A little bit of Costa Rica in Bound Brook"
..... - 'Good Lawyers Gone Bad': "Office of Attorney Ethics releases annual report"
..... - Superfund Sites: "Senators assail EPA for laxity in cleaning up Superfund sites"
..... - Preschools: "Preschool stole funds from kids, state says"
..... - Terrorism Drill: "Terrorism drill sparks alarm in Westfield"
..... - Oxycontin Ring: "Newark officer arrested in prescription drug scheme"
..... - Liquor Licenses: "Montclair tables action on 'parking' liquor license at garage"
..... - Accessibility: Joan Whitlow: "An obstacle course for the wheelchair-bound"
..... - Planning Board: "Bound Brook board member removed over 'racist' letter"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Bound Brook: "Futbol: A little bit of Costa Rica in Bound Brook"
Dunellen: "Explosive removed from Dunellen home"
Edison: "Naked cop guilty for story after crash"
..... - "Ex-DCA chief fills key job in Edison"
Elizabeth: "After 12 years, whistleblowing sergeant is victor in court, to tune of $600K"
Scotch Plains: "Scientists to tackle section of Union County in Bio-Blitz"
Westfield: "Westfield to drop lease for school for troubled teens"
BOOKER TRANSITION________________________________________________________________________
Bond Ordinance: "Bonding delayed; Booker's objections get $34M ordinance tabled"
Police Director - NYT: "Newark: Police Director Retiring"
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race: "Quinnipiac Poll: Menendez-Kean still close race"
Anti-Corruption Bill - SL: "Anti-corruption bill drops mandatory jail terms"
..... - CN: "Farber: Let bad politicians keep benefits"
..... - NYT: "Attorney General Opposes Anti-Corruption Bill"
Budget: "Codey sees no alternative to sales tax hike"
Eminent Domain - NYT: "Battle to Revise Eminent Domain Law Escalates"
Rutgers: "Rutgers to open public affairs school on Newark campus"
St. Barnabas HealthCare - SL: "Saint Barnabas to settle fraud charges"
.......... -Whistleblowers: "Whistleblowers behind the probe could be very rich"
..... - NYT: "Health Care Group to Repay $265 Million to Medicare"
Verizon & NSA - NYT: "New Jersey Demands Data on Phone Call Surveillance and Is Sued by U.S."
..... - SL: "ACLU petitions BPU for probe of phone-record access"
Xanadu: "Partner sought in Xanadu deal"
Towns:
..... - Newark: "Commission saves Newark YWCA facade"
..... - Orange: "Rasheed wins West Ward council seat"
..... - Toms River - SL: "2 charged with altering water quality reports"
.......... - NYT: "Water Managers Indicted Over Tests"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - SL: "Specter says he will press White House on spying"
2500 Dead - SL: "A war measured in deaths and dollars hits new levels"
Indecency - SL: "Broadcasters could be running for cover"
Iraq - NYT: "Congress Erupts in Partisan Fight Over Iraq War"
..... - OpEd, SL: John Farmer: "A phony war debate led by sham warriors"
..... - Analysis - LAT: "Iraq Debate Pits Uncertainty Against Anxiety"
Jefferson Affair - NYT: "Democrats Vote to Force Jefferson Off Key Committee"
Mine Safety - SL: "Bush enacts overhaul of mine safety"
Supreme Court - LAT: "Supreme Court Weakens Police 'Knock and Announce' Rule"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
Catholicisim: "American bishops OK changes in the Mass"
Fentanyl: "More than 100 drug abusers have died from J&J's synthetic narcotic"
Hearing: "Study: Blacks hear better than whites"
Skin Cancer: "Even with sunscreen, there's risk of cancer"
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_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "HITS: More on missing $$$... Parking... Schools construction... Master Plan...."
Green / Moriarty / Sweeney Proposal: "Corzine pressed on contracts"
Film Festival: "Pride Film Festival running this weekend" -- and a link to films being shown
HIV Health Fair: "Health Center, Muhlenberg will sponsor HIV fair"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Dual Officeholding: "Advocates demanding end to double-dipping"
.......... - Full text of the NJPP report "One To A Customer" [PDF file]
..... - Eminent Domain - NYT: "Battle to Revise Eminent Domain Law Escalates"
..... - Daylaborers: "NYC to Consider Job Centers for Day Labor"
..... - Fentanyl: "More than 100 drug abusers have died from J&J's synthetic narcotic"
..... - Wal-Mart: Tom Moran: "Don't let the prices fool you: Wal-Mart is no bargain for N.J"
..... - World Cup: "A little bit of Costa Rica in Bound Brook"
..... - 'Good Lawyers Gone Bad': "Office of Attorney Ethics releases annual report"
..... - Superfund Sites: "Senators assail EPA for laxity in cleaning up Superfund sites"
..... - Preschools: "Preschool stole funds from kids, state says"
..... - Terrorism Drill: "Terrorism drill sparks alarm in Westfield"
..... - Oxycontin Ring: "Newark officer arrested in prescription drug scheme"
..... - Liquor Licenses: "Montclair tables action on 'parking' liquor license at garage"
..... - Accessibility: Joan Whitlow: "An obstacle course for the wheelchair-bound"
..... - Planning Board: "Bound Brook board member removed over 'racist' letter"
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: "Futbol: A little bit of Costa Rica in Bound Brook"
Dunellen: "Explosive removed from Dunellen home"
Edison: "Naked cop guilty for story after crash"
..... - "Ex-DCA chief fills key job in Edison"
Elizabeth: "After 12 years, whistleblowing sergeant is victor in court, to tune of $600K"
Scotch Plains: "Scientists to tackle section of Union County in Bio-Blitz"
Westfield: "Westfield to drop lease for school for troubled teens"
BOOKER TRANSITION________________________________________________________________________
Bond Ordinance: "Bonding delayed; Booker's objections get $34M ordinance tabled"
Police Director - NYT: "Newark: Police Director Retiring"
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race: "Quinnipiac Poll: Menendez-Kean still close race"
Anti-Corruption Bill - SL: "Anti-corruption bill drops mandatory jail terms"
..... - CN: "Farber: Let bad politicians keep benefits"
..... - NYT: "Attorney General Opposes Anti-Corruption Bill"
Budget: "Codey sees no alternative to sales tax hike"
Eminent Domain - NYT: "Battle to Revise Eminent Domain Law Escalates"
Rutgers: "Rutgers to open public affairs school on Newark campus"
St. Barnabas HealthCare - SL: "Saint Barnabas to settle fraud charges"
.......... -Whistleblowers: "Whistleblowers behind the probe could be very rich"
..... - NYT: "Health Care Group to Repay $265 Million to Medicare"
Verizon & NSA - NYT: "New Jersey Demands Data on Phone Call Surveillance and Is Sued by U.S."
..... - SL: "ACLU petitions BPU for probe of phone-record access"
Xanadu: "Partner sought in Xanadu deal"
Towns:
..... - Newark: "Commission saves Newark YWCA facade"
..... - Orange: "Rasheed wins West Ward council seat"
..... - Toms River - SL: "2 charged with altering water quality reports"
.......... - NYT: "Water Managers Indicted Over Tests"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - SL: "Specter says he will press White House on spying"
2500 Dead - SL: "A war measured in deaths and dollars hits new levels"
Indecency - SL: "Broadcasters could be running for cover"
Iraq - NYT: "Congress Erupts in Partisan Fight Over Iraq War"
..... - OpEd, SL: John Farmer: "A phony war debate led by sham warriors"
..... - Analysis - LAT: "Iraq Debate Pits Uncertainty Against Anxiety"
Jefferson Affair - NYT: "Democrats Vote to Force Jefferson Off Key Committee"
Mine Safety - SL: "Bush enacts overhaul of mine safety"
Supreme Court - LAT: "Supreme Court Weakens Police 'Knock and Announce' Rule"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
Catholicisim: "American bishops OK changes in the Mass"
Fentanyl: "More than 100 drug abusers have died from J&J's synthetic narcotic"
Hearing: "Study: Blacks hear better than whites"
Skin Cancer: "Even with sunscreen, there's risk of cancer"
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.
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