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Hopefully rested up, Council resumes tonight with its Agenda-setting session; Wednesday is the business session. Liquor license renewals always take up a part of the June meetings -- will all be renewed without hassles?
Since the Green / Moriarty / Sweeney proposal has helped ignite the state budget debate, all State Budget stories will be posted in the Plainfield section for the duration. -- Dan
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "TW3: June 12 - 18, 2006: Digest of past week's news"
Mondays, PLAINFIELD TODAY is a digest of Plainfield-only news from the past week: That Was The Week That Was -- or TW3 -- with links to the online stories.
Murder #5: "City man dies after stabbing" -- 5th murder of 2006 is in broad daylight on busy downtown street
Editorial, CN: "Plainfield schools need (employee) history lesson"
Letter, CN: Herb Kaufman: "Patriot Act could abolish trial rights"
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Green / Moriarty / Sweeney Proposal & State Budget:
..... -SL: "Budget headaches took shape over a decade; Workers rally for Corzine plan today"
..... - Bergen Record: "Overtime costs rise sharply for state"
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Father's Day: "Honoring fathers and leaders and their community service"
..... - You will want to read this story, not because it's about Father's Day, but because it's written by Alexi Friedman, a new Ledger Union County bureau reporter whose beat includes Plainfield. Some of you may have met him at last Thursday's Master Plan hearing. Welcome aboard, Alexi! If you have news or story ideas for Alexi, you can reach him at (908) 302-1505. -- Dan
Connections? Food For Thought
(Chart, NY Times)
..... - Immigrant Economic Mobility: "Immigration Math: It's a Long Story"
..... - Development: "110 Livingston Street: Goodbye Cubicles, Hello Condos"
..... - Teardowns: "The Teardown Wars"
..... - Baby Boomer Housing: "Growing Demand for Continuing Care"
..... - 'New Urbanism' comes to NJ: "Where Town Homes May Soon Be Rare"
..... - Surveillance Cams: "Long lens of the law"
..... - Downtowns: "Downtown's image problem"
..... - Job Training: "With a Little Help, Gaining Broader Access to Better-Paying Jobs"
..... - Libraries: "Library Phone Answerers Survive the Internet"
..... - Immigration: Bob Braun: "Immigration quandary nothing new for U.S."
Events for this week are here
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Union County: Pollution: "Auction to decide future of coal-fired power plant"
..... - Two of the state's four top polluting industrial sites are located in Union County
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Ledgislature: "Lawmakers to tackle budget, cable, tanning in upcoming weeks"
NJT - CN: "Atlantic City casinos hope NYC train idea becomes transit reality"
..... - NYT: "NJTonsiders direct train service to Atlantic City, to be subsidized by Casino Authority"
Sudan Divestment: "N.J. joins divestment effort"
Towns:
..... - Newark: "Book of the dead: Newark's homicide ledger"
..... - Jersey City - SL: "Jersey City mayor arrested at the Shore"
.......... - NYT: "Jersey City's Mayor Is Arrested in Clash at Bradley Beach Bar"
..... - Pollution: "Auction to decide future of coal-fired power plant"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Big Oil - SL: "Profits serve a purpose, oil company leaders say"
Homeland Security - SL: "Report of subway cyanide plot brings criticism of security cuts"
Immigration - NYT: "Guard Troops Set to Begin Border Mission"
Iraq - NYT: "On Talk Show, Murtha Mocks Rove's Remarks on Iraq"
..... - Graphic: "Looking for Corners Turned in Iraq"
Nigeria: "Montclair journalist is held by Nigerians for taking photos of oil installation"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NY Times)
'Adult Industry' Trade Show: "The Stars May Show Skin, but the Focus Is on the Suits"
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
ACLU: "A.C.L.U. Board Members Debate Limits on Their Own Speech"
Auto Industry: "U.S. cars rate high in study, but trucks take a back seat"
Real Estate: "40-year Mortgages: Payments That Last a Lifetime"
Religion: "Presbyterians to Vote on Gay Clergy Bill"
..... - "Episcopalians Elect First Female Presiding Bishop"
..... - "Catholic Liturgical Revisions: Reforming the Reform"
..... - "Catholic bishops trying to raise ranks of priests"
..... - "Muslim Clerics Seek a Modern Middle Ground"
Travel: "Iceland's Ring Road: The Ultimate Road Trip"
Unions: "UAW: No Retreat, No Surrender (They Hope)"
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DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
U.S. Response: "U.S. nears charity giving record in response to natural disasters"
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.
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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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