The first Menendez/Kean debate started at Noon, WNBC, Channel 4
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: "A beautiful day in the [online] neighborhood? Not!"
Government Jobs: "State, local government jobs jumped since 2000"
..... - The good news? Not all of the new jobs were in Plainfield...
United Way: "United Way certifies Plainfield nonprofit agencies"
_____________________
(Photo, Asbury Park Press)
Green/Moriarty/Sweeney Proposal & State Budget:
..... - The Auditor: "Is Norcross behind the tax fight?"
..... - APP: "Anti-tax activists rally, urge 'Remember in November'"
.......... - "Property taxes part of budget discussions"
..... - SL: "Democrats detail proposal to avert sales tax increase"
.......... - "Bogota mayor leads fight to kill Corzine plan"
..... - CN: "Lawmakers gear up for final battles over budget"
..... - Record: "New try today at ending budget impasse"
..... - Budget Q&A: "Summer means fun? Not in Trenton"
_____________________
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Coaches & Sex Allegations: "Coaches and betrayal of trust"
..... - Jayson Williams - TT: "Williams strives for Trenton rebound"
.......... - CN: "Jayson Williams, wife opening waffle restaurant"
..... - No-Knock Registries: "Using No-Knock Lists to Deter Solicitors"
..... - Abbott Schools: "Abbott road: How has school funding progressed?"
..... - SCC: "How not to cram: Report card on the state's rush to build schools"
..... - Development: "Historic warehouse housing artists demolished for a skyscraper in JC"
..... - Eminent Domain - Editorial, SL: "Eminent domain bill doesn't go far enough"
..... - Eminent Domain - OpEd, SL: "Jersey's chance for eminent domain reform"
..... - Eminent Domain - "Rally against ruling in Long Branch eminent domain case"
..... - Property Taxes - "Tax increase shocks some in Perth Amboy"
..... - Code Enforcement/Overcrowding - "Lambertville, Bernardsville tightening real estate rental rules"
..... - Guns/Gunplay: "Mourning mother's plea: No retaliation"
..... - Elizabeth HS: "Elizabeth the nation's largest High School" and profiles of students, courses of study and activities -- "Khaseem Greene", "Lillian Hernandez", "Susan Suarez", "Al McConkey", "Bianca Hammonds", "Lavone Lovett" and "Maria Penaranda and Kevin Lopez"
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___________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, Courier News)
CN Special: I-287 - The Road We Love To Hate:
..... - "I-287 brings best, and worst, to region"
..... - "I-287 has its own personality, its own cast of characters"
..... - "Interstates, turnpike boost N.J. economy, but at a price"
..... - "There's no $#%*! place like the Easton Avenue exit"
Clark: "Synagogue's board votes to leave Clark for Westfield"
Perth Amboy: "Tax increase shocks some in Perth Amboy"
Summit: "Changing times doom Summit landmark"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, June 25, 2006"
Corzine: See State budget stories under Plainfield heading
Menendez/Kean Race:
..... - Musto Matter - SL: "Splitting from Musto: Losing faith in a tarnished mentor"
..... - NYT: "Kean faults Menendez' in 80's corruption case, but history disagrees"
..... - Budget Debates - NYT: "Codey Excuses Mr. Kean to Attend a Debate"
Abbott Schools: "Abbott road: How has school funding progressed?"
Business: "Looking for a friend in Corzine"
SCC: "How not to cram: Report card on the state's rush to build schools"
Towns:
..... - Newark: "Renovation, and Extra Security, for CWOW Gallery"
..... - Jersey City: "How a night out down the Shore got ugly for the mayor" -- Wow!!
.......... - "Historic warehouse housing artists demolished for a skyscraper in JC"
..... - East Orange: "G-fy-G: Singing, With Their Eyes on the Prize"
..... - Readington: "Community Locks Horns With Airport Over Size"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Immigration - NYT: "Bush Plan Stalled as House G.O.P. Grew More Anxious"
Iraq: Paul Mulshine: "The Ambassador's memo to Rice: The media miss a big one"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Uniroyal gal in Glouceser, NJ
(Photo, RoadsideAmerica.com)
Advertising: Fiberglass Giants - NYT: "In Search of Giants" -- check out Roadside America, too
Architecture: "Turrets: Points of Interest"
Biking: "Mountain biking in Jim Thorpe, Penna." -- you'll be thought less a hick if you call it 'Maunk Chunk'
Diana Ross: Review: "Black, white and 'Blue'" -- Motown's just-released CD [34 years!] followup to Lady Sings the Blues
Thalidomide-stopper: "Dr. Frances Kelsey: A civil servant who truly served" and her Wiki bio
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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 | TNS - The New Standard | 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.
*
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: "A beautiful day in the [online] neighborhood? Not!"
Government Jobs: "State, local government jobs jumped since 2000"
..... - The good news? Not all of the new jobs were in Plainfield...
United Way: "United Way certifies Plainfield nonprofit agencies"
_____________________
(Photo, Asbury Park Press)
Green/Moriarty/Sweeney Proposal & State Budget:
..... - The Auditor: "Is Norcross behind the tax fight?"
..... - APP: "Anti-tax activists rally, urge 'Remember in November'"
.......... - "Property taxes part of budget discussions"
..... - SL: "Democrats detail proposal to avert sales tax increase"
.......... - "Bogota mayor leads fight to kill Corzine plan"
..... - CN: "Lawmakers gear up for final battles over budget"
..... - Record: "New try today at ending budget impasse"
..... - Budget Q&A: "Summer means fun? Not in Trenton"
_____________________
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Coaches & Sex Allegations: "Coaches and betrayal of trust"
..... - Jayson Williams - TT: "Williams strives for Trenton rebound"
.......... - CN: "Jayson Williams, wife opening waffle restaurant"
..... - No-Knock Registries: "Using No-Knock Lists to Deter Solicitors"
..... - Abbott Schools: "Abbott road: How has school funding progressed?"
..... - SCC: "How not to cram: Report card on the state's rush to build schools"
..... - Development: "Historic warehouse housing artists demolished for a skyscraper in JC"
..... - Eminent Domain - Editorial, SL: "Eminent domain bill doesn't go far enough"
..... - Eminent Domain - OpEd, SL: "Jersey's chance for eminent domain reform"
..... - Eminent Domain - "Rally against ruling in Long Branch eminent domain case"
..... - Property Taxes - "Tax increase shocks some in Perth Amboy"
..... - Code Enforcement/Overcrowding - "Lambertville, Bernardsville tightening real estate rental rules"
..... - Guns/Gunplay: "Mourning mother's plea: No retaliation"
..... - Elizabeth HS: "Elizabeth the nation's largest High School" and profiles of students, courses of study and activities -- "Khaseem Greene", "Lillian Hernandez", "Susan Suarez", "Al McConkey", "Bianca Hammonds", "Lavone Lovett" and "Maria Penaranda and Kevin Lopez"
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___________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, Courier News)
CN Special: I-287 - The Road We Love To Hate:
..... - "I-287 brings best, and worst, to region"
..... - "I-287 has its own personality, its own cast of characters"
..... - "Interstates, turnpike boost N.J. economy, but at a price"
..... - "There's no $#%*! place like the Easton Avenue exit"
Clark: "Synagogue's board votes to leave Clark for Westfield"
Perth Amboy: "Tax increase shocks some in Perth Amboy"
Summit: "Changing times doom Summit landmark"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, June 25, 2006"
Corzine: See State budget stories under Plainfield heading
Menendez/Kean Race:
..... - Musto Matter - SL: "Splitting from Musto: Losing faith in a tarnished mentor"
..... - NYT: "Kean faults Menendez' in 80's corruption case, but history disagrees"
..... - Budget Debates - NYT: "Codey Excuses Mr. Kean to Attend a Debate"
Abbott Schools: "Abbott road: How has school funding progressed?"
Business: "Looking for a friend in Corzine"
SCC: "How not to cram: Report card on the state's rush to build schools"
Towns:
..... - Newark: "Renovation, and Extra Security, for CWOW Gallery"
..... - Jersey City: "How a night out down the Shore got ugly for the mayor" -- Wow!!
.......... - "Historic warehouse housing artists demolished for a skyscraper in JC"
..... - East Orange: "G-fy-G: Singing, With Their Eyes on the Prize"
..... - Readington: "Community Locks Horns With Airport Over Size"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Immigration - NYT: "Bush Plan Stalled as House G.O.P. Grew More Anxious"
Iraq: Paul Mulshine: "The Ambassador's memo to Rice: The media miss a big one"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Uniroyal gal in Glouceser, NJ
(Photo, RoadsideAmerica.com)
Advertising: Fiberglass Giants - NYT: "In Search of Giants" -- check out Roadside America, too
Architecture: "Turrets: Points of Interest"
Biking: "Mountain biking in Jim Thorpe, Penna." -- you'll be thought less a hick if you call it 'Maunk Chunk'
Diana Ross: Review: "Black, white and 'Blue'" -- Motown's just-released CD [34 years!] followup to Lady Sings the Blues
Thalidomide-stopper: "Dr. Frances Kelsey: A civil servant who truly served" and her Wiki bio
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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 | TNS - The New Standard | 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.
*