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: "Parking lot finished, problems remain"
Plainfield Public Library: "Public can contribute to memory book"
Gospel Competition: "HERITAGE Show Choir wins Gospel Fest"
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Green/Moriarty/Sweeney Proposal & State Budget:
..... - SL: "Speaker, Corzine still deadlocked in sales tax battle"
..... - CN: "Assembly to unveil budget without sales tax increase"
..... - BR: "Impasse continues over sales tax hike"
..... - NYT: "Support Builds for Corzine's Sales Tax Plan"
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Garden State Equality: "Profile: Steven Goldstein"
..... - Disaster Preparedness: "Jersey not ready for another 9/11"
..... - Nathaniel Davis: "Attorney Davis has backing of planners in Hillside"
..... - Green Brook Flood Control - SL: "Progress seen on flood control"
..... - Green Brook Flood Control - CN: "Army Corps tours flood project"
..... - Housing Construction: "'New urbanism' transforms Montclair"
..... - Accessibility: "Franklin activist gets town to make its building accessible"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Elizabeth: "Trinitas Hospital ER sports sign of the times: Crimestoppers info"
Hillside: "Attorney Nathaniel Davis has backing of planners in Hillside"
Hillside: "The Ranch: Bar's last call in hands of ABC board"
I-287: "With barriers, DOT aims to tame deadly highway"
BOOKER TRANSITION________________________________________________________________________
Council Perks: "Newark changes could start with council expenses"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine: State budget storeis are filed under Plainfield heading
Menendez/Kean Debates [2] - SL: "Menendez, Kean go to the mat again"
..... - OpEd, SL: Paul Mulshine: "TV brings out the Dan Quayle in Tom Kean Jr."
..... - NYT: "Menendez and Kean Shift From Personal to Political"
..... - CN: "In Round 2, Menendez, Kean spar on ethics and taxes"
..... - BR: "Menendez, Kean slash each other in debate"
Disaster Preparedness: "Jersey not ready for another 9/11"
J&J/Pfizer Deal: "J&J sees big return from deal for Pfizer"
PSE&G / Exelon Merger - NYT: "Assembly Tries to Thwart Utility Merger"
Legislature:
..... - "A children's department clears Senate committee"
..... - "Senate panel okays tougher penalties for corrupt officials" - SL
..... - "Senate committee advances corrpution punishment bill" - CN
..... - "Senate: Fill prescriptions despite moral concerns"
..... - "Stem cell legislation on hold in Assembly"
..... - "Senate fields bills on protests at soldiers' funerals"
Towns:
..... - Newark - SL: "8 Newark shootings leave city in shock"
.......... - NYT: "Pabst Bottle Landmark Comes Down After 75 Years"
.......... - SL: "Photo Gallery: Pabst Bottle Dismantled"
..... - Edgewater: "Prosperity at a price"
..... - East Orange: "Big things ahead as $129.4M project gets OK"
..... - Montclair: "'New urbanism' transforms Montclair"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Hillary's Senate Campaign - NYT: "Well-Known Political Blogger Is Hired"
Iraq - SL: "Several rebel groups offer a truce in Iraq"
Librarians vs DHS - NYT: "U.S. Ends Effort to Obtain Library Records in Connecticut"
..... - The government concluded that the implied threat had no merit
Supreme Court - SL: "Justices back death penalty law in fractured ruling"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
Charities: "Experts hope the Gates-Buffett partnership will expand universe of causes"
Homosexuality: "Homosexuality linked to birth order says Canadian study"
Profile: "Steven Goldstein of Garden State Equaity: A champion for his cause"
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_________________________________________________________
(Photo, New York Times)
Katrina - Aid - NYT: "'Breathtaking' Waste and Fraud in Hurricane Aid"
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.
*
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Parking lot finished, problems remain"
Plainfield Public Library: "Public can contribute to memory book"
Gospel Competition: "HERITAGE Show Choir wins Gospel Fest"
_____________________
Green/Moriarty/Sweeney Proposal & State Budget:
..... - SL: "Speaker, Corzine still deadlocked in sales tax battle"
..... - CN: "Assembly to unveil budget without sales tax increase"
..... - BR: "Impasse continues over sales tax hike"
..... - NYT: "Support Builds for Corzine's Sales Tax Plan"
_____________________
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Garden State Equality: "Profile: Steven Goldstein"
..... - Disaster Preparedness: "Jersey not ready for another 9/11"
..... - Nathaniel Davis: "Attorney Davis has backing of planners in Hillside"
..... - Green Brook Flood Control - SL: "Progress seen on flood control"
..... - Green Brook Flood Control - CN: "Army Corps tours flood project"
..... - Housing Construction: "'New urbanism' transforms Montclair"
..... - Accessibility: "Franklin activist gets town to make its building accessible"
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: "Trinitas Hospital ER sports sign of the times: Crimestoppers info"
Hillside: "Attorney Nathaniel Davis has backing of planners in Hillside"
Hillside: "The Ranch: Bar's last call in hands of ABC board"
I-287: "With barriers, DOT aims to tame deadly highway"
BOOKER TRANSITION________________________________________________________________________
Council Perks: "Newark changes could start with council expenses"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine: State budget storeis are filed under Plainfield heading
Menendez/Kean Debates [2] - SL: "Menendez, Kean go to the mat again"
..... - OpEd, SL: Paul Mulshine: "TV brings out the Dan Quayle in Tom Kean Jr."
..... - NYT: "Menendez and Kean Shift From Personal to Political"
..... - CN: "In Round 2, Menendez, Kean spar on ethics and taxes"
..... - BR: "Menendez, Kean slash each other in debate"
Disaster Preparedness: "Jersey not ready for another 9/11"
J&J/Pfizer Deal: "J&J sees big return from deal for Pfizer"
PSE&G / Exelon Merger - NYT: "Assembly Tries to Thwart Utility Merger"
Legislature:
..... - "A children's department clears Senate committee"
..... - "Senate panel okays tougher penalties for corrupt officials" - SL
..... - "Senate committee advances corrpution punishment bill" - CN
..... - "Senate: Fill prescriptions despite moral concerns"
..... - "Stem cell legislation on hold in Assembly"
..... - "Senate fields bills on protests at soldiers' funerals"
Towns:
..... - Newark - SL: "8 Newark shootings leave city in shock"
.......... - NYT: "Pabst Bottle Landmark Comes Down After 75 Years"
.......... - SL: "Photo Gallery: Pabst Bottle Dismantled"
..... - Edgewater: "Prosperity at a price"
..... - East Orange: "Big things ahead as $129.4M project gets OK"
..... - Montclair: "'New urbanism' transforms Montclair"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Hillary's Senate Campaign - NYT: "Well-Known Political Blogger Is Hired"
Iraq - SL: "Several rebel groups offer a truce in Iraq"
Librarians vs DHS - NYT: "U.S. Ends Effort to Obtain Library Records in Connecticut"
..... - The government concluded that the implied threat had no merit
Supreme Court - SL: "Justices back death penalty law in fractured ruling"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
Charities: "Experts hope the Gates-Buffett partnership will expand universe of causes"
Homosexuality: "Homosexuality linked to birth order says Canadian study"
Profile: "Steven Goldstein of Garden State Equaity: A champion for his cause"
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_________________________________________________________
(Photo, New York Times)
Katrina - Aid - NYT: "'Breathtaking' Waste and Fraud in Hurricane Aid"
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.
*
