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Wednesday: City Council Business meeting, 8:00 PM, Courthouse AND Board of Ed meeting
Wednesday: Death Penalty Study Commission public hearing, 2:00 PM, State House Annex, 1st Fl., Committee Rm. 4. Info: (800) 973-6548 [If attending, bring photo ID]. See www.njadp.org
Thursday: 6:00 PM, Plainfield Idol Contest, Plainwood Square Park
Next Thursday: PMUA Board, 6:00 PM, PMUA Offices, 127 Roosevelt Avenue (yesterday's info incorrect, NO meeting this week)
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Kongrats, perfesser!"
Plain Talker: "Order Lacking At Council Meeting" and "Meeting Update [Council and Bd of Ed]"
Senior Center - SL: "Plainfield senior condos planned; 63 units would raise $400,000 in taxes"
..... - CN: "City's mayor presents plans for senior center"
Cop & Teacher Salaries & Benefits - a 6-part series by the Bergen Record:
..... - Tuesday: "Workers' health care causing pain"
..... - Monday: "Unions drive a hard bargain"
..... - Sunday: "Can N.J. afford the rising cost of teachers and cops?"
___________________________________________
Green/Moriarty/Sweeney Proposal & Budget Fallout:
Budget 'pork': Linda Stamato: "Tacking on pork and undermining public trust"
Tax Reform - Editorial, CN: "If legislators can't deliver, time for tax convention"
___________________________________________
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Public Employee Contracts: "NYC Mayor Vows to Keep Trying for Concessions by Unions"
..... - Dual Officeholding - Editorial, SL: "Ban dual office-holding"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Edison: "Edison makes Money magazine's list of top places"
Edison: "Edison's naked cop must be fired"
Elizabeth: "Ex-cop's conviction reinstated in fatal beating"
North Plainfield: "Social Services joins manslaughter case involving newborn"
Piscataway - SL: "Deadline comes, Halper family stays on farm"
..... - CN: "Halpers remain at Piscataway farm"
Union Twp.: "Owner wants U.S. probe of Union warehouse arson"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Light Rail: "Newark hopes new light rail keeps revival rolling along"
Sharpe James - NYT: "Ex-Mayor Will Get $323,000 in Pay and Pension"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Farber and 'the Billboard' - SL: "Billboard controversy snares AG"
..... - Column, SL: Paul Mulshine: "McDonald's case shows Farber's not on a roll"
Menendez/Kean Race: Polls: "Senate rivals jockeying for top spot, polls find"
..... - Kean: "Kean bucks Bush on stem cells, but Democrats aren't buying it"
Auto Inspections: "N.J. wants inspections to green-light autos with minor defects"
Dual Officeholding - Editorial, SL: "Ban dual office-holding"
DYFS: "State strikes new deal on child welfare reform"
Farber and the Traffic Stop - Record: "High-profile lawyer hired by Farber for probe of traffic stop"
Homeland Security: "2 counties get most risk-based terror aid"
NY Waterways: "Ferry firm pays $1.2M to settle post-9/11 overbilling case"
Skateboard parks: "'Hold harmless' waivers wipe out in top court"
UMDNJ: "Monitor asks U.S. attorney to help motivate UMDNJ board"
Towns:
..... - Glen Ridge: "Moving day follows kids' graduation day in one high-tax town"
..... - Wayne: "Wayne sued over mosque application; discrimination alleged"
..... - Passaic: "Passaic hospital set to reopen after boiler blast, evacuations"
..... - Bogota: "Billboard controversy snares AG"
..... - Montclair: "Struggling to preserve the flavor of Montclair"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - SanDiegoUnionTrib: "Dean raps Bush on defense"
G-8 Summit - SL: "Microphone catches Bush cursing Mideast mess over a buttered roll"
Middle East - Tikkun: Rabbi Michael Lerner: "End the Suffering in the Middle East"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Obituary: "Mickey Spillane, Critic-Proof Writer of Pulpy Mike Hammer Novels"
Voting Machines: "Blowing the Whistle on Diebold"
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_________________________________________________________
Indonesia: "Deadly tsunami strikes Indonesia"
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.
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.
*
Wednesday: City Council Business meeting, 8:00 PM, Courthouse AND Board of Ed meeting
Wednesday: Death Penalty Study Commission public hearing, 2:00 PM, State House Annex, 1st Fl., Committee Rm. 4. Info: (800) 973-6548 [If attending, bring photo ID]. See www.njadp.org
Thursday: 6:00 PM, Plainfield Idol Contest, Plainwood Square Park
Next Thursday: PMUA Board, 6:00 PM, PMUA Offices, 127 Roosevelt Avenue (yesterday's info incorrect, NO meeting this week)
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Kongrats, perfesser!"
Plain Talker: "Order Lacking At Council Meeting" and "Meeting Update [Council and Bd of Ed]"
Senior Center - SL: "Plainfield senior condos planned; 63 units would raise $400,000 in taxes"
..... - CN: "City's mayor presents plans for senior center"
Cop & Teacher Salaries & Benefits - a 6-part series by the Bergen Record:
..... - Tuesday: "Workers' health care causing pain"
..... - Monday: "Unions drive a hard bargain"
..... - Sunday: "Can N.J. afford the rising cost of teachers and cops?"
___________________________________________
Green/Moriarty/Sweeney Proposal & Budget Fallout:
Budget 'pork': Linda Stamato: "Tacking on pork and undermining public trust"
Tax Reform - Editorial, CN: "If legislators can't deliver, time for tax convention"
___________________________________________
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Public Employee Contracts: "NYC Mayor Vows to Keep Trying for Concessions by Unions"
..... - Dual Officeholding - Editorial, SL: "Ban dual office-holding"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Edison: "Edison makes Money magazine's list of top places"
Edison: "Edison's naked cop must be fired"
Elizabeth: "Ex-cop's conviction reinstated in fatal beating"
North Plainfield: "Social Services joins manslaughter case involving newborn"
Piscataway - SL: "Deadline comes, Halper family stays on farm"
..... - CN: "Halpers remain at Piscataway farm"
Union Twp.: "Owner wants U.S. probe of Union warehouse arson"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Light Rail: "Newark hopes new light rail keeps revival rolling along"
Sharpe James - NYT: "Ex-Mayor Will Get $323,000 in Pay and Pension"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Farber and 'the Billboard' - SL: "Billboard controversy snares AG"
..... - Column, SL: Paul Mulshine: "McDonald's case shows Farber's not on a roll"
Menendez/Kean Race: Polls: "Senate rivals jockeying for top spot, polls find"
..... - Kean: "Kean bucks Bush on stem cells, but Democrats aren't buying it"
Auto Inspections: "N.J. wants inspections to green-light autos with minor defects"
Dual Officeholding - Editorial, SL: "Ban dual office-holding"
DYFS: "State strikes new deal on child welfare reform"
Farber and the Traffic Stop - Record: "High-profile lawyer hired by Farber for probe of traffic stop"
Homeland Security: "2 counties get most risk-based terror aid"
NY Waterways: "Ferry firm pays $1.2M to settle post-9/11 overbilling case"
Skateboard parks: "'Hold harmless' waivers wipe out in top court"
UMDNJ: "Monitor asks U.S. attorney to help motivate UMDNJ board"
Towns:
..... - Glen Ridge: "Moving day follows kids' graduation day in one high-tax town"
..... - Wayne: "Wayne sued over mosque application; discrimination alleged"
..... - Passaic: "Passaic hospital set to reopen after boiler blast, evacuations"
..... - Bogota: "Billboard controversy snares AG"
..... - Montclair: "Struggling to preserve the flavor of Montclair"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - SanDiegoUnionTrib: "Dean raps Bush on defense"
G-8 Summit - SL: "Microphone catches Bush cursing Mideast mess over a buttered roll"
Middle East - Tikkun: Rabbi Michael Lerner: "End the Suffering in the Middle East"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Obituary: "Mickey Spillane, Critic-Proof Writer of Pulpy Mike Hammer Novels"
Voting Machines: "Blowing the Whistle on Diebold"
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_________________________________________________________
Indonesia: "Deadly tsunami strikes Indonesia"
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.
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.
*
