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Today: City Council Business meeting, 8:00 PM, Courthouse AND Board of Ed meeting
Today: 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 -- Yesterday's News and The Poni Tails
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Info at City Hall English-only?"
Plain Talker: "DPW To Get Road Equipment"
Letter - CN: Dottie Gutenkauf: "Marriage defense stereotypical rant"
Letter - CN: Maria Pellum: "Homophobia ignores real ills"
Cop & Teacher Salaries & Benefits - a 6-part series by the Bergen Record:
..... - Wed: "Tenure helps good teachers and shelters the bad ones"
..... - Tue: "Workers' health care causing pain"
..... - Mon: "Unions drive a hard bargain"
..... - Sun: "Can N.J. afford the rising cost of teachers and cops?"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - 'Ghetto Tax': "Study Documents ‘Ghetto Tax' Paid by the Urban Poor" and the study
..... - Gangs: "Gangs and kids: Cops speak out"
..... - Abbott Schools: "Advocates sue for release of report on school funding"
..... - Mayoral Salary: "Morristown doubles mayor's pay to $52K, 4-3"
..... - Development: "Bloomfield mayor backs $200 million housing plan"
Events for this week are here
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. |....PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR....|
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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___________________________________________________________________________
Berkeley Heights: "Angered residents jam town meeting"
Bound Brook SL: "Councilman's sex harassment case settled quietly"
..... - CN: "Bound Brook harassment suit settled for $21,000"
Clark: "Clark residents find sewer bill overcharges"
Edison: "N.Y. Times to shut Edison plant in'08"
Kenilworth: "An infusion of youth for Democrats"
North Plainfield - CN: "County wants to bury boy cops say was left in toilet"
..... - CN: "North Plainfield man charged as identity thief"
..... - SL: "Somerset moves to bury newborn left in a toilet"
Piscataway - SL: "Edgy Halpers still awaiting eviction from farm"
..... - CN: "Halper family eviction imminent"
Union Twp.: "Money Magazine lists township among most secure in nation"
Westfield: "Traffic lights replacing cops"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Booker honors hero: "Robbery-busting chef gets a taste of hero treatment from mayor, bank"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
AG Zulima Farber with top State Troopers, February, 2006
AG Zulima Farber - SL: "Probe of Farber to cost the state $75,000 a month"
.......... - Column: Paul Moran: "The heat's on Farber after latest act of folly"
..... - CN: "Calls increase for Farber's resignation"
..... - NYT: "Calls in Trenton for Ouster of Attorney General"
Menendez/Kean Race - PolNJ: "Menendez accuses Kean of Stem Cell flip-flop"
Capital Punishment: "Panel takes up life-or-death debate"
Corrections System: "Prison probes racial slur on Muslim officer's locker"
DYFS - SL: "Judge approves new child welfare reforms"
..... - Editorial, CN: "DYFS fixes have to start working"
Flood Control - SL: "Corzine urged to shore up flood control"
..... - CN: "Groups urge more flood control"
Hudson River Tunnel - NYT: "New Hudson Rail Tunnel Is Nearing Federal Approval"
Solar Energy: "BPU flooded with applications for rebates"
NJ Supremes: "Top court declines to rule on adopted children's visits"
Taxes: "Dem lawmaker revives SMART tax reform push" and release
Turnpike Authority: "Turnpike chief under state ethics inquiry"
UMDNJ - SL: "To end scandal, Rutgers-UMDNJ merger is urged" -- and release -- Reformer Sen. Ray Lesniak is joined by Sen. Joe Vitale in urging Corzine to merge the schools
..... - NYT: "Merger Urged for University"
Towns:
..... - Millburn/Union: "Millburn Mall takes a pass on age-old Jewish establishments"
..... - Newark: "Trial nears end for high-living drug mogul -- or innocent entrepreneur"
..... - Haworth: "Blog flogs McMansions" -- Blog name is spelt out on garage door, the rest is history...
..... - Morristown: "Morristown doubles mayor's pay to $52K, 4-3"
..... - Bloomfield/East Orange: "Bloomfield mayor backs $200 million housing plan"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Daryl Cagle, MSNBC
Bush - WP: "Conservative Anger Grows Over Bush's Foreign Policy"
Abbott Schools: "Advocates sue for release of report on school funding"
Domestic Spying - WP: "Bush Thwarted Probe Into NSA Wiretapping"
Online Gambling - SL: "U.S. indicts 11 people in online gambling case"
Marriage Amendment - SL: "House foils opponents of same-sex marriage" -- Ferguson for, Frelinghuysen and all Dems against
Middle East - WP: World Opinion Roundup: "Can Israel Defeat Hezbollah?"
..... - NYT: Analysis: "With Israeli Use of Force, Debate Over Proportion"
NAACP - Reuters: "Bush grabs NAACP 'opportunity' after years of avoiding gathering"
Stem Cell Research - SL: "Senate, expecting veto, backs wider stem cell research"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Jerseyana - NJ Monthly: "52 Things Every New Jerseyan Needs To Know"
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: "Indonesian tsunami toll climbing"
Katrina: "MD, nurses accused of killing patients after Katrina"
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.
*
Today: City Council Business meeting, 8:00 PM, Courthouse AND Board of Ed meeting
Today: 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 -- Yesterday's News and The Poni Tails
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Info at City Hall English-only?"
Plain Talker: "DPW To Get Road Equipment"
Letter - CN: Dottie Gutenkauf: "Marriage defense stereotypical rant"
Letter - CN: Maria Pellum: "Homophobia ignores real ills"
Cop & Teacher Salaries & Benefits - a 6-part series by the Bergen Record:
..... - Wed: "Tenure helps good teachers and shelters the bad ones"
..... - Tue: "Workers' health care causing pain"
..... - Mon: "Unions drive a hard bargain"
..... - Sun: "Can N.J. afford the rising cost of teachers and cops?"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - 'Ghetto Tax': "Study Documents ‘Ghetto Tax' Paid by the Urban Poor" and the study
..... - Gangs: "Gangs and kids: Cops speak out"
..... - Abbott Schools: "Advocates sue for release of report on school funding"
..... - Mayoral Salary: "Morristown doubles mayor's pay to $52K, 4-3"
..... - Development: "Bloomfield mayor backs $200 million housing plan"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Berkeley Heights: "Angered residents jam town meeting"
Bound Brook SL: "Councilman's sex harassment case settled quietly"
..... - CN: "Bound Brook harassment suit settled for $21,000"
Clark: "Clark residents find sewer bill overcharges"
Edison: "N.Y. Times to shut Edison plant in'08"
Kenilworth: "An infusion of youth for Democrats"
North Plainfield - CN: "County wants to bury boy cops say was left in toilet"
..... - CN: "North Plainfield man charged as identity thief"
..... - SL: "Somerset moves to bury newborn left in a toilet"
Piscataway - SL: "Edgy Halpers still awaiting eviction from farm"
..... - CN: "Halper family eviction imminent"
Union Twp.: "Money Magazine lists township among most secure in nation"
Westfield: "Traffic lights replacing cops"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Booker honors hero: "Robbery-busting chef gets a taste of hero treatment from mayor, bank"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
AG Zulima Farber with top State Troopers, February, 2006
AG Zulima Farber - SL: "Probe of Farber to cost the state $75,000 a month"
.......... - Column: Paul Moran: "The heat's on Farber after latest act of folly"
..... - CN: "Calls increase for Farber's resignation"
..... - NYT: "Calls in Trenton for Ouster of Attorney General"
Menendez/Kean Race - PolNJ: "Menendez accuses Kean of Stem Cell flip-flop"
Capital Punishment: "Panel takes up life-or-death debate"
Corrections System: "Prison probes racial slur on Muslim officer's locker"
DYFS - SL: "Judge approves new child welfare reforms"
..... - Editorial, CN: "DYFS fixes have to start working"
Flood Control - SL: "Corzine urged to shore up flood control"
..... - CN: "Groups urge more flood control"
Hudson River Tunnel - NYT: "New Hudson Rail Tunnel Is Nearing Federal Approval"
Solar Energy: "BPU flooded with applications for rebates"
NJ Supremes: "Top court declines to rule on adopted children's visits"
Taxes: "Dem lawmaker revives SMART tax reform push" and release
Turnpike Authority: "Turnpike chief under state ethics inquiry"
UMDNJ - SL: "To end scandal, Rutgers-UMDNJ merger is urged" -- and release -- Reformer Sen. Ray Lesniak is joined by Sen. Joe Vitale in urging Corzine to merge the schools
..... - NYT: "Merger Urged for University"
Towns:
..... - Millburn/Union: "Millburn Mall takes a pass on age-old Jewish establishments"
..... - Newark: "Trial nears end for high-living drug mogul -- or innocent entrepreneur"
..... - Haworth: "Blog flogs McMansions" -- Blog name is spelt out on garage door, the rest is history...
..... - Morristown: "Morristown doubles mayor's pay to $52K, 4-3"
..... - Bloomfield/East Orange: "Bloomfield mayor backs $200 million housing plan"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Daryl Cagle, MSNBC
Bush - WP: "Conservative Anger Grows Over Bush's Foreign Policy"
Abbott Schools: "Advocates sue for release of report on school funding"
Domestic Spying - WP: "Bush Thwarted Probe Into NSA Wiretapping"
Online Gambling - SL: "U.S. indicts 11 people in online gambling case"
Marriage Amendment - SL: "House foils opponents of same-sex marriage" -- Ferguson for, Frelinghuysen and all Dems against
Middle East - WP: World Opinion Roundup: "Can Israel Defeat Hezbollah?"
..... - NYT: Analysis: "With Israeli Use of Force, Debate Over Proportion"
NAACP - Reuters: "Bush grabs NAACP 'opportunity' after years of avoiding gathering"
Stem Cell Research - SL: "Senate, expecting veto, backs wider stem cell research"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Jerseyana - NJ Monthly: "52 Things Every New Jerseyan Needs To Know"
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: "Indonesian tsunami toll climbing"
Katrina: "MD, nurses accused of killing patients after Katrina"
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.
*
