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MIA: The Ledger has a major A1 story on State Police minority recruitment woes. Not online, will post later if it comes up.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "A Plainfield Album - July 2006" -- July 4 Parade, Outdoor Art Festival, Flooding at Cedar Brook Park
South Avenue Condos: "City apartment plan topic of Wednesday hearing"
Farmers' Market [last item]: "Farmers' market vouchers available"
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Green/Moriarty/Sweeney Proposal & Budget Fallout:
Consolidation: Fran Wood: "Will consolidation gamble pay off?"
..... - Poll: Monmouth/Gannett Poll: "Shared services gaining support"
Property Tax Reform - OpEd, CN: Freeholder Adrian Mapp: "Finance reform needs changes near and far"
..... - OpEd, CN: Assembly Speaker Joe Roberts: "Property tax relief is light at end of tunnel"
Property Tax Reform - SL: "Giant stakes in property tax debate; Lobbyists await conflicting agendas"
Rutgers: "Dropping a Few Sports at Rutgers, and Putting Pressure on Trenton"
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Gangs, Bullies: "Fed up, Elizabeth residents put Bloods bully behind bars"
..... - Union County Alliance: "Dems deny flier is campaign lit"
..... - Illegal Immigrants in Workforce: "No papers? No problem"
..... - Hudson Rail Tunnel: "Rail tunnel plan gains steam, but commuters voice concerns"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Edison: "High-profile Indian-American spat dominates politics in Edison"
Elizabeth: "After a long reign of terror, the local bully goes too far"
Elizabeth: "Elizabeth dries off after flooding"
Kenilworth: "Kids go hog wild over these hams"
New Brunswick: "RWJ Nurses OK strike if contract talks stall"
Union County Alliance: "Dems deny flier is campaign lit"
Union Twp.: "Another layer in legal fight over Union strip club"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Profile - Business Administrator 'Bo' Kemp: "Entrepreneur embraces task of running city of Newark"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, July 23, 2006"
AG Zulima Farber - CN: "Farber declares she's not quitting"
..... - NYT: "Attorney General Apologizes Amid Calls for Her to Resign"
Kean - OpEd, SL: John Farmer: "In politics, it's all in the family"
Border [Mexican] Patrol: "Jersey Guard units on way to watch New Mexico border"
Drugs - Meth: "15 -- including Jersey ringleader -- are arrested in Pa. probe of gang meth ring"
Illegal Immigrants in Workforce: "No papers? No problem"
Lottery: "As lottery grows, state's cut shrinks"
Newark Airport: "Updated airport security finding fewer illegal aliens"
PSE&G Merger - Editorial, SL: "Giant utility merger must be done right"
Private Islands Down the Shore: "Rare existence that's precarious, private, inconvenient and incomparable"
SNAP - Catholic Victims of Sex Abuse: "Retired bishop expresses regret to victims"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Iraq - Analysis, WP: "In Iraq, Military Forgot Lessons of Vietnam"
Veterans - NYT: "Clinton Seeks More Help for Iraq Veterans"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Political boss Mark Hanna's suit is patterned with Dollar bills in this biting cartoon -- sound familiar?)
Political Cartoonist: "Morris Plains cartoonist Homer Davenport riled the politicians of his day"
-- a contemporary assessment of the artist and the Wikipedia entry, and his hometown's celebration
Baby Boomers: "Just don't call it a retirement home: Redefining retirement"
Bar Exams: "This exam raises the bar on stress"
Of Teachers & Students: "The 7 Deadly Sins of Students" and "The 7 Deadly Sins of Professors" -- with thanks to Michael Hendry
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.
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.
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MIA: The Ledger has a major A1 story on State Police minority recruitment woes. Not online, will post later if it comes up.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "A Plainfield Album - July 2006" -- July 4 Parade, Outdoor Art Festival, Flooding at Cedar Brook Park
South Avenue Condos: "City apartment plan topic of Wednesday hearing"
Farmers' Market [last item]: "Farmers' market vouchers available"
__________________________________________
Green/Moriarty/Sweeney Proposal & Budget Fallout:
Consolidation: Fran Wood: "Will consolidation gamble pay off?"
..... - Poll: Monmouth/Gannett Poll: "Shared services gaining support"
Property Tax Reform - OpEd, CN: Freeholder Adrian Mapp: "Finance reform needs changes near and far"
..... - OpEd, CN: Assembly Speaker Joe Roberts: "Property tax relief is light at end of tunnel"
Property Tax Reform - SL: "Giant stakes in property tax debate; Lobbyists await conflicting agendas"
Rutgers: "Dropping a Few Sports at Rutgers, and Putting Pressure on Trenton"
__________________________________________
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Gangs, Bullies: "Fed up, Elizabeth residents put Bloods bully behind bars"
..... - Union County Alliance: "Dems deny flier is campaign lit"
..... - Illegal Immigrants in Workforce: "No papers? No problem"
..... - Hudson Rail Tunnel: "Rail tunnel plan gains steam, but commuters voice concerns"
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: "High-profile Indian-American spat dominates politics in Edison"
Elizabeth: "After a long reign of terror, the local bully goes too far"
Elizabeth: "Elizabeth dries off after flooding"
Kenilworth: "Kids go hog wild over these hams"
New Brunswick: "RWJ Nurses OK strike if contract talks stall"
Union County Alliance: "Dems deny flier is campaign lit"
Union Twp.: "Another layer in legal fight over Union strip club"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Profile - Business Administrator 'Bo' Kemp: "Entrepreneur embraces task of running city of Newark"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, July 23, 2006"
AG Zulima Farber - CN: "Farber declares she's not quitting"
..... - NYT: "Attorney General Apologizes Amid Calls for Her to Resign"
Kean - OpEd, SL: John Farmer: "In politics, it's all in the family"
Border [Mexican] Patrol: "Jersey Guard units on way to watch New Mexico border"
Drugs - Meth: "15 -- including Jersey ringleader -- are arrested in Pa. probe of gang meth ring"
Illegal Immigrants in Workforce: "No papers? No problem"
Lottery: "As lottery grows, state's cut shrinks"
Newark Airport: "Updated airport security finding fewer illegal aliens"
PSE&G Merger - Editorial, SL: "Giant utility merger must be done right"
Private Islands Down the Shore: "Rare existence that's precarious, private, inconvenient and incomparable"
SNAP - Catholic Victims of Sex Abuse: "Retired bishop expresses regret to victims"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Iraq - Analysis, WP: "In Iraq, Military Forgot Lessons of Vietnam"
Veterans - NYT: "Clinton Seeks More Help for Iraq Veterans"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Political boss Mark Hanna's suit is patterned with Dollar bills in this biting cartoon -- sound familiar?)
Political Cartoonist: "Morris Plains cartoonist Homer Davenport riled the politicians of his day"
-- a contemporary assessment of the artist and the Wikipedia entry, and his hometown's celebration
Baby Boomers: "Just don't call it a retirement home: Redefining retirement"
Bar Exams: "This exam raises the bar on stress"
Of Teachers & Students: "The 7 Deadly Sins of Students" and "The 7 Deadly Sins of Professors" -- with thanks to Michael Hendry
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.
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.
*
