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Sunday begins a new, weeklong celebration of National Night Out -- check out the complete calendar.
(Editorial cartoon, Sheneman, Star-Ledger)
Route 78 Construction - SL: "N.J. delays Route 78 headaches for a week"
..... - NYT: "I-78 Work Delayed After Timing Surprises New Jersey Towns"
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Development Puzzle: First pieces on table"
Plain Talker: "South Avenue Hearing Continues" and "Mayor Prevails in Residency Challenge"
Charter Court Case: "Challenge against Plainfield mayoral post nixed"
Drake House: "Restoring a piece of Plainfield history"
Muhlenberg RMC [last item]: "Hospital receives $60,000 grant"
School Budget Impacts: "Preschool program for disabled in danger"
School Uniforms: "Plainfield soliciting support for public school uniforms"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Gangs, Bloods - TT: "Alleged gang members are arraigned via video"
..... - Gangs, Bloods - AP: "More arrests expected as police try to decimate street gang"
..... - Hudson River Tunnel - SL: "$1 billion is earmarked for rail tunnel to Manhattan"
..... - Hudson River Tunnel - NYT: "Port Authority Set to Vote on Hudson Tunnel Fund"
..... - Government Pay: "Montclair hikes pay of town manager to $145K"
..... - Illegal Immigrants: "Riverside OKs measure to punish landlords, employers of illegal aliens"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Cranford: "High-volt cable in Cranford stirs fear"
Dunellen: "Arms cache found in Dunellen home"
Manville: "Police's 'Silent Cobra' stings 7 in drug raid"
New Providence: "Acme market closing in New Providence"
Scotch Plains: "Tour keeps young Israeli dancers out of war zone"
South Plainfield - SL: "Warrant issued after dancer skips her court date in body-parts case"
..... - CN: "Accused stripper no-show in court"
..... - NYT: "Dunellen: Topless Dancer Near or Far?"
Union County Freeholders: "Union County Freeholder Estrada helped Farber's boyfriend"
Woodbridge: "District unveils address mandate to enforce residency"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez/Kean Race - SL: "Menendez buddy's past under a GOP magnifying glass"
..... - TimesExpress: "Senate candidates avoid war as issue"
AG Zulima Farber: "Union County Freeholder Estrada helped Farber's boyfriend"
Board of Public Utilities - SL: "An outside BPU probe is sought"
..... - CN: "BPU blasts state audit as inaccurate investigation"
..... - AP: "Senator calls for independent investigation of utilities board"
Data Theft: "Laptops full of recruiters' data stolen from Navy offices in N.J."
Regionalization: "Seaside Park wants out of regional school district"
Rutgers: "Rutgers team to monitor online terror activity"
Salvation Army: "Salvation Army employee pleads guilty to embezzling $385,000"
Tax Reform - DailyRecord: "Waiting for Corzine: Property tax speech is talk of the town"
..... - Bergen Record: "Countdown to tax relief"
..... - CN: "On eve of property tax relief plan, GOP in dark"
..... - CN: "Property tax proposals brewing in Trenton"
..... - Editorial, CN: "Tax session will flop if turf wars rule"
..... - APP: "Property tax reforms: Where key Democrats stand"
..... - AP: "Reform ideas touted as lawmakers prepare to tackle property taxes"
Towns:
..... - Montclair: "Montclair hikes pay of town manager to $145K"
..... - Newark: "Newark park gets $1 million donation"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
2006 Elections - WP: "Democrats' Plan Focuses on Middle Class"
Abortion - WP: "Interstate Abortion Bill Clears Senate"
Boston Tunnel - AP: "Worker's'99 memo warned of ceiling collapse in Big Dig tunnel"
Homeland Security - WP: "Homeland Security Contracts Abused"
'Living Wages' - AP: "Chicago Council OKs 'Living Wage' Requirement for big retailers"
Middle East - OpEd, NYT: Bernard Haykel: "What's good for Hezbolah is bad for Al Qaeda"
..... - UN Observation Post - Reuters: "U.N.: As bombs neared, it repeatedly asked Israel to stop"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Provincetown: "Straights Complain 'Oppressed Have Become Oppressors'"
Holocaust: "Nazi files on the Holocaust are closer to being opened"
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.
*
Not getting your own CLIPPINGS email daily? Got a tip? Click here to send PT an email.
Sunday begins a new, weeklong celebration of National Night Out -- check out the complete calendar.
(Editorial cartoon, Sheneman, Star-Ledger)
Route 78 Construction - SL: "N.J. delays Route 78 headaches for a week"
..... - NYT: "I-78 Work Delayed After Timing Surprises New Jersey Towns"
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Development Puzzle: First pieces on table"
Plain Talker: "South Avenue Hearing Continues" and "Mayor Prevails in Residency Challenge"
Charter Court Case: "Challenge against Plainfield mayoral post nixed"
Drake House: "Restoring a piece of Plainfield history"
Muhlenberg RMC [last item]: "Hospital receives $60,000 grant"
School Budget Impacts: "Preschool program for disabled in danger"
School Uniforms: "Plainfield soliciting support for public school uniforms"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Gangs, Bloods - TT: "Alleged gang members are arraigned via video"
..... - Gangs, Bloods - AP: "More arrests expected as police try to decimate street gang"
..... - Hudson River Tunnel - SL: "$1 billion is earmarked for rail tunnel to Manhattan"
..... - Hudson River Tunnel - NYT: "Port Authority Set to Vote on Hudson Tunnel Fund"
..... - Government Pay: "Montclair hikes pay of town manager to $145K"
..... - Illegal Immigrants: "Riverside OKs measure to punish landlords, employers of illegal aliens"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Cranford: "High-volt cable in Cranford stirs fear"
Dunellen: "Arms cache found in Dunellen home"
Manville: "Police's 'Silent Cobra' stings 7 in drug raid"
New Providence: "Acme market closing in New Providence"
Scotch Plains: "Tour keeps young Israeli dancers out of war zone"
South Plainfield - SL: "Warrant issued after dancer skips her court date in body-parts case"
..... - CN: "Accused stripper no-show in court"
..... - NYT: "Dunellen: Topless Dancer Near or Far?"
Union County Freeholders: "Union County Freeholder Estrada helped Farber's boyfriend"
Woodbridge: "District unveils address mandate to enforce residency"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez/Kean Race - SL: "Menendez buddy's past under a GOP magnifying glass"
..... - TimesExpress: "Senate candidates avoid war as issue"
AG Zulima Farber: "Union County Freeholder Estrada helped Farber's boyfriend"
Board of Public Utilities - SL: "An outside BPU probe is sought"
..... - CN: "BPU blasts state audit as inaccurate investigation"
..... - AP: "Senator calls for independent investigation of utilities board"
Data Theft: "Laptops full of recruiters' data stolen from Navy offices in N.J."
Regionalization: "Seaside Park wants out of regional school district"
Rutgers: "Rutgers team to monitor online terror activity"
Salvation Army: "Salvation Army employee pleads guilty to embezzling $385,000"
Tax Reform - DailyRecord: "Waiting for Corzine: Property tax speech is talk of the town"
..... - Bergen Record: "Countdown to tax relief"
..... - CN: "On eve of property tax relief plan, GOP in dark"
..... - CN: "Property tax proposals brewing in Trenton"
..... - Editorial, CN: "Tax session will flop if turf wars rule"
..... - APP: "Property tax reforms: Where key Democrats stand"
..... - AP: "Reform ideas touted as lawmakers prepare to tackle property taxes"
Towns:
..... - Montclair: "Montclair hikes pay of town manager to $145K"
..... - Newark: "Newark park gets $1 million donation"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
2006 Elections - WP: "Democrats' Plan Focuses on Middle Class"
Abortion - WP: "Interstate Abortion Bill Clears Senate"
Boston Tunnel - AP: "Worker's'99 memo warned of ceiling collapse in Big Dig tunnel"
Homeland Security - WP: "Homeland Security Contracts Abused"
'Living Wages' - AP: "Chicago Council OKs 'Living Wage' Requirement for big retailers"
Middle East - OpEd, NYT: Bernard Haykel: "What's good for Hezbolah is bad for Al Qaeda"
..... - UN Observation Post - Reuters: "U.N.: As bombs neared, it repeatedly asked Israel to stop"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Provincetown: "Straights Complain 'Oppressed Have Become Oppressors'"
Holocaust: "Nazi files on the Holocaust are closer to being opened"
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.
*
