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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Council President Ray Blanco Dies"
Charter Court Case - Editorial, CN: "Ruling for Plainfield mayor best for city"
Crime: "Group attacks man, robs him outside bar"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Public Employee Contracts - "Mayor's ad against labor contract has Council fuming"
..... - Real Estate - Bergen Record: "North Jersey feels housing market chill"
..... - Real Estate - NYT: "Housing Slows, Taking Big Toll on the Economy"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Bridgewater: "Four teens charged in attempt to burn home"
Elizabeth: "55-year term for shooting children"
South Plainfield - SL: "Dancer in severed hand case is caught, returned to police"
..... - CN: "Bail bondsman catches stripper at father's Scotch Plains home"
..... - NYT: "Dancer Is Arrested in Human Hand Case"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Symphony Hall Appointment - Editorial, SL: "It's not music to our ears"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
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Property Tax Reform:
..... - SL: "Corzine sets out steps to restrain property taxes"
.......... - "Text: Corzine's address to Special Session"
.......... - "State doles out millions in town property tax relief"
.......... - "Legislators of both parties say they're ready to act"
..... - CN: "Corzine puts it all on table for tax reform"
.......... - "Central Jersey legislators applaud Corzine's proposals"
.......... - "Supporters of citizens' convention get behind Corzine plan"
.......... - "Proposal for two-tiered benefits draws state workers' opposition"
..... - NYT: "Corzine Offers His Ideas About Fixing New Jersey
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Corruption: "Trucking execs charged with bribery in Monmouth inquiry"
Pfizer: "General counsel picked to lead drugmaker Pfizer"
UMDNJ: "UMDNJ trustee quits amid probe on nepotism"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
2006 Elections - "Open Letter from Pete McCloskey, former GOP Congressman and Presidential candidate"
Middle East - WP: "Bush, Blair to Seek U.N. Approval on International Force"
Minimum Wage - WP: "House to Vote on Increase in Minimum Wage" -- some GOP members face tough races, pushed leaders on issue
Pension Law - AP: "House says yes to legislation revamping U.S. pension laws"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Map, Christian Science Monitor)
Gay Marriage: "For gay-marriage backers, rulings portend long road"
Books: "John Dean knocks ‘imperial presidency’"
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_________________________________________________________
Muslim Relief: "Muslim benefit show to raise aid for orphans"
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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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Council President Ray Blanco Dies"
Charter Court Case - Editorial, CN: "Ruling for Plainfield mayor best for city"
Crime: "Group attacks man, robs him outside bar"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Public Employee Contracts - "Mayor's ad against labor contract has Council fuming"
..... - Real Estate - Bergen Record: "North Jersey feels housing market chill"
..... - Real Estate - NYT: "Housing Slows, Taking Big Toll on the Economy"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Bridgewater: "Four teens charged in attempt to burn home"
Elizabeth: "55-year term for shooting children"
South Plainfield - SL: "Dancer in severed hand case is caught, returned to police"
..... - CN: "Bail bondsman catches stripper at father's Scotch Plains home"
..... - NYT: "Dancer Is Arrested in Human Hand Case"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Symphony Hall Appointment - Editorial, SL: "It's not music to our ears"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________
Property Tax Reform:
..... - SL: "Corzine sets out steps to restrain property taxes"
.......... - "Text: Corzine's address to Special Session"
.......... - "State doles out millions in town property tax relief"
.......... - "Legislators of both parties say they're ready to act"
..... - CN: "Corzine puts it all on table for tax reform"
.......... - "Central Jersey legislators applaud Corzine's proposals"
.......... - "Supporters of citizens' convention get behind Corzine plan"
.......... - "Proposal for two-tiered benefits draws state workers' opposition"
..... - NYT: "Corzine Offers His Ideas About Fixing New Jersey
___________________________________
Corruption: "Trucking execs charged with bribery in Monmouth inquiry"
Pfizer: "General counsel picked to lead drugmaker Pfizer"
UMDNJ: "UMDNJ trustee quits amid probe on nepotism"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
2006 Elections - "Open Letter from Pete McCloskey, former GOP Congressman and Presidential candidate"
Middle East - WP: "Bush, Blair to Seek U.N. Approval on International Force"
Minimum Wage - WP: "House to Vote on Increase in Minimum Wage" -- some GOP members face tough races, pushed leaders on issue
Pension Law - AP: "House says yes to legislation revamping U.S. pension laws"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Map, Christian Science Monitor)
Gay Marriage: "For gay-marriage backers, rulings portend long road"
Books: "John Dean knocks ‘imperial presidency’"
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_________________________________________________________
Muslim Relief: "Muslim benefit show to raise aid for orphans"
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.
*
