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Heat warning: Temperatures may hit 103° today. Play it safe -- stay out of sun, drink plenty of fluids, save outdoor chores for another day, stay in air-conditioned room.
National Night Out: "National Night Out weeklong celebration continues" -- tonight at City Hall
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Library closed by ruptured electrical transformer"
Plain Talker: "Officials Must Fill Vacancies Due To Blanco's Death"
Ray Blanco - Editorial, CN: "Ray Blanco devoted himself to Plainfield"
Blanco's Council Seat - SL: "Search for new councilman gets under way"
..... - CN: "Group wants another Hispanic leader on City Council"
Pensions: "Leap in pension payments to wallop towns" -- Continuing the state push to offload pension contributions to the municipality, and the resulting pressure for tax increases
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Gun Dealer Lawsuits: "2 Georgia Gun Dealers Settle Suit Brought by NYC"
..... - Murals: "Beautifing communities by painting murals on abandoned structures"
..... - Development: "Newark rethink blight designation for Mulberry Street"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Bound Brook: "Bound Brook gets boost in aid"
Manville - SL: "Rustic Mall businesses win reprieve from judge"
..... - CN: "Manville Pizza wins court battle to stay at Rustic Mall"
New Brunswick: "Judge to rule on taking of land; Seniors would lose parking"
Rahway: "Rahway's 'going away party' for crime has new date, time"
Roselle: "Pop Warner parent calls athletic field in Roselle a disgrace"
National Night Out - SL: "National Night Out events"
..... - CN: "Central Jersey prepping National Night Out"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Development: "Newark to rethink blight designation for Mulberry Street, where 2000 condos planned"
Killing of suspect by cop - SL: "Autopsy indicates man shot by cop wasn't handcuffed"
..... - NYT: "Police Killing of Suspect Tests Newark’s Novice Mayor"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez: "Menendez seeks tax break of $500 for non-itemizers"
__________________________
Property Tax Reform:
Analysis, CN: "Property tax panacea not expected by Gov. Corzine"
Four Committees set up - CN: "Committees take shape for special tax session"
..... - SL: "Members of 4 Tax Reform Committees"
Municipal Sales Taxes?: "Governor open to idea of municipal sales taxes"
OpEd, SL: Paul Mulshine: "The gorillas are safe in this jungle"
OpEd, SL: Bill Dressel: "Don't make home rule the scapegoat for high property taxes"
__________________________
Business: "Cendant split into 4 firms effective today"
Business: "Exelon says now or never for PSEG deal"
Education Commissioner: "Education chief is now free to see her goals through"
Hospitals: "State could pull plug on ailing hospitals"
Public Employee Pensions: "Leap in pension payments to wallop towns" -- Some $650 million will be due, prompting a warning of higher taxes, cuts in services.
Supreme Court: "Witness IDs must be written down; Unrecorded results to be inadmissible"
Window Guard Law - SL: "At a tragic site, window-guard rules bolstered"
..... - NYT: "Corzine Signs Window-Guard Law"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NY Times)
Immigration:
..... - Ohio Sheriff's Campaign - NYT: "Sheriff Defies Immigrants by Billboard and by Blog"
..... - Employers - NYT: "U.S. Puts Onus on Employers of Immigrants"
..... - Asylum - NYT: "Study Finds Disparities in Judges’ Asylum Rulings" -- and the Report.
Scandal Central:
..... - Frist: "Senate majority leader did not follow financial disclosure rules"
Cuba - NYT: "Ailing Castro Gives Temporary Power to Brother"
Middle East - NYT: "Israel Expands Offensive"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Illustration, Ave Maria U.)
-- Chapel is reminiscent of a Philco table radio, no?
Domino's Founder's Charity: "Schism over use of pizza fortune" and link to Ave Maria U.
Bloggers: "Montclair prof coordinates liberal religious bloggers" and here's his blog.
Mel Gibson incident: "Deputy says he bears Mel Gibson no ill will" -- the deputy IS Jewish
'Morning after' pill: "FDA rethinks its restrictions on sale of morning-after pill" and conditions.
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.
*
Heat warning: Temperatures may hit 103° today. Play it safe -- stay out of sun, drink plenty of fluids, save outdoor chores for another day, stay in air-conditioned room.
National Night Out: "National Night Out weeklong celebration continues" -- tonight at City Hall
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Library closed by ruptured electrical transformer"
Plain Talker: "Officials Must Fill Vacancies Due To Blanco's Death"
Ray Blanco - Editorial, CN: "Ray Blanco devoted himself to Plainfield"
Blanco's Council Seat - SL: "Search for new councilman gets under way"
..... - CN: "Group wants another Hispanic leader on City Council"
Pensions: "Leap in pension payments to wallop towns" -- Continuing the state push to offload pension contributions to the municipality, and the resulting pressure for tax increases
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Gun Dealer Lawsuits: "2 Georgia Gun Dealers Settle Suit Brought by NYC"
..... - Murals: "Beautifing communities by painting murals on abandoned structures"
..... - Development: "Newark rethink blight designation for Mulberry Street"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Bound Brook: "Bound Brook gets boost in aid"
Manville - SL: "Rustic Mall businesses win reprieve from judge"
..... - CN: "Manville Pizza wins court battle to stay at Rustic Mall"
New Brunswick: "Judge to rule on taking of land; Seniors would lose parking"
Rahway: "Rahway's 'going away party' for crime has new date, time"
Roselle: "Pop Warner parent calls athletic field in Roselle a disgrace"
National Night Out - SL: "National Night Out events"
..... - CN: "Central Jersey prepping National Night Out"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Development: "Newark to rethink blight designation for Mulberry Street, where 2000 condos planned"
Killing of suspect by cop - SL: "Autopsy indicates man shot by cop wasn't handcuffed"
..... - NYT: "Police Killing of Suspect Tests Newark’s Novice Mayor"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez: "Menendez seeks tax break of $500 for non-itemizers"
__________________________
Property Tax Reform:
Analysis, CN: "Property tax panacea not expected by Gov. Corzine"
Four Committees set up - CN: "Committees take shape for special tax session"
..... - SL: "Members of 4 Tax Reform Committees"
Municipal Sales Taxes?: "Governor open to idea of municipal sales taxes"
OpEd, SL: Paul Mulshine: "The gorillas are safe in this jungle"
OpEd, SL: Bill Dressel: "Don't make home rule the scapegoat for high property taxes"
__________________________
Business: "Cendant split into 4 firms effective today"
Business: "Exelon says now or never for PSEG deal"
Education Commissioner: "Education chief is now free to see her goals through"
Hospitals: "State could pull plug on ailing hospitals"
Public Employee Pensions: "Leap in pension payments to wallop towns" -- Some $650 million will be due, prompting a warning of higher taxes, cuts in services.
Supreme Court: "Witness IDs must be written down; Unrecorded results to be inadmissible"
Window Guard Law - SL: "At a tragic site, window-guard rules bolstered"
..... - NYT: "Corzine Signs Window-Guard Law"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NY Times)
Immigration:
..... - Ohio Sheriff's Campaign - NYT: "Sheriff Defies Immigrants by Billboard and by Blog"
..... - Employers - NYT: "U.S. Puts Onus on Employers of Immigrants"
..... - Asylum - NYT: "Study Finds Disparities in Judges’ Asylum Rulings" -- and the Report.
Scandal Central:
..... - Frist: "Senate majority leader did not follow financial disclosure rules"
Cuba - NYT: "Ailing Castro Gives Temporary Power to Brother"
Middle East - NYT: "Israel Expands Offensive"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Illustration, Ave Maria U.)
-- Chapel is reminiscent of a Philco table radio, no?
Domino's Founder's Charity: "Schism over use of pizza fortune" and link to Ave Maria U.
Bloggers: "Montclair prof coordinates liberal religious bloggers" and here's his blog.
Mel Gibson incident: "Deputy says he bears Mel Gibson no ill will" -- the deputy IS Jewish
'Morning after' pill: "FDA rethinks its restrictions on sale of morning-after pill" and conditions.
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.
*
