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National Night Out: "National Night Out weeklong celebration continues" -- tonight is movie night at Seidler Field
(Photo, Courier News)
ALERT: Route 78 - CN: "I-78 express lanes to close"
.................... - SL: "Reconstruction will use recycled pavement"
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "HITS: August 4" -- Ferraro sighting confirmed... Cooling site? Who knew?... South Avenue hanky-panky?... 2 from the mailbag...
Plain Talker: "Interim AD Emerges At Confusing Meeting"
Block Associations: "Block Association clinic and kickoff set for Saturday"
Crime: "Mother and daughter guilty in knife attack"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Selective Code Enforcement: "Prosecutor investigating W. Long Branch inspections department"
..... - Demographics: "Union among 25 counties nationwide with largest loss of whites in decade"
..... - Minimum Wage: "Minimum wage increase fails in Senate dispute"
..... - Legislative 'Christmas Tree' items - Editorial, SL: "Make legislators justify pet projects"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Edison: "Immigration arrest at Edison rally spurs outcry"
Elizabeth: "Firehouse in Elizabeth to be put on auction block"
Highland Park: "Financial official resigns to start consulting"
Hillside: "Bowling event to aid family of slain man"
Lottery Scam: "Authorities warn: Don't gamble on lottery scam"
New Brunswick: "RWJ nurses union gives 10-day strike notice"
Union Twp.: "Peace talks yield a place to park"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
9/11 Memorial: "N.J. firm wins pact for 9/11 memorial"
DYFS: "DYFS says N.Y. church silent about starved kids"
Gangs: "Gangster 'godfather' shifted to Ohio jail; Killer still ruled from N.J. prison, officials say"
Health Insurance: "Corzine seeks health insurance for almost all residents"
Human Trafficking: "Immigrant sisters admit charges in human trafficking"
PSE&G / Exelon Merger - SL: "Public Advocate counters 'last' offer from utilities"
..... - NYT: "Utilities Give New Jersey Regulators Deadline to Act on Merger"
..... - CN: "Deadline threatens to halt utilities' merger"
Sports Gambling Ring: "Disgraced trooper pleads guilty in betting ring"
Tax Reform: "In backup plan, constitutional convention would tackle tax reform"
UMDNJ: "Another top-level administrator loses his position at UMDNJ"
Towns:
..... - Jersey City: "Jersey City hospital's ER is shut down; Certification lapses"
..... - Parsippany: "New call center brings jobs to Parsippany"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Connecticut Primary - WP: "Lamont Leads Lieberman by 13 Points in New Poll"
..... - Blogs: "In Connecticut Race, Bloggers Are Throwing Curves and Spitballs"
Cuba - SL: "Cubans in U.S. differ on returning"
Iraq - WP: "Iraq at Risk Of Civil War, Top Generals Tell Senators"
..... - Rumsfeld - SL: "Clinton presses Rumsfeld to resign"
..... - Democracy - Reuters: "Democracy in Iraq is long shot, British envoy says"
Middle East - NYT: "Israel Renews Attack on Southern Lebanon"
Pensions - SL: "Senate approves sweeping pension legislation"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Stamps: "Cycle stamps roll into production; Woman's 1918 Cleveland one of 4 depicted"
Kerik Redux: "Officials Say Kerik Faces a Second Investigation"
Salvation Army: "New Wealth, and Worries, for the Salvation Army"
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 |
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