Reminder: Summer Concerts at Plainwood Square - This Thursday, 6:00 PM
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "New Dems picnic: Politics the main dish"
Plain Talker: "Who Is Christian Estevez?"
Park-Madison Office Complex: "Union County honored for Park-Madison complex"
Bike Safety: "Plainfield police pushing bicycle safety"
Crime - Editorial, CN: "No crime news is good news in Plainfield"
Crime: "Cool-handed thief swipes cash, cigarettes"
Crime: "Ex-Plainfield man given life sentence in HoJo robbery"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Real Estate Market: "Housing sales dive 16.3% in Jersey"
..... - Pay-to-Play: "Interim mayor's reform focus includes pay-to-play"
..... - 'Transit Village': "Irvington transit village designation could aid redevelopment"
..... - Joblessness: "State's jobless rate increases to 5.1%"
..... - Trains: "Morristown line offers luxury train trips in vintage cars" -- ¡Salud, Gordon!
..... - Bilingualwear: "Nueva generación clothes"
..... - Open Public Records: "State owes woman's lawyer fees"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Farber Fallout: "Report criticizing Farber also questions freeholder Estrada"
Edison: Tom Moran: "Mayor Choi rightly holds Edison cops accountable"
Edison: "Asian man accuses police, immigration officials of conspiring to arrest him"
Edison: "Ford to begin cleanup of tainted site in Edison"
Peapack: "Nuns to take their history with them; Even graves to be moved as sisters leave"
Rahway: "Sewerage authority OKs hiring assistant"
Roselle Park: "For sandwich legend, it's a wrap -- after 60 years"
Westfield: "Academy for teens in trouble wins stay"
Woodbridge: "Interim mayor's reform focus includes pay-to-play"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NY Times)
AG Zulima Farber: "The Special AG's Report" -- PT's guess: Forcing the resignation is Norcross' payback for losing the budget fight.
..... - SL: "Farber resigns under fire; Broke 3 ethics rules aiding boyfriend"
............... - Analysis: "Failure to steer clear of trouble left the AG no margin for error"
............... - Editorial: "Farber's resignation is the right move"
............... - Farber Fallout: "Report criticizing Farber also questions freeholder Estrada"
..... - NYT: "Attorney General Quits After Investigation Finds Ethics Breach"
..... - CN: "Attorney general resigns"
..... - BergenRecord: "AG out after probe shows ethics lapse" -- with links to every story they have run
..... - Text of Corzine, Menendez statements and other comments: "Farber resignation - from PoliticsNJ blog"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Union Contracts: "Property tax panel wants early contract offer to state unions"
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2006 Elections - WP: "Focus on Family to Rally Evangelical NJ Voters"
..... - OpEd, SL: Joel C. Hunter: "Christian conservatives would do better to win souls than votes"
Immigrants - SL:
..... - NYT: "Groups Denounce Riverside's Ordinance on Illegal Immigrants"
NJ Historical Commission: "State agency awards $3.184M to 82 groups"
No Child Left Behind Act: "96% of NJ teachers meet U.S. standard"
SAT vs. ACT: "More N.J. teens taking ACT exam"
UMDNJ: "Gluck withdraws UMDNJ nomination, blaming news story"
Towns:
..... - Camden: "State finds improper 'interference' in Camden school testing"
..... - Irvington: "Irvington aims to be a transit village; Designation could aid redevelopment"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NY Times)
Middle East - NYT: "Hezbollah Leads Work to Rebuild, Gaining Stature"
..... - Israeli Troops - CSM: "At war, Israeli reservists wield new weapon: opinion polls"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
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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