Reminder: Summer Concerts at Plainwood Square - Tonight, 6:00 PM
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Tax bill headache yours?"
Plain Talker: "Ray Blanco's Blog"
Housing Authority: "Federal grant funds addition to Plainfield's Richmond Towers"
Letter, CN: Dottie Gutenkauf: "Reader erred on council nomination"
Public Schools: "Plainfield ponders space for disabled pupils"
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: "Cranford hires exterminator to rid neighborhood of rats"
Freeholder Estrada: "Estrada's favor for Farber examined"
New Brunswick: "RWJ nurses reject contract offer"
Union County: "Trailside center offers session on 'herptiles'"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race: "Menendez under fire on 2 fronts"
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Attorney General - Candidate - SL: "Corzine's counsel Rabner leading AG race"
..... - CN: "Stuart Rabner, Anne Milgram considered front-runners"
..... - Analysis, CN: "Rough time for Corzine"
..... - Editorial, CN: "Corzine's next AG pick can't be political"
..... - Zulima Farber - NYT: "Attorney General Put Up a Fight Before Relenting and Resigning"
..... - Analysis, NYT: "Corzine Is Loyal, to a Fault, With Friends and Colleagues"
..... - Transition - SL: "As the resignation dust settles, Farber starts work on transition"
..... - Estrada Role: "Estrada's favor for Farber examined"
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Motorcycles: "Spike in motorcycle riding has N.J. officials fearing more death on the road"
No Child Left Behind Act: "Jersey gets extra year to train rest of its teachers"
UMDNJ: "Feds probe if lawmaker got funding for UMDNJ"
UMDNJ: "Newark's University Hospital lays off chaplains"
Xanadu - NYT: "Its Future Uncertain, a Mall Developer Pulls Back"
..... - SL: "Exec axed and Mills' shares fall again"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
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Towns:
..... - Hoboken: "Ex-Housing Authority manager admits embezzling $111K"
..... - Montclair: "Developers win round on rezoning; Council tables effort to save historic homes"
..... - West Orange: "Zoning changes allow for redevelopment"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
2006 Elections: "Terri Schiavo's Husband Takes Fight Back to Politicians" -- Widower forms PAC to oppose reelections of those who backed bill
Cuba - CSM: "US steps up anti-Castro TV"
Iraq - SL: "Bush warns that hasty departure from Iraq will aid terrorists"
Middle East - SL: "Israel launches probe of military"
..... - OpEd, NYTt: Scott Atran: "Is Hamas Ready to Deal?"
Pentagon - CSM: "Pentagon studies examine 'mistakes' in Iraq, Afghanistan"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo and illustration, NY Times)
LP to CD?: "Old Records Go In, CD's Come Out"
Adoption: "Breaking Through Adoption’s Racial Barriers"
Black History: "Jet, Ebony and other mags presented blacks with positive news about themselves" -- an exhibit at the African-American History Museum of Southern NJ thru Sept. 30. Visit the Web site (www.aahmsnj.org/) or call Ralph E. Hunter at (609) 704-7262.
Bullying: "'Social norms' strategy aims to tame bullying"
Health: "Drug-resistant germ linked to skin infections"
Real Estate: "Homes for sale, but not for a song: Sales down, prices not"
Teen Parties: "Some parents in the dark on teen parties"
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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