PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "HITS: Faithful bid Blanco farewell... Unions challenge Green..." -- Market realities and condo proposal... Woodbridge reforms fit for Plainfield?...
Bike Rodeo: "Annual bicycle rodeo set for Saturday"
Letter: Stephanie Payne: "Good news does happen in Plainfield"
Letter: Mariam Shastri: "Pallone giving Bush a free ride"
Union County College: "With class set to start, UCC lacks contracts"
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Connections? Food For Thought
(Photo, Courier News)
..... - Canada Geese: "New rule makes it easier to kill winged nuisance"
..... - Biz Language: "At the end of the day, that phrase is used too much"
..... - Andrew Young: "Wal-Mart Image-Builder Resigns After Statement Against Jews, Arabs, Koreans"
..... - Angioplasties: "Procedure Off the Charts in Rust-Belt Ohio City" -- includes chart.
..... - Toxic Sites: "1,800 sites cut from DEP list with no notice"
..... - Property Valuations: "Bayonne companies balk at city assessments"
..... - Theft of Funds: "Perth Amboy employee said to have stolen $37,000 in tax collections"
..... - Litter, QOL Issues: "Littering poses dirty job ahead for Ironbound"
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
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Bound Brook: "Brook Theater ready to raise curtain"
Linden: "Beneath city's soil lies WWII history"
North Plainfield: "Missing boy prompts manhunt, found at friend's house hours later"
Perth Amboy: "Tax employee said to have stolen $37,000 in tax collections"
Scotch Plains: "Panel proposes Ponderosa Farm uses"
Warren: "Church seeks use variance in office zone"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Booker: "Booker honored at UN for 'Newark Now' work"
QOL Issues: "Littering poses dirty job ahead for Ironbound"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race: "Republicans demand Menendez apologize"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Amending Constitution: "The perils of constitutional tax reform" -- Prof tells legislators it's not an easy way to ease property levy
Multiple Tax Rates?: "Property tax panel ponders differing tax rates"
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Attorney General: "Corzine hopes to pick new attorney general soon"
Education: "Corzine wants to strengthen high school requirements"
Merck - SL: "Two legal setbacks stun the N.J. maker of Vioxx"
..... - NYT: "Merck Suffers a Pair of Setbacks Over Vioxx"
..... - CN: "Merck Vioxx victory voided"
PSE&G / Exelon Merger - SL: "State counteroffer asks utilities for $820 million"
..... - NYT: "Utility Merger Hits a Snag in New Jersey"
Sex-slave Ring: "Alleged sex-slave ring has Jersey ties"
UMDNJ - Editorial, SL: "Why UMDNJ is a target"
Xanadu - SL: "Codey calls on state "to pull the plug" on Xanadu project"
..... - NYT: "Some Call for New Jersey to Intervene to Save Xanadu Project"
..... - Bergen Record: "Mills' problems trouble Corzine"
Towns:
..... - Camden - OpEd, SL: Tom Moran: "Camden cheaters ruin it for everyone"
..... - Jersey City: "Jersey City mayor charges Shore officer with assault"
..... - Paterson: "Promoting Paterson, park advocates put its best falls forward"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
2006 Election - AP: "Ohio Voting Problems Deemed Severe"
..... - Dems - NYT: "Edwards, at Lamont Rally, Says Democrats Must Beat G.O.P. ‘Fearmongering’"
Campaign Reform - OpEd, WP: E.J. Dionne: "A Reform Worth Rescuing"
Domestic Spying - WP: "Federal Judge Orders Halt to NSA Wiretapping" -- Government sure to appeal.
'Fake news"' - CNN: "FCC cracks down on 'fake news'"
Iraq - Figaro & LeMonde: "Shi'a organize 'self-defense' committees; US Army tries to prevent civil war"
Israel - OpEd, SL: John Farmer: "End the taboo on challenging Israel"
Pensions - WP: "Bush Signs Revision of Law; Employers Must Bolster Traditional Plans"
Plamegate - Reuters: "Plame lawyer plans to force Cheney, Rove testimony"
Plane Security - SL: "Lax screening of air cargo places passenger jets at risk"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NY Times)
Historic Preservation: "In Moscow, a Battle for a Modernist Landmark"
County Fair Fare: "Pickles, Pies and Blue-Ribbon Biscotti"
Science Education: "How to Make Sure Children Are Scientifically Illiterate"
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_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Guardian/UK: "Spike Lee Turns Cameras on New Orleans"
..... - Profiteering: "Big, Easy Money: Disaster Profiteering on the American Gulf Coast" -- Full report here.
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. Plainfield 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 Today: "HITS: Faithful bid Blanco farewell... Unions challenge Green..." -- Market realities and condo proposal... Woodbridge reforms fit for Plainfield?...
Bike Rodeo: "Annual bicycle rodeo set for Saturday"
Letter: Stephanie Payne: "Good news does happen in Plainfield"
Letter: Mariam Shastri: "Pallone giving Bush a free ride"
Union County College: "With class set to start, UCC lacks contracts"
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Connections? Food For Thought
(Photo, Courier News)
..... - Canada Geese: "New rule makes it easier to kill winged nuisance"
..... - Biz Language: "At the end of the day, that phrase is used too much"
..... - Andrew Young: "Wal-Mart Image-Builder Resigns After Statement Against Jews, Arabs, Koreans"
..... - Angioplasties: "Procedure Off the Charts in Rust-Belt Ohio City" -- includes chart.
..... - Toxic Sites: "1,800 sites cut from DEP list with no notice"
..... - Property Valuations: "Bayonne companies balk at city assessments"
..... - Theft of Funds: "Perth Amboy employee said to have stolen $37,000 in tax collections"
..... - Litter, QOL Issues: "Littering poses dirty job ahead for Ironbound"
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: "Brook Theater ready to raise curtain"
Linden: "Beneath city's soil lies WWII history"
North Plainfield: "Missing boy prompts manhunt, found at friend's house hours later"
Perth Amboy: "Tax employee said to have stolen $37,000 in tax collections"
Scotch Plains: "Panel proposes Ponderosa Farm uses"
Warren: "Church seeks use variance in office zone"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Booker: "Booker honored at UN for 'Newark Now' work"
QOL Issues: "Littering poses dirty job ahead for Ironbound"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race: "Republicans demand Menendez apologize"
____________________
Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Amending Constitution: "The perils of constitutional tax reform" -- Prof tells legislators it's not an easy way to ease property levy
Multiple Tax Rates?: "Property tax panel ponders differing tax rates"
____________________
Attorney General: "Corzine hopes to pick new attorney general soon"
Education: "Corzine wants to strengthen high school requirements"
Merck - SL: "Two legal setbacks stun the N.J. maker of Vioxx"
..... - NYT: "Merck Suffers a Pair of Setbacks Over Vioxx"
..... - CN: "Merck Vioxx victory voided"
PSE&G / Exelon Merger - SL: "State counteroffer asks utilities for $820 million"
..... - NYT: "Utility Merger Hits a Snag in New Jersey"
Sex-slave Ring: "Alleged sex-slave ring has Jersey ties"
UMDNJ - Editorial, SL: "Why UMDNJ is a target"
Xanadu - SL: "Codey calls on state "to pull the plug" on Xanadu project"
..... - NYT: "Some Call for New Jersey to Intervene to Save Xanadu Project"
..... - Bergen Record: "Mills' problems trouble Corzine"
Towns:
..... - Camden - OpEd, SL: Tom Moran: "Camden cheaters ruin it for everyone"
..... - Jersey City: "Jersey City mayor charges Shore officer with assault"
..... - Paterson: "Promoting Paterson, park advocates put its best falls forward"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
2006 Election - AP: "Ohio Voting Problems Deemed Severe"
..... - Dems - NYT: "Edwards, at Lamont Rally, Says Democrats Must Beat G.O.P. ‘Fearmongering’"
Campaign Reform - OpEd, WP: E.J. Dionne: "A Reform Worth Rescuing"
Domestic Spying - WP: "Federal Judge Orders Halt to NSA Wiretapping" -- Government sure to appeal.
'Fake news"' - CNN: "FCC cracks down on 'fake news'"
Iraq - Figaro & LeMonde: "Shi'a organize 'self-defense' committees; US Army tries to prevent civil war"
Israel - OpEd, SL: John Farmer: "End the taboo on challenging Israel"
Pensions - WP: "Bush Signs Revision of Law; Employers Must Bolster Traditional Plans"
Plamegate - Reuters: "Plame lawyer plans to force Cheney, Rove testimony"
Plane Security - SL: "Lax screening of air cargo places passenger jets at risk"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NY Times)
Historic Preservation: "In Moscow, a Battle for a Modernist Landmark"
County Fair Fare: "Pickles, Pies and Blue-Ribbon Biscotti"
Science Education: "How to Make Sure Children Are Scientifically Illiterate"
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_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Guardian/UK: "Spike Lee Turns Cameras on New Orleans"
..... - Profiteering: "Big, Easy Money: Disaster Profiteering on the American Gulf Coast" -- Full report here.
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. Plainfield 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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