PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "TW3 - Aug 14 - 20: Digest of past week's Plainfield news"
Plain Talker: "City Council Wants Pedophile-Free Zones"
Midtown Direct from Plainfield?: "NJ Transit studying hybrid trains"
Letter: Herb Kaufman: "Bush closes door on open access"
YWCA: "YWCA set to open child learning center" -- Well, at least they got the gender right online!
Speaking Out, CN (Sun): "Incorporate conservation into our daily lives" -- Heather Brown and Katherine Watt are members of the First Unitarian Society of Plainfield. Brown chairs the Green Sanctuary Committee and Watt the Social Justice Committee. (Missed this yesterday -- Dan).
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Corzine - OpEd, CN: Bob Ingle: "Corzine has plenty more to clean up"
..... - Immigration - AP: "Riverside's illegal immigrants ordinance sparks protests"
..... - Immigration - Bergen Record: "Riverside: Dueling campaigns"
..... - Police Vehicles: "A Police Car With Plenty of Muscle" -- coming soon to NJ?
..... - Juvenile Justice: "Cop's death prompts look at jail for teens"
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']
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Pace: "Property tax talks to kick into high gear"
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Government - Secretary of State: "Little-known N.J. office in line for an upgrade" -- Story on Nina Wells below.
Juvenile Justice: "Cop's death prompts look at jail for teens"
Meadowlands: "Hall of Fame would honor the state's most famous" -- and a list of possibles.
Prison Security: "Jails use high-tech screening"
The Wells Family: "The Wellses: She's Secretary of State, he's defending 'Scooter' Libby..."
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
2006 Elections - Analysis, NYT: Frank Rich: "Fear Finally Strikes Out"
..... - Analysis, WP: "In Porous Border, GOP Sees An Opening"
2008 Elections - NYT: "McCain Mines Elite of G.O.P. for 2008 Team"
Foreign Policy - OpEd, LAT: Julia Sweig: "Restoring our global standing"
Iraq - WP: "Civil War in Iraq: The Mideast Domino Theory"
Lebanon - NYT: "Europeans Delay Decision on Role Inside Lebanon"
Vietnam War - LAT: "A Tortured Past" -- Documents show troops who reported abuse in Vietnam were discredited even as the military was finding evidence of worse. Is history repeating itself?.
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NY Times)
Sailboating: "A Full-Sail Comeback for Jersey's A-Cats"
Book Review - WP: "'Enough': Is Bill Cosby Right? Help thyself, a black social critic says."
Bush Reads!: "Oval Office Books" -- Stop the presses!
Cheating: "Cheating Is an Awful Thing for Other People to Do"
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. 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: "TW3 - Aug 14 - 20: Digest of past week's Plainfield news"
Plain Talker: "City Council Wants Pedophile-Free Zones"
Midtown Direct from Plainfield?: "NJ Transit studying hybrid trains"
Letter: Herb Kaufman: "Bush closes door on open access"
YWCA: "YWCA set to open child learning center" -- Well, at least they got the gender right online!
Speaking Out, CN (Sun): "Incorporate conservation into our daily lives" -- Heather Brown and Katherine Watt are members of the First Unitarian Society of Plainfield. Brown chairs the Green Sanctuary Committee and Watt the Social Justice Committee. (Missed this yesterday -- Dan).
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Corzine - OpEd, CN: Bob Ingle: "Corzine has plenty more to clean up"
..... - Immigration - AP: "Riverside's illegal immigrants ordinance sparks protests"
..... - Immigration - Bergen Record: "Riverside: Dueling campaigns"
..... - Police Vehicles: "A Police Car With Plenty of Muscle" -- coming soon to NJ?
..... - Juvenile Justice: "Cop's death prompts look at jail for teens"
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']
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
____________________
Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Pace: "Property tax talks to kick into high gear"
____________________
Government - Secretary of State: "Little-known N.J. office in line for an upgrade" -- Story on Nina Wells below.
Juvenile Justice: "Cop's death prompts look at jail for teens"
Meadowlands: "Hall of Fame would honor the state's most famous" -- and a list of possibles.
Prison Security: "Jails use high-tech screening"
The Wells Family: "The Wellses: She's Secretary of State, he's defending 'Scooter' Libby..."
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
2006 Elections - Analysis, NYT: Frank Rich: "Fear Finally Strikes Out"
..... - Analysis, WP: "In Porous Border, GOP Sees An Opening"
2008 Elections - NYT: "McCain Mines Elite of G.O.P. for 2008 Team"
Foreign Policy - OpEd, LAT: Julia Sweig: "Restoring our global standing"
Iraq - WP: "Civil War in Iraq: The Mideast Domino Theory"
Lebanon - NYT: "Europeans Delay Decision on Role Inside Lebanon"
Vietnam War - LAT: "A Tortured Past" -- Documents show troops who reported abuse in Vietnam were discredited even as the military was finding evidence of worse. Is history repeating itself?.
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NY Times)
Sailboating: "A Full-Sail Comeback for Jersey's A-Cats"
Book Review - WP: "'Enough': Is Bill Cosby Right? Help thyself, a black social critic says."
Bush Reads!: "Oval Office Books" -- Stop the presses!
Cheating: "Cheating Is an Awful Thing for Other People to Do"
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. 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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