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Plainfield Today: "HITS: Shock and awe... Lights under bushels?..." -- Cubicle wars... Watching watchmen... Council health benefits..."
Council: "Plainfield calls for housing limits on child predators"
Carillon Concert [last item]: "Free carillon concert set for Sunday" -- with peach shortcake at 6 PM.
Latinos & Politics: "Plainfield replacement for council irks Latino activist Flor Gonzalez"
Schools: "Appeals court rules teacher abused 2nd-grader in 2002"
Seniors: Nice pictures of the Seniors' barbecue in CN, can't find online
Sports, Jay Williams: "Jay Williams invited to Nets camp"
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Fighting Drugs: "Crosses of Bedford Park Are Still Waging War on Drugs"
..... - Real Estate: "Is The Bubble Collapsing? 10 Indicators To Watch" (PDF)
..... - Real Estate: "Seller Gimmicks May Disguise Fall of Prices"
..... - Tax Revaluation: "Smaller homes hit harder by revaluation"
..... - Elected Officials' Benefits: "Roseland Council cuts health benefits for selves, others"
..... - Joan Whitlow: "Free Speech, Online Forums & Public Employees"
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Events for this week are here
Saturday: Multi-House Yard Sale benefits Homeless Animal Lifeline. 9am - 3pm, 1326 Watchung Avenue.
Saturday: Roger Cassett Back-to-School Jam. 10am - 2pm, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Park Avenue.
Sunday: Free Peach Festival and Carillon Concert. 6pm, Grace Episcopal Church, East 7th & Cleveland.
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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___________________________________________________________________________
Highland Park: "Two men hailed as heroes for saving Torahs from burning synagogue"
UC Sheriff Froehlich's Stepson - Editorial, SL: "A sheriff's sale steal"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Cops' Free Speech?: Joan Whitlow: "Free Speech, Online Forums & Public Employees"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race - SL: "Democrats complain Kean hasn't fully disclosed assets"
..... - AP: "Menendez campaign files ethics complaint against Kean Jr."
..... - SL: "Agency was paying $300K rent to its champion, Menendez"
..... - CN: "Immigration key issue in Senate race"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Pensions - SL: "Pension inflation under scrutiny; Lawmakers eye those with multiple jobs"
Pensions - CN: "Tackling 'tacking' may not save on state pension funds"
Pensions - AP: "Pension chief: Taxpayers wouldn't save by limiting public jobs"
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2008 Primary - SL: "Codey now seeks to move primary to early February"
.......... - Tom Moran: "On his road to Supreme Court, a bump no one saw" -- not online 'til PT kvetched to SL.
..... - AP: "Codey wants to bump up NJ presidential primary"
Attorney General - SL: "Corzine picks his legal aide to be next AG"
..... - NYT: "Corzine Chooses His Chief Counsel as Next Attorney General"
..... - CN: "Corzine nominates own counsel for AG"
..... - Bergen Record: "Corzine taps Rabner as attorney general"
Board of Public Utilities - SL: "State's Clean Energy Program subject of federal subpoena"
Early Stage Enterprises - SL: "U.S. withdraws $27M stake in Jersey venture-capital firm"
RWJ Nurses Strike - SL: "Robert Wood nurses strike, but hospital remains open"
..... - NYT: "Nurses Strike Over Health Plan at Hospital in New Jersey"
..... - CN: "300 nurses strike at Robert Wood Johnson hospital"
Towns:
..... - Paterson: "Vendor sentenced to 2 years in Paterson schools bribery"
..... - Maplewood: "Pair admit ravaging prized iris gardens"
..... - Morristown: "Morristown mayor's pay will be up to the voters"
..... - Roseland: "Roseland cuts health benefits for Council, others"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Immigration - CSM: "Immigration bill sticker shock"
..... - Illegal Immigration: "Why illegal immigration is one of the hot topics of 2006"
Iraq - AFP: "Bush faces revolt on Iraq"
..... - WP: "Marine Reservists Facing Involuntary Combat Duty"
Lebanon - NYT: "Inquiry Opened Into Israeli Use of U.S. Bombs" -- with a map.
National Security - Harper's: "Six Questions for Michael Scheuer on National Security"
Population Data - CEPR: "Poor, Uninsured, and Non-Employed Undercounted" -- full report (PDF).
Recession Alert - Dow Jones Market Watch: "Recession will be nasty and deep, economist says"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Humor: "How to survive your child's freshman year in college"
Laptop Batteries: "Apple recalls 1.8M batteries" -- Are we asking batteries to do too much?
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 - One Year Later: "New Orleans Shops Struggle to Survive"
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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