PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "'Ghosts' - An Album of Old Plainfield" and "Peaches and Carillon"
Plain Talker: "R.E.S.P.E.C.T." -- with a nod to Aretha.
Del Raudelunas Award: "Nun's work for the poor is honored"
Immigration: "Suburbs: The New Crossroads of the World" -- In map, Plainfield is in pale blue area between Woodbridge and Bound Brook.
Letter: Bob Darden: "City's blacks are being leapfrogged in achievement"
Letter: Rev. Rick Taylor: "Veterans' treatment is an outrage"
Real Estate: "Housing market tough on sellers, a boon to buyers" -- Table for this CN story is based on the 'Otteau Report' and is missing Plainfield info; I could give you an earful about Jeff Otteau and Plainfield -- DD.
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Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Political Style: Tom Moran: "Mayor's urban-style politics rile rustic town" -- Best quote: "Down in Hudson, when they say you should leave, you leave."
..... - COAH Obligations: "Request to fill quota with age-restricted units denied"
..... - Real Estate: "How to Profit From a Cooling Real Estate Market"
..... - Budgets: "Budget crunch looms for Franklin Twp."
..... - Cops at Schools: "Paying for cops in schools still a hurdle"
..... - 'Downzoning': "Montclair's Debate on Growth Goes On"
..... - 'Stealth Students': "Stealth Students Test Tolerance of the Affluent"
..... - Spanish-Language TV: "Univision-Televisa split may force program shift"
Events for this week are here
Today: 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___________________________________________________________________________
Clark: "Clark to rethink affordable housing plan"
Cranford: "Fire fitness program gets boost of $190,000"
Franklin Twp.: "Budget crunch looms for Franklin Twp."
Highland Park: "Temple rebuilds after blaze destroys sanctuary" -- Note photo caption, the Courier has invented a new branch of Judaism.
North Plainfield: "New Orleans family displaced by Katrina wins $10,000 home makeover"
Perth Amboy: "South American culture on display in 'Festival of the Andes'"
Union Twp.: "Going for the gold, with taste"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
The Auditor - For political junkies: The Auditor is 'Down the Shore' this week.
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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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Alito: "Alito: The life and times of a justice in the making"
BPU: Bob Ingle: "Corzine should clean up BPU mess"
DEP: "Besieged DEP fails to protect its charges"
EWR: "At airport, screeners feel the strain"
Hall of Fame?: Fran Wood: "How about a Hall of Infamy instead?"
John Lynch Case: "Deal's tangled trail threatens to unravel a top power broker"
NYT Briefs: "The Week in New Jersey: Schools, Drug Registry, English on Ballot"
Secretary of State - Editorial, SL: "A job for the secretary"
State Police Monitoring: "On Profiling and Police, Corzine Buys Some Time"
Towns:
..... - Belleville: "Last prayer for 315-year old Colonial church"
..... - Montclair: "Montclair's Debate on Growth Goes On"
..... - Closter: "An Open Space Fight Over Synthetic Turf"
..... - Clifton: "A Public Servant With One Job Too Many"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Career Advice: "Wise Words for Getting Ahead in Your Career"
'Citizen Journalism': "Warfare's new theater: Graphic online video"
..... - "YouTube: A site's fare has evolved from goofy to graphic"
Computer Security: Jim Coates: "Hiding stuff in plain sight"
Filmmaking in NJ: "'Sherrybaby' Director Shows You Can Go Home Again"
Just for Fun: "Mental Floss: Five inventions that elevated idleness"
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 - Rebuilding:
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: "'Ghosts' - An Album of Old Plainfield" and "Peaches and Carillon"
Plain Talker: "R.E.S.P.E.C.T." -- with a nod to Aretha.
Del Raudelunas Award: "Nun's work for the poor is honored"
Immigration: "Suburbs: The New Crossroads of the World" -- In map, Plainfield is in pale blue area between Woodbridge and Bound Brook.
Letter: Bob Darden: "City's blacks are being leapfrogged in achievement"
Letter: Rev. Rick Taylor: "Veterans' treatment is an outrage"
Real Estate: "Housing market tough on sellers, a boon to buyers" -- Table for this CN story is based on the 'Otteau Report' and is missing Plainfield info; I could give you an earful about Jeff Otteau and Plainfield -- DD.
Not getting your own CLIPPINGS email daily? Got a tip? Click here to send PT an email.
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Political Style: Tom Moran: "Mayor's urban-style politics rile rustic town" -- Best quote: "Down in Hudson, when they say you should leave, you leave."
..... - COAH Obligations: "Request to fill quota with age-restricted units denied"
..... - Real Estate: "How to Profit From a Cooling Real Estate Market"
..... - Budgets: "Budget crunch looms for Franklin Twp."
..... - Cops at Schools: "Paying for cops in schools still a hurdle"
..... - 'Downzoning': "Montclair's Debate on Growth Goes On"
..... - 'Stealth Students': "Stealth Students Test Tolerance of the Affluent"
..... - Spanish-Language TV: "Univision-Televisa split may force program shift"
Events for this week are here
Today: Free Peach Festival and Carillon Concert. 6pm, Grace Episcopal Church, East 7th & Cleveland.
. 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___________________________________________________________________________
Clark: "Clark to rethink affordable housing plan"
Cranford: "Fire fitness program gets boost of $190,000"
Franklin Twp.: "Budget crunch looms for Franklin Twp."
Highland Park: "Temple rebuilds after blaze destroys sanctuary" -- Note photo caption, the Courier has invented a new branch of Judaism.
North Plainfield: "New Orleans family displaced by Katrina wins $10,000 home makeover"
Perth Amboy: "South American culture on display in 'Festival of the Andes'"
Union Twp.: "Going for the gold, with taste"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
The Auditor - For political junkies: The Auditor is 'Down the Shore' this week.
____________________
Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
____________________
Alito: "Alito: The life and times of a justice in the making"
BPU: Bob Ingle: "Corzine should clean up BPU mess"
DEP: "Besieged DEP fails to protect its charges"
EWR: "At airport, screeners feel the strain"
Hall of Fame?: Fran Wood: "How about a Hall of Infamy instead?"
John Lynch Case: "Deal's tangled trail threatens to unravel a top power broker"
NYT Briefs: "The Week in New Jersey: Schools, Drug Registry, English on Ballot"
Secretary of State - Editorial, SL: "A job for the secretary"
State Police Monitoring: "On Profiling and Police, Corzine Buys Some Time"
Towns:
..... - Belleville: "Last prayer for 315-year old Colonial church"
..... - Montclair: "Montclair's Debate on Growth Goes On"
..... - Closter: "An Open Space Fight Over Synthetic Turf"
..... - Clifton: "A Public Servant With One Job Too Many"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Career Advice: "Wise Words for Getting Ahead in Your Career"
'Citizen Journalism': "Warfare's new theater: Graphic online video"
..... - "YouTube: A site's fare has evolved from goofy to graphic"
Computer Security: Jim Coates: "Hiding stuff in plain sight"
Filmmaking in NJ: "'Sherrybaby' Director Shows You Can Go Home Again"
Just for Fun: "Mental Floss: Five inventions that elevated idleness"
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 - Rebuilding:
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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