Plainfield Today: "HITS: Any way to treat a lady?..." -- Pray for our grants... Your tax $$$ at work?... La Raza rising?... The unkindest cut of all..."
Plain Talker: "City Still Lacks Finance Director"
Drugs: "Deadly heroin cocktail hits northeast N.J." -- Cranford, Hillside...if it's not HERE already, it's coming.
Exchange Students: "Families needed to host students" -- Donna's parents are Plainfielders, and CLIPS readers.
Hispanic Merchants - SL: "Merchants charge city ignores them"
..... - Editorial, CN: "Plainfield development should be group effort"
Route 78 Construction: "After mild month on Route 78, the dread is back"
School Food: "N.J. schools update nutrition rules and cafeteria menus"
Courier's High School Football Master Page -- Bookmark this , they will update weekly.
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Illegal Basement Apartments: "Blocked by fire" -- Stairs to first floor removed, creating deathtrap.
.......... - NYT: "Owners of Burned Englewood Building Cited"
.......... - Bergen Record: "Daunting process keeps illegal housing out of sight"
..... - Planning Boards: "Georgian Court College sues over planning board vote"
..... - Asbury Park: "State halts Asbury meeting; Plans to terminate Superintendent"
..... - Redevelopment: "Appraisal Puts Property's Value at 3 Times City’s Offer"
..... - Redevelopment: "Redev plan so riled residents and businesses election may undo it"
..... - Grants Consultants: "Town sues company for failure to win grants"
..... - Mentoring: "Warriors' program grads end summer with new set of tools for life"
..... - Feeding Programs: "Mosques take on hunger in Central Jersey soup kitchens"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Clark: "Clark superintendent says district schools will open on time"
Springfield: "Town sues company for failure to win grants"
Watchung Stables: "Watchung Stable Program Teaches Horseriding to Kids"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Housing Authority - SL:
..... - NYT: "Drastic Layoffs at Newark Housing Agency Are Defended"
Construction Officials: "State yanks licenses of construction official; Predecessor's actions referred to criminal investigators"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine - SL: "Corzine says gift wasn't for election"
.......... - Editorial, SL: "'Easy Terms' Jon"
..... - Bergen Record: "Corzine defends forgiven loan to Jackson of Black Ministgers Council"
..... - CN: "Poll: Corzine weathering tax hike fallout"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Doubledipping - NYT: "Multiple Jobs by Public Workers Strain Pension Plan"
Pensions - SL: "Legislators not inclined to dismantle pension plan"
..... - CN: "Panel: 401(K) changes won't fix N.J. finances"
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EWR: "Newark Liberty sees a 12.3 percent surge in passenger volume"
Towns:
..... - Asbury Park: "State halts Asbury meeting; Plans to terminate Superintendent"
..... - Camden: "Argument With State Over Aid Agreement"
..... - Englewood: "Daunting process keeps illegal housing out of sight"
..... - Newton: "Law targeting illegals takes shape in Newton"
..... - Mt. Olive: "Effort to recall Mt. Olive mayor moves forward"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - NYT: "In Latest PR Effort, Bush Cites Risk in Quitting Iraq" -- Complete text of speech.
Darfur - WP: "Sudan Says No as U.N. Backs Force For Darfur"
Lebanon - SL: "Lebanese go home and find explosive debris everywhere" -- US-made cluster bombs?
Iran - WP: "Iran Defies Deadline On Nuclear Program"
Iraq - WP: "Democrats Target Rumsfeld, Say Bush Has Not Held Him Accountable"
NAACP - WP: "IRS Ends NAACP Probe: Leader's Criticism of Bush Did Not Violate Law"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Mao tse-Tung, by Andy Warhol)
China: "Where’s Mao? Chinese Revise History Books"
Alcohol Ads: "Alcohol ads air on radio during youth programs"
Apologyland: "Voters Hearing Countless Ways of Saying ‘Sorry’" -- And some of the whoppers.
Bush and the Bard: John Farmer: "A midterm night's dream" -- Farmer mines Shakespeare for illustrative quotes.
'Payday loans' to Soldies: "Lenders finding profit in misfortune of cash-strapped soldiers"
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_________________________________________________________
Lebanon: "Donors pledge nearly $1B for Lebanon and condemn blockade"
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.
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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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