PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "HITS: 9/15/06 - Roundup..."
(Photo, NY Times)
McGreevey - SL: "McGreevey: In love from the first kiss"
..... - NYT: "McGreevey Finds Revising an Image Is Not So Easy"
.......... - Corzine reaction: "Corzine put off by 'prurience' in McGreevey book"
..... - CN: "Early copy of McGreevey tell-all reveals his life"
School Funding: "School funding for Plainfield in TF proposal"
South Ave Condos - SL: "Condo plan rejected by zoners in Plainfield"
..... - CN: "Plainfield rejects apartment complex plan"
Suit Against County Paratransit: "Plainfield man's sister sues county in fatal fall from bus"
'Sullivan Law' Appeal: "Plainfield family fights war on 2 fronts"
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
GSP/Rte 280: "Construction to begin today on interchange"
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Inspections: "Union Twp. Landlords protest 2-family inspection law"
..... - Overcrowding: "Lambertville looking into house with 30, including 10 kids"
..... - Constituent Meetings: "Booker gives new meaning to 'chat room'"
Hispanic Heritage Month Events Online Calendar: English and Spanish.
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___________________________________________________________________________
Carteret: "Gateway ribbon-cutting: 146 condos, 32 townhouses, 700-space deck"
Edison: "$53M, 3-year project to widen a section of Rt. 1 from GSP to 287"
Hillsborough: "Town mulls drop in building permit fees"
Hillside: "Budget is presented on deadline; No tax hike sought"
New Brunswick: "Changing face of city: 4 times as many Hispanics as in'80"
Roselle Park: "Mayor outlines crime-prevention proposal and forum on gangs"
Union Twp.: "Landlords protest two-family inspection law"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Constituent Meetings: "Booker gives new meaning to 'chat room' in Newark"
..... - OpEd: Joan Whitlow: "Questions about the city where I (at least) live"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race: "New Menendez TV ad portrays senator as corruption fighter"
..... - "Democrats question donations to Kean"
..... - "Republicans seek to block last-minute candidate switch"
..... - "Kean, Menendez fling mud, accusations over security"
Bonds: "State assures rating agencies it's working to pay $40M"
Legislature: "Arm us, probation officers ask"
Lynch & Corruption - SL: "Power broker Lynch to admit corruption" -- Throwing himself under the bus to save others?
..... - NYT: "Guilty Plea Expected From Former Senate Leader in Trenton"
..... - HNT: "Guilty plea expected today on corruption, tax evasion"
PSE&G / Exelon Merger - SL: "Exelon pulls plug on PSEG merger"
..... - NYT: "New Jersey Opposition Leads to Utility Merger’s Collapse"
Schools Construction - SL: "Cost of school building backlog is $3.25 billion"
..... - NYT: "A Push for $3 Billion for New Jersey School Projects"
..... - CN: See Plainfield section.
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Tax Sharing: "Tax sharing plan from Minnesota urged for Jersey"
..... - "Officials consider regional taxation"
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Towns: East Orange: "Arrests net gang leaders, authorities say"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Marlette, Tulsa World
Al Qaeda - OpEd, SL: John Farmer: "The man who helped make Osama possible"
Detainee Bill - NYT: "An Unexpected Collision Over Detainees"
..... - Powell Opposition - WP: "Powell Opposes Bush Interrogation Legislation" -- and NYT blog.
.......... - SL: "Powell leads Senate charge against Bush on terror detainees"
Iran - Reuters: "IAEA protests "dishonest" U.S. report on Iran"
Iraq War Runup - Newsweek Web Exclusive: "Atta in Prague"
Media - NY Observer: "Times Studies How to Shake Feds" -- Disposable Phones, Erasable Notes, 'Act Like a Drug Dealer'
Oil Royalties Ripoff - NYT: "Royalty Agreement Near" -- BP, Shell ripped off gov.
..... - "Interior Official Assails Agency for Ethics Slide in Oil Leases"
Plame Leak: "Novak changes his story on Plame leak - again" -- Novak's Armitage column.
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
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.
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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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