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Plainfield Today: "Sometimes PT is sooooooooo obtuse"Plain Talker:
School Funding: "Community forum on school funding set for next Thursday"
War Protest: "Iraq War protest today"
Crime: Three involved in shooting LAST WEEKEND. Did you know about it? Is the Administration now taking to hiding crime news?
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Camden Redev: "State targets Camden deals"
.......... - "N.J. wants Camden's records"
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today: Health Fair, Crescent Avenue Church. 10 AM - 2 PM. Free screenings and info.
Today: Safety Fair, North Avenue at Train Station. 10 AM - 3 PM. Free.
Monday: Yom Kippur observed. No Council meeting.
Tuesday: Council meets for agenda-setting. City Hall Library. 7:30 PM
Hispanic Heritage Month Events Online Calendar: English and Spanish.
Events for this week are here
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
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NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race - Philly Inq: "Menendez uproar stirs speculation"
.......... - Profile: "Scarinci: A power lawyer who likes to play the 'game'"
..... - SL: "Imprisoned Janiszewski offered a list to derail Menendez"
..... - Courier Post: "GOP seizes upon latest Menendez issue"
.......... - "Menendez campaign hurt again"
..... - Bergen Record: "Menendez linked to scheme"
..... - Analysis, AP: "Senate race goes against New Jersey's political grain"
..... - Express-Times: "Polls: Kean, Menendez both have reasons to be happy" -- and UNHAPPY.
Bryant - Courier Post: "Bryant 'pressured' Rutgers for job, honor"
Camden - SL: "AG launches inquiry into Bryant and Camden redevelopment aid"
..... - Courier Post: "State targets Camden redevelopment deals"
.......... - "Camden probes spread to Housing Authority"
..... - Philly Inq: "N.J. wants Camden's redevelopment records"
Death Penalty - Editorial, SL: "Death penalty's unfairness"
Farber: "Farber misses court hearing, may face contempt"
Towns: Long Branch: "Talks likely on eminent domain"
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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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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Matson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
9/11 - Truthout: "Rice Ignored bin Laden Warnings Prior to 9/11"
Abramoff & Rove - NYT: "Abramoff and Rove Had 82 Contacts, Report Says"
..... - WP: "Report Says Rove Aide Accepted Abramoff Gifts"
..... - Fact Check: "White House Falsely Claimed Abramoff Had ‘Very Few’ Meetings With Staff"
CIA Renditions - InTheseTimes: "Tracking the CIA Torture Flights"
Clinton's Fox Interview - WP: E.J. Dionne: "Why Bill Clinton Pushed Back"
Foley Resignation - WP: "Rep. Foley Quits In Page Scandal" -- Note how many Congressmen were aware and how early!
HUD & Politics: "HUD Secretary Admitted "Bias" Against Bush Critics"
Rumsfeld - WP: "Woodward Book Says Top Aide Urged Bush to Fire Rumsfeld"
.......... - "White House Disputes Book's Report of Anti-Rumsfeld Moves"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Amaranth: "Hedge Fund With Big Loss Says It Will Close" -- Pension funds biggest losers?
Books: "Fired pollster revisits 2000 election" -- 'How To Steal An Election,' by pollster David Moore.
Habeas Corpus: "Molly Ivins: Habeas Corpus, R.I.P. (1215 - 2006)"
Hinduism: "With dolls, deities and prayer, Hindus mark Navarathri holiday"
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.
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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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