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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today:
Plain Talker: "Abbott Funding" -- and White Castle -- the PLANS and the FANS.
Abbott Schools: "Plainfield officials ask community to stand up for Abbott districts"
Crime - CN: "Man cut friend's throat, cops say"
..... - SL: "Plainfield resident held in joke-spurred slashing"
Plainfield Remembers 9/11: 36 Photos have been posted to Flickr here. Check out that you can view them as a slideshow. You can also annotate them (I believe) and save copies to your hard drive. The House Tour is up, also. Flickr's a cool tool!
Internet & Politics - WP: "New Media A Weapon in New World Of Politics" -- Is the WashPost reading PT's posts? Curious this appears the day AFTER my "Lear or Loman" piece.
..... - E&P: "Papers Use Web to Cover '06 Campaign From All Angles"
..... - eWeek: "Google Boss Warns Politicians About Internet Power"
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Builders: "Kara Homes goes bust" -- Softening market takes down big NJ builder.
..... - Overcrowding: "Landlord pleads guilty to zoning violations"
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today: 8 PM. Organ Recital. Crescent Avenue Church. $25. Info: 756-2468. -- Olivier Latry, Titular Organist, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris.
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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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
7th District - Stender/Ferguson: Tom Moran: "Ferguson's other opponent, a crusading mom"
Garwood: "It's last call for old-time fire alarm boxes"
Hindu Festival: "Celebration fit for a goddess"
New Brunswick: "City takes hard look at housing contracts"
Union Twp. - SL: "Two indicted in case of the stripper and the hand"
..... - CN: "Stripper, student indicted in severed hand case"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Booker: "Booker joins mayors against guns"
SCC: "Project delay has a neighborhood coming undone"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race: "As accusations broaden, national figures visit N.J."
..... - Menendez Property: "Embezzler later bought Menendez's building"
Polls: Fairleigh Dickinson/Public Mind: "Menendez holds slight lead on Kean"
Bryant Investigation: "U.S. attorney prepares to seek legislative records on Bryant"
Gay Marriage: "As gay marriage opponents rally, gov says he won't buck court"
DYFS: "N.J. child welfare system improves, thanks to lawsuits"
Sen. Sweeney - SL: "Gloucester worker accuses legislator of sex harassment"
..... - CN: "State senator accused of sexual harassment"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Spending 'caps': "Expert pronounces spending cap idea a tax-cutting 'myth'"
Tax Hike 'caps': "Corzine wants tax-hike cap"
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Towns: Orange: "Orange is ripe for picking; Developers investing millions in city"
..... - Lambertville: "Landlord pleads guilty to zoning violations"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Auth, Phildelaphia Inquirer
2006 Elections - WP: "GOP's Hold on Evangelicals Weakening"
John Farmer on Spin - SL: "For GOP, a scramble to find fall guys for the Iraq and Foley fiascos"
Foley Investigation - WP: "Inquiry To Look At House Response, Not Foley"
Iraq - WP: "U.S. at Risk of Losing Control of Baghdad, GOP Senator Says"
Lebanon - NYT: "US-made Israeli Cluster Bomblets Plague Lebanon"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NY Times)
Cheeses: Cave Aging: "The Earth Is the Finishing Touch" -- and shopping resources.
Evangelicals: "Evangelicals Fear the Loss of Their Teenagers"
Real Estate Fraud: "Neighborhood’s Boom Was Built on Mortgage Fraud" -- Details buy-and-flip schemes.
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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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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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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