PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Breaking gossip - Major player" and "The Joy of UCIA - 13 for the 13th"
Plain Talker: "On Hiatus" -- Bernice is resting her writing arm for next week.
MIA: Nice story in Ledger on Muhlenberg's new nursing school -- not online, maybe later?
Election ALERT: "State looks to old voter rolls for election" -- are these up-to-date?
Needle Exchange: "Needle bill to fight AIDS clears panel" -- Six towns to be named -- Plainfield one?
NJ Hospitals - SL: "Governor orders panel to recommend which hospitals to close"
..... - CN: "Corzine's quest: Road map for statewide health care"
Parking: "Parking fee hike decision delayed" -- What could Plainfield learn from Montclair?
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WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Saturday: 7 PM. Hispanic Heritage Month Closing Performance & Reception. Washington School. FREE. -- NOTE VENUE CHANGE. Featuring the Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre and Folklorico Infantil Latinoamericano. I have known Alborada for years -- top-notch troupe!
Sunday: 2 - 5 PM. Voter Rights Teach-In. Unitarian Society. 724 Park Avenue. Free. -- Know what you can do to protect your rights and the rights of others.
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___________________________________________________________________________
Freeholders: "A new attempt at keeping predators from kids"
Bound Brook: "$99,500 settles Bound Brook housing-bias suit"
Scotch Plains: "John's Meat Market is built on strong family tradition"
Roselle: "Judge Rudy Coleman denies appeal in primary"
Union Twp.: "Union schoolkids get a lesson on color (and value) of money"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
al Qaeda & Newark: "The face of terror: Inside al Qaeda's plot to bomb Newark"
Connecting to City Hall: Joan Whitlow: "Doing a number on Newark residents"
Newark Arena: "Helmsman of Newark arena steps aside for Booker"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
photo
(Photo, NY Times)
Menendez / Kean Race - SL: "Obama lends star power to Dem, calls Corzine his 'homeboy'"
..... - CN: "Sen. Obama comes to N.J. to enliven Menendez campaign"
..... - NYT: "Stars Come Out for Menendez and Kean"
Ferguson / Stender Race: "Stender poll see race tightening in the 7th Congressional District"
After-School Activities: "In some schools, it'll cost you"
Bryant Investigation: "State treasurer's office is subpoenaed in Bryant probe"
Dual Officeholding: "JC Superintendent's dual role worries education chief"
Ethics - Opinion, SL: Tom Moran: "For real reform, Corzine needs GOP"
Legal Aid: "Poor Jerseyans have limited access to legal aid"
Ramapough Shooting: "Ramapough Lenapes protest pace of fatal shooting probe"
Seton Hall Fire Trial: "Jury selection nears in Seton dorm fire"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
State Unions - SL: "Unions lobby legislative panel to preserve collective bargaining"
..... - CN: "Union chief blasts panel for pension reforms"
..... - Editorial, CN: "Pension fixes don't need to be delayed"
Example - Delaware: "Delaware is a lean, mean, low-taxing machine"
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Summers, Orlando Sentinel
2006 Elections - NYT: "September Fund's first ad, "Bush""
2008 Elections - Reuters: "Warner declines to run for president"
Abramoff Scandal - WP: "Report Says 5 Nonprofits Sold Influence to Abramoff" -- See ¶ 7.
..... - "Ohio lawmaker Ney to plead guilty in scandal linked to Abramoff"
Bush - Analysis, WP: "As His Influence Ebbs, Bush Confounded by the 'Unacceptable'"
Evangelicals - LAT: "Book: Bush Aides Called Evangelicals ‘Nuts’"
..... - NYT: "Book Says Bush Aides Dismissed Christian Allies"
Foley Fallout - WP: "Foley's Former Top Aide Testifies Hastert's staff warned early"
..... - NYT: "Ex-Aide to Foley Testifies of Warning Speaker’s Office"
.......... - Hastert: "Bush Joins Hastert at Rally, and Lavishes the Praise"
Iraq - WP: "Gunmen Attack TV Station in Baghdad"
..... - Reuters: "Brits hint of pullout from Iraq" -- Original Daily Mail story is here.
North Korea - SL: "Council nears Korea resolution" -- Text of proposed reso is here.
Voting - 2004 - NYT: "Reports: Vote of no-confidence in 2004 election"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Spinach Contamination: "Source of Deadly E. Coli Is Found"
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.
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: "Breaking gossip - Major player" and "The Joy of UCIA - 13 for the 13th"
Plain Talker: "On Hiatus" -- Bernice is resting her writing arm for next week.
MIA: Nice story in Ledger on Muhlenberg's new nursing school -- not online, maybe later?
Election ALERT: "State looks to old voter rolls for election" -- are these up-to-date?
Needle Exchange: "Needle bill to fight AIDS clears panel" -- Six towns to be named -- Plainfield one?
NJ Hospitals - SL: "Governor orders panel to recommend which hospitals to close"
..... - CN: "Corzine's quest: Road map for statewide health care"
Parking: "Parking fee hike decision delayed" -- What could Plainfield learn from Montclair?
Not getting your own CLIPPINGS email daily? Got a tip? Click here to send PT an email.
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Saturday: 7 PM. Hispanic Heritage Month Closing Performance & Reception. Washington School. FREE. -- NOTE VENUE CHANGE. Featuring the Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre and Folklorico Infantil Latinoamericano. I have known Alborada for years -- top-notch troupe!
Sunday: 2 - 5 PM. Voter Rights Teach-In. Unitarian Society. 724 Park Avenue. Free. -- Know what you can do to protect your rights and the rights of others.
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']
. x----------------------------------x
. |....PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR....|
. |..Click HERE to get listing form..|
. x----------------------------------x
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Freeholders: "A new attempt at keeping predators from kids"
Bound Brook: "$99,500 settles Bound Brook housing-bias suit"
Scotch Plains: "John's Meat Market is built on strong family tradition"
Roselle: "Judge Rudy Coleman denies appeal in primary"
Union Twp.: "Union schoolkids get a lesson on color (and value) of money"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
al Qaeda & Newark: "The face of terror: Inside al Qaeda's plot to bomb Newark"
Connecting to City Hall: Joan Whitlow: "Doing a number on Newark residents"
Newark Arena: "Helmsman of Newark arena steps aside for Booker"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
photo
(Photo, NY Times)
Menendez / Kean Race - SL: "Obama lends star power to Dem, calls Corzine his 'homeboy'"
..... - CN: "Sen. Obama comes to N.J. to enliven Menendez campaign"
..... - NYT: "Stars Come Out for Menendez and Kean"
Ferguson / Stender Race: "Stender poll see race tightening in the 7th Congressional District"
After-School Activities: "In some schools, it'll cost you"
Bryant Investigation: "State treasurer's office is subpoenaed in Bryant probe"
Dual Officeholding: "JC Superintendent's dual role worries education chief"
Ethics - Opinion, SL: Tom Moran: "For real reform, Corzine needs GOP"
Legal Aid: "Poor Jerseyans have limited access to legal aid"
Ramapough Shooting: "Ramapough Lenapes protest pace of fatal shooting probe"
Seton Hall Fire Trial: "Jury selection nears in Seton dorm fire"
____________________
Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
State Unions - SL: "Unions lobby legislative panel to preserve collective bargaining"
..... - CN: "Union chief blasts panel for pension reforms"
..... - Editorial, CN: "Pension fixes don't need to be delayed"
Example - Delaware: "Delaware is a lean, mean, low-taxing machine"
____________________
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Summers, Orlando Sentinel
2006 Elections - NYT: "September Fund's first ad, "Bush""
2008 Elections - Reuters: "Warner declines to run for president"
Abramoff Scandal - WP: "Report Says 5 Nonprofits Sold Influence to Abramoff" -- See ¶ 7.
..... - "Ohio lawmaker Ney to plead guilty in scandal linked to Abramoff"
Bush - Analysis, WP: "As His Influence Ebbs, Bush Confounded by the 'Unacceptable'"
Evangelicals - LAT: "Book: Bush Aides Called Evangelicals ‘Nuts’"
..... - NYT: "Book Says Bush Aides Dismissed Christian Allies"
Foley Fallout - WP: "Foley's Former Top Aide Testifies Hastert's staff warned early"
..... - NYT: "Ex-Aide to Foley Testifies of Warning Speaker’s Office"
.......... - Hastert: "Bush Joins Hastert at Rally, and Lavishes the Praise"
Iraq - WP: "Gunmen Attack TV Station in Baghdad"
..... - Reuters: "Brits hint of pullout from Iraq" -- Original Daily Mail story is here.
North Korea - SL: "Council nears Korea resolution" -- Text of proposed reso is here.
Voting - 2004 - NYT: "Reports: Vote of no-confidence in 2004 election"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Spinach Contamination: "Source of Deadly E. Coli Is Found"
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.
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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