PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Plainfield Remembers 9/11" -- all pix are now up...plus others. You can enlarge, save to your computer, email to others and comment on photos. Check it out!
Editorial, CN: "New Dems, old feud in Plainfield" -- PT will be posting a REFLECTION on this editorial later.
Rushmore Park: "Comcast employees to help clean up park"
School Costs: "Judge tells state to hand over secretive school-funding study"
School Security: "Corzine forms task force on school security"
School Vouchers: "State tries to quash lawsuit that seeks school vouchers"
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Construction Code Errors: "Building official gives up licenses, ending inquiry"
..... - No-show Jobs: "Ex-DMV agency director gets jail for creating no-show job"
..... - Overcrowding: "Landlord pleads guilty to housing code violation"
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today: 2 PM. Hispanic Heritage Month Film: "El Norte." Public Library. FREE.
Thursday: 7 PM. Hispanic Heritage Month Film: "Black and White in Exile." Public Library. FREE, RECEPTION FOLLOWS. You will not want to miss this documentary by the late RAY BLANCO, who was not only Plainfield's first Hispanic councilor and council president, but an Emmy-winning documentary producer. Honor Ray's many contributions to Plainfield with your attendance.
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___________________________________________________________________________
Middlesex Co.: "1 Severed Hand; 2 Indictments"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race: Foley Fallout - SL: "Kean is first Republican to call for Hastert removal"
......... - "Kean accepted contributions from firms he had sought to ban"
..... - NYT: "Kean Calls for House Speaker Hastert to Step Down"
2006 Elections: "Garrett won't drop plans to host Hastert at fund-raiser"
Bryant Investigation - SL: "Feds subpoena Rutgers over Bryant job"
..... - APP: "State legislators may receive subpoenas"
Housing Market - APP: "Kara bankruptcy's ripple effect: uncertainty"
.......... - "Kara bankruptcy deals another blow to bank owed millions"
..... - SL: "Housing slide prompts Hovnanian to cut jobs"
Revenues: "Quarterly state revenues on target"
School Costs: "Judge tells state to hand over secretive school-funding study"
School Security: "Corzine forms task force on school security"
School Vouchers: "State tries to quash lawsuit that seeks school vouchers"
State Police: "Now it's the troopers suing the state police"
Towns: Irvington: "Veteran cop arraigned in case of stolen evidence"
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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: Nick Anderson, Louisville Courier-Post
2006 Elections - NYT: "In House Races, More G.O.P. Seats Are Seen at Risk"
Abramoff Scandal - WP: "Rove Aide Linked To Abramoff Resigns" -- First West Wing casualty.
..... - NYT: "Aide Who Linked Abramoff and Rove Resigns at White House"
Iraq - NYT: "Sen. Warner's Iraq Remarks Surprise White House" -- Unpleasantly, to be sure!
.......... - Atrocities - SL: "Medic turned away as Marines killed innocent Iraqi man"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Kids' Online Safety: "Parents are first line of defense for kids’ online safety"
Health: "Producers Agree to Send Healthier Foods to Schools"
Hip Hop at Princeton: "African-American studies pushes Princeton scholarship in fresh direction"
Obituary: "Buck O’Neil, Negro Leagues Pioneer"
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 |
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