PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "The Joy of UCIA (Park - Madison: The PILOT)"
Abbott Funding Meeting: "Panel urges residents to push school funding"
Crime: "Plainfield woman arrested in fake ID probe"
Legal Notices - Editorial, CN: "Legal notices belong in newspapers"
Not getting your own CLIPPINGS email daily? Got a tip? Click here to send PT an email.
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Drugs: "Study: Parents in the dark over new designer drugs"
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
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.
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!
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___________________________________________________________________________
Cranford: "Window donation to help New Orleans rebuild"
Hillside: "Power struggle leads to unfilled planning board seats"
Watchung: "Crystal Ridge aparment complex sells for $82.5M"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race - SL: "Menendez marks anniversary of his 'nay' in the Iraq war vote"
.......... - Opinion, SL: Tom Moran: "Listen to military families? Not Kean"
..... - Bergen Record: "Menendez ally made job push for another official"
.......... - "Military families upset with Kean"
Ferguson / Stender Race: "Ferguson runs against state taxes; Stender gets national help"
Federal HIV Funds: "New formula could cost N.J. millions"
Princeton U.: "Princeton is told to apply itself to retain physics lab contract"
Racial Profiling: "Watchdog fears a possible return of profiling"
Reprocessed Medicala Devices: "FDA: No one's checking some reusers of medical gear"
School Administrative Salaries - SL: "Top school officials' salaries listed"
..... - CN: "Online database of superintendent salaries opens" -- State database website is here.
..... - AP: "State posts salaries of top school officials" -- List of top 10 salaries.
Schools Construction Corp.: "School-building bottom line tops $6 billion"
School Safety: "Police study ways to keep schools safe"
Treasury Employees Misconduct: "Six deny guilt in 'freebies' case"
Turnpike Sale - Editorial, SL: "Danger in Turnpike deal"
Towns: Passaic: "Families face Section 8 cutback because of Authority's mismanagement"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Pension Reform - SL: "Tax-cutters' list names public trough's top 200"
..... - CN: "8 lawmakers among N.J.'s top 'tackers'"
..... - AP: "With many paid more than gov, senator renews pension reform plea"
School Funding: "Michigan: Where schools don't get a dime from local residents without asking"
School District Mergers: "School boards ignore idea on merging into county districts"
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Bagley, Salt Lake City Tribune
Foley Fallout - WP: "Kolbe Says He Warned of Foley Years Ago"
.......... - "History of Foley Messages' Release Clarified by Players"
.......... - "Hastert Expresses Faith in Staff"
..... - NYT: "Hastert Vows to Fire Aides if a Cover-Up Is Discovered"
..... - AP: "TV Ad Uses Page Flap to Attack GOP Rep."
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Abortion: "Court Rejects Roe V. Wade Companion Case"
Ballots: "Typo Will Cost Michigan County $40K"
Coupon Clipping: "If you're not clipping coupons, you're throwing away cold, hard cash"
Religion & Tax Breaks: "Religion-Based Tax Breaks: Housing to Paychecks to Books"
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_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Rebuilding:
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: "The Joy of UCIA (Park - Madison: The PILOT)"
Abbott Funding Meeting: "Panel urges residents to push school funding"
Crime: "Plainfield woman arrested in fake ID probe"
Legal Notices - Editorial, CN: "Legal notices belong in newspapers"
Not getting your own CLIPPINGS email daily? Got a tip? Click here to send PT an email.
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Drugs: "Study: Parents in the dark over new designer drugs"
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
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.
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!
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___________________________________________________________________________
Cranford: "Window donation to help New Orleans rebuild"
Hillside: "Power struggle leads to unfilled planning board seats"
Watchung: "Crystal Ridge aparment complex sells for $82.5M"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race - SL: "Menendez marks anniversary of his 'nay' in the Iraq war vote"
.......... - Opinion, SL: Tom Moran: "Listen to military families? Not Kean"
..... - Bergen Record: "Menendez ally made job push for another official"
.......... - "Military families upset with Kean"
Ferguson / Stender Race: "Ferguson runs against state taxes; Stender gets national help"
Federal HIV Funds: "New formula could cost N.J. millions"
Princeton U.: "Princeton is told to apply itself to retain physics lab contract"
Racial Profiling: "Watchdog fears a possible return of profiling"
Reprocessed Medicala Devices: "FDA: No one's checking some reusers of medical gear"
School Administrative Salaries - SL: "Top school officials' salaries listed"
..... - CN: "Online database of superintendent salaries opens" -- State database website is here.
..... - AP: "State posts salaries of top school officials" -- List of top 10 salaries.
Schools Construction Corp.: "School-building bottom line tops $6 billion"
School Safety: "Police study ways to keep schools safe"
Treasury Employees Misconduct: "Six deny guilt in 'freebies' case"
Turnpike Sale - Editorial, SL: "Danger in Turnpike deal"
Towns: Passaic: "Families face Section 8 cutback because of Authority's mismanagement"
____________________
Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Pension Reform - SL: "Tax-cutters' list names public trough's top 200"
..... - CN: "8 lawmakers among N.J.'s top 'tackers'"
..... - AP: "With many paid more than gov, senator renews pension reform plea"
School Funding: "Michigan: Where schools don't get a dime from local residents without asking"
School District Mergers: "School boards ignore idea on merging into county districts"
____________________
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Bagley, Salt Lake City Tribune
Foley Fallout - WP: "Kolbe Says He Warned of Foley Years Ago"
.......... - "History of Foley Messages' Release Clarified by Players"
.......... - "Hastert Expresses Faith in Staff"
..... - NYT: "Hastert Vows to Fire Aides if a Cover-Up Is Discovered"
..... - AP: "TV Ad Uses Page Flap to Attack GOP Rep."
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Abortion: "Court Rejects Roe V. Wade Companion Case"
Ballots: "Typo Will Cost Michigan County $40K"
Coupon Clipping: "If you're not clipping coupons, you're throwing away cold, hard cash"
Religion & Tax Breaks: "Religion-Based Tax Breaks: Housing to Paychecks to Books"
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_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Rebuilding:
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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