REMINDER: 5th Wednesday, NO RECYCLE PICKUP today.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Biz Expo brings 'em out"
Plain Talker: "Shop Plainfield!", "Daniels: Track City Assets"
Extraordinary Aid: "Plainfield taxpayers catch small break"
Pop Warner: "Plainfield Pop Warner team headed to 'Super Bowl' at Disney World"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today: 7 PM. New Democrats for Plainfield. Annual General Meeting. YMCA. Info: (908) 561-7325.
Friday: 6 PM. Annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony. City Hall steps. Refreshments. Photo with Santa. FREE.
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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. |....PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR....|
. |..Click HERE to get listing form..|
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Edison: "Officials seek probe of Choi's role in computer contract process"
Linden: "Gregorio asks for Linden recount"
Roseland: "$250,000 to settle tax assessor's claim over pressure to change assessment"
Roselle Park: "Student still battling meningitis"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Devils Arena: Joan Whitlow: "Easier to believe in Tinkerbell than the arena"
James Investigation - NYT: "City Hall Receives Subpoenas Over Land Sales"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
A.C. Murders - SL: "A name to go with final face from A.C. ditch"
..... - NYT: "Officials Identify 4th Body"
..... - CN:
Amtrak - SL: "Jersey rail study urges federal-state takeover"
..... - NYT: "New Ownership for Rail Line Recommended"
..... - CN:
Business Outlook: "Business leaders gloomy about '07"
Health: "N.J.'s cancer survival rate rises, but race is still significant"
Princeton Endowment Fight: "Heirs allege college misuses gift"
Smoking Ban: "As Atlantic City Eyes Smoking Ban, Casinos Fear Losses"
State Gov: "120 jobs slashed from Office of Law and Public Safety"
Student Data: "NJ SMART drags education records into the 21st century"
Supremes: "Lead-paint case reaches top court"
UMDNJ: "Exec says he faced retaliation after reporting coverup"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Editorial, CN: "New tolls wrong route to tax relief"
____________________
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Mike Lane, Cagle Cartoons
Bush - FirstPost/UK: OpEd: "Is Bush back on the sauce?"
CIA 'Secret' Prisons - BBC: "EU nations 'knew about CIA jails'"
.......... - WP: "European Report Details Flights By CIA Aircraft"
Iraq - Analysis - SL: Tom Moran: "Andrews proposes a way out of the morass"
.......... - NYT: "Deeper Crisis, Less U.S. Sway in Iraq"
..... - NSC Adviser’s Memo "Hadley Cites Doubts About Iraqi Leader"
..... - Runup - Truthout: "The Melbourne Minutes: Bush and Australians planned war 13 months before it began"
..... - Troop Reductions - AP: "Bush Says U.S. Won't Pull Out of Iraq"
Medicare - SL: "Medicare drug plan below budget"
NATO - Int'l Herald Tribune: "NATO strives to mend rift over its future role"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Black Attorneys, Big Firms: "Lawyers Debate Why Blacks Lag at Major Firms"
Christian Coalition: "Christian Coalition Pres.-Elect Leaves"
Real Estate: "Home prices, sales slide in the Northeast"
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_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Biz Expo brings 'em out"
Plain Talker: "Shop Plainfield!", "Daniels: Track City Assets"
Extraordinary Aid: "Plainfield taxpayers catch small break"
Pop Warner: "Plainfield Pop Warner team headed to 'Super Bowl' at Disney World"
Not getting your own CLIPPINGS email daily? Got a tip? Click here to send PT an email.
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today: 7 PM. New Democrats for Plainfield. Annual General Meeting. YMCA. Info: (908) 561-7325.
Friday: 6 PM. Annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony. City Hall steps. Refreshments. Photo with Santa. FREE.
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___________________________________________________________________________
Edison: "Officials seek probe of Choi's role in computer contract process"
Linden: "Gregorio asks for Linden recount"
Roseland: "$250,000 to settle tax assessor's claim over pressure to change assessment"
Roselle Park: "Student still battling meningitis"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Devils Arena: Joan Whitlow: "Easier to believe in Tinkerbell than the arena"
James Investigation - NYT: "City Hall Receives Subpoenas Over Land Sales"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
A.C. Murders - SL: "A name to go with final face from A.C. ditch"
..... - NYT: "Officials Identify 4th Body"
..... - CN:
Amtrak - SL: "Jersey rail study urges federal-state takeover"
..... - NYT: "New Ownership for Rail Line Recommended"
..... - CN:
Business Outlook: "Business leaders gloomy about '07"
Health: "N.J.'s cancer survival rate rises, but race is still significant"
Princeton Endowment Fight: "Heirs allege college misuses gift"
Smoking Ban: "As Atlantic City Eyes Smoking Ban, Casinos Fear Losses"
State Gov: "120 jobs slashed from Office of Law and Public Safety"
Student Data: "NJ SMART drags education records into the 21st century"
Supremes: "Lead-paint case reaches top court"
UMDNJ: "Exec says he faced retaliation after reporting coverup"
____________________
Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Editorial, CN: "New tolls wrong route to tax relief"
____________________
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Mike Lane, Cagle Cartoons
Bush - FirstPost/UK: OpEd: "Is Bush back on the sauce?"
CIA 'Secret' Prisons - BBC: "EU nations 'knew about CIA jails'"
.......... - WP: "European Report Details Flights By CIA Aircraft"
Iraq - Analysis - SL: Tom Moran: "Andrews proposes a way out of the morass"
.......... - NYT: "Deeper Crisis, Less U.S. Sway in Iraq"
..... - NSC Adviser’s Memo "Hadley Cites Doubts About Iraqi Leader"
..... - Runup - Truthout: "The Melbourne Minutes: Bush and Australians planned war 13 months before it began"
..... - Troop Reductions - AP: "Bush Says U.S. Won't Pull Out of Iraq"
Medicare - SL: "Medicare drug plan below budget"
NATO - Int'l Herald Tribune: "NATO strives to mend rift over its future role"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Black Attorneys, Big Firms: "Lawyers Debate Why Blacks Lag at Major Firms"
Christian Coalition: "Christian Coalition Pres.-Elect Leaves"
Real Estate: "Home prices, sales slide in the Northeast"
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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