PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "PT is 1. Blasts from the past."
Chez Maree Melée - CN: "North Plainfield cop injured breaking up fight"
Public Questions - CN Editorial [2nd item]: "Questions are mostly worth voters' support"
Not getting your own CLIPPINGS email daily? Got a tip? Click here to send PT an email.
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today: 11AM. 'Bring Our Children Home' Peace Rally. City Hall steps. Sponsors: Peoples Organization for Progress and Plainfield Area Equality. Info: Rev. Robert Dixon, (908) 400-5690 or Lisa Dixon (908) 279-5744.
Tuesday, Nov. 7: 6 AM - 8 PM. General Election. City Council, Union County Freeholders, US Representative and US Senate.
Wednesday, Nov. 8: 10:30 AM. Mayor's monthly visit to Senior Center. 305 East Front Street.
Events for this week are here
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Parkway/Route 280: "Work on clogged Parkway-Rt. 280 link starts"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Clark - SL: "6 veteran candidates seek seats in Clark"
Fanwood - SL: "Fanwood hopefuls bemoan high taxes"
Piscataway - SL: "Sign flap spurs woman to claim police brutality"
Roselle Park - SL: "No quorum, no debate at Roselle Park council"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
NJPAC - SL: "The arts and aging: NJPAC's latest duet"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race - SL: "Senate rivals link with popular names"
..... - NYT: "New Jersey Democrats Seek to Bombard Crucial County"
Election Turnout - CN: "Efforts to up voter turnout in full swing across state"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
New Taxes - SL: "State leaders say no new levies in property tax plan"
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Toles, Washington Post
2006 Elections - WP: "Anxious GOP Focuses on Not Losing Senate"
..... - WP: "GOP's Woes Imperil Even the Centrists"
..... - WP: "Rice Bucks Tradition With Pre-Election Appearances"
..... - NYT: "G.O.P. Turns to the Economy as Campaign Issue"
..... - NYT: "As Vote Nears, Parties Prepare for Legal Fights"
CIA Prisons - WP: "U.S. Seeks Silence on CIA Prisons"
Anti-Gay Minister Sex Scandal - WP: "Minister Admits to Buying Drugs and Massage"
..... - NYT: "Minister Admits Buying Drug but Denies Tryst"
Iraq - NYT: "For U.S. and Top Iraqi, Animosity Is Mutual"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Student Activism - SL: "For new activists, it's less radical, more practical"
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: "PT is 1. Blasts from the past."
Chez Maree Melée - CN: "North Plainfield cop injured breaking up fight"
Public Questions - CN Editorial [2nd item]: "Questions are mostly worth voters' support"
Not getting your own CLIPPINGS email daily? Got a tip? Click here to send PT an email.
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today: 11AM. 'Bring Our Children Home' Peace Rally. City Hall steps. Sponsors: Peoples Organization for Progress and Plainfield Area Equality. Info: Rev. Robert Dixon, (908) 400-5690 or Lisa Dixon (908) 279-5744.
Tuesday, Nov. 7: 6 AM - 8 PM. General Election. City Council, Union County Freeholders, US Representative and US Senate.
Wednesday, Nov. 8: 10:30 AM. Mayor's monthly visit to Senior Center. 305 East Front Street.
Events for this week are here
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Parkway/Route 280: "Work on clogged Parkway-Rt. 280 link starts"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Clark - SL: "6 veteran candidates seek seats in Clark"
Fanwood - SL: "Fanwood hopefuls bemoan high taxes"
Piscataway - SL: "Sign flap spurs woman to claim police brutality"
Roselle Park - SL: "No quorum, no debate at Roselle Park council"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
NJPAC - SL: "The arts and aging: NJPAC's latest duet"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race - SL: "Senate rivals link with popular names"
..... - NYT: "New Jersey Democrats Seek to Bombard Crucial County"
Election Turnout - CN: "Efforts to up voter turnout in full swing across state"
____________________
Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
New Taxes - SL: "State leaders say no new levies in property tax plan"
____________________
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Toles, Washington Post
2006 Elections - WP: "Anxious GOP Focuses on Not Losing Senate"
..... - WP: "GOP's Woes Imperil Even the Centrists"
..... - WP: "Rice Bucks Tradition With Pre-Election Appearances"
..... - NYT: "G.O.P. Turns to the Economy as Campaign Issue"
..... - NYT: "As Vote Nears, Parties Prepare for Legal Fights"
CIA Prisons - WP: "U.S. Seeks Silence on CIA Prisons"
Anti-Gay Minister Sex Scandal - WP: "Minister Admits to Buying Drugs and Massage"
..... - NYT: "Minister Admits Buying Drug but Denies Tryst"
Iraq - NYT: "For U.S. and Top Iraqi, Animosity Is Mutual"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Student Activism - SL: "For new activists, it's less radical, more practical"
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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