INFO: Union County Election Board - (908) 527-4123 -- For questions about voting or to report suspicious activity at or near polling places.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Election Day: Guesses and gaffes" and "Synagogue sign defaced"
Plain Talker: "The Lineup"
duCret Art School - CN: "Plainfield art school holding anniversary fundraiser"
Halloween Assault - SL: "Halloween tricks were no treat for Plainfield"
Route 78 - SL: "First phase of Rt. 78 work is nearly done"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today, Tuesday, Nov. 7: 6 AM - 8 PM. General Election. City Council, Union County Freeholders, US Representative and US Senate.
Tomorrow, Wednesday, Nov. 8: 10:30 AM. Mayor's monthly visit to Senior Center. 305 East Front Street.
Saturday, Nov. 11: 10 AM - 4 PM. Art, Antiques & Collectibles Appraisal. duCret School of Art. 1030 Central Avenue. Info: 757-7171. $5/item. Celebrating duCret's 80th Anniversary year.
Monday, Nov. 13: City Council Working Conference CANCELLED. Per legal notice of Mon 11/6/2006 in SL.
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___________________________________________________________________________
Bound Brook - CN: "Bound Brook mayor leaving politics"
Rahway - SL: "Rahway students mourn death of classmate"
Somerset County - CN: "County posting real-time vote tallies on Web"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Newark Housing Authority - SL: "Job cuts leave boiler operators out in the cold"
Newark Salvation Army - SL: "Salvation Army embezzler gets prison"
School Vouchers - SL: "School vouchers rise from the ashes" -- Newark mayor among new backers of effort.
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race - SL: "Time for the unsure to pick a senator" -- Polls show enough undecided voters to sway today's Menendez-Kean election.
Bear Hunt - SL: "Sporting groups demand state action on bear hunt"
Biotech - SL: "Stock probe costs Medarex CEO his job"
Meadowlands - SL: "Community college plans to add a campus to serve Xanadu"
Rutgers Football - SL: "Rutgers tickets worth camping out for"
..... - SL: "The sweet sound of success; Rutgers band marches out from obscurity"
UMDNJ - SL: "UMDNJ's payment to cardiologists is probed"
Voting Concerns - SL: "Election observers concerned about e-vote tampering"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
____________________
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
2006 Elections - American Conservative Mag: Editorial: "GOP Must Go"
..... - SL: "Bush, Clinton lead parties in mad dash to finish line"
.......... - SL: "Madame Speaker would lead, Pelosi's friends say"
Iraq - SL: "Iraqi government opens door to Saddam loyalists"
.......... - SL: "Washington's bridge-builder likely to leave Iraq envoy post soon"
..... - NYT: "Iraq Foes Would Head Democrat War-Spending Panels"
..... - CNN: "War simulation in 1999 pointed out Iraq invasion problems"
Military Recruiting - AOLNews: "Cameras Show Army Recruiters Misleading Students"
Neocons: "An ideology of lying"
Supreme Court - SL: "All eyes are on Alito in abortion case"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
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: "Election Day: Guesses and gaffes" and "Synagogue sign defaced"
Plain Talker: "The Lineup"
duCret Art School - CN: "Plainfield art school holding anniversary fundraiser"
Halloween Assault - SL: "Halloween tricks were no treat for Plainfield"
Route 78 - SL: "First phase of Rt. 78 work is nearly done"
Not getting your own CLIPPINGS email daily? Got a tip? Click here to send PT an email.
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today, Tuesday, Nov. 7: 6 AM - 8 PM. General Election. City Council, Union County Freeholders, US Representative and US Senate.
Tomorrow, Wednesday, Nov. 8: 10:30 AM. Mayor's monthly visit to Senior Center. 305 East Front Street.
Saturday, Nov. 11: 10 AM - 4 PM. Art, Antiques & Collectibles Appraisal. duCret School of Art. 1030 Central Avenue. Info: 757-7171. $5/item. Celebrating duCret's 80th Anniversary year.
Monday, Nov. 13: City Council Working Conference CANCELLED. Per legal notice of Mon 11/6/2006 in SL.
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___________________________________________________________________________
Bound Brook - CN: "Bound Brook mayor leaving politics"
Rahway - SL: "Rahway students mourn death of classmate"
Somerset County - CN: "County posting real-time vote tallies on Web"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Newark Housing Authority - SL: "Job cuts leave boiler operators out in the cold"
Newark Salvation Army - SL: "Salvation Army embezzler gets prison"
School Vouchers - SL: "School vouchers rise from the ashes" -- Newark mayor among new backers of effort.
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race - SL: "Time for the unsure to pick a senator" -- Polls show enough undecided voters to sway today's Menendez-Kean election.
Bear Hunt - SL: "Sporting groups demand state action on bear hunt"
Biotech - SL: "Stock probe costs Medarex CEO his job"
Meadowlands - SL: "Community college plans to add a campus to serve Xanadu"
Rutgers Football - SL: "Rutgers tickets worth camping out for"
..... - SL: "The sweet sound of success; Rutgers band marches out from obscurity"
UMDNJ - SL: "UMDNJ's payment to cardiologists is probed"
Voting Concerns - SL: "Election observers concerned about e-vote tampering"
____________________
Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
____________________
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
2006 Elections - American Conservative Mag: Editorial: "GOP Must Go"
..... - SL: "Bush, Clinton lead parties in mad dash to finish line"
.......... - SL: "Madame Speaker would lead, Pelosi's friends say"
Iraq - SL: "Iraqi government opens door to Saddam loyalists"
.......... - SL: "Washington's bridge-builder likely to leave Iraq envoy post soon"
..... - NYT: "Iraq Foes Would Head Democrat War-Spending Panels"
..... - CNN: "War simulation in 1999 pointed out Iraq invasion problems"
Military Recruiting - AOLNews: "Cameras Show Army Recruiters Misleading Students"
Neocons: "An ideology of lying"
Supreme Court - SL: "All eyes are on Alito in abortion case"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
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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