PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "A milestone passed, sadly"
Plain Talker: "Two Reminders", "Halloween Incident Report Issued"
Abbott Funding - BR: "Poorer school districts fear erosion in aid from state"
..... - CN: "Tax reform panel to detail new school funding plan"
McGreevey: "In Statehouse, a portrait puzzle brews"
(Photo, NY Times)
Pedophile Zone Laws - NYT: "Zoning Laws That Bar Pedophiles Raise Concerns"
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Police Productivity: "GPS system tracks cop cars, productivity increases"
..... - Development: SL Editorial: "Doing deals with developers" -- Moral of the story: Learn to horse-trade.
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today: 6 PM. City Council Budget Hearing. City Hall Library.
Tuesday: 6 - 8 PM. 'Shop Plainfield' Business Expo. Check out Plainfield businesses, services & products. Sponsor: Chamber of Commerce, SID and City. BUF Center, West 7th & Central. FREE (present a sales receipt from a Plainfield business).
Wednesday: 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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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Warren: "Church offering online auction fundraiser" -- Is the annual parish hall rummage sale now an endangered species?
NYC COPS' SHOOTINGS______________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NY Times)
NYC Police Shootings - NYT: "Day After Fatal Shooting, Questions, Mourning and Protest"
.......... - WP: "N.Y. Police Assailed for Bachelor Party Shootings"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Lucent: "American icon in Paris: Lucent set for takeover"
Political Consultants: "Message & Media: Low-Key Political Team With a Knack for Strategy"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Public Employee Unions: "State workers plan massive rally against benefit cuts"
New Toll Roads: "Federal OK required for new toll highways"
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Paul Conrad, Nationally syndicated
Congress - WP: "New Congress Unlikely to Rush Toughest Issues"
GOP - NYT: "A G.O.P. Breed Loses Its Place in New England"
Iraq - NYT: "Lessons from Vietnam for Iraq: Long After We Withdraw"
.......... - Reuters: "Jordan's king: Mideast facing an apocalypse"
.......... - AP: "President travels diplomatic route for Iraq solution"
.......... - WP: "When the Mahdi Army Showed Its Other Side" -- Providing services the government cannot.
Lame Duck-ness - WP: "History Offers Post-Midterm Survival Tips For Bush"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, Courier Post)
Male Nurses: "Hope is male nurse calendar attracts men to profession" -- Original Courier Post story.
Education - NYTMag: "What It Takes to Make a Student" -- The KIPP schools.
.......... - SL: "High school dropout rate inspiring new strategies"
(Photo, Courier News)
Fashion: "Muslim designer: Modesty doesn't have to look mundane" -- The Marabo site is here.
Games: "Casual gaming gains with gore-free, chick-flick approach"
Govspeak: "Government doubletalk makes reality look fuzzy"
Incomes: "Very Rich Are Leaving the Merely Rich Behind"
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: "A milestone passed, sadly"
Plain Talker: "Two Reminders", "Halloween Incident Report Issued"
Abbott Funding - BR: "Poorer school districts fear erosion in aid from state"
..... - CN: "Tax reform panel to detail new school funding plan"
McGreevey: "In Statehouse, a portrait puzzle brews"
(Photo, NY Times)
Pedophile Zone Laws - NYT: "Zoning Laws That Bar Pedophiles Raise Concerns"
Not getting your own CLIPPINGS email daily? Got a tip? Click here to send PT an email.
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Police Productivity: "GPS system tracks cop cars, productivity increases"
..... - Development: SL Editorial: "Doing deals with developers" -- Moral of the story: Learn to horse-trade.
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today: 6 PM. City Council Budget Hearing. City Hall Library.
Tuesday: 6 - 8 PM. 'Shop Plainfield' Business Expo. Check out Plainfield businesses, services & products. Sponsor: Chamber of Commerce, SID and City. BUF Center, West 7th & Central. FREE (present a sales receipt from a Plainfield business).
Wednesday: 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___________________________________________________________________________
Warren: "Church offering online auction fundraiser" -- Is the annual parish hall rummage sale now an endangered species?
NYC COPS' SHOOTINGS______________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NY Times)
NYC Police Shootings - NYT: "Day After Fatal Shooting, Questions, Mourning and Protest"
.......... - WP: "N.Y. Police Assailed for Bachelor Party Shootings"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Lucent: "American icon in Paris: Lucent set for takeover"
Political Consultants: "Message & Media: Low-Key Political Team With a Knack for Strategy"
____________________
Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Public Employee Unions: "State workers plan massive rally against benefit cuts"
New Toll Roads: "Federal OK required for new toll highways"
____________________
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Paul Conrad, Nationally syndicated
Congress - WP: "New Congress Unlikely to Rush Toughest Issues"
GOP - NYT: "A G.O.P. Breed Loses Its Place in New England"
Iraq - NYT: "Lessons from Vietnam for Iraq: Long After We Withdraw"
.......... - Reuters: "Jordan's king: Mideast facing an apocalypse"
.......... - AP: "President travels diplomatic route for Iraq solution"
.......... - WP: "When the Mahdi Army Showed Its Other Side" -- Providing services the government cannot.
Lame Duck-ness - WP: "History Offers Post-Midterm Survival Tips For Bush"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, Courier Post)
Male Nurses: "Hope is male nurse calendar attracts men to profession" -- Original Courier Post story.
Education - NYTMag: "What It Takes to Make a Student" -- The KIPP schools.
.......... - SL: "High school dropout rate inspiring new strategies"
(Photo, Courier News)
Fashion: "Muslim designer: Modesty doesn't have to look mundane" -- The Marabo site is here.
Games: "Casual gaming gains with gore-free, chick-flick approach"
Govspeak: "Government doubletalk makes reality look fuzzy"
Incomes: "Very Rich Are Leaving the Merely Rich Behind"
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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