PLAINFIELD v. WESTFIELD -- Postponed by weather to SATURDAY, 11 AM, Hub-Stine Field.
WHAT!? You're not out SHOPPING? Where's your patriotism?
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "The OTHER Dr. Seuss"
Plain Talker: "Acting Finance Director Named", "Time Up For Development Deals?"
Holiday Shopping: "Shoppers, start your engines" -- Tips.
Not getting your own CLIPPINGS email daily? Got a tip? Click here to send PT an email.
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Crime Fighting: "Despite Fewer Lockups, NYC Has Big Drop in Crime. Why?" -- Vera Institute is here.
..... - Women's Football: "New female football team takes its first steps"
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today: 8:30 PM - 1:30 AM. West End Reunion. BUF Center, West 7th & Central. $20. Tickets/info: Connie Anderson, (908) 757-8168 or Frank Coit, (712) 314-1443 or (908) 722-3498.
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___________________________________________________________________________
Berkeley Heights: "Driver of minivan wasn't sober before fatal crash, officials say"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Devils Arena: "Arena projects to cost Newark extra $102.4M"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
A.C. Murders: "A chilling precedent"
Essex Fox Hounds Hunt: "Club enjoys dogged pursuit of tradition"
Open Space - OpEd, SL: "Preserve open space and Jersey's quality of life"
UMDNJ - NYT: "Latest Twist in a Scandal Hits a Medical School When It’s Down"
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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____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Toles, Washington Post
Drug Imports: "Push likely for looser Rx drug import rules"
Impeachment: Elizabeth Holtzman: "The People's Case for Impeaching Bush" -- A four-term Congresswoman from NYC in the 1970s, Holtzman played a key role in the impeachment of Richard M. Nixon.
Iran - SL: "Tehran to give U.N. inspectors a look at nuclear program files"
Iraq - NYT: "Sectarian Attack Worst in Baghdad Since US Invasion"
.......... - CN: "Lawmakers: Iraq should do more to govern itself"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Leftovers: "Left in the dark? Take the remnants of the feast and let the games begin" -- and some more recipes here and here.
Cellphone - Free Fun: "Free Services to Inspire Your Cellphone" -- Check Pinger out here.
Negative Income Tax: "The Other Milton Friedman: A Conservative With a Social Welfare Program"
Peace Corps: "Rewind to a time of commitment"
YouTube: "Police say video clips not full picture of arrests"
Obituary: "Betty Comden, Behind Musicals of Grace and Wit" -- as in
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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WHAT!? You're not out SHOPPING? Where's your patriotism?
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "The OTHER Dr. Seuss"
Plain Talker: "Acting Finance Director Named", "Time Up For Development Deals?"
Holiday Shopping: "Shoppers, start your engines" -- Tips.
Not getting your own CLIPPINGS email daily? Got a tip? Click here to send PT an email.
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Crime Fighting: "Despite Fewer Lockups, NYC Has Big Drop in Crime. Why?" -- Vera Institute is here.
..... - Women's Football: "New female football team takes its first steps"
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today: 8:30 PM - 1:30 AM. West End Reunion. BUF Center, West 7th & Central. $20. Tickets/info: Connie Anderson, (908) 757-8168 or Frank Coit, (712) 314-1443 or (908) 722-3498.
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___________________________________________________________________________
Berkeley Heights: "Driver of minivan wasn't sober before fatal crash, officials say"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Devils Arena: "Arena projects to cost Newark extra $102.4M"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
A.C. Murders: "A chilling precedent"
Essex Fox Hounds Hunt: "Club enjoys dogged pursuit of tradition"
Open Space - OpEd, SL: "Preserve open space and Jersey's quality of life"
UMDNJ - NYT: "Latest Twist in a Scandal Hits a Medical School When It’s Down"
____________________
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____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Toles, Washington Post
Drug Imports: "Push likely for looser Rx drug import rules"
Impeachment: Elizabeth Holtzman: "The People's Case for Impeaching Bush" -- A four-term Congresswoman from NYC in the 1970s, Holtzman played a key role in the impeachment of Richard M. Nixon.
Iran - SL: "Tehran to give U.N. inspectors a look at nuclear program files"
Iraq - NYT: "Sectarian Attack Worst in Baghdad Since US Invasion"
.......... - CN: "Lawmakers: Iraq should do more to govern itself"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Leftovers: "Left in the dark? Take the remnants of the feast and let the games begin" -- and some more recipes here and here.
Cellphone - Free Fun: "Free Services to Inspire Your Cellphone" -- Check Pinger out here.
Negative Income Tax: "The Other Milton Friedman: A Conservative With a Social Welfare Program"
Peace Corps: "Rewind to a time of commitment"
YouTube: "Police say video clips not full picture of arrests"
Obituary: "Betty Comden, Behind Musicals of Grace and Wit" -- as in
The Bronx is up and the Battery’s down,Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
The people ride in a hole in the ground,
New York, New York, It’s a helluva town.
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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