PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Plainfield flooding"
Author - CN: "Ex-Plainfield drug dealer earning kudos as author" -- Amazon link. -- J.M. Benjamin finds success in fiction.
(Photo, Courier News)
CN: "Gem of a home in Plainfield, guarded by a pair of friendly ghosts"
Crime - CN: "Plainfield teen found guilty in drive-by shooting"
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Eminent Domain - SL: "Edison voters approve limits on seizures of property"
..... - New Train Station - SL: "More work at S. Amboy train station"
..... - Recall - SL: "New Mt. Olive mayor sworn in after recall succeeds"
..... - Operation Ceasefire - SL: Bob Braun: "Ceasefire may be answer to a real terror stalking our streets"
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
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.
- - -: 10 AM. Veterans Day Ceremony and Laying of the Wreath. War Memorial Flagpole. East 7th & Watchung.
- - -: 8 PM. Plainfield Symphony: A Night At The Opera. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. Info: 561-5140. $25/General seating. $15/Senior & Student. Post-Concert 'Between the Bars' buffet $25.
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___________________________________________________________________________
Linden - Gregorio - SL: "Political legend sings his swan song"
Edison - SL: "Edison council scraps mayor's budget"
Kenilworth, Roselle Park, Union Twp. - SL: "Republicans sweep in Kenilworth, Roselle Park"
Somerset County - CN: "Despite freeholder loss, Wilson confident in Dem shift"
South Bound Brook - SL: "Republican incumbents shocked by losses"
..... - CN: "After surprise win, Democrats set to tackle taxes"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Booker - SL: "Booker to hold 'office hours' in Ironbound"
Newark Postmark: NYT: "Newark’s Mail Soon to Bear the Name of Another"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
2006 Elections:
..... - Analysis - SL: "Kean, Ferguson experience a nasty backlash to negativity"
..... - Menendez - SL: "Menendez's sunny side is up"
.......... - NYT: "On Morning After Harsh Race, Menendez Orders the Usual"
..... - Kean - SL: "After another GOP loss, Kean team takes stock"
.......... - Tom Moran: "Kean gets burned in the backfire"
..... - Ferguson / Stender - SL: "Republican women stuck with Ferguson"
..... - Ballot Security - SL: "Troopers kept ballots secure"
Chief Justice Zazzali - SL: "Top justice in brief: Modest and warm"
Flooding - SL: "Submerged and Stranded"
Lynch - SL: "Lynch's pension checks stop at prison gates"
NJT - SL: "NJ Transit to get own entrance in Midtown"
Sports & Exposition Authority - SL: "Sports authority trimming staff 20%"
Towns: East Orange - SL: "Development plans at former GE factory remain stalled"
..... - Maplewood / South Orange - SL: "Why S. Orange said maybe and Maplewood said no"
..... - Morris County - SL: "Close races, upsets mark elections in towns across the county"
..... - Irvington - SL: "Irvington has state's OK to restructure $12.7M debt"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Legislators - SL: "State leaders are optimistic on achieving tax relief plan"
..... - CN: "Legislators mum on possible property tax reforms"
Lobbying - SL: "Lobbying gets loud on how to trim taxes"
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Signe Wilson, Philadelphia Daily News
2006 Elections - Viriginia Race: CBS: "CBS News Estimates Va. Win Gives Dems Control Of Both Houses"
.......... - SL: "Apparent victory in Virginia hands the Senate to Democrats"
.......... - WP: "Webb's Small Lead Holding Up As 'Senator-Elect' Starts Staffing"
.......... - NYT: "All Eyes Turn to Virginia Senate Race"
..... - Analysis - WP: "For Bush's New Direction, Cooperation Is The Challenge"
.......... - SL: "Catholic shift gives Democrats big boost"
.......... - WP: "New House Majority Offers Bipartisanship -- And Ambitious Agenda"
.......... - WP: "Republicans' Angry Factions Point Fingers At Each Other"
Rumsfeld & Gates - SL: "Secretary of defense bows out"
..... - NYT: "Rumsfeld Resigns; Bush Vows to ‘Find Common Ground’"
.......... - NYT: "Robert Gates, a Cautious Player From a Past Bush Team"
..... - WP: "Gates lauded as breaker of barriers"
Congress - Dems - SL: "Rising voice of Democratic women culminates in speaker"
.......... - CN: "Iraq war, tax policy on Dems' post-election agenda"
..... - GOP - SL: "Hastert won't lead the GOP in House"
Iraq - SL: "The pragmatists and the new plan for Iraq"
..... - "Iraq extends its state of emergency"
Nicarauga - SL: "Back in power, ex-rebel Ortega vows to work with other leftists"
Supreme Court - SL: "Justices interrogate both sides in partial-birth abortion battle"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
For Bird Lovers - SL: "For the birds - To host the avian set, here's what to grow"
Health - SL: "Angioplasties: Going slow on heart stent options"
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: "Plainfield flooding"
Author - CN: "Ex-Plainfield drug dealer earning kudos as author" -- Amazon link. -- J.M. Benjamin finds success in fiction.
(Photo, Courier News)
CN: "Gem of a home in Plainfield, guarded by a pair of friendly ghosts"
Crime - CN: "Plainfield teen found guilty in drive-by shooting"
Not getting your own CLIPPINGS email daily? Got a tip? Click here to send PT an email.
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Eminent Domain - SL: "Edison voters approve limits on seizures of property"
..... - New Train Station - SL: "More work at S. Amboy train station"
..... - Recall - SL: "New Mt. Olive mayor sworn in after recall succeeds"
..... - Operation Ceasefire - SL: Bob Braun: "Ceasefire may be answer to a real terror stalking our streets"
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
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.
- - -: 10 AM. Veterans Day Ceremony and Laying of the Wreath. War Memorial Flagpole. East 7th & Watchung.
- - -: 8 PM. Plainfield Symphony: A Night At The Opera. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. Info: 561-5140. $25/General seating. $15/Senior & Student. Post-Concert 'Between the Bars' buffet $25.
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___________________________________________________________________________
Linden - Gregorio - SL: "Political legend sings his swan song"
Edison - SL: "Edison council scraps mayor's budget"
Kenilworth, Roselle Park, Union Twp. - SL: "Republicans sweep in Kenilworth, Roselle Park"
Somerset County - CN: "Despite freeholder loss, Wilson confident in Dem shift"
South Bound Brook - SL: "Republican incumbents shocked by losses"
..... - CN: "After surprise win, Democrats set to tackle taxes"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Booker - SL: "Booker to hold 'office hours' in Ironbound"
Newark Postmark: NYT: "Newark’s Mail Soon to Bear the Name of Another"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
2006 Elections:
..... - Analysis - SL: "Kean, Ferguson experience a nasty backlash to negativity"
..... - Menendez - SL: "Menendez's sunny side is up"
.......... - NYT: "On Morning After Harsh Race, Menendez Orders the Usual"
..... - Kean - SL: "After another GOP loss, Kean team takes stock"
.......... - Tom Moran: "Kean gets burned in the backfire"
..... - Ferguson / Stender - SL: "Republican women stuck with Ferguson"
..... - Ballot Security - SL: "Troopers kept ballots secure"
Chief Justice Zazzali - SL: "Top justice in brief: Modest and warm"
Flooding - SL: "Submerged and Stranded"
Lynch - SL: "Lynch's pension checks stop at prison gates"
NJT - SL: "NJ Transit to get own entrance in Midtown"
Sports & Exposition Authority - SL: "Sports authority trimming staff 20%"
Towns: East Orange - SL: "Development plans at former GE factory remain stalled"
..... - Maplewood / South Orange - SL: "Why S. Orange said maybe and Maplewood said no"
..... - Morris County - SL: "Close races, upsets mark elections in towns across the county"
..... - Irvington - SL: "Irvington has state's OK to restructure $12.7M debt"
____________________
Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Legislators - SL: "State leaders are optimistic on achieving tax relief plan"
..... - CN: "Legislators mum on possible property tax reforms"
Lobbying - SL: "Lobbying gets loud on how to trim taxes"
____________________
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Signe Wilson, Philadelphia Daily News
2006 Elections - Viriginia Race: CBS: "CBS News Estimates Va. Win Gives Dems Control Of Both Houses"
.......... - SL: "Apparent victory in Virginia hands the Senate to Democrats"
.......... - WP: "Webb's Small Lead Holding Up As 'Senator-Elect' Starts Staffing"
.......... - NYT: "All Eyes Turn to Virginia Senate Race"
..... - Analysis - WP: "For Bush's New Direction, Cooperation Is The Challenge"
.......... - SL: "Catholic shift gives Democrats big boost"
.......... - WP: "New House Majority Offers Bipartisanship -- And Ambitious Agenda"
.......... - WP: "Republicans' Angry Factions Point Fingers At Each Other"
Rumsfeld & Gates - SL: "Secretary of defense bows out"
..... - NYT: "Rumsfeld Resigns; Bush Vows to ‘Find Common Ground’"
.......... - NYT: "Robert Gates, a Cautious Player From a Past Bush Team"
..... - WP: "Gates lauded as breaker of barriers"
Congress - Dems - SL: "Rising voice of Democratic women culminates in speaker"
.......... - CN: "Iraq war, tax policy on Dems' post-election agenda"
..... - GOP - SL: "Hastert won't lead the GOP in House"
Iraq - SL: "The pragmatists and the new plan for Iraq"
..... - "Iraq extends its state of emergency"
Nicarauga - SL: "Back in power, ex-rebel Ortega vows to work with other leftists"
Supreme Court - SL: "Justices interrogate both sides in partial-birth abortion battle"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
For Bird Lovers - SL: "For the birds - To host the avian set, here's what to grow"
Health - SL: "Angioplasties: Going slow on heart stent options"
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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