PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Biz Expo tonight" -- Come to BUF and check out what Plainfield has to offer!
Plain Talker: "North Avenue Developer Expects Extension"
Budget: "Plainfield looks to trim $1.1 million from proposed FY2007 budget"
Transit Villages - Editorial, CN: "Don't stop at transit villages to boost rail"
Letter: Marjorie Armstrong: "Plainfield gouges senior citizens"
Letter: Herb Kaufman: "Trenton dodging real tax reform solutions"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today: 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___________________________________________________________________________
Elizabeth: "Bd of Ed site in Elizabeth eyed for 2-family homes"
New Brunswick: "3 city workers leave jobs in housing probe"
Roselle Park: "Roselle Park High tests for meningitis"
Union Twp: "Study suggests ways to revive Union Center"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
FBI's James Probe: "Feds' probe of James now takes close look at Newark land deals"
NYC COPS' SHOOTINGS______________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NY Times)
Mayor's News Conference - NYT: "Mayor Calls 50 Shots by the Police ‘Unacceptable’"
.......... - WP: "N.Y. Mayor Calls Shooting 'Inexplicable'"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
A.C. Murders - SL: "Police identify third of 4 slain women"
.......... - NYT: "3rd Woman Is Identified Among 4 Victims"
Bear Hunt: "Groups urge Jersey justices to allow bear hunt to proceed"
Gay Marriage - SL: "Gay marriage bans proposed"
.......... - CN: "Alliance against same-sex marriage urges public vote"
.......... - NYT: "A Move to Define Marriage"
Legislature:
..... - SL: "Senate panel in harmony with Oldies artists on impostor bill"
..... - CN: "Bands sing the blues over imposter acts"
..... - "Mental-health insurance bill advances"
..... - "Senate panel OKs suspended license reforms"
Rutgers: "At stake for Rutgers: A bowl full of money"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Unions - SL: "State worker unions resist forced reform"
.......... - CN: "Unions lash out against changes to benefits"
.......... - NYT: "Unions: Employees Shouldn’t Be Slighted to Cut Taxes"
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Signe Wilson, Philadelphia Inquirer
Afghanistan - Independent/UK: "NATO urged to plan exit strategy as violence soars"
Cheney - Boston Globe: "Cheney's mission to expand the powers of the presidency"
Domestic Spying - SL: "Justice Dept. reviews domestic surveillance"
Iraq - Guardian/UK: "US Lawmakers Lose Patience With Iraq Gov't"
.......... - ABC News: "Britain plans to start withdrawing troops"
.......... - WP: "Sunni Anbar Province: The Picture Grows Clearer, and Bleaker"
Iraq Study Group - SL: John Farmer: "Baker panel can't wave a wand on Iraq"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
'Big Day' - SL: Alan Sepinwall: "To love, honor and watch every week" -- Tonight, Ch 7, 9 PM.
..... - Hollywood Reporter: "Something bold, something new, something funny through and through"
Asthma: "An Epidemic No One Understands"
The 'N'-word: "Comic's rant sparks a call to eliminate the 'n-word'"
Organic Fish?: "Free or Farmed, When Is a Fish Really Organic?"
US Army Chorus: "Basking Ridge soldier enlists his voice to serve his country"
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: "Biz Expo tonight" -- Come to BUF and check out what Plainfield has to offer!
Plain Talker: "North Avenue Developer Expects Extension"
Budget: "Plainfield looks to trim $1.1 million from proposed FY2007 budget"
Transit Villages - Editorial, CN: "Don't stop at transit villages to boost rail"
Letter: Marjorie Armstrong: "Plainfield gouges senior citizens"
Letter: Herb Kaufman: "Trenton dodging real tax reform solutions"
Not getting your own CLIPPINGS email daily? Got a tip? Click here to send PT an email.
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today: 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___________________________________________________________________________
Elizabeth: "Bd of Ed site in Elizabeth eyed for 2-family homes"
New Brunswick: "3 city workers leave jobs in housing probe"
Roselle Park: "Roselle Park High tests for meningitis"
Union Twp: "Study suggests ways to revive Union Center"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
FBI's James Probe: "Feds' probe of James now takes close look at Newark land deals"
NYC COPS' SHOOTINGS______________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NY Times)
Mayor's News Conference - NYT: "Mayor Calls 50 Shots by the Police ‘Unacceptable’"
.......... - WP: "N.Y. Mayor Calls Shooting 'Inexplicable'"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
A.C. Murders - SL: "Police identify third of 4 slain women"
.......... - NYT: "3rd Woman Is Identified Among 4 Victims"
Bear Hunt: "Groups urge Jersey justices to allow bear hunt to proceed"
Gay Marriage - SL: "Gay marriage bans proposed"
.......... - CN: "Alliance against same-sex marriage urges public vote"
.......... - NYT: "A Move to Define Marriage"
Legislature:
..... - SL: "Senate panel in harmony with Oldies artists on impostor bill"
..... - CN: "Bands sing the blues over imposter acts"
..... - "Mental-health insurance bill advances"
..... - "Senate panel OKs suspended license reforms"
Rutgers: "At stake for Rutgers: A bowl full of money"
____________________
Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Unions - SL: "State worker unions resist forced reform"
.......... - CN: "Unions lash out against changes to benefits"
.......... - NYT: "Unions: Employees Shouldn’t Be Slighted to Cut Taxes"
____________________
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Signe Wilson, Philadelphia Inquirer
Afghanistan - Independent/UK: "NATO urged to plan exit strategy as violence soars"
Cheney - Boston Globe: "Cheney's mission to expand the powers of the presidency"
Domestic Spying - SL: "Justice Dept. reviews domestic surveillance"
Iraq - Guardian/UK: "US Lawmakers Lose Patience With Iraq Gov't"
.......... - ABC News: "Britain plans to start withdrawing troops"
.......... - WP: "Sunni Anbar Province: The Picture Grows Clearer, and Bleaker"
Iraq Study Group - SL: John Farmer: "Baker panel can't wave a wand on Iraq"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
'Big Day' - SL: Alan Sepinwall: "To love, honor and watch every week" -- Tonight, Ch 7, 9 PM.
..... - Hollywood Reporter: "Something bold, something new, something funny through and through"
Asthma: "An Epidemic No One Understands"
The 'N'-word: "Comic's rant sparks a call to eliminate the 'n-word'"
Organic Fish?: "Free or Farmed, When Is a Fish Really Organic?"
US Army Chorus: "Basking Ridge soldier enlists his voice to serve his country"
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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