PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Improving your ESP"
Plain Talker: "Senior Center Approvals Expected", "Biz Registry Doesn't Register", "SID budget hearing tonight"
Development: "Hey, It Looks Just Like the Picture" -- Bait & switch is so common with developers that a project that ends up looking like its rendering earns a story in the NY Times. Beware!
Crime: "Gas station robbed by masked gunman" -- Shell station at Leland & South.
Letter - Veterans Memorial: Ginny Higgins: "Many thanks for memorial upgrade"
Electricity Bills: "Flaws Seen in Markets for Utilities" -- Why bills are so high? Check the chart.
Not getting your own CLIPPINGS email daily? Got a tip? Click here to send PT an email.
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Jobs as Bribery: "Carneys Point mayor indicted, accused of trying to bribe opponent"
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today: 8 PM. Council Business Session. Courthouse/Council Chambers.
Friday: 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___________________________________________________________________________
Tom the Greengrocer: "Giving thanks: Eyes on the pies" -- Better hurry!
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Public Relations: "Newark hires 'image' consultant"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corruption & Reform:
..... - Elections: "Carneys Point mayor indicted in bribery case"
..... - Schools: "Paterson school exec gets prison for graft"
..... - Unions: "U.S. agents raid union offices led by key Jersey Dem Tom Giblin"
..... - Utilities Authority: "Former Monmouth Utilities Authority chief accused of corruption"
..... - Reform: Tom Moran: "Setting the table for real reforms"
Driver Licenses: "Jersey drivers among few whose sight isn't retested"
Legislature: "Legislators hope to swipe out data collection by firms"
Lincoln Tunnel: "One-way Turnpike toll set for Lincoln Tunnel"
Racial Profiling: "ACLU: Troopers still profiling"
Serial Killer? - SL: "Fear on Atlantic City's fringes"
.......... - "In a glitzy resort, this is the side that no one talks about"
..... - NYT: "Few Facts on 4 Women’s Bodies"
UMDNJ: "Top doctor put on leave, implicated in referrals scheme"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Proposals - SL: "20% property tax credit leads panel's list of proposals"
CN: "GOP blasts tax reform plans"
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Mike Lane, Cagle Cartoons
9/11 - USNewswire: "FBI ordered to correct disclosures on bin Laden family flights from US"
Class in America - OpEd, WSJ: Sen.-elect Jim Webb: "Class Struggle"
Domestic Spying - NYT: "'Talon' Project Documents Hold Tips on Antiwar Activities"
Iraq War - NYT: "U.S. Considers Raising Troop Levels in Iraq"
..... - CSM: "Rising price of the war on terror: $500B and counting"
..... - WP: "Flaws Cited in Effort To Train Iraqi Forces"
Iraq & Vietnam - MSNBC: "Olbermann: Lessons from the Vietnam War"
Military Tribunals - AP: "Former AG Janet Reno Files Challenge to Terror Law"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, Museum of the Moving Image. Elliott Gould,
Sally Kellerman and Donald Sutherland in "M*A*S*H, 1970.)
Obituary: "Robert Altman, Iconoclastic Director" with filmography. -- M*A*S*H of course, and just recently A Prairie Home Companion.
Cellphones as Big Brother?: "Cellphone as Tracker: X Marks Your Doubts"
Product Warranties: "What warrants extra protection" -- and what DOESN'T.
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_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Rip-off: "Couple sells house that church gave them for free after Katrina"
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: "Improving your ESP"
Plain Talker: "Senior Center Approvals Expected", "Biz Registry Doesn't Register", "SID budget hearing tonight"
Development: "Hey, It Looks Just Like the Picture" -- Bait & switch is so common with developers that a project that ends up looking like its rendering earns a story in the NY Times. Beware!
Crime: "Gas station robbed by masked gunman" -- Shell station at Leland & South.
Letter - Veterans Memorial: Ginny Higgins: "Many thanks for memorial upgrade"
Electricity Bills: "Flaws Seen in Markets for Utilities" -- Why bills are so high? Check the chart.
Not getting your own CLIPPINGS email daily? Got a tip? Click here to send PT an email.
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Jobs as Bribery: "Carneys Point mayor indicted, accused of trying to bribe opponent"
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today: 8 PM. Council Business Session. Courthouse/Council Chambers.
Friday: 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___________________________________________________________________________
Tom the Greengrocer: "Giving thanks: Eyes on the pies" -- Better hurry!
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Public Relations: "Newark hires 'image' consultant"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corruption & Reform:
..... - Elections: "Carneys Point mayor indicted in bribery case"
..... - Schools: "Paterson school exec gets prison for graft"
..... - Unions: "U.S. agents raid union offices led by key Jersey Dem Tom Giblin"
..... - Utilities Authority: "Former Monmouth Utilities Authority chief accused of corruption"
..... - Reform: Tom Moran: "Setting the table for real reforms"
Driver Licenses: "Jersey drivers among few whose sight isn't retested"
Legislature: "Legislators hope to swipe out data collection by firms"
Lincoln Tunnel: "One-way Turnpike toll set for Lincoln Tunnel"
Racial Profiling: "ACLU: Troopers still profiling"
Serial Killer? - SL: "Fear on Atlantic City's fringes"
.......... - "In a glitzy resort, this is the side that no one talks about"
..... - NYT: "Few Facts on 4 Women’s Bodies"
UMDNJ: "Top doctor put on leave, implicated in referrals scheme"
____________________
Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Proposals - SL: "20% property tax credit leads panel's list of proposals"
CN: "GOP blasts tax reform plans"
____________________
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Mike Lane, Cagle Cartoons
9/11 - USNewswire: "FBI ordered to correct disclosures on bin Laden family flights from US"
Class in America - OpEd, WSJ: Sen.-elect Jim Webb: "Class Struggle"
Domestic Spying - NYT: "'Talon' Project Documents Hold Tips on Antiwar Activities"
Iraq War - NYT: "U.S. Considers Raising Troop Levels in Iraq"
..... - CSM: "Rising price of the war on terror: $500B and counting"
..... - WP: "Flaws Cited in Effort To Train Iraqi Forces"
Iraq & Vietnam - MSNBC: "Olbermann: Lessons from the Vietnam War"
Military Tribunals - AP: "Former AG Janet Reno Files Challenge to Terror Law"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, Museum of the Moving Image. Elliott Gould,
Sally Kellerman and Donald Sutherland in "M*A*S*H, 1970.)
Obituary: "Robert Altman, Iconoclastic Director" with filmography. -- M*A*S*H of course, and just recently A Prairie Home Companion.
Cellphones as Big Brother?: "Cellphone as Tracker: X Marks Your Doubts"
Product Warranties: "What warrants extra protection" -- and what DOESN'T.
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_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Rip-off: "Couple sells house that church gave them for free after Katrina"
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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