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PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
(Click picture to go to story
on Cory Booker documentary)
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Murder stll unsolved, cops get creative"
Letter to Editor, CN: Herb Kaufman: "Residents suffer in city power struggle"
Connections?
Other stories pertinent to Plainfield
..... - Cory Booker Film: "Documentary about Newark up for an Oscar on Sunday"
.......... - Filmmaker Marshall Curry's site is here and the DVDs are now available
Events for this week are here
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. |....PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR....|
. |..Click HERE to get listing form..|
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Bound Brook: "Study: Pesticides permeate U.S. waters"
Dunellen: "Middle school opens its doors after renovation"
South Plainfield: Ledger has a print only story on a restraining order against Ford to prevent
moving any more PCB-contaminated concrete debris to Jack Morris' construction sites...
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine: "Corzine's proposals cause concern; Interest groups to address budget"
AG Fender-bender: "State executive quits week after 3-car crash"
Camden: "State probes schools after test-score improvements"
Development: "Court approves 'town centers' for development, but stresses environment"
Hockey Gambling Ring: "For any troopers who knew of ring: Criminal charges"
Newark - Editorial, SL: "Sharpe's $80M slush fund: Newark's trust rush"
Parsippany: "High school students stage mock trial of president"
.......... - "Decision: No verdict in 'trial' of Bush"
Schools Construction Corp. - SL: "Burden put on districts; Design, location would fall to them"
..... - NYT: "In Shift, Trenton Will Raze X-Rated Theater Near Passaic School Site"
UMDNJ: "State seeking jail time for ex-UMDNJ administrator"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - SL: "President: Fight outsourcing with education"
Scandal Central:
..... - Abramoff - NYT: "Former Congressman Sentenced to 8 Years" - First to go down
2006 Elections - San Jose Mercury: "GOP grows angry, frightened by Bush's missteps"
Archives - NYT: "Archivist Urges U.S. to Reopen Classified Files"
Iraq: "New leadership crisis as Iraq descends into anarchy"
Lobbying Reform - WP: "Ethics Office Rejected; Bipartisan Defeat For Lobbying Overseer"
.......... - Does this mean the Senators have gauged Abramoff's effect and fear it not?
Pentagon - WP: "Pentagon agency's contracts reviewed in light of Cunningham conviction"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Blackberry Caves: "BlackBerry Maker Reaches Deal in Patent Dispute"
Immigrants: "Recourse Grows Slim for Immigrants Who Fall Ill"
.......... - A sidebar, "Sources of Help for Immigrants" is here
..... - "Catholic Bishops Work to Sway Immigration"
.......... - The Justice for Immigrants website is here . . .Jesus was an undocumented alien...
Jackie O's School: "Miss Porter's School, Where Women's Lives Were Reshaped"
Real Estate: "Hoping for Best in Home Sales, 2 Sides Sit Tight"
San Francisco: "City Calls for Impeachment, Nation Shrugs"
.......... - A resolution was also passed demanding that Fox fire Bill O'Reilly
Voter Fraud in Virginia: Unraveled by reports of votes bought for pork rinds
..... - Kingsport Times-News: "Fourteen indicted in Appalachia election fraud probe"
..... - Roanoke.com: "Top cop, mayor indicted; about two crimes for every vote cast"
............... - "Critics say town's mayor rules with an iron fist"
..... - NPR: "14 Indicted in Election-Fraud Scandal in Virginia" with link to broadcast
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Response: "Katrina Video Refuels Debate Over Response"
ABBREVIATIONS 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 | TT - Trenton Times |
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PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
(Click picture to go to story
on Cory Booker documentary)
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Murder stll unsolved, cops get creative"
Letter to Editor, CN: Herb Kaufman: "Residents suffer in city power struggle"
Connections?
Other stories pertinent to Plainfield
..... - Cory Booker Film: "Documentary about Newark up for an Oscar on Sunday"
.......... - Filmmaker Marshall Curry's site is here and the DVDs are now available
Events for this week are here
. x----------------------------------x
. |....PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR....|
. |..Click HERE to get listing form..|
. x----------------------------------x
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Bound Brook: "Study: Pesticides permeate U.S. waters"
Dunellen: "Middle school opens its doors after renovation"
South Plainfield: Ledger has a print only story on a restraining order against Ford to prevent
moving any more PCB-contaminated concrete debris to Jack Morris' construction sites...
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine: "Corzine's proposals cause concern; Interest groups to address budget"
AG Fender-bender: "State executive quits week after 3-car crash"
Camden: "State probes schools after test-score improvements"
Development: "Court approves 'town centers' for development, but stresses environment"
Hockey Gambling Ring: "For any troopers who knew of ring: Criminal charges"
Newark - Editorial, SL: "Sharpe's $80M slush fund: Newark's trust rush"
Parsippany: "High school students stage mock trial of president"
.......... - "Decision: No verdict in 'trial' of Bush"
Schools Construction Corp. - SL: "Burden put on districts; Design, location would fall to them"
..... - NYT: "In Shift, Trenton Will Raze X-Rated Theater Near Passaic School Site"
UMDNJ: "State seeking jail time for ex-UMDNJ administrator"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - SL: "President: Fight outsourcing with education"
Scandal Central:
..... - Abramoff - NYT: "Former Congressman Sentenced to 8 Years" - First to go down
2006 Elections - San Jose Mercury: "GOP grows angry, frightened by Bush's missteps"
Archives - NYT: "Archivist Urges U.S. to Reopen Classified Files"
Iraq: "New leadership crisis as Iraq descends into anarchy"
Lobbying Reform - WP: "Ethics Office Rejected; Bipartisan Defeat For Lobbying Overseer"
.......... - Does this mean the Senators have gauged Abramoff's effect and fear it not?
Pentagon - WP: "Pentagon agency's contracts reviewed in light of Cunningham conviction"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Blackberry Caves: "BlackBerry Maker Reaches Deal in Patent Dispute"
Immigrants: "Recourse Grows Slim for Immigrants Who Fall Ill"
.......... - A sidebar, "Sources of Help for Immigrants" is here
..... - "Catholic Bishops Work to Sway Immigration"
.......... - The Justice for Immigrants website is here . . .Jesus was an undocumented alien...
Jackie O's School: "Miss Porter's School, Where Women's Lives Were Reshaped"
Real Estate: "Hoping for Best in Home Sales, 2 Sides Sit Tight"
San Francisco: "City Calls for Impeachment, Nation Shrugs"
.......... - A resolution was also passed demanding that Fox fire Bill O'Reilly
Voter Fraud in Virginia: Unraveled by reports of votes bought for pork rinds
..... - Kingsport Times-News: "Fourteen indicted in Appalachia election fraud probe"
..... - Roanoke.com: "Top cop, mayor indicted; about two crimes for every vote cast"
............... - "Critics say town's mayor rules with an iron fist"
..... - NPR: "14 Indicted in Election-Fraud Scandal in Virginia" with link to broadcast
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Response: "Katrina Video Refuels Debate Over Response"
ABBREVIATIONS 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 | TT - Trenton Times |
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