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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.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: Things to do today:
..... - 11:00 a.m.: "Florence Spearing Randolph: Unsung Black Heroine of the Cloth"
..... - 7:00 p.m.: "Nancy Wilson with the Spelman Jazz Ensemble in PHS benefit concert"
Santiago - SL: "Judge puts off ruling on chief's suspension"
..... - CN: "Santiago to remain on leave until hearing"
Letter to Editor, CN: Muriel D. Northover: "Grandparents lose in closed adoptions"
Connections?
Other stories pertinent to Plainfield
..... - Scenic byway: "Hearing scheduled to discuss scenic byway along Millstone River"
Legal Notices: Go here, and clilck on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
Events for this week are here
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Edison: "Mayor: Township knew of health claims at Ford site"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Douglass/Rutgers:
..... - SL: "Board gives go-ahead to transform Rutgers into unified university"
.......... - "Mabel Smith Douglass and her college"
..... - CN: "Rutgers board adopts reorganization"
..... - NYT: "Board Approves Reorganization at Rutgers" Giants/Jets Stadium: "Plan for stadium falls flat over roof"
Ports:
..... - SL: "Bush: Port uproar could impair Mideast relations"..... - NYT: Editorial: "Our Porous Port Protections"
.......... - Whatever your opinion of the ports brouhaha, the real scandal is the neglect to improve
.......... - security since 9/11 -- Dan
..... - NYT: Newark In'tl: "U.S. Shakes Up Airport Security at Newark"
..... - WP: "Port Deal's Political Fallout Not Over"
Towns - Parsippany - Editorial, SL: "Morris Freeholders put free speech on trial"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - LAT: "Bush Schedules Speeches to Update Situation in Iraq"
Scandal Central:..... - Plamegate: "Libby Defense to Get Some CIA Reports"
2006 Elections - WP: Analysis: "In an Election Year, GOP Wary of Following Bush"
Anti-State Bureaucratic Maneuvers - NY: "'Silent Tort Reform' Is Overriding States' Powers"
Interior Dep't. - WP: "Interior Secretary Norton to Step Down" Aha... The Friday p.m. story...
Iraq - LAT: "U.S. Contractor Found Liable for Fraud in Iraq"
Lobbying Reform - NYT: "Push to Tighten Lobbying Rules Loses Strength"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
SPORTS LINKS: Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
Atlanta: "Gentrification Changing Face of New Atlanta"
Fashion: "Fashion Goes West: The Brokeback Effect"
Internet and Kids: "Don't Talk to Invisible Strangers"
Pinup of the 1940s: "A Golden Age for a Pinup; Making a Good Living at Last"
..... - Bettie Page, 82, finally makes a good living from her 1940s pinups...her site
Political Fundraisers: "Report Offers More Details on Fund-Raiser for Rell"
..... - Just an illustration...nothing like this goes on in NJ at any level. Of course not.
Profile in Courage: "For Muslim Who Says Violence Destroys Islam, Violent Threats"
Real Estate: "On the Internet, Some Home Buyers Find a House of Cards"
SAT Scores: "SAT Errors Raise New Qualms About Testing"
Ski Industry: "The Legacy of WWII's 'Soldiers on Skis'"
'Sopranos': "'Sopranos' is the show some Italians love to hate"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Mississippi: "In Casino Towns, Aid and Speculation Fuel a Post-Katrina Boom"
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 | *
* PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
KUDOS to Yahoo! for excellent customer service! Thursday's CLIPS was bounced by
Yahool! from all on my list. When I figured their algorithms were identifying the message
as spam, I contacted the Customer Relations folks, who emailed within 2 hours to say it
should be fixed. If you use Yahoo! mail and missed yesterday's CLIPS, use the link here.
If you don't get this message, please let me know [...;-)...] -- Dan
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "H.I.T.S.: Primary candidates?... Real estate buzz.... Sex harassment and the City... Double-dipping at the public trough?..."
..... - "Florence Spearing Randolph: Unsung Black Heroine of the Cloth" One-Day Women's History Program this Saturday -- tomorrow
Crime - [Last item]: "Man sentenced for sexual assault"
Domestic Partners: "Plainfield considers benefits for domestic partners"
Connections?
Other stories pertinent to Plainfield
..... - Tax Revaluations: "Towns discover property reval can conceal a 'stealth' tax hike"
..... - Project Management Fees: "SCC CEO quits; Audit questions 'high' fees"..... - Successful Downtowns: "Avoid negatives: Involve locals, plan long-range, hang tough"..... - Schools: Tom Moran: "Sciarra says time is ripe for poorer districts to contribute"..... - Streetscapes: "Irvington in line for 'new' downtown"
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Bridgeway/Trinitas/Union County [next to last]: "County, hospital partner on program"
Edison: "State orders Ford, developers to clean up PCB-tainted sites"
Fanwood/Scotch Plains Libraries: "To fill bare shelves, libraries opt to waive fines for now"
Kenilworth: "Kenilworth proceeds with new town building; UCIA to handle $5M project"
..... - So. Letting the UCIA be your contractor will save your town money? Right!
North Plainfield - SL: "Authorities investigating Watchung cop's fatal crash"
..... - CN: "Police seek witnesses in deadly crash"
Union Catholic HS: "Students go bald to aid classmate; raise $2,200 in an hour"
Union Twp.: "Uncorking a traffic bottleneck at last"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine - The 'Loan' - SL: "GOP chief urges ethics review on Corzine's $5,000 bail loan"
..... - CN: "Corzine's bailout turns gift ethics upside down"
..... - NYT: "G.O.P. Attacks Corzine Over Bail Loan to Lobbyist"
..... - The GOP press release is here
Call-Center Scam: "Feds say call center was $100M shell game"
Legislature: ..... - Abbott Schools: "Advocate says Abbott school districts need time to prosper"
..... - DYFS: "Human Services criticized over slow reforms to DYFS"
..... - Megan's Law: "Megan's Law reforms pondered"
..... - Transit Fund: "Panel acts to replenish transit fund: Dem calls move a 'bridge loan'"
Ports - SL: "Dubai firm scraps plan; will transfer operations 'to a US entity'"
.......... - Other companies: "Top 3 U.S. port firms wait to hear from Dubai"
.......... -Newark Int'l: "Newark Airport's chief of security is ousted"..... - NYT: Analysis: "DP World and U.S. Trade: A Zero-Sum Game"
.......... - "Suddenly, a Rebellion in the G.O.P. on a Signature Issue"
Schools Construction Corp.: "CEO quits; Audit questions 'high' project management fees"
..... - Union City - NYT: "Citing Collusion, New Jersey Sues Over School Site Price"Tourism 'Down the Shore': "Avoiding negatives of Shore tourism"
Towns:
..... - Newark: "A snag in Sharpe's $80M plan as state steps in".......... - Joan Whitlow: "Could the James era be coming to an end?".......... - Housing Authority: "Sharpe lauds housing chief at retirement"UMDNJ: "UMDNJ chief to press for change, feels empowered to restructure"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
..... - Abramoff - NYT: "$25,000 to Lobby Group Is Tied to Access to Bush"
..... - Domestic - Reuters: "US rights groups ask courts to end domestic spying"
..... - Lobbygate - WP: "Senator Santorum Resumes Lobbyist Huddles in spite of vow"
Airlines: "House committee fights plan to extend foreign control of airlines"
Faith-based Disaster Aid - Religion News Service: "Bush pushes for private grants to FBOs"
Iraq - Analysis, Nieman/Harvard: Gen. William Odom: "Iraq through the prism of Vietnam"
...............Gen. Odom lists striking similarities and asserts that only after it pulls out of Iraq .............. can the U.S. hope for international support to deal with anti-Western forces...... - OpEd, Independent/UK: "Rupert Cornwell: At last, the warmongers admit they were wrong"
.......... - "NeoCon allies desert Bush over Iraq"
..... - AP: "Carter Urges Troop Withdrawal From Iraq"
..... - SL: "Rumsfeld says civil war would fall to Iraqi forces"
Israel: "Premier sets date for Israeli borders"
Patriot Act - SL: "Bush signs Patriot Act renewal amid lawmakers' reservations"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
SPORTS LINKS: Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
Allstate Homeowners Customers: "Allstate to Pare Policies in Storm-Prone Areas"
.....This story concerns NY and Connecticut. . .Can it happen here?Cigarettes & Teens: "Study Says Teenagers Are Avidly Shunning Cigarettes"
Elections - 'Instant Runoff' Process: "Bob Kiss elected mayor of Burlington"
Neverland: "Insurance and pay issues slam the gates on Neverland ranch"
TV: Univision: "Changing U.S. Audience Poses Test for a Giant of Spanish TV"
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 TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Film on Shirley Chisholm, first Black Congresswoman, screens March 16"
Senior Center - SL: "Plainfield seniors frustrated over the lack of a new center"
Letter to Editor, CN: Broderick Fleming: "Political agenda behind Iraq war"
Crime - Robbery - CN: "Police search for robbery suspect"
.......... -SL [2nd item]: "West Seventh Street Burger King robbed"
..... - Drugs [4th item]: "Woman accused of selling drugs"
Connections?
Other stories pertinent to Plainfield
..... - After-school violence: "Newark kids too afraid on way home to stay for programs"..... - Crime Reduction: "Newark's Baraka questions whether more cops reduce violent crime"..... - Mentally Ill: "Bridgeway, Trinitas, Prosecutor team for new approach to crime and mentally ill"..... - Regulating Multifamily Dwellings: "Kenilworth landlords fight proposed law" ..... - Trader Joe's: "For Trader Joe's, a New York Taste Test"
New event listed for March 16th is here
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
North Plainfield - CN: "In pursuit of suspect, cop killed in crash"..... - SL: "Watchung policeman dies during car chase"
..... - NYT: "Officer Dies in Crash While Chasing Car"
Edison: "Ford ordered to clean up PCB-laced concrete"
Metuchen: "Teenage poets bare their souls"
Summit: "String quartet, take a bow; Summit High foursome savors last sessions together"
Watchung: "Raid in exclusive neighborhood finds 400 pounds of marijuana in basement"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine - The Loan - SL: "Corzine: Posting bail was a mistake"
..... - NYT: "Corzine Admits Error in Lending Ex-Aide $5,000 for Her Bail"
Menendez's empty seat: "Candidate Vas bashes the 'bosses' in commercial against Sires"
..... - Perth Amboy mayor takes to TV in fight with assemblyman for Democratic nomination
Douglass College:
..... - NYT: "Merger of Women's College at Rutgers Gets Some Support"
Giants/Jets Stadium: "Giants, Jets face doubled rent; Officials re-evaluate agreement"
Legislature: "Biondi gets heat for Web bill making chatters ID themselves online"
Ports - SL: "GOP-led committee defies Bush, votes 62-2 for ban on Dubai sale"
.......... - OpEd: Gov. Jim Florio: "Asleep at the wheel on port deal"
..... - NYT: "House Committee Votes to Block Port Deal"
.......... - "Faulty truck driver screening puts Ports at risk, new report finds"
.......... - "As Seaport Sets Records, Officials Urge More Security"
.......... - "Dubai's U.S. Business Partners Are Lining Up in Support"
..... - CSM: "Will port flap deter foreign investors?"
Schools Construction Corp.: "SCC alleges price of school site inflated by $1M"
Supreme Court: "High court: Poor parents need lawyers in child support cases"
Tax Officials Suspended: "3 accused of letting vendor pad bills to state $1M"
Towns:..... - Newark: "Quintana reverses stand, will work to reverse Sharpe's slush funds"..... - Parsippany: "Freeholder Board chastises teacher on Iraq exercise, 6-1"
..... - Perth Amboy: "Vas bashes the 'bosses' in commercial"..... - Union City: "SCC alleges price of school site inflated by $1M"Transportation Fund - SL: "Corzine plan: Borrowed money will power transit trust fund"
.......... - OpEd: Paul Mulshine: "The Corzine balloon has burst"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - WP: "Bush Orders DHS to Create Center for Faith-Based Aid"
Scandal Central:
..... - Abramoff - Vanity Fair, sneak peek: "Lobbyist Details Relationship With Bush, DeLay"
..... - Domestic spying - NYT: "Justice Dept. Report Cites F.B.I. Violations"..... - Plamegate - WP: "Libby Defense Request Strongly Resisted by CIA"
Cheney/Halliburton - Truthout: "See Dick Loot"
Conservatives on Bush - WP: "At Conservative Forum, Everybody's a Critic"
Dems - WP: "Data mining stirs intraparty battle; Ickes and Soros challenge Dean and DNC"
Grassroots Lobbying - LAT: "Wide Opposition to Grass-Roots Lobbying Requirement"
Immigration - NYT: "Clinton Suggests Legalizing Some Immigrants"
Iran - SL: "Harried by U.N., Iran warns of ability to harm U.S."
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
SPORTS PAGES: Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
Alabama Church Fires: "3 College Students Arrested in Alabama Church Fires"
Ambien Side Effects?: "Some Sleeping Pill Users Range Far Beyond Bed"
Coffee: "Genetics Found to Have a Hand in Coffee Risk"
Domestic Spying, 1971: "Stolen FBI files exposed the government's domestic spying program"
Health/Law: "Testing for Silicosis Comes Under Scrutiny in Congress"
..... Greed, feeding on a real health issue, uncovered by a sharp-eyed judge, once a nurse...
Irish Immigrants: "In New York, the Irish Pack It In"
'Sopranos' Last Season: "The long goodbye" - the ultimate 'Sopranos' trivia quiz is here
Workforce - WP: "Illegal Workers' Presence Put At 7.2 Million, 5% of Workforce"
..... Pew Hispanic Center report available here - Executive Summary and Full Report
(American Gothic, 1942)
Obituary - NYT: "Gordon Parks, a Master of the Camera" with slideshow, filmography.
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Rebuilding: "Bush Visits Gulf Region as It Struggles to Rebuild"
Levees: "Warning Sounded About Corps' Materials, Methods in Levees"
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 TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Nancy Wilson with the Spelman Jazz Ensemble in PHS benefit concert Saturday"
Plain Talker: "Mayor's Visit Leaves Seniors Frustrated"
Santiago - CN: "City activist gathers signatures in support of Santiago"
Senior Center - CN: "Plainfield seniors in limbo; Officials back off plan for East Front Street"
Crime - SL: "Plainfield man gets 19 years for little girl's rape"
Union County College - CN: "College receives largest bequest in college history"
Connections?
Other stories pertinent to Plainfield
..... - Developer strategy: "Developer rethinks Sayreville proposal; Housing reduced"
..... - Architecture Interns: "South Amboy gets tips from future architects"..... - Eminent Domain: "Bloomfield plan depending on condemnation for private purpose"..... - Government decision-making: Fran Wood: "Government must never be above question"..... - Film Fundraiser: "Revolutionary War film highlights woman's historic defiance of British"
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Clark: "Clark aims for fairness with sewer utility plans"
Edison: "Mayor relieves police brass of official cars, reassigns to detectives"
..... - "Meeting to focus on PCB-tainted Ford plant rubble"
Middlesex County: "Democratic officials retain a lawyer in ethics case"
New Brunswick: "James Earl Jones tells students about the importance of literacy"
Somerset County: "Freeholders propose $228.8 million budget; 4% increase in tax levy"
Springfield: "Overhaul of aging police firing facility expected to be done by 2008"
Union County: "Freeholders to decide on Kean access road"
Westfield: "Student has the write stuff; Essay on Holocaust is winner with Oprah"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine - Budget: "Governor takes budget show to the People's Republic of Montclair"
............... - OpEd, SL: Tom Moran: "A waistline expands as revenues shrink"
..... - Inaugural - AP: "Corzine inaugural less costly than other recent governors"
.......... - SL: "Corzine's ball drew state's big spenders"
Courts: "Jersey ombudsmen can make navigating courts less daunting"
Cryan: "Corzine bails out suspected stalker of state Dem chair"
.........Why on earth would you start off by asserting there was no 'romantic relationship'?
.........Looks like I may have to start a 'ZipperWatch' section...
Douglass College - SL: "Rutgers leader wants to place many colleges under one roof"
.......... - "Idea of mini-college suits alums; Last point of contention is name"
..... - AP: "Rutgers president makes concession to women's college supporters"
Ethics Breach?: "3 Treasury officials suspended amid investigation of gifts"
Free Speech: "Somerset Assemblyman may reconsider his bill to limit online free speech"
Ports - SL: "Cargo tracking tested at Port Newark/Port Elizabeth"
.......... - "Figures from region's port shows its importance in global economy"
..... - WP: "White House Effort to Block Challenge to Ports Deal Collapses"
Smoking Ban: "Business coalition's suit calls smoking ban unfair"
Supreme Court: "Adopted children's rights to sibling visits under review"
Towns:
..... - Manasquan: "Undocumenteds ride out winter; Crackdown keeps them in Jersey"..... - Newark: "Sharpe's $80M plan prompts residents' lawsuit"
UMDNJ: "Clues point to new $70M fraud at UMDNJ"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
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Bush - WP: Alan Abramowitz: "What's Behind Those Bad Poll Numbers"
.......... - 'Even many Republicans now fear Bush, like Carter, is in over his head'
..... - CBS: "CBS Poll: Bush Ratings At All-Time Low"
Scandal Central:..... - DeLay - Houston Chron: "Troubles don't hurt DeLay in 22nd District"
.......... - NYT: "Opponents of DeLay Make Use of a Film"
..... - Domestic spying - NYT: "Republicans Propose Bill on Spy Program"
..... - Torture - Guardian/UK: "British cabinet minister admits 'rendition' planes used RAF bases"
Cheney - New Yorker: Talk of the Town: "Veep Doo-Doo"
Condi - OpEd, Chicago Trib: Dennis Jett: "Style Over Substance: Lifitng Rice's Mask"
Iraq - USA Today: "8,000 desert during Iraq war"
..... - LAT: "US Envoy to Iraq Sees Threat of Wider War"
..... - Guardian/UK: "UK troops 'could begin Iraq withdrawal in weeks'"
Patriot Act - SL: "Patriot Act renewed in a squeaker"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Engelhard: "Board at Engelhard again tells investors to reject BASF bid"
Entertaining with the Sopranos [review]: "Welcome to the Soprano celebrations"
Furry Lobsters?: "New animal resembling furry lobster found"
Ghana: "Here, witch is just another word for victim" -- and pix are here
.......This story ran in Sunday's Ledger, print only. It finally surfaced as a 'Monday' story!
Insurance Scam: "Where cars burn, officials smell a rat"
Obituary: "Gordon Parks, chronicler of the black experience" -- a slideshow is hereTherapy Dogs: "For the love of Abigail"
Voting Security: "Do You Know How Your Vote Will Be Counted?"
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 | *
