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* NOTE: Phyllis Mason's memorial service is this afternoon, 3 P.M., Grace
Episcopal Church, corner of East 7th Street and Cleveland Avenue. Parking
available in the city lot directly across from the church.
QUEST's School Board Candidate Forum is today at Washington Community
School, 427 Darrow Avenue, 1 - 3 P.M.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Holocaust Exhibit Debuts Tomorrow at Plainfield Public Library"
and an accompanying "Monday Night Film Series - Time To Remember - 7 Holocaust Films"
Obituary: "Charles E. Billups, retired machinist, community activist"
Connections?
Food For Thought
..... - Campaigning: "Newark Councilman: Elections chief playing politics"
..... - Email: "E-Mail Message Sent in Error Turns Campaign Psst to Oops"
Quest's Board of Ed candidate forum, Saturday, April 8, is here
Rummage Sale at UCC-Congregational is here
Events for this week are here
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Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Linden - Politics NJ's Quote of the Day:
"I keep this up here, all up here in this little head." -- Linden Mayor John Gregorio, saying
he'll hold a grudge against Councilman Robert Frazier, who he called a "snake" for ending
the "long-standing practice of paying city workers to plow the mayor's driveway."
(Star-Ledger, 04/07/06)
Somerset County: "Somerset Democrats back freeholder bids"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Abbott Funding - SL: "Court to hear Abbott case"
..... - CN: "Corzine asks for court OK on Abbott school funds"
..... - NYT: "Corzine Wants Poor Schools to Make Do With Less Aid"
Abortion - SL: "Court rules jury must hear abortion information case"
..... - CN: "Court rules for claimant in abortion suit"
Transportation Projects: "State lists agenda of transit projects"
Towns - Newark: "Councilman: Elections chief playing politics in campaign"
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - SL: "Bush drags down GOP as ratings drop again"
.................... - Republican pollster terms numbers 'scary'
............... - "White House takes heat on declassification timing"
..... - NYT: Analysis: "For President, First a Leak; Now, a Jam"
..... - CN: "N.J. Dems assail Bush for involvement in CIA leak case"
Immigration - SL: "Immigration deal falls through as the Senate splits"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
SPORTS LINKS: Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
Email: "E-Mail Message Sent in Error Turns Campaign Psst to Oops" Humor - Mark Fiore Animation: "Migraphobia"
PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
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 | *
*NOTE: Phyllis Mason's memorial service is tomorrow afternoon, 3 P.M., Grace
Episcopal Church, corner of East 7th Street and Cleveland Avenue. Parking
available in the city lot directly across from the church.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "H.I.T.S.: Council confusion? County spying on you? More cops on the street?"
Plain Talker: "Crime Will Be Topic Of Conference Meeting"
Council: "Council to hold conference on crime"
Gun Leads to Arrests: "Arrests made following gun incident"
..... - Adults tried to prevent police taking teen with gun into custody
Obituary: "Peter R. 'Al' Briggs Sr., Vietnam War veteran"
Connections?
Food For Thought
..... - Eminent Domain: "Asbury Park board loses eminent-domain wrangle"
............... - A 'must-read', if only for the chutzpah factor! ..... - Cab Companies: "Dover pulls 3 of 4 local taxicab firms off the road"..... - Gangs: "11 youths arrested; Gunshot during incident at mall"..... - Police HQ: "New spacious headquarters awaits E. Orange police force"..... - Daylaborers: "Lakewood approves muster zone plan"
Quest's Board of Ed candidate forum, Saturday, April 8, is here
Rummage Sale at UCC-Congregational is here
Events for this week are here
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Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Bedminster - CN: "Joerger recall election moving forward"
..... - SL: "Bedminster puts signature of approval on recall bid"
Edison: "Unhappy trails for mounted cop patrol"
Fanwood: "Fanwood considers the cash value of history"
Franklin Twp.: "Robinson shares father's legacy"
Linden: "For Gregorio, this spat isn't business, it's strictly personal"
Mountainside: "Taxpayers may face 9% hike in budget"
Perth Amboy: "Cathedral International plans expansion to Cranbury"
Somerset County: "Wilson, Sullivan get the nod from Somerset Dems"
Union County Jail: "Guard sues county jail, charging racial bias"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez/Kean Race: "Kean to face opponent in GOP primary"
Attorney General: "Farber to create a unit to combat public corruption"
Budget: "Landscapers, drivers, gyms protest the cost of new taxes"
The Mehri Affair - Analysis, Truthout: "An Arab-American Gets "Dubai'd""
Newark Mayoral Race: "James and Booker staged a sitdown; No deals were made?"
..... -OpEd, SL: John Whitlow: "Booker shows his hand but only so far"
Pension Scams: "School exec rebuffed in bid to boost pension"
Pharma Lobbying: "Industry Puts $44 Million into State Lobbying"
..... - The NJ Pharma lobbying overview is here
Ramapough Shooting: "Officer claims self-defense in shooting of tribe member"
Rutgers: "Rutgers updates do's and don'ts of campus politicking"
School Muder Plot: "Teens charged with terrorism in plot to slay 25 at high school"
UMDNJ: "Legislator drawn into the scandal at UMDNJ"
..... - Column, SL: Tom Moran: "Veteran graft-buster brings the fight to UMDNJ"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - AP: "Testimony ties Bush to leak of classified data"
Scandal Central:..... - Plamegate - Truthout: "Bush at Center of Intelligence Leak"
.......... - Fitzgerald filing: "Evidence Suggests White House Conspiracy"
Immigration - SL: "Senate hammers out deal; Creates a guest worker program"
Iraq - ThinkProgress: "The Architects of War: Where are They Now?"
..... - Congress - KRWire: "Debate in Congress over Iraq war grows louder"
State Dept. Role - Guardian/UK: "The tethered goat strategy"
..... - Amid an internal crisis of credibility, Condi has washed her hands of her department
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
SPORTS LINKS: Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
Reviews - Film: "Sir, No Sir: How GI Resistance Altered The Course Of History"
Media: "New Newspaper Launches in Baltimore"
..... - With circulations sagging, papers try new tacks. Here it is in-depth local news...
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Rebuilding: "FEMA Reneges on Volunteer Housing"
PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
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 | *
* Newark's Cherry Blossom Festival in Branch Brook Park runs Sunday through 4/23,
but you can see some in Plainfield in front of the Plainfield Public Library!
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "It's Spring, and thoughts turn to...gangs?"
Plain Talker: "Crime Will Be Topic Of Conference Meeting"
Letter - CN: Victoria Griswold: "Election fraud needs recourse"
Connections?
Food For Thought
..... - Eminent Domain: "Raise your fists against eminent domain"
..... - Distressed Cities Aid: "A Primer on Distressed Cities Aid"..... - Verizon vs. Comcast: "Stage set on Long Island for a preview of Cable TV competition"..... - Gangs and gun violence - SL: "Essex crackdown on gunmen to be copied elsewhere"
.......... -CN: "N.J. police, officials announce tactics to stem gang violence"
..... - Historic Preservation: "Historical plan prompts anger in Bernards"
..... - Council Meetings: "Adubato buses in hundreds to counter claim of 'plantation'"
..... - Zoning Dispute: "Mayor blasts lawsuit filed by Hillsborough Properties"
Quest's Board of Ed candidate forum, Saturday, April 8, is here
Rummage Sale at UCC-Congregational is here
Events for this week are here
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. |....PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR....|
. |..Click HERE to get listing form..|
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Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Berkeley Heights: "Problem-solving with forensic science; students get real 'CSI' training"
Edison: "Housing cut by Hartz Mountain from plan for Ford site"
Kenilworth: "Seniors push school board candidates on teacher benefits"
Scotch Plains: "In Scotch Plains, 6 vying for 3 seats"
Somerset County: "Somerset GOP picks freeholder candidate"
South Plainfield: "School board hopefuls put focus on future"
Springfield: "Springfield school plan holds likely tax spike"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Budget - SL: "Corzine hits road to pitch budget; Mt. Laurel audience polite"
.......... - "Governor's got mail, and it's oh so fiscally frank"
.......... - "State office's revenue estimates lower than Corzine's"
Anti-Semitism: "ADL sees ebb in anti-Semitic acts in Jersey"
Businesses: "New Jersey to monitor tax-dodging businesses"
Eminent Domain - OpEd, Record: "Raise your fists against eminent domain"
Financial Disclosure: "Lawsuit aims to unplug online disclosure database for state execs"
Mt. Laurel: "Housing goals unmet; Promise is casualty of formulas, fights"
Pharma Lobbying: "Report: Drugmakers lobby to maintain prices; Consumers are losers"
Racial Profiling: "A Former Trooper's Take on His Race Profiling Case"
Ramapough Shooting - Record: "Mahwah top cop irate over shooting"
..... - SL: "AG's office to probe Park Police shooting"
Shared Services: "Citing roadblocks to shared services"
UMDNJ: "New Jersey Medical School Gives Blatant Lesson in Spoils System"
Towns:
..... - Ewing: "Will Ewing become a town in distress? Special aid comes with label"
..... - Newark Politics: "Newark official sees payback in job loss"..... - Orange: "Orange confers with neighbors on shared services for fire coverage"..... - West Orange: "Stripped-down factory slotted for redevelopment"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - OpEd, FindLaw: John Dean: "Bush's Unprecedented Arrogance"
..... - John Dean served in Richard Nixon's White House--this is worth a read!
Scandal Central:..... - DeLay - Guardian/UK: "Fall creates a crisis for his party and political machine he built"
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - SL: "Up to 260 improper entries are found in terror database"
..... - Torture/Renditions - NYT: "Amnesty Report Fuels Secret Prison Suspicions"
.......... - Independent/UK: "Revealed: the plight of prisoners caught up in US rendition".......... - AI's full report: "Below the radar: Secret flights to torture and 'disappearance'"
527s - SL: "House curbs contributions from political groups"
Congresswoman McKinney - Houston Chron: "Grand Jury to Hear McKinney Run-In Case"
..... - Wrong move! The real story here is that members of Congress don't do metal
..... - detectors. What?! In this post-9/11 world?
France - Guardian/UK: "Political crisis grows as 3 million take to streets"
Healthcare - NYT: "Massachusetts Sets Health Plan for Nearly All"
Immigration - WP: "Immigration Debate Wakes A 'Sleeping Latino Giant'"
..... - "Letter on Immigration Deepens Split Among Evangelicals"
..... - "A Widespread Issue: Map of Undocumented Immigrants by State"
India - SL: "Rice says pact with India poses no nuclear danger"
Iraq - Guardian/UK: "I will not be forced out by US and UK, says Iraqi PM"
..... - InterPress: Analysis: "Is U.S. Planning More Attacks on Shiite Militias?"
..... - WP: "Rumsfeld Challenges Rice on 'Tactical Errors' in Iraq"
.......... - "Democracy In Iraq Not A Priority in U.S. Budget"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
SPORTS LINKS: Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
Fake TV News: PRWatch: "Fake News: Widespread and Undisclosed"
Humor: "The Schlepping Through the Alps Passover Greeting"
..... - An animation promoting the book, Hadassah Magazine's #1 nonfiction bestseller
Marketing: "Chevy Tries a Write-Your-Own-Ad Approach, and the Potshots Fly"
Merck: "Jury rules Vioxx hurt the heart of a user"
Phones, Internet: "Internet Calls Untethered From Your PC" - Untethered, you read it right!
Political 'Pork': "'Pig Book' details a record in waste"
Pru compensation case: "Key word is 'secret' in case involving Pru and 350 agents"
Sex Workers and Taxes: "An Old Profession That's New to Doing Taxes"
Wages: "The Economics of Henry Ford May Be Passé"
..... - Spreadsheet junkies: Here's an inflation-adjusted view of wages, 1947-2005
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Rebuilding: "New Orleans Mayor Blocks FEMA Trailer Park"
PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
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_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Watch those 5th Wednesdays!"
Plain Talker: "Illegal Construction Will Be Halted, Officials Vow"
Women's History Month: "Plainfield honors its empowered women"
Letter: Joseph A. Clore: "Santiago battle tells much about city"
Connections?
Other stories pertinent to Plainfield
..... - Patronage: "How UMDNJ became a 'patronage pit'"
.......... - CN: "Right friends key to getting job at UMDNJ" - includes list of 'influencers' ..... - Fake Permit Scam: "Newark official's son held in scam"..... - Email's Hidden Message: "ABC Suspends Producer for E-Mail Messages"..... - Lobbying - Editorial, CN: "Show public the money spent on lobbying"
Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
Quest's Board of Ed candidate forum, Saturday, April 8, is here
Rummage Sale at UCC-Congregational is here
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: "Reenactors suit up for the Battle of Bound Brook"
Brigewater- CN: "Bomb casing closes Rt. 22"
..... - SL: "Worker discovers bomb from WWII along Rt. 22"
Elizabeth: "Newark man shot dead outside club"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Budget - SL: "Too many taxes, too little aid: Budget assailed on all sides"
............... - "Harsh lesson in austerity; Fabled summer program cut"
..... - CN: "Public takes first swing at Corzine's budget cuts"
Lucent: "Bell Labs staffers face a Gallic chill"
Ramapough Shooting: "Police try to defuse Ramapough tribal shooting"
..... Notice that now it's 'Ramapough' as the tribe spells it...more than meets the eye here...
Rutgers: "Facing cuts, Rutgers postpones design contest"
Supreme Court: "Case tests shield for reporters who share data with lawmen"
UMDNJ - SL: "How UMDNJ became a 'patronage pit'"
.......... - "Report: UMDNJ finances in sad shape"
CN: "Right friends key to getting job at UMDNJ" - includes list of 'influencers'
..... - NYT: "Patronage Hiring Common at N.J. Medical School, Monitor Says"
Towns:
..... - Jersey City: "Jersey City schools chief is cleared of conflict"
..... - Newark Mayoral Race: "Rice isn't familiar to most voters"..... - So. Orange/Maplewood: "Columbia principal assailed after alleged racial insensitivity"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - OpEd, SL: John Farmer: "Bush is ill-served by buddy-or-bully style of leadership"
Scandal Central:..... - DeLay - Time: "Exclusive: Tom DeLay Says He Will Give Up His Seat"
.......... - WP: "Federal Probe Has Edged Closer to Texan"..... - Plamegate: "Fitzgerald knew identity of leaker early on, developed mole to trap him"
Congresswoman McKinney Affair - NYT: "Capitol Police seek warrant for Congresswoman"
Federal Spending - USAToday: "Growth in federal spending unchecked"Immigration - AP: "Poll: Most Open to Letting Immigrants Stay"
Rumsfeld - AFP: "Retired US general Zinni says Rumsfeld should quit over Iraq"
Supreme Court - SL: "Justices refuse case on Bush's wartime powers"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
SPORTS LINKS: Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
'Brokeback Marriages': "'Brokeback Mamas' tell their side of the story"
'The Gold Bug': "Advisory post gave Noe voice in U.S. Mint policy"
.....Noe was the guy who ripped off the State of Ohio in a gold-coin scandal. Turns
.....out he had bigger game in mind: the mint should let him redesign US coinage.
Gossip: "On Job With Empress of Celebrity Gossip"
Judaism: "With Yoga, Comedy and Parties, Synagogues Entice Newcomers"
The Law: "Attorney Try to Rewrite the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure"
Magazines: "Magazine Readers Increasingly Turn to the Web"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Elections: "New Orleans Election Hinges on Race and Not Rebuilding"
PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
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 | *
