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Saturday, July 29, 2006

29 - Sat - Ray Blanco dies... Property tax reform...

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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________








Plainfield Today: "Council President Ray Blanco Dies"

Charter Court Case - Editorial, CN: "Ruling for Plainfield mayor best for city"
Crime: "Group attacks man, robs him outside bar"

Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Public Employee Contracts - "Mayor's ad against labor contract has Council fuming"
..... - Real Estate - Bergen Record: "North Jersey feels housing market chill"
..... - Real Estate - NYT: "Housing Slows, Taking Big Toll on the Economy"

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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Bridgewater: "Four teens charged in attempt to burn home"
Elizabeth: "55-year term for shooting children"
South Plainfield - SL: "Dancer in severed hand case is caught, returned to police"
..... - CN: "Bail bondsman catches stripper at father's Scotch Plains home"
..... - NYT: "Dancer Is Arrested in Human Hand Case"


BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________

Symphony Hall Appointment - Editorial, SL: "It's not music to our ears"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

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Property Tax Reform:

..... - SL: "Corzine sets out steps to restrain property taxes"
.......... - "Text: Corzine's address to Special Session"
.......... - "State doles out millions in town property tax relief"
.......... - "Legislators of both parties say they're ready to act"
..... - CN: "Corzine puts it all on table for tax reform"
.......... - "Central Jersey legislators applaud Corzine's proposals"
.......... - "Supporters of citizens' convention get behind Corzine plan"
.......... - "Proposal for two-tiered benefits draws state workers' opposition"
..... - NYT: "Corzine Offers His Ideas About Fixing New Jersey
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Corruption: "Trucking execs charged with bribery in Monmouth inquiry"
Pfizer: "General counsel picked to lead drugmaker Pfizer"
UMDNJ: "UMDNJ trustee quits amid probe on nepotism"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

2006 Elections - "Open Letter from Pete McCloskey, former GOP Congressman and Presidential candidate"
Middle East - WP: "Bush, Blair to Seek U.N. Approval on International Force"
Minimum Wage - WP: "House to Vote on Increase in Minimum Wage" -- some GOP members face tough races, pushed leaders on issue
Pension Law - AP: "House says yes to legislation revamping U.S. pension laws"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________




















(Map, Christian Science Monitor)

Gay Marriage: "For gay-marriage backers, rulings portend long road"
Books: "John Dean knocks ‘imperial presidency’"

Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.

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DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________

Muslim Relief: "Muslim benefit show to raise aid for orphans"

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 |

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Some publications, such as the NY Times and the Ledger, remove their articles from free access after a
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Friday, July 28, 2006

28 - Fri - HITS: Green...Pallone...Mapp... Murder verdict... School violence... Hudson Tunnel meeting...

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Posting problems got sorted out late yesterday-- so two posts for PT.

Befitting the importance and timeliness of the subject, the Ledger has massive charts and an OpEd on tax reform today... It's a keeper, but ONLY in the print edition.


Sunday begins a new, weeklong celebration of National Night Out -- check out the complete calendar.

PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "HITS: Heard in the street" --Green, Moriarty & Sweeney break up?... Pallone a hot ticket?... Mapp targeted?..." plus yesterday's (technically delayed) post on South Avenue condos -- "Development Puzzle: First pieces on table"

Charter Challenge: "Residency lawsuit vs. mayor is tossed"
Crime - CN: "Man found guilty in wife's 2004 murder"
..... - SL: "Plainfield man found guilty in his wife's 2004 murder"
Fire: "One person injured in West 2nd Street house blaze"
Raritan Valley Coalition [last item]: "Proposed tunnel is topic of rail group"
Restaurant Review: "Cousin's serves up Caribbean fare in city"
School Violence - SL: "By the numbers, schools show a sharp drop in violence"
..... - CN: "School violence drops statewide"

Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Development: "Landmark hotel sold at auction for luxury condos" -- as in Park Hotel?
..... - Gangs - Editorial, SL: "Ganging up on street gangs"

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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Bridgewater: "Vandals firebomb Bridgewater home"
Elizabeth: "SCC to pay Trinitas back rent on facility once destined to become high school"
New Brunswick: "Robert Wood nurses reject pact over health care"
Somerville: "Alcohol-free nightclub for teenagers proposed"
Summit: "Summit police seek public comments"
Union Twp.: "Union officials expect no cutbacks in DARE program"


BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________

Symphony Hall: "Booker names acting director of Symphony Hall"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

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Property Tax Reform:
















(Chart, NY Times. Click to enlarge.)

..... - SL: "Governor's proposals today stress link between property taxes and budget woes"
..... - Courier Post: "S.J. pair renew drive -- sans Green -- to reduce benefits for state workers"
..... - CN: "For now, N.J. to see property tax reform talk, little action"
..... - NYT: "New Jersey Lawmakers to Tackle Rising Property Taxes"
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Budget: "Republican attorney: Budget stuffed with pork"
Courts:
..... - Utilities' Liability: "Ruling stops insurers from recovering money paid to policyholders"
..... - Prisoner Self-Defense: "Ruling boosts inmates' rights to self-defense"
Double-dipping - Editorial, SL: "Vitale: Yet another double-dipper?"
Health Insurance: "N.J. mother fights health plan's policy on anorexia"

Hudson River Tunnel: "Port Authority authorizes $1B for second trans-Hudson tunnel"
Seton Hall Fire Case: "49 counts dropped against suspects in Seton Hall fire"
UMDNJ: "After cuts, state tells UMDNJ: No ad blitz"

Towns:

..... - Riverside: "Town Battling Illegal Immigration Is Emptier Now"
..... - Montclair: "Hospital taps Kentucky firm to take over"
..... - Princeton: "Eating club at Princeton loses tax case"
..... - Montclair: "Firm accused of bogus DNA test"
..... - Jersey City: "Jersey City residents take issue with design for 9/11 memorial"
..... - East Orange: "Landmark hotel sold at auction for luxury condos"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Cigarettes - WP: "Lautenberg Labels Senate a Cigarette Discount House"
Foreign Policy - NYT: "Rice on the Defensive After Rome Summit"
Lobbying - WP: "Congress to Adopt Scaled-Down Rules on Lobbying" -- Oh, those tigers, those PAPER tigers!
..... - "Wife, Friend Tie Congressman to Consulting Firm" -- let's not forget to mention he's chair of the Government REFORM Committee!
Middle East - NYT: "Tide of Arab Opinion Turns to Support for Hezbollah"
..... - SL: "Israel lets army call up 30,000 reservists; Cabinet resists expansion of fighting"
United Nations - Reuters: "Bolton seeks U.N. job full-time, but Democrats vow opposition"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

Thou shalt forgive?: "A Pastor Who Plagiarized Finds a Congregation Willing to Forgive"

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.
Plainfiield 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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Thursday, July 27, 2006

27 - Thu - Development puzzle continues... Court: Mayor stays... Drake House... School budget...uniforms...

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Blog server problems today -- please be patient, check back later if you can't bring pages up. Thanks, Dan

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(Editorial cartoon, Sheneman, Star-Ledger)
Route 78 Construction - SL: "N.J. delays Route 78 headaches for a week"
..... - NYT: "I-78 Work Delayed After Timing Surprises New Jersey Towns"


PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "Development Puzzle: First pieces on table"
Plain Talker: "South Avenue Hearing Continues" and "Mayor Prevails in Residency Challenge"

Charter Court Case: "Challenge against Plainfield mayoral post nixed"
Drake House: "Restoring a piece of Plainfield history"
Muhlenberg RMC [last item]: "Hospital receives $60,000 grant"
School Budget Impacts: "Preschool program for disabled in danger"
School Uniforms: "Plainfield soliciting support for public school uniforms"


Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Gangs, Bloods - TT: "Alleged gang members are arraigned via video"
..... - Gangs, Bloods - AP: "More arrests expected as police try to decimate street gang"
..... - Hudson River Tunnel - SL: "$1 billion is earmarked for rail tunnel to Manhattan"
..... - Hudson River Tunnel - NYT: "Port Authority Set to Vote on Hudson Tunnel Fund"
..... - Government Pay: "Montclair hikes pay of town manager to $145K"
..... - Illegal Immigrants: "Riverside OKs measure to punish landlords, employers of illegal aliens"

Events for this week are here

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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Cranford: "High-volt cable in Cranford stirs fear"
Dunellen: "Arms cache found in Dunellen home"

Manville: "Police's 'Silent Cobra' stings 7 in drug raid"
New Providence: "Acme market closing in New Providence"
Scotch Plains: "Tour keeps young Israeli dancers out of war zone"
South Plainfield - SL: "Warrant issued after dancer skips her court date in body-parts case"
..... - CN: "Accused stripper no-show in court"
..... - NYT: "Dunellen: Topless Dancer Near or Far?"
Union County Freeholders:
"Union County Freeholder Estrada helped Farber's boyfriend"
Woodbridge: "District unveils address mandate to enforce residency"



NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Menendez/Kean Race - SL: "Menendez buddy's past under a GOP magnifying glass"
..... - TimesExpress: "Senate candidates avoid war as issue"

AG Zulima Farber: "Union County Freeholder Estrada helped Farber's boyfriend"
Board of Public Utilities - SL: "An outside BPU probe is sought"
..... - CN: "BPU blasts state audit as inaccurate investigation"
..... - AP: "Senator calls for independent investigation of utilities board"
Data Theft: "Laptops full of recruiters' data stolen from Navy offices in N.J."
Regionalization: "Seaside Park wants out of regional school district"
Rutgers: "Rutgers team to monitor online terror activity"
Salvation Army: "Salvation Army employee pleads guilty to embezzling $385,000"
Tax Reform - DailyRecord: "Waiting for Corzine: Property tax speech is talk of the town"
..... - Bergen Record: "Countdown to tax relief"
..... - CN: "On eve of property tax relief plan, GOP in dark"
..... - CN: "Property tax proposals brewing in Trenton"
..... - Editorial, CN: "Tax session will flop if turf wars rule"
..... - APP: "Property tax reforms: Where key Democrats stand"
..... - AP: "Reform ideas touted as lawmakers prepare to tackle property taxes"

Towns:

..... - Montclair: "Montclair hikes pay of town manager to $145K"
..... - Newark: "Newark park gets $1 million donation"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

2006 Elections - WP: "Democrats' Plan Focuses on Middle Class"
Abortion - WP: "Interstate Abortion Bill Clears Senate"
Boston Tunnel - AP: "Worker's'99 memo warned of ceiling collapse in Big Dig tunnel"
Homeland Security - WP: "Homeland Security Contracts Abused"
'Living Wages' - AP: "Chicago Council OKs 'Living Wage' Requirement for big retailers"
Middle East - OpEd, NYT: Bernard Haykel: "What's good for Hezbolah is bad for Al Qaeda"
..... - UN Observation Post - Reuters: "U.N.: As bombs neared, it repeatedly asked Israel to stop"

OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________









Provincetown: "Straights Complain 'Oppressed Have Become Oppressors'"
Holocaust: "Nazi files on the Holocaust are closer to being opened"

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.
Plainfiield 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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Wednesday, July 26, 2006

26 - Wed - Signs of the times... South Ave condos hearing tonight... School uniforms forum... Now the BPU?!...

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2:00 PM today: Judge Lyons, 3rd Fl, Union County Courthouse, hearing on challenge to Sharon Robinson-Briggs' qualification to serve

6:30 PM today: Washington School Cafetorium, forum on school uniforms

7:00 PM today: City Hall Library - Zoning Board hears South Avenue condo proposal.



PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________













Hanging out -- and over -- in Plainfield
Plainfield Today: "Signs of the times"
Plain Talker: "Zoning Board Continues South Avenue Hearing Tonight"

Crime: "2004 Murder: At brother's murder trial, man tells of bloody night"
Route 78 Alert: "Route 78 Indigestion"
School Uniforms Forum [next to last item]: "Uniform discussion at forum tonight"
Shiloh Court Groundbreaking [last item]: "Single-family houses a major development"

Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Development: "Blight, Like Beauty, Can Be in the Eye of the Beholder"
..... - Gangs, Bloods - SL: "State roundup nets 41 reputed gangsters"
.......... - CN: "More than 60 charged in statewide gang sweep"
.......... - NYT: "N.J. Police Arrest More Than 60 in Gang Crackdown"
..... - Development: "Homes for Those Displaced by Renewal"
..... - Development: "New Condos in Old Industrial Spaces"
..... - Mortgage Creativity: "Re-Refinancing, and Putting Off Mortgage Pain"
..... - Crime-Fighting Mayor: "Miss. Mayor's Anti-Crime Tactics Draw Fire"
..... - Redevelopment Plans: "Bloomfield OKs updated study to jump-start redevelopment"

Events for this week are here

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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Clark: "Clark owes $10,000 for late sewer fees"
Edison: "Another Edison cop is off the force; pleads guilty to waving handgun"
Elizabeth: "Firefighters in Elizabeth press for more hires"
Kenilworth: "Resident says politics spurred duplex ban"
Roselle Park: "Council votes to let residents talk on any issue, but with time limit"
South Plainfield: "Severed hand probe widens"
Woodbridge: "State Sen. Vitale selected as interim Woodbridge mayor"


BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________

James Era Payday: "Newark's parting gift to officials: $658,187"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Corzine - Editorial, CN: "Corzine's pension plan deserves shot"

AG Zulima Farber - SL: Fran Wood: "Bad press isn't Zulima Farber's big problem"
..... - Editorial, CN: "If Farber won't go, give her a push"
Board of Public Utilities - SL: "State report goes after utility board program"
..... - CN: "Audit claims misuse of $80M by BPU"
Campaign Finances: "Democrats enjoy major cash advantage over Republicans"
Job Incentives: "Report: AAA gave states a bum steer" -- and the NJPP report "Mapping the Route to Dollars"
Tax Reform: "Bickering begins ahead of tax-reform hearings"
UMDNJ - SL: "UMDNJ puts cancer center on hold, plans layoffs"

..... - NYT: "Layoffs Are Announced at Troubled New Jersey Hospital"

Towns:

..... - Jersey City: "Echoing New York's Upper West Side"
..... - East Brunswick: "School coach can kneel while players pray"
..... - Florham Park: "Florham Park taxes to soar 24% on average"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________














(Photo, Washington Post)

2006 Elections - Voting Machines, WP: "Tech Trouble in the Voting Booth"
Illegal Immigration - OpEd, NYT: Dukakis & Mitchell: "Raise Wages, Not Walls"
Iraq - WP: "Bush to Add Troops in Baghdad, Citing 'Terrible' Sectarian Strife"
Middle East - Analysis, WP: "In Lebanon's Crisis, a Chance for U.S. to Broaden the Stakes"
..... - SL: "Moderate Arabs fear wider war in Mideast"
'Parent' Ruling: "Victory for an absentee father in daughter's estate"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________












(Photo, Ann Garder)
Sand Dune Sounds: "Secrets of the Singing Sand Dunes" -- so, Sigmund Romberg was onto something?

British Parliamentary Behavior: "What’s Mannerly, Rowdy and Jabs Blair? Question Time"
Exhibit: "Celebrating Puzzles, in Indiana" -- including this wild karakuri
Preservation: "Algiers: The Crumbling of the Casbah"

Real Estate - NJ: "Beached sales: Once-blistering beachfront sales have slowed to pace of a lazy summer day"
Real Estate - National, CSM: "Housing market slowdown rippling across the economy"
Review - NYT: "Faith, Reason, God and Other Imponderables: 7 Books"

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.
Plainfiield 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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