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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: Yesterday's link had problems, the entry has been reposted:
"HITS: Act of God on Prospect Ave... Biz opportunity for all!!!... Lawlessness at City Hall?... Condos, yes. But buyers?..."
McGreevey: "McGreevey flies high after dark days"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Re-Entry Programs: "Help for the Hardest Part of Prison: Staying Out"
..... - Vacant, Boarded Properties - Editorial, SL: "Take aim at trouble spots"
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Edison: "Edison to celebrate Indian independence with Sunday parade"
Franklin, Somerset Co. - CN: "Franklin boy, 15, killed in drive-by"
..... - SL: "15-year-old boy killed in drive-by shooting"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
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Property Tax Reform:
..... - School Aid - APP: "Lawmakers vow fairness for school funding"
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Daycare Safety: "DEP to review sites after day-care fiasco at former thermometer facility" Housing Report - Bergen Record: "N.J. pushes affordable housing"
Newark Liberty Airport: "Airport scrutiny taking big toll on screeners"
Xanadu: "Mills Corp's bad news prompts mega-selloff"
Towns:
..... - Weehawken - SL: "13 are hurt, three seriously, in light-rail crash near Lincoln Tunnel"
.......... - NYT: "Bus-Light Rail Train Crash in New Jersey Injures 13"..... - Orange: "Tributes to a Detective Killed in ‘a Very Rough Town’"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
2006 Elections - Strategy, WP: "Whose Issue Is Terrorism?; The Parties Maneuver for Advantage"
Bush - WP: "Increasingly, Bush Escapes the Media Pack"
Middle East - NYT: "U.N. Council Backs Measure to Halt War in Lebanon"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Dummy Text: "Lorem Ipsum: What it is, why we use it"
Drug-Terror Exhibit: "DEA Defends Traveling Exhibit" -- and group protesting exhibit.
Health: "24,000 to attend AIDS conference"
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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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 |
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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "HITS: Act of God on Prospect Ave..." -- Act of God on Prospect Ave... Biz opportunity for all!!!... Lawlessness at City Hall?... Condos, yes. But buyers?..."
Plain Talker: "What Is A Transit Village?"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Development: "Developer's Trick: Understate Economic Risks"
..... - Abandoned Houses: "Inside Orange's house of trouble"
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Bernardsville: "A revival meeting of sorts for burned-out St. Bernard's Church"
Bound Brook: "Howard Stern sidekick celebrates movie premiere"
Edison: "Police union rallies for Choi's resignation"
Elizabeth: "Go-go dancers on way out at trouble spot"
Linden: "Piracy suspect is due to court"
Middlesex Boro: "Six bound, gagged by gunmen in home"
Roselle Park: "DeIorio challenges Hokanson to debates"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
QOL Issues: "Newark targets illegal vendors; Sellers are swept off Broad, Market"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
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Property Tax Reform:
..... - School Aid: "School aid formula ignored, panel told"
.......... - CN: "Abbott districts seen as key to funding overhaul"
..... - Column, SL: Tom Moran: "In tax fight, the teachers are a study in clout"
..... - Analysis, NYT: "Legislators Face Many Tests of Resolve to Rein in Taxes"
..... - Editorial, SL: "Reality on health benefits"
..... - Benefits: "Corzine pitches higher co-pays for local government workers"
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Casino Shutdown Fallout: "Bet the Casinos Dropped a Bundle in the Shutdown? You’d Lose"
Courts: "Appeals Court: Hospital must warn the HIV-positive"
Courts: "Supreme Court bans hypnotic testimony"
Meadowlands, Raritan Watershed: "Conservation group reaps $1.65M from polluters' fines"
Treasury Dept. Indictments - SL: "Indictment names 6 in Treasury"
..... - NYT: "6 Employees of the State Are Indicted in Trenton"
UMDNJ: "UMDNJ gave Gluck's firm a no-bid contract in 2000"
Towns:
..... - Jersey City - NYT: "Quandary for Office Tenants: Downtown or Jersey City?"..... - Orange: "Inside Orange's house of trouble"
..... - Camden County: "South Jersey teens admit plot to shoot up school, community"..... - Montclair: "Montclair residents billed for new sewer utility"..... - Irvington: "Barricades cut crime, but not crowds"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
(Dulles Airport, Agence France Presse photo)
Plane Plot - WP: "Both Parties Claim Edge as Terror Is Reinforced as a Campaign Topic"
..... - Analysis - SL: John Farmer: "Europe: A jumping-off point for jihadists"
..... - Analysis - WP: "Signs Point To a Surviving Terror Network"
2006 Elections - CSM: "Ignoring split, labor makes election push"
Middle East - SL/LAT: OpEd: "Fighting in Lebanon could undo US in Iraq"
..... - CSM: "Hizbullah's resilience built on years of homework"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Folk Healers: "The Ancient Art of the Curandero Meets Modern Advertising"
Brooklyn Botanic Garden: "Corpse Flower’s Bloom, a Sight (and Stench) Not to Be Missed"
Book Cover Harms Singer's Rep: "Singer Marc Dorsey sues over use of his image" Humor?: "U.S. has plan aimed at global corruption" -- I kid you not. W has a plan...to combat CORRUPTION.
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. 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_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Dem 'Farm Team': Is there any there there?"
Plain Talker: "Residents To Have Say Tonight"
Letter: Alex Toliver: "Blanco wanted best for Plainfield"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Gang Violence: "Slain Detective and Suspect Had Crossed Paths Before"
..... - Guardian Angels: "Angels to visit Poconos as prelude to possible chapter" -- what ever happened to the Plainfield chapter?..... - Illegal Immigrants: "Feds deploy 3rd team to hunt fugitive illegal immigrants"..... - Services Consolidation: "8-town police force is a cost-cutting idea"..... - Daylaborers & Unions: "Union leaders wary of AFL-CIO pact"
..... - Eminent Domain - Editorial, CN: "Don't keep it simple on eminent domain"
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Bedminster: "Bedminster GOP chooses Pane as fall candidate"
Bound Brook - CN: "Case against Bound Brook chief moving forward"
..... - SL: "A new twist in suspended chief's defense"
Elizabeth: "Elizabeth primary winners plan appeal"
Fanwood: "Fanwood approves budget of $7.7M" -- Here you can learn why tax bills go out seemingly late.
Manville: CN: "Missing Egyptians found in Manville"
..... - AP: "3 missing Egyptian students are in U.S. custody"
..... - WP: "3 Visiting Egyptian Students Held; 8 Missing"
Mountainside: "34 residents join no-knock registry in Mountainside"
New Brunswick: "Nurses at RWJ see strike Monday"
Roselle Park: "Study doesn't yield concrete plan for historic Roselle Park building"
UC Adult High School: "150 former dropouts earn their diplomas"
Westfield: "Small-town charm fits film with Latifah"
Woodbridge: "Woodbridge Democrats back McCormac"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race: "Lieberman's loss could bode well for Menendez"
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Property Tax Reform:
..... - Public Pensions: "Lawmakers assail public benefit plans"
..... - OpEd, SL: Kevin Ciak: "We can have tax reform and quality schools"
..... - Column, SL: Paul Mulshine: "Same old joke on property taxes"
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Housing - NYT: "100,000 Units of Housing Are Planned in New Jersey"
Medicare: "Cut in Medicare fees worries Jersey MDs"
Science/Tech Commission: "Technology commission gets extra $2.3 million in budget"
School Vouchers: "Civil rights leader Reginald Jackson backs Jersey school vouchers"
Supreme Court: "State's top court allows class-action arbitration in loan contract disputes"
UMDNJ: "UMDNJ gives layoff notices to at least 120"
Towns - Montclair: "Reward leads to suspects in Presby Iris Garden vandalism"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
2006 Elections - Conn., NYT: "Voters’ Anger Tipped Scales for Lamont" -- and survey chart.
Heathrow Plot - WP: "British Police Thwart Major Terror Plot"
Middle East - NYT: "Rice’s Hurdles on Middle East Begin at Home"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
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 - Rebuilding:
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_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Child's fall from window highlights inspection issues"
Plain Talker: "Justice, Diversity, Education Are Blanco Legacy"
Blanco Memorial - CN: "Plainfield honors Blanco, his legacy"
..... - SL: "A 'passion for justice' gone too soon"
Blanco Replacement - Editorial, CN: "Plainfield Latinos deserved closer look"
UCR Crime Stats - SL: "Murder spike linked to gangs in Elizabeth and Plainfield" and the complete report..... - CN: "Somerset County crime up 2%; Plainfield sees decrease"Crime: "Plainfield man accused of posing as lawyer"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Gangs (1): "The violent death of an officer" -- he responded to scanner talk of gunfire in neighborhood
..... - Gangs (2) "Suspect's mother: 'A parent can only do so much'" -- tragedy of a family that tried everything..... - Missing Funds: "Perth Amboy tax office emloyee suspended after funds missing"..... - Essex Co. Crime: "Homicide numbers spike last year, and authorities are blaming guns"
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Bedminster: "2 vie for GOP's nod to fill committee seat"
Edison: "Deportation case in Edison triggers investigation" -- Mayor, top cop knew nothing of police involvement
.... - Editorial, SL: "Test for a changing Edison"
Elizabeth: "Elizabeth man dies of wound from gunshot"
Perth Amboy: "Missing funds trigger Perth Amboy tax office emloyee suspension"
Woodbridge: "Ex-state treasurer McCormac aims to be Woodbridge mayor"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez: "Lesniak fundraiser for Menendez to feature former President Bill Clinton"
2005 Crime Reports - SL: "As other crime drops, murder rises" and the complete report
..... - AP: "Crime rate down in 2005, murder rate up"
Arts Grants: "Arts council is forced to reduce its grants"
Econ Dev Authority: "State tax credits for films; Productions add millions to Jersey economy"
Meadowlands: "Jets-Giants fight puts new home on hold"
Power Lines: "U.S. Lists Places Where It Could Force New Power Lines"
Sprawl: "Planning Groups Say Region Must Rethink Policies on Land Use"
Supreme Court - NYT: "Court Upholds Right to Sue School over 35-year old abuse"
..... - CN: "High court weakens state's immunity shield for charities"
UMDNJ: "Mounting Costs for Medical School Inquiry Draw Criticism"
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Tax Reform Process:
..... - Consolidation Panel - SL: "Tax-cut panel focuses on consolidation"
.......... - CN: "Lawmakers renew look at consolidation to cut costs"
..... - Tom Moran: "To this expert, home rule is not the devil of Jersey taxpayers"
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Towns: Mt. Olive: "Clerk certifies petition to recall Mt. Olive mayor"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
(Photo,NY Times)
2006 Elections - Conn., SL: John Farmer: "A lesson in power of anti-war vote"
Hartford Courant: "Lieberman Defiant In Defeat"
..... - WP: "Lieberman Concedes to Antiwar Challenger"
..... - NYT: "Lamont Defeats Lieberman After Tight Race"
.......... - Analysis: "A Referendum on Iraq Policy"
Iraq - Analysis: Robert Dreyfuss: "A Higher Power: James Baker puts Bush's Iraq policy into rehab"
Legislation - AP: "Lawyers' Group Attacks Bush Revisions"
Middle East - NYT: "Anti-U.S. Feeling Leaves Arab Reformers Isolated"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NY Times)
Beer, again: "The Ultimate Beer Run in the Czech Republic"
Meadowlands Nature Guide: "A different look at vastly transformed Meadowlands"
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. 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.*
