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Saturday, August 19, 2006

19 - Sat - Council: Double toil & trouble?... And Board of Ed... Letter: Editorial ignores Dem machine... Boys & Girls Club...

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Plainfield Today: "Council - Double, double toil and trouble?"
Plain Talker: "Board, Council Cram Schedules"

Boys & Girls Club: "Positive peer pressure; Youth participate in club's leadership program"
Letter: Colleen Cattafe: "Editorial on city ignores [Democratic] machine"

Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Development: "Hurting for Tax Revenue, Town Ponders a Freeze on Churches"
..... - Toxic Sites: "After Mercury Pollutes a Day Care Center, Everyone Points Elsewhere"
..... - English: "Voters to consider making English official language of Bogota, NJ"
..... - Homeless: "Slain homeless man's generous legacy: Insurance policy to SHIP"

Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"

Events for this week are here

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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Franklin Twp.: "Mayoral hopeful's residency raises eligibility questions"
Hillsborough: "Proposal to build CVS gets provisional approval"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Menendez / Kean Race: "Bush Sr. to stump for Kean Jr. in Bridgewater"

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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.

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Attorney Advertising: "Court gets into battle on lawyers' advertising"
Farber Affair: "Fairview mayor silent on his talk with Farber" -- Suggestion is mayor wanted favor to go easy on Farber pal
..... - "Senator: Remove job security from top posts"
Homeland Security: "Port Newark is U.S. laboratory for cargo security initiatives"
Prisoner Training Contract - Bergen Record: "N.J. cancels contract to rehab prisoners"
..... - AP: "Inmate training contract is axed"
Toxic Sites:
"After Mercury Pollutes a Day Care Center, Everyone Points Elsewhere"
..... - Editorial, SL: "New eyes on toxic sites"

Towns: Bogota: "Voters to consider making English official language of town"


Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

2006 Elections - WP: "Republicans Losing The 'Security Moms'"
Cuba - AP: "Raul Castro says Cuba open to U.S. ties"
Domestic Spying - WP: "Ruling Against Wiretaps Further Sharpens Partisan Divide"
Iraq - Reuters: "White House Sees "Huge Challenges" in Iraq"
..... - AP: "Troops Express Worries About Iraq"
..... - Guardian/UK: "Kurds flee homes as Iran shells Iraq's northern frontier"
Lebanon War - SL: "In northern Israel, economy a casualty of war"
Voting Machines - WP: "Touch-Screen Machines Stir Election Anxiety in Md."


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_________________________________________________________

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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Friday, August 18, 2006

18 / Fri - HITS: Final farewell for Ray... Unions challenge Green... Market realities and condo proposal...

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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "HITS: Faithful bid Blanco farewell... Unions challenge Green..." -- Market realities and condo proposal... Woodbridge reforms fit for Plainfield?...

Bike Rodeo: "Annual bicycle rodeo set for Saturday"
Letter: Stephanie Payne: "Good news does happen in Plainfield"
Letter: Mariam Shastri: "Pallone giving Bush a free ride"
Union County College: "With class set to start, UCC lacks contracts"


Union County:
"Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"

Connections? Food For Thought








(Photo, Courier News)

..... - Canada Geese: "New rule makes it easier to kill winged nuisance"
..... - Biz Language: "At the end of the day, that phrase is used too much"
..... - Andrew Young: "Wal-Mart Image-Builder Resigns After Statement Against Jews, Arabs, Koreans"
..... - Angioplasties: "Procedure Off the Charts in Rust-Belt Ohio City" -- includes chart.
..... - Toxic Sites: "1,800 sites cut from DEP list with no notice"
..... - Property Valuations: "Bayonne companies balk at city assessments"
..... - Theft of Funds: "Perth Amboy employee said to have stolen $37,000 in tax collections"
..... - Litter, QOL Issues: "Littering poses dirty job ahead for Ironbound"

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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Bound Brook: "Brook Theater ready to raise curtain"
Linden: "Beneath city's soil lies WWII history"
North Plainfield: "Missing boy prompts manhunt, found at friend's house hours later"
Perth Amboy:
"Tax employee said to have stolen $37,000 in tax collections"
Scotch Plains: "Panel proposes Ponderosa Farm uses"
Warren: "Church seeks use variance in office zone"


BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________

Booker: "Booker honored at UN for 'Newark Now' work"
QOL Issues: "Littering poses dirty job ahead for Ironbound"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Menendez / Kean Race: "Republicans demand Menendez apologize"

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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.

Amending Constitution: "The perils of constitutional tax reform" -- Prof tells legislators it's not an easy way to ease property levy
Multiple Tax Rates?: "Property tax panel ponders differing tax rates"
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Attorney General: "Corzine hopes to pick new attorney general soon"
Education: "Corzine wants to strengthen high school requirements"
Merck - SL: "Two legal setbacks stun the N.J. maker of Vioxx"
..... - NYT: "Merck Suffers a Pair of Setbacks Over Vioxx"
..... - CN: "Merck Vioxx victory voided"
PSE&G / Exelon Merger - SL: "State counteroffer asks utilities for $820 million"
..... - NYT: "Utility Merger Hits a Snag in New Jersey"
Sex-slave Ring: "Alleged sex-slave ring has Jersey ties"
UMDNJ - Editorial, SL: "Why UMDNJ is a target"
Xanadu - SL: "Codey calls on state "to pull the plug" on Xanadu project"
..... - NYT: "Some Call for New Jersey to Intervene to Save Xanadu Project"
..... - Bergen Record: "Mills' problems trouble Corzine"

Towns:

..... - Camden - OpEd, SL: Tom Moran: "Camden cheaters ruin it for everyone"
..... - Jersey City: "Jersey City mayor charges Shore officer with assault"
..... - Paterson: "Promoting Paterson, park advocates put its best falls forward"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

2006 Election - AP: "Ohio Voting Problems Deemed Severe"
..... - Dems - NYT: "Edwards, at Lamont Rally, Says Democrats Must Beat G.O.P. ‘Fearmongering’"
Campaign Reform - OpEd, WP: E.J. Dionne: "A Reform Worth Rescuing"
Domestic Spying - WP: "Federal Judge Orders Halt to NSA Wiretapping" -- Government sure to appeal.
'Fake news"' - CNN: "FCC cracks down on 'fake news'"
Iraq - Figaro & LeMonde: "Shi'a organize 'self-defense' committees; US Army tries to prevent civil war"
Israel - OpEd, SL: John Farmer: "End the taboo on challenging Israel"
Pensions - WP: "Bush Signs Revision of Law; Employers Must Bolster Traditional Plans"
Plamegate - Reuters: "Plame lawyer plans to force Cheney, Rove testimony"
Plane Security - SL: "Lax screening of air cargo places passenger jets at risk"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________








(Photo, NY Times)

Historic Preservation: "In Moscow, a Battle for a Modernist Landmark"
County Fair Fare: "Pickles, Pies and Blue-Ribbon Biscotti"
Science Education: "How to Make Sure Children Are Scientifically Illiterate"

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 - Guardian/UK: "Spike Lee Turns Cameras on New Orleans"
..... - Profiteering: "Big, Easy Money: Disaster Profiteering on the American Gulf Coast" -- Full report here.

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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Thursday, August 17, 2006

17 - Thu - Tax bill headache?... Blanco's blog... Housing Authority... Schools... Gutenkauf letter... more Farber...

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Reminder: Summer Concerts at Plainwood Square - Tonight, 6:00 PM

Route 78: "Commuter help online"

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Plainfield Today: "Tax bill headache yours?"
Plain Talker: "Ray Blanco's Blog"

Housing Authority: "Federal grant funds addition to Plainfield's Richmond Towers"
Letter, CN: Dottie Gutenkauf: "Reader erred on council nomination"
Public Schools: "Plainfield ponders space for disabled pupils"

Events for this week are here

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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Cranford: "Cranford hires exterminator to rid neighborhood of rats"
Freeholder Estrada:
"Estrada's favor for Farber examined"
New Brunswick: "RWJ nurses reject contract offer"
Union County: "Trailside center offers session on 'herptiles'"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Menendez / Kean Race: "Menendez under fire on 2 fronts"

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Attorney General - Candidate - SL: "Corzine's counsel Rabner leading AG race"
..... - CN: "Stuart Rabner, Anne Milgram considered front-runners"
..... - Analysis, CN: "Rough time for Corzine"
..... - Editorial, CN: "Corzine's next AG pick can't be political"
..... - Zulima Farber - NYT: "Attorney General Put Up a Fight Before Relenting and Resigning"
..... - Analysis, NYT: "Corzine Is Loyal, to a Fault, With Friends and Colleagues"
..... - Transition - SL: "As the resignation dust settles, Farber starts work on transition"
..... - Estrada Role: "Estrada's favor for Farber examined"
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Motorcycles: "Spike in motorcycle riding has N.J. officials fearing more death on the road"
No Child Left Behind Act: "Jersey gets extra year to train rest of its teachers"
UMDNJ: "Feds probe if lawmaker got funding for UMDNJ"
UMDNJ: "Newark's University Hospital lays off chaplains"
Xanadu - NYT: "Its Future Uncertain, a Mall Developer Pulls Back"
..... - SL: "Exec axed and Mills' shares fall again"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.

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Towns:

..... - Hoboken: "Ex-Housing Authority manager admits embezzling $111K"
..... - Montclair: "Developers win round on rezoning; Council tables effort to save historic homes"
..... - West Orange: "Zoning changes allow for redevelopment"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

2006 Elections: "Terri
Schiavo's Husband Takes Fight Back to Politicians" -- Widower forms PAC to oppose reelections of those who backed bill
Cuba - CSM: "US steps up anti-Castro TV"
Iraq - SL: "Bush warns that hasty departure from Iraq will aid terrorists"
Middle East - SL: "Israel launches probe of military"
..... - OpEd, NYTt: Scott Atran: "Is Hamas Ready to Deal?"
Pentagon - CSM: "Pentagon studies examine 'mistakes' in Iraq, Afghanistan"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________



(Photo and illustration, NY Times)
LP to CD?: "Old Records Go In, CD's Come Out"

Adoption: "Breaking Through Adoption’s Racial Barriers"
Black History: "Jet, Ebony and other mags presented blacks with positive news about themselves" -- an exhibit at the African-American History Museum of Southern NJ thru Sept. 30. V
isit the Web site (www.aahmsnj.org/) or call Ralph E. Hunter at (609) 704-7262.
Bullying: "'Social norms' strategy aims to tame bullying"
Health: "Drug-resistant germ linked to skin infections"
Real Estate: "Homes for sale, but not for a song: Sales down, prices not"
Teen Parties: "Some parents in the dark on teen parties"

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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Wednesday, August 16, 2006

16 - Wed - Politics main dish at New Dems picnic... Estevez and Council... All about Farber... Moran on Choi...

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Reminder: Summer Concerts at Plainwood Square - This Thursday, 6:00 PM

Route 78: "Commuter help online"

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Plainfield Today: "New Dems picnic: Politics the main dish"
Plain Talker: "Who Is Christian Estevez?"

Park-Madison Office Complex: "Union County honored for Park-Madison complex"
Bike Safety: "Plainfield police pushing bicycle safety"
Crime - Editorial, CN: "No crime news is good news in Plainfield"
Crime: "Cool-handed thief swipes cash, cigarettes"
Crime: "Ex-Plainfield man given life sentence in HoJo robbery"

Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Real Estate Market: "Housing sales dive 16.3% in Jersey"
..... - Pay-to-Play: "Interim mayor's reform focus includes pay-to-play"
..... - 'Transit Village': "Irvington transit village designation could aid redevelopment"
..... - Joblessness: "State's jobless rate increases to 5.1%"
..... - Trains: "Morristown line offers luxury train trips in vintage cars" -- ¡Salud, Gordon!
..... - Bilingualwear: "Nueva generaciĆ³n clothes"
..... - Open Public Records: "State owes woman's lawyer fees"

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
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Farber Fallout: "Report criticizing Farber also questions freeholder Estrada"
Edison: Tom Moran: "Mayor Choi rightly holds Edison cops accountable"
Edison: "Asian man accuses police, immigration officials of conspiring to arrest him"
Edison: "Ford to begin cleanup of tainted site in Edison"
Peapack: "Nuns to take their history with them; Even graves to be moved as sisters leave"
Rahway: "Sewerage authority OKs hiring assistant"
Roselle Park: "For sandwich legend, it's a wrap -- after 60 years"
Westfield: "Academy for teens in trouble wins stay"
Woodbridge: "Interim mayor's reform focus includes pay-to-play"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________








(Photo, NY Times)

AG Zulima Farber: "The Special AG's Report"
-- PT's guess: Forcing the resignation is Norcross' payback for losing the budget fight.
..... - SL: "Farber resigns under fire; Broke 3 ethics rules aiding boyfriend"
............... - Analysis: "Failure to steer clear of trouble left the AG no margin for error"
............... - Editorial: "Farber's resignation is the right move"
............... - Farber Fallout: "Report criticizing Farber also questions freeholder Estrada"
..... - NYT: "Attorney General Quits After Investigation Finds Ethics Breach"
..... - CN: "Attorney general resigns"
..... - BergenRecord: "AG out after probe shows ethics lapse" -- with links to every story they have run
..... - Text of Corzine, Menendez statements and other comments: "Farber resignation - from PoliticsNJ blog"

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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.

Union Contracts: "Property tax panel wants early contract offer to state unions"
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2006 Elections - WP: "Focus on Family to Rally Evangelical NJ Voters"
..... - OpEd, SL: Joel C. Hunter: "Christian conservatives would do better to win souls than votes"
Immigrants - SL:
..... - NYT: "Groups Denounce Riverside's Ordinance on Illegal Immigrants"
NJ Historical Commission: "State agency awards $3.184M to 82 groups"
No Child Left Behind Act: "96% of NJ teachers meet U.S. standard"
SAT vs. ACT: "More N.J. teens taking ACT exam"
UMDNJ: "Gluck withdraws UMDNJ nomination, blaming news story"

Towns:

..... - Camden: "State finds improper 'interference' in Camden school testing"
..... - Irvington: "Irvington aims to be a transit village; Designation could aid redevelopment"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________








(Photo, NY Times)

Middle East - NYT: "Hezbollah Leads Work to Rebuild, Gaining Stature"
..... - Israeli Troops - CSM: "At war, Israeli reservists wield new weapon: opinion polls"

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_________________________________________________________

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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