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Saturday, August 26, 2006

26 - Sat - Carillons... Teacher contracts... Menendez questioned on rental... Pru faces $600M penalty...

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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________













(The Pittis Carillon is played with a keyboard similar to the one above.)

Plainfield Today: "Grace Church's Carillon -- and tomorrow's concert"

Schools: "120 districts still hammering out teacher contracts as fall nears"

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

Connections? Food For Thought
..... - West Nile Virus: "State confirms West Nile in elderly Union County woman"

Today: Multi-House Yard Sale benefits Homeless Animal Lifeline. 9am - 3pm, 1326 Watchung Avenue.
Today: Roger Cassett Back-to-School Jam. 10am - 2pm, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Park Avenue.
Sunday: Free Peach Festival and Carillon Concert. 6pm, Grace Episcopal Church, East 7th & Cleveland.


Events for this week are here

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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Hillside: "Hillside bar agrees to move downtown"
Middlesex Boro: "Middlesex youths find calling in Junior Firefighter program"
North Plainfield: "Corrections officer seized after van yields drugs, gun" -- The original AP feed identified the officer as living in 'Plainfield.'
RWJ Nurses' Strike - SL: "Finding nursing subs isn't a hard sell at Robert Wood"
..... - CN: "Parents wary of child care as hospital deals with nurse strike"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________












(Jimmy Margulies, Bergen Record)

Attorney General - Editorial, SL: "Rabner: The right choice for AG"
..... - Editorial, CN: "Corzine gets it right with Rabner nod"

Menendez / Kean Race: "GOP: Menendez crossed line as nonprofit's landlord, benefactor"

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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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2008 Presidential Primary - Editorial, SL: "Making Jersey primary"

Day Care Centers: "Corzine calls for stricter safety rules to shield children at day care centers"
Gambling: "South Jersey congressmen ask Corzine not to consider VLTs"
PSE&G / Exelon Merger: "Impasse threatens Exelon/PSEG deal"
Prudential: "Prudential faces $600M penalty in fund scandal"

Towns:

..... - Hopewell: "Birds in Her Hand, and All of Them Worth Letting Go"
..... - East Brunswick: "School board disputes $100,000 in fees sought by coach's attorney"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________












(R. J. Matson, NY Observer)

Iraq - SL: "British vacate a base and Iraqis start looting"

Iran - SL: "U.S. may punish Iran outside U.N."

Lebanon - WP: "Europe Offering Bulk of U.N. Force"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________









(Photo, NY Times)

Women Clergy: "Clergywomen Find Hard Path to Bigger Pulpit" -- The 'stained glass ceiling.'

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_________________________________________________________












(Photo, NY Times)

Disaster Planning: "Despite Steps, Disaster Planning Still Shows Gaps"

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 25, 2006

25 - Fri - HITS: Shock..awe..bushels..watchmen... Latino activist irked... Council acts... Carillon concert...


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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "HITS: Shock and awe... Lights under bushels?..." -- Cubicle wars... Watching watchmen... Council health benefits..."

Council: "Plainfield calls for housing limits on child predators"
Carillon Concert [last item]: "Free carillon concert set for Sunday" -- with peach shortcake at 6 PM.
Latinos & Politics: "Plainfield replacement for council irks Latino activist Flor Gonzalez"
Schools: "Appeals court rules teacher abused 2nd-grader in 2002"
Seniors: Nice pictures of the Seniors' barbecue in CN, can't find online
Sports, Jay Williams: "Jay Williams invited to Nets camp"

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

Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Fighting Drugs: "Crosses of Bedford Park Are Still Waging War on Drugs"
..... - Real Estate: "Is The Bubble Collapsing? 10 Indicators To Watch" (PDF)
..... - Real Estate: "Seller Gimmicks May Disguise Fall of Prices"
..... - Tax Revaluation: "Smaller homes hit harder by revaluation"
..... - Elected Officials' Benefits: "Roseland Council cuts health benefits for selves, others"
..... - Joan Whitlow: "Free Speech, Online Forums & Public Employees"

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Events for this week are here

Saturday: Multi-House Yard Sale benefits Homeless Animal Lifeline. 9am - 3pm, 1326 Watchung Avenue.
Saturday: Roger Cassett Back-to-School Jam. 10am - 2pm, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Park Avenue.
Sunday: Free Peach Festival and Carillon Concert. 6pm, Grace Episcopal Church, East 7th & Cleveland.


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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Highland Park: "Two men hailed as heroes for saving Torahs from burning synagogue"
UC Sheriff Froehlich's Stepson - Editorial, SL: "A sheriff's sale steal"


BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________

Cops' Free Speech?:
Joan Whitlow: "Free Speech, Online Forums & Public Employees"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Menendez / Kean Race - SL: "Democrats complain Kean hasn't fully disclosed assets"
..... - AP: "Menendez campaign files ethics complaint against Kean Jr."
..... - SL: "Agency was paying $300K rent to its champion, Menendez"
..... - CN: "Immigration key issue in Senate race"

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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Pensions - SL: "Pension inflation under scrutiny; Lawmakers eye those with multiple jobs"
Pensions - CN: "Tackling 'tacking' may not save on state pension funds"
Pensions - AP: "Pension chief: Taxpayers wouldn't save by limiting public jobs"
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2008 Primary - SL: "Codey now seeks to move primary to early February"
.......... - Tom Moran: "On his road to Supreme Court, a bump no one saw" -- not online 'til PT kvetched to SL.
..... - AP: "Codey wants to bump up NJ presidential primary"
Attorney General - SL: "Corzine picks his legal aide to be next AG"
..... - NYT: "Corzine Chooses His Chief Counsel as Next Attorney General"
..... - CN: "Corzine nominates own counsel for AG"
..... - Bergen Record: "Corzine taps Rabner as attorney general"
Board of Public Utilities - SL: "State's Clean Energy Program subject of federal subpoena"
Early Stage Enterprises - SL: "U.S. withdraws $27M stake in Jersey venture-capital firm"
RWJ Nurses Strike - SL: "Robert Wood nurses strike, but hospital remains open"
..... - NYT: "Nurses Strike Over Health Plan at Hospital in New Jersey"
..... - CN: "300 nurses strike at Robert Wood Johnson hospital"

Towns:

..... - Paterson: "Vendor sentenced to 2 years in Paterson schools bribery"
..... - Maplewood: "Pair admit ravaging prized iris gardens"
..... - Morristown: "Morristown mayor's pay will be up to the voters"
..... - Roseland: "Roseland cuts health benefits for Council, others"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Immigration - CSM: "Immigration bill sticker shock"
..... - Illegal Immigration: "Why illegal immigration is one of the hot topics of 2006"
Iraq - AFP: "Bush faces revolt on Iraq"
..... - WP: "Marine Reservists Facing Involuntary Combat Duty"
Lebanon - NYT: "Inquiry Opened Into Israeli Use of U.S. Bombs" -- with a map.
National Security - Harper's: "Six Questions for Michael Scheuer on National Security"
Population Data - CEPR: "Poor, Uninsured, and Non-Employed Undercounted" -- full report (PDF).
Recession Alert - Dow Jones Market Watch: "Recession will be nasty and deep, economist says"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

Humor: "How to survive your child's freshman year in college"
Laptop Batteries: "Apple recalls 1.8M batteries" -- Are we asking batteries to do too much?

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 - One Year Later: "New Orleans Shops Struggle to Survive"

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 24, 2006

24 - Thu - Shocked at Council!... Redevelopment study problems... BPU records subpoenaed... Auto Insurance rates drop...

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Plainfield Today: "A shocker at Council" and "Problems with the Cottage Place study area"
Plain Talker: "Council Doings"

Council: "Blanco's Plainfield council seat filled"
Council: "Plainfield weighs law to bar sex offenders"
Letter: Rob McConnell: "Dems, like James, fleecing residents"
Plainfield High School: "Supplies for success"

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

Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Real Estate: "Housing sales continue slide" -- Figures even weaker than analysts had predicted.
..... - Jayson Williams: "Lawsuit against Williams is reinstated"

Events for this week are here

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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Clark: "Hail to the police chief at Clark council meeting"
Edison: "Officials, activists gather to discuss end to racial tensions"
Linden: "Firm seeks to expand natural gas pipeline"
New Brunswick: "1,300 nurses set to strike at Robert Wood Johnson"
Union Twp.: "Residents fight municipal officials on code enforcement"
Union County Sheriff: "How a sheriff's stepson got 4 cars for price of 1"


BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________

Council & Budget: "Council plans hearings to discuss tax hike plan"
Sharpe's Card Tricks: "Blame it on Rio, bill it to Newark"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________










(Photo, NY Times)

Car Insurance - NYT: "Car Insurance Rates Drop in New Jersey"

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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Public Employee Benefits - Editorial, CN: "Public workers should face realities of health care"
Public Employee Pensions - SL: "Lawyer cites statute protecting public workers' pensions"
..... - CN: "Agency: Pension off limits as tax reform"
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Board of Public Utilities: "Federal agency subpoenas BPU records"
State Police - SL: "N.J. panel to assess State Police on profiling"
..... - NYT: "Corzine Takes Step to End U.S. Review of Troopers"
..... - CN: "Panel to gauge police's progress on racial profiling"

Towns:

..... - Camden: "Rutgers Law gets its $37M update in order"
..... - Ocean County: "Jump in lethal ODs stirs alarm in Ocean"
..... - Princeton: "Restoration costs soar for battle monument"
..... - Trenton: "Lawmen break up heroin ring with Trenton raids and arrests"
..... - Morristown: "Islamic groups share their bounty"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Afghanistan - SL: "Battered Afghans losing faith in U.S.-backed leader"
College Aid Grants - NYT: "Evolution Major Vanishes From Approved Federal List"
Illegal Immigrants - NYT: "Illegal Border Crossings Dip, and Official Cites Security"
Iran - WP: "U.S. Spy Agencies Criticized On Iran"
Iraq - W: "Bush's New Iraq Argument: It Could Be Worse"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

Stem Cell Research: "In New Method for Stem Cells, Viable Embryos"
Swastikas in India: "Hitler eatery's no shock in India"
Vlogs: "Generation Vlog: Become your own producer & director"

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 23, 2006

23 - Wed - Surprise from Blanco... Code fees increasing... Schools' NCLB reports... Sharpe's cards... Tax reform...


BREAKING NEWS:
McGreevey picked by Joan Rivers to appear on her new TV show, as heard on Stern this AM. Yenta-ing it up with Rivers?

PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "Blanco's surprise legacy" -- and an n.b. on yesterday's post
Plain Talker: "Code Compliance Fees Increasing"

Council: "Council selects Van Blake as leader"

Schools - NCLB Reports:
..... - SL: Statewide: "Review increasingly snared suburban as well as urban districts"
..... - SL: Union County: "One in 4 public schools in county fail test; But performance is better than in'04"
..... - CN: "Schools improve federal test scores"
..... - AP: Statewide: "More N.J. schools not meeting standards"

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

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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Tax Assessments: "Philadelphia's aerial photo service manages tax roll" -- and Pictometry's site.
..... - Charter Schools: "Charter schools' pupils lagging a bit nationally"
..... - Pay-to-Play: "Woodbridge pay-to-play ordinance targets redevelopers"
..... - Pay-to-Play: "Proposed limits on contributions to county committees unsettles reform"
..... - Housing Market: "Toll Bros. 3Q profits decline" -- "The housing market is getting weaker much faster than anybody expected," said Alex Barron, senior housing analyst with JMP Securities in San Francisco.
..... - Sunshine Law: CN Editorial: "Prosecutor did well in upholding meeting law"


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___________________________________________________________________________

Elizabeth: "Judge drops suit by schools against Elizabeth in land deal"
Libraries: "Lead threat spurs recall of toys from reading programs" -- Plainfield NOT one of affected libraries.
Woodbridge: "Vitale proposes pay-to-play ordinance; Plan targets redevelopers"


BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________

Budget: "City council to review budget with 8% hike" -- Sharpe's last budget was such a mess, the state asked Booker to start from scratch.
Sharpe's Credit Cards: Tom Moran:
"James' taste for good life tests courage of Democrats"
..... - Joan Whitlow: "Sharpe isn't showing his cards"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Menendez / Kean Race: "Menendez says U.S. ignoring Latin America at its own peril"
..... - "Kean Sr. comrades now back Kean Jr."
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Tax Reform:

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

School Funding - SL: "Legislators reviewing NJ school funding told to look to Maryland"
..... - CN: "Lawmakers consider reining in wealthy schools' budgets to ease taxes"
Health Plan - SL: "Crowd assails proposed changes to state health plan"
..... - CN: "Dissent overflows at benefits meeting"
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Development: "New rules good for rivers, not so great for builders"
Princeton: "Professor wins math's highest honor, a Fields Medal"
UMDNJ: "Merger seen as antidote for UMDNJ"
Urban League: "Bergen County Urban League to close"
Xanadu - SL: "Investment firm swoops into swamp to rescue Xanadu"
............... - Colony Capital: "Another rescue for big investor"
..... - AP: "Mills signs investment deal on New Jersey center"
..... - Bergen Record: "New investor gives hope to Xanadu"
..... - NYT: "Reprieve for Troubled Xanadu Entertainment Complex"

Towns:
Mt. Olive: "Mayor challenging effort to oust him"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

2006 Elections: Ruben Navarrette: "Democrats turn to scapegoat immigrants" -- and in Spanish.
Afghanistan - NYT: "Nation Faltering, Afghans’ Leader Draws Criticism"
Iran - WP: "Iran Pushes For Talks Without Conditions"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________


















(Illus, NY Times)
YouTube & Campaigns: "The YouTube Election"

Communications: "Recovering a Fumble at the Flip Chart"

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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