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Saturday, September 09, 2006

09 - Sat - Hispanic Fest today... Remembering 9/11... Planning Bd... Sex-offender ordinance...

Problems with Comcast - no email this AM -- Dan

Tomorrow
: All District House Tour - See Courier story. -- Proceeds, after expenses, will be divided between the cooperating Historic Districts and FOSH (Friends of Sleepy Hollow) which is co-sponsoring the event, and will be used for district-wide activities, including beautification and community outreach.


PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________









Plainfield Today: "Hispanic Heritage Festival Today"












and "Plainfield Remembers 9/11"
-- If you had problems accessing HITS yesterday, here it is: "HITS: Connecting the dots..."


House Tour: "Nothing plain about it"
9/11 Memorials: "Places and Events of Honor and Remembrance in New Jersey"
Council: "Plainfield passes sex offender ban"
Crime [last item]: "Police probing stabbing of teen"
Planning Board: "Plainfield planners mull redevelopment" -- Bernice's piece, for comparison.

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

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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Charter Study: "14 seeking seat on Hillsboro charter study commission"
..... - Development: Lofts: "Filmmakers Say Hooray for Cleveland"

Events for this week are here

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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Hillsborough: "14 seeking seat on Hillsboro charter study commission"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Menendez - SL: "Menendez defends himself, denounces timing of probe"
.......... - Analysis: "A legal quandary: To subpoena or not before an election"
.......... - The Agency: "Agency offers crucial services amid federal probe"
..... - Bergen Record: "Menendez questions timing of subpoena"
..... - CN: "Menendez sees politics in fed probe"
..... - NYT: "Inquiry Said to Involve an Agency’s Links to Senator Menendez"

Child Advocate: "Pediatrician receives Corzine's offer of child advocate position"
College of NJ: "$5 million gift for TCNJ" -- So, what are you doing for YOUR alma mater?
Giants/Jets Stadium: "Jets, Giants execs retreat to dissect stadium deal"
Jets Training Center/HQ: "Jets roll out a look at the 'showpiece'"

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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 - Herald News: "Feeding at public trough not hard"
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________














Editorial Cartoon: Toles, Washington Post

2006 Elections - CSM: "As Congress stalls on immigration, a backlash brews"

Bush - Poll, Bergen Record: "Bush has tumbled in North Jersey since 9/11"
Iraq War - NYT: "C.I.A. Said to Find No Hussein Link to Terror Chief"
..... - WP: "Bush bloodied by Senate Intel Committe report on pre-war Intelligence" -- Link to BOTH reports (PDF) here.


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________










(Photo, NY Times)

Real Estate: "Some Housing Pessimism From Real Estate Brokers"
Real Estate: "Use of Nonprime Mortgages Jumped Sharply in 2005"

Quote of the Day: "...for nearly three hours wept and listened to fiery sermons, punctuated by drum rolls and crashing symbols." -- Sad story, funny typo.
Cigarettes: "Judge and senator lead the charge to snuff out 'light' label on cigarettes"

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, September 08, 2006

08 - Fri - HITS: Fitting it all together... Plan Bd surprise... Youth stabbed... Sunday house tour... Bush steps on hornet's nest...

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Tomorrow: Hispanic Heritage Festival, Front Street between Watchung/Park, 10:30 AM - 4 PM
Sunday: All District House Tour - See story below


PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "HITS: Connecting the dots..."
Plain Talker: "Planning Board Surprise"

House Tour: "Nothing plain about it"
Crime SL: "Plainfield teen mends following stabbing"
.......... - CN: "Teen stabbed in Plainfield"
..... - "Drug arrest made at Green Brook Park picnic table"
Eating Out: "Queen City Diner a Plainfield staple"
High School Football: "Complete Updated CN Online Guide"
Letter to Editor: Herb Kaufman: "Corzine loans have suspicious motives"

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

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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Housing Market: "Hovnanian's profits down 36% as housing market slows"
..... - School Holiday List: "New Jersey's approved list of religious holidays"
..... - Teacher Contracts: "South Orange-Maplewood teachers begin 2nd year without a contract"
..... - Real Estate: "Real estate market endures price correction"

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___________________________________________________________________________

Bound Brook: "Henderson case moving forward"
Cranford: "Cranford police are seeking accreditation"
Hillside: "Mired in political power struggle; Results in lost state grant, late tax bills and more"
Linden: "Mayoral challenger throws down gauntlet"
Mountainside: "Attack of the swamp 'thing'"
RWJ Strike: "RWJ nurses strike shows signs of movement"


BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________

Council: "Council snags Booker on contract to give $105K to firm that employs acting director"
Police Director: "New cop director stresses quality of life"
OpEd, SL: Joan Whitlow: "Crime charts don't make Newark feel any safer"
Vailsburg Shootings: "Teen's wake turns to chaos; Gun may have been brandished"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Corzine - SL: "Corzine unveils plan for economic renewal"
..... - CN: "Corzine takes reins to boost economy"
..... - NYT: "Corzine Offers Proposal to Bolster Business Climate"
Menendez - SL: "Feds probe Menendez rental deal"
.......... - "An unlikely defender of Menendez: Kean, Sr."
..... - CN: "Menendez joins Dems on transit security bill"
Kean: Tom Moran: "Republicans happily make room for daddy"

Homeland Security: "Share data, N.J. security chief urges Feds"
Lucent / Alcatel Merger: "Shareholders on both sides of the Atlantic approve merger"
PSE&G / Exelon Merger - OpEd, SL: "Reject utility monopoly and higher energy prices" -- Far as I can tell, this OpEd is ONLINE ONLY.
Seton Hall Fire Trial: "Judge admits Seton pair's remarks"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Business Taxes - SL: "Business warns panel on tinkering with taxes"
..... - CN: "Lawmakers get earful from business over tax clause"
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Towns:

..... - Asbury Park: "Schools chief suspended in Asbury Park" -- Once advocated as Plainfield superintendent.
..... - Mt. Olive: "Mount Olive mayor still losing support in recall campaign"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Editorial Cartoon:

2006 Elections - OpEd, SL: John Farmer: "Fuzzy Democrats have one edge: Bush"
Bush Detention & Trial Plans:
..... - Editorial, Ledger: "Reject Bush detainee plan"
..... - OpEd, Ledger: "Bush's end run around the law"
..... - NYT - Overview: "Lawyers and G.O.P. Chiefs Resist Proposal on Tribunal"
..... - WP - Overview: "Decision to Move Detainees Resolved 2-Year Debate"
..... - NYT - Legal Debate: "Interrogation Methods Rejected by Military Win Bush’s Support"
..... - WP - Critics: "Military Lawyers and Senators Say Proposed Rules for Evidence Are Unfair"
..... - NYT - Critics: "Questions Raised About Primary Claims in Defense of Detention System"
Plame Affair - WP: "Armitage Says He Was Source of CIA Leak"
Polls - AP: "Bush and Lieberman pollsters made up results"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

9/11 Anniversay - NYT: "The Path to 9/11" -- A fictionalized account of what took place, neither documentary nor docu-drama.
..... - Changes - WP: "ABC to Alter Show on Pre-9/11 Run-Up"
..... - Whitman & EPA: "Whitman defends actions and blames N.Y."
Conservative Judaism: "Ban on gay rabbis may end this year"
Episcopal Diocese of Newark: "Gay bishop hopeful is ready for election"
New Jersey, Literally: "Book documents New Jersey's role in American literature, culture"
Music Therapy: "Harp therapy for heart patients in Morristown"
Real Estate: "Realtors anticipate sluggish sales as market endures price correction"

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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Thursday, September 07, 2006

07 - Thu - Council, Plan Bd doubleheader tonight... House tour Sun... Budget issues... Menendez/Kean $$$...

PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "Doubleheader tonight: Council, Planning Board"












(Photo, Courier News)

House Tour: "Nothing plain about it"

Budget: "Mandated costs driving city tax hike"
Council: "Vote expected on pedophile-free zone tonight"
Crime [last item]: "Plainfield man charged in sale of fake green card"

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

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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Corruption: "Ex-Governor of Illinois Gets 6½ Years in Prison"
..... - Guardian Angels: "Sliwa admits making up accounts of attacks on himself"

Events for this week are here

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Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']


TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Hillside: "Tough Hillside intersection among projects in county"
Kean U: "Overcoming the butterflies"
Roselle Park: "Borough pays legal expenses for officer"
RWJ: "A self-contained heart comes to N.J."
Scotch Plains: "Town to purchase Cooper Road tract for open space"
Springfield: "Bookkeeper admits $1.5M theft from employer"
Union/Irvington: "Union man is slain in drive-by shooting"


BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________

Top Cop - SL: "Booker taps NYPD ace to lead Newark police"
......... - Analysis: "Newark police blotter has smudges"
..... - NYT: "NYC Crime Strategist Picked as Director of Newark Police Force"
School Safety: "Booker extends safety plan to schools; Special zones, cameras, more truancy officers"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Corzine - SL: "Newark legal activist chosen as Corzine's chief counsel"
..... - CN: "Corzine names advocacy lawyer to chief counsel job"
..... - NYT: "Corzine Names New Counsel"

Menendez / Kean Race:
..... - SL: "N.J. Senate race takes on presidential proportions"
CN - Bush: "Bush touts Kean Jr.'s character, morals"
CN - Clinton: "Clinton raises funds at gala for Menendez"
..... - NYT: "Ex-Presidents, Often Allies, Divided by a Senate Race"

Dems: "As Democrats meet in A.C., labor chiefs may spoil the party"
EWR: "TSA lifts burden on screeners in Newark"
Veterans: "Cosby, in Newark, tells vets they deserve better health care"

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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 - Editorial, CN: "Abbott funds need to stay in aid plans"
School Costs - SL: "Maryland may show Jersey the way to pare school costs"
..... - CN: "Lawmaker renews school plan push to trim property taxes"
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here -- Something's going on, the cartoon is old, and DS appears to be part of the WashPost group now. Will advise if/when more is learned.
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________














(Cartoon: Mike Keefe, Denver Post)


Bush & Rumsfeld - MSNBC: Keith Olbermann: "Have You No Sense of Decency, Sir?" -- transcript, with links to video. The headline, of course, references Army attorney Joe Welch's challenge to Sen. Joe McCarthy at the April 1954 Army hearings [transcript].
..... - OpEd, SL: Paul Mulshine: "The anti-fascist oxymorons"


DeLay - WSJ: "Lobbying Probe Looks at Payments To DeLay's Wife"
Breaking - Great Britain - Reuters: "Blair to Step Down in May, Reports Say"
Islamo-Fascism? - CSM: "Is it fair to compare terror to cold war?"
Lebanon - WP: "Israel to End Blockade of Lebanon"

Lieberman & Bush - NYT: "Leery of ‘Defense Secretary Lieberman’"

Plame Affair - Truthout: "FBI Suspected Rove and Libby Pre-Fitzgerald"
Secret CIA Prisons - NYT: "President Moves 14 Held in Secret to Guantánamo" and a list of the 14.
..... - WP: "Bush Says Detainees Will Be Tried" -- Am I too cynical, or have these bad guys been 'saved' for a show trial at a crucial election time?


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

Brazilian Festival: "2-day Ironbound fest salutes culture of Brazil this weekend"
Political Ads: Fred Tuccillo: "Not much more than playground name calling"

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, September 06, 2006

06 - Wed - Budget: Act I, Scene I... Inspection fees withdrawn--again... More on murder 8... Letter on Mayoral escorts...

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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "2007 Budget: Act I, Scene I..."
Plain Talker: "Inspection, Construction Fees Withdrawn Again"

8th Murder - SL: "Ex-inmate sought in killing at Plainfield party" -- Ledger gets the count right.
..... - CN: "Hunt continues for Plainfield slaying suspect" -- Continuing to refer to '7 homicides'.
Budget - FY2007: "Plainfield budget includes tax hikes"
Small Arms - Editorial, SL: "Unite to limit guns"
..... - OpEd, NYT: "The Toll of Small Arms" -- and the chart illustrating the text.
Letter to Editor: Jamie Flanders: "Mayor's escort cost a tax burden"
PHS Air Cadet: "Plainfield student, 17, earns solo flight certificate"
Red Cross: "Strange bedfellows for charity? Not Hooters and Red Cross"
Schools Traffic Campaign: "Police to target speeders near school"
Teacher Contracts: "10% of NJ Teacher Contracts Still Unsettled"
Union County Freeholders - Editorial, SL: "Union County junket"


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

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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Public Employee Benefits - SL: "State raises co-pays for teachers, government workers"
..... - Public Employee Benefits - CN: "Officials, public workers still fight over co-pays"
..... - Episcopalians: "Election of bishop for Newark diocese watched worldwide" -- The openly gay candidate, Michael Barlowe, is a former rector of Grace Church in Plainfield.
..... - Dem PAC Theft: "Ex-PAC treasurer admits he stole funds"

Events for this week are here

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Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']


TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Central Jersey: "Military personnel train and serve U.S. around the world"
Cranford: "Cranford seeks more help with flood control"
Linden: "Linden man indicted in crash death of his pal"


BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________

Crime: "Booker's crime campaign falls short of victory" -- Newark homicides and shootings rise, while overall offenses decline.
Drugs: "2 Newark cops face jail in Oxycontin scheme"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Menendez / Kean Race - SL: "Iraq war is igniting one of words in Senate race"
.......... - OpEd, SL: Tom Moran: "Kean's bid bogs down in the lethal sands of Iraq"
..... - CN: "Kean Jr., Menendez spar over Iraq war withdrawal"
..... - NYT: "With Voters’ Eyes on Iraq, Menendez Offers a Plan"

Attorney Ads: "Superlative use in attorney ads under review"
Rutgers/UMDNJ Merger: "Governor urged to go slow on potential UMDNJ merger"
Schools & Immigration Info - Editorial, CN: "Schools can't ask for immigration information"
Technology Biz: "N.J. losing technology 'toddlers' to other states"

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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: "Adler: Let's erase the 'Abbott district' label"
..... - CN: "School boards: Shared services could backfire"
..... - NYT: "Changes in Abbott School Aid Proposed by Adler"
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Towns:
Nutley: "Seniors brave rain for a shot at affordable housing"
..... - Atlantic City: "Pinnacle buying Sands, with plans to tear it down"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

















Editorial Cartoon: Toles, WashPost

2006 Elections - NYT: "Looking to Elections, Bush and Dems Spar on National Security"
..... - Themes, NYT: "In Bellwether District, G.O.P. Runs on Immigration"
............ - "Candidates of Both Parties Turn Criticism of Rumsfeld Into Political Chorus"
Anti-Terrorism Strategy - WP: "Individuals, Small Groups Cited as Terrorist Threats"
Domestic Spying - WP: "Republican Rift Over Wiretapping Widens"


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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