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*PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Alborada Dance Theater tonight"
Plain Talker: "McGee Takes Atlanta Job"
City Administrator: "City administrator leaving (Breaking)" -- and today's print version.
..... - Atlanta School Board: Website here. 10/9 Meeting here. McGee Resolution here (PDF).
Revolutionary War Sites: "Jersey historic sites now make the map"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Tonight: 7 PM. Hispanic Heritage Month Closing Performance & Reception. Washington School. FREE. -- NOTE VENUE CHANGE. Featuring the Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre and Folklorico Infantil Latinoamericano. I have known Alborada for years -- top-notch troupe!
Tomorrow: 2 - 5 PM. Voter Rights Teach-In. Unitarian Society. 724 Park Avenue. Free. -- Know what you can do to protect your rights and the rights of others.
Hispanic Heritage Month Events Online Calendar: English and Spanish.Events for this week are here
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
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NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race - SL: "Kean out-fundraises Menendez"
.......... - NYT: "Kean Campaign Shows Improvement in Its Fund-Raising Efforts"
.......... - CN: "The men behind the mudslinging"
Ferguson / Stender Race: "War critic Murtha endorses Stender"
Bryant Investigation - SL: "Bryant ally quits as COO of Camden Redevelopment Agency"
.......... - Courier Post: "Who will fix Camden?"
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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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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Ohman, The Oregonian
2006 Elections - WP: "GOP Redirects Funds From Faltering Races"
..... - NYT: "Gay Marriage Losing Punch as Ballot Issue"
Foley Fallout - SL: "Congressman says GOP mishandled page matter"
..... - WP: "Police Find No Report of a Foley Dorm Incident"
Religious Right - WP: "Conservatives Rally Against Bush Aide-Turned-Critic"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Exhibit: Newark Museum: "See You in the Funny Papers"
Book Review: "In the Lemony Snicket Series, No Happy Endings"
Museum: "Llewellyn Park: At home with the Edisons"
Obituary: "Gillo Pontecorvo, Director of ‘Battle of Algiers’"
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.*
*PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Breaking gossip - Major player" and "The Joy of UCIA - 13 for the 13th"
Plain Talker: "On Hiatus" -- Bernice is resting her writing arm for next week.MIA: Nice story in Ledger on Muhlenberg's new nursing school -- not online, maybe later?
Election ALERT: "State looks to old voter rolls for election" -- are these up-to-date?
Needle Exchange: "Needle bill to fight AIDS clears panel" -- Six towns to be named -- Plainfield one?
NJ Hospitals - SL: "Governor orders panel to recommend which hospitals to close"
..... - CN: "Corzine's quest: Road map for statewide health care"Parking: "Parking fee hike decision delayed" -- What could Plainfield learn from Montclair?
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WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Saturday: 7 PM. Hispanic Heritage Month Closing Performance & Reception. Washington School. FREE. -- NOTE VENUE CHANGE. Featuring the Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre and Folklorico Infantil Latinoamericano. I have known Alborada for years -- top-notch troupe!
Sunday: 2 - 5 PM. Voter Rights Teach-In. Unitarian Society. 724 Park Avenue. Free. -- Know what you can do to protect your rights and the rights of others.
Hispanic Heritage Month Events Online Calendar: English and Spanish.Events for this week are here
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Freeholders: "A new attempt at keeping predators from kids"
Bound Brook: "$99,500 settles Bound Brook housing-bias suit"
Scotch Plains: "John's Meat Market is built on strong family tradition"
Roselle: "Judge Rudy Coleman denies appeal in primary"
Union Twp.: "Union schoolkids get a lesson on color (and value) of money"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
al Qaeda & Newark: "The face of terror: Inside al Qaeda's plot to bomb Newark"
Connecting to City Hall: Joan Whitlow: "Doing a number on Newark residents"
Newark Arena: "Helmsman of Newark arena steps aside for Booker"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
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(Photo, NY Times)
Menendez / Kean Race - SL: "Obama lends star power to Dem, calls Corzine his 'homeboy'"
..... - CN: "Sen. Obama comes to N.J. to enliven Menendez campaign"
..... - NYT: "Stars Come Out for Menendez and Kean"
Ferguson / Stender Race: "Stender poll see race tightening in the 7th Congressional District"
After-School Activities: "In some schools, it'll cost you"
Bryant Investigation: "State treasurer's office is subpoenaed in Bryant probe"
Dual Officeholding: "JC Superintendent's dual role worries education chief"
Ethics - Opinion, SL: Tom Moran: "For real reform, Corzine needs GOP"
Legal Aid: "Poor Jerseyans have limited access to legal aid"
Ramapough Shooting: "Ramapough Lenapes protest pace of fatal shooting probe"
Seton Hall Fire Trial: "Jury selection nears in Seton dorm fire"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
State Unions - SL: "Unions lobby legislative panel to preserve collective bargaining"
..... - CN: "Union chief blasts panel for pension reforms"..... - Editorial, CN: "Pension fixes don't need to be delayed"
Example - Delaware: "Delaware is a lean, mean, low-taxing machine"
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Summers, Orlando Sentinel
2006 Elections - NYT: "September Fund's first ad, "Bush""
2008 Elections - Reuters: "Warner declines to run for president"
Abramoff Scandal - WP: "Report Says 5 Nonprofits Sold Influence to Abramoff" -- See ¶ 7.
..... - "Ohio lawmaker Ney to plead guilty in scandal linked to Abramoff"
Bush - Analysis, WP: "As His Influence Ebbs, Bush Confounded by the 'Unacceptable'"
Evangelicals - LAT: "Book: Bush Aides Called Evangelicals ‘Nuts’"
..... - NYT: "Book Says Bush Aides Dismissed Christian Allies"Foley Fallout - WP: "Foley's Former Top Aide Testifies Hastert's staff warned early"
..... - NYT: "Ex-Aide to Foley Testifies of Warning Speaker’s Office"
.......... - Hastert: "Bush Joins Hastert at Rally, and Lavishes the Praise"
Iraq - WP: "Gunmen Attack TV Station in Baghdad"
..... - Reuters: "Brits hint of pullout from Iraq" -- Original Daily Mail story is here.
North Korea - SL: "Council nears Korea resolution" -- Text of proposed reso is here.
Voting - 2004 - NYT: "Reports: Vote of no-confidence in 2004 election"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Spinach Contamination: "Source of Deadly E. Coli Is Found"
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.*
*PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "The Joy of UCIA (Park - Madison: The PILOT)" -- Yes, today.
Muhlenberg: "Plainfield nursing school opens"
Honoring Ray Blanco: "Blanco's film on immigration to be screened tonight"
Letter: Freeholder Adrian Mapp: "New Democrats will work with Green" -- In response to this editorial
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Literacy: "Read this so someone else might get the chance to learn how"
..... - Layoffs: "Perth Amboy firefighters protest looming layoffs" -- Proposal trims 8 cops, 15 firefights.
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today: 7 PM. Hispanic Heritage Month Film: "Black and White in Exile." Public Library. FREE, RECEPTION FOLLOWS. You will not want to miss this documentary by the late RAY BLANCO, who was not only Plainfield's first Hispanic councilor and council president, but an Emmy-winning documentary producer. Honor Ray's many contributions to Plainfield with your attendance.
Saturday: 7 PM. Hispanic Heritage Month Closing Performance & Reception. Washington School. FREE. -- NOTE VENUE CHANGE. Featuring the Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre and Folklorico Infantil Latinoamericano. I have known Alborada for years -- top-notch troupe!
Sunday: 2 - 5 PM. Voter Rights Teach-In. Unitarian Society. 724 Park Avenue. Free. -- Know what you can do to protect your rights and the rights of others.
Hispanic Heritage Month Events Online Calendar: English and Spanish.Events for this week are here
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
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. |..Click HERE to get listing form..|
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Bound Brook: "Bound Brook settles discrimination lawsuit for $99.5K"
Garwood: "This bus is made for walking"
Kenilworth: "Kenilworth aims to be must-see cable TV"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Business: "Wayne audio company Audible joins Newark's 'renaissance'"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race - Quinnipiac Poll: "Menendez 49% - Kean 45%" -- Links to complete poll.
..... - SL: "Calling Kean negative, black ministers endorse Menendez"
.......... - Ad Critique - SL: "Tale of the Tape: Kean negative ad dissected"
..... - CN: "Menendez denounces Kean's subpoena claim"
Danielle's Law: "38 fined in push to shield disabled"
Death Penalty: "Prof wants execution saved for 'the worst of the worst'"
NJT - SL: "NJ Transit adds double-decker cars to rail line"
..... - NYT: "New Jersey Transit to Roll Out Double-Decker Cars This Year"
Real Estate Investment Scam: "NJ Affordable investors could be on hook for mortgage balances"
Supreme Court: "High court considers timing of Miranda warnings"
..... - "Justices reject challenge to waterway 'no-build zones'"
Waterloo Village: "Struggling arts village is facing its Waterloo"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Pension Reform - CN: "Roberts pledges pension reform for holders of multiple public jobs"
..... - SL: "The complete list of 200" -- here is yesterday's story.School Administration Costs: "Top Democrats offer rival tax-cutting ideas"
OpEd, SL: Paul Mulshine: "They lack the will; we get the bill"
Comparison - Arkansas: "A property-tax-hating state pays the price"
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Towns: Orange - SL: "Melee erupts outside Orange's housing authority"
.......... - NYT: "Police Use Pepper Spray on Crowd Seeking Section 8 Applications"..... - Middletown: "Former Middletown Twp. mayor gets 43 months for bribery"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Jeff Parker, Florida Today
Foley Fallout - WP: "Scandal Sidelines Hastert, Reynolds Who Cut Campaign Appearances"
.......... - Aides' Knowledge: "Hastert Aides Interest Ethics Panel"
.......... - Scandal Issue: "Foley Dredges Up Scandal Problem for GOP"
..... - NYT: "Foley Case Snags Incumbent in Ohio Race for House Seat"
..... - SL: "Lawmaker defends Hastert with a jab at Kennedy"Iraq - SL: "655,000 Iraqis dead? Estimate stirs debate"
..... - "Figures show Baghdad violence growing"
School Violence - Opinion, SL: Bob Braun: "School violence summit ignores the role of guns"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
School Fundraisers: "Firm turns student artwork into postage" -- ArtStamps website is here.
..... - OpEd, NYT: Karen Karbo: "Will Work for School Supplies"
Chess: "A Notable Chess Journey for Talented New York Girls"
Immigrants & Names: "As American as Vartan, Luis and Na" -- The age-old question: Fit in or keep heritage?
Voting Rights & Ex-Felons: "Some states expand voting rights for ex-felons; most keep it tough"
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.*
*PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "The Joy of UCIA (Park - Madison: The PILOT)"
Abbott Funding Meeting: "Panel urges residents to push school funding"
Crime: "Plainfield woman arrested in fake ID probe"
Legal Notices - Editorial, CN: "Legal notices belong in newspapers"
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Drugs: "Study: Parents in the dark over new designer drugs"
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Thursday: 7 PM. Hispanic Heritage Month Film: "Black and White in Exile." Public Library. FREE, RECEPTION FOLLOWS. You will not want to miss this documentary by the late RAY BLANCO, who was not only Plainfield's first Hispanic councilor and council president, but an Emmy-winning documentary producer. Honor Ray's many contributions to Plainfield with your attendance.
Saturday: 7 PM. Hispanic Heritage Month Closing Performance & Reception. Washington School. FREE. -- NOTE VENUE CHANGE. Featuring the Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre and Folklorico Infantil Latinoamericano. I have known Alborada for years -- top-notch troupe!
Hispanic Heritage Month Events Online Calendar: English and Spanish.Events for this week are here
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
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. |..Click HERE to get listing form..|
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Cranford: "Window donation to help New Orleans rebuild"
Hillside: "Power struggle leads to unfilled planning board seats"
Watchung: "Crystal Ridge aparment complex sells for $82.5M"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race - SL: "Menendez marks anniversary of his 'nay' in the Iraq war vote"
.......... - Opinion, SL: Tom Moran: "Listen to military families? Not Kean"..... - Bergen Record: "Menendez ally made job push for another official"
.......... - "Military families upset with Kean"
Ferguson / Stender Race: "Ferguson runs against state taxes; Stender gets national help"
Federal HIV Funds: "New formula could cost N.J. millions"
Princeton U.: "Princeton is told to apply itself to retain physics lab contract"
Racial Profiling: "Watchdog fears a possible return of profiling"
Reprocessed Medicala Devices: "FDA: No one's checking some reusers of medical gear"
School Administrative Salaries - SL: "Top school officials' salaries listed"
..... - CN: "Online database of superintendent salaries opens" -- State database website is here.
..... - AP: "State posts salaries of top school officials" -- List of top 10 salaries.
Schools Construction Corp.: "School-building bottom line tops $6 billion"
School Safety: "Police study ways to keep schools safe"
Treasury Employees Misconduct: "Six deny guilt in 'freebies' case"
Turnpike Sale - Editorial, SL: "Danger in Turnpike deal"
Towns: Passaic: "Families face Section 8 cutback because of Authority's mismanagement"____________________
Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Pension Reform - SL: "Tax-cutters' list names public trough's top 200"
..... - CN: "8 lawmakers among N.J.'s top 'tackers'"
..... - AP: "With many paid more than gov, senator renews pension reform plea"
School Funding: "Michigan: Where schools don't get a dime from local residents without asking"
School District Mergers: "School boards ignore idea on merging into county districts"
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Bagley, Salt Lake City Tribune
Foley Fallout - WP: "Kolbe Says He Warned of Foley Years Ago"
.......... - "History of Foley Messages' Release Clarified by Players"
.......... - "Hastert Expresses Faith in Staff"..... - NYT: "Hastert Vows to Fire Aides if a Cover-Up Is Discovered"..... - AP: "TV Ad Uses Page Flap to Attack GOP Rep."
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Abortion: "Court Rejects Roe V. Wade Companion Case"
Ballots: "Typo Will Cost Michigan County $40K"
Coupon Clipping: "If you're not clipping coupons, you're throwing away cold, hard cash"
Religion & Tax Breaks: "Religion-Based Tax Breaks: Housing to Paychecks to Books"
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |
SPORTS LINKS: PHS | Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
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.*
Plainfield Today: "Alborada Dance Theater tonight"
