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*PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Mystery Mansions house tour is Sunday"
Crescent Concerts: "Church site of childrens' classical concert tomorrow"
Legislature: "NJ's Best Legislators: Bramnick #2" -- Former Plainfield Councilor ranks high in 12,000 votes cast.
Crime: "Plainfield man to join robbery accomplices in jail"
Development: "Changes in pact make Booker an arena backer" -- Learn from Cory Booker!
REAL ESTATE: Special Section
..... - Buying: "Dream homes bring on nightmares when buyers' first house doesn't sell"
..... - Selling: "Helping your home sell faster"..... - 'Housing Recession' - NYT: "Growth Slackened In Summer"
.......... - WP: "Housing Slump Slows Economy; Growth Far Below Pace Early in Year"
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Taxi Drivers & 'Sufficient English': "Dover's taxi laws are upheld by court"..... - Nature Trails: "Highland Park on trail of grant money for river walk"
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Tomorrow: 11 AM - 4 PM. Mystery Mansions House Tour (Van Wyck Brooks). 8 homes plus Haunted House and brunch. $20. Tickets at 935 Central Avenue, day of.
..... - 1 PM - 4 PM. Twin Towers II Exhibit. Plainfield Public Library. FREE.
..... - 3 PM. Crescent Concerts: 8th Annual Young Artists Showcase. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. $20/$15 at door.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___________________________________________________________________________
Bound Brook: "Go-go bar closed until owner meets with police"
Warren: "Warren woman hopes peace will take root"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Devils Hockey Arena: "Changes in pact make Booker an arena backer"
McCarthy Swearing-In: "Top cop vows to reclaim Newark streets"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NY Times)
Gay Marriage Ruling - NYT: "For Gay Couples, Ruling Has a Cash Value"
..... - Opinion, SL: Tom Moran: "In Trenton, just don't utter the 'M' word" -- This was MIA yesterday .
..... - Bergen Record: "Corzine, Codey endorse civil unions"
..... - Gusciora Profile: "Gay marriage tussle brings leading role for New Jersey lawmaker"
..... - WP: "N.J. Ruling Sparks Action on Virginia Amendment Question"
2006 Political Ads: "The WashPost ad database" -- For hardcore political junkies, the WP archives videos of 2006 midterm campaign ads by state, party, issue, and more. Updated daily. Menendez / Kean Race - Gannett: "Menendez pits Kean versus Kean on Iraq war"
..... - AP: "Kean, Menendez continue attacks"
..... - Bergen Record: "Menendez added to corruption lawsuit"
Ferguson / Stender Race: "Ferguson, Stender facing tight race"
Sires & Congress: "From Cuba to Congress, Sires ready for House challenge"
Bear Hunt: "It looks like the bears will play another season"
Bryant Investigaton: "Feds to state ethics panel: It's OK to investigate Bryant"
Monmouth Park: "Horses quarantined in equine herpes outbreak at Monmouth Park"
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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____________________________________________________________________________
(Click on image to enlarge.)Editorial Cartoon: Nick Anderson, Houston Chronicle
2006 Elections - NYT: "Democrats Get Late Donations From Business"
..... - WP: "This Time, Ballot Issues Could Rally Liberal Base"
Cheney on 'Dunking' - NYT blog: "Of water-boarding and no-brainers"
..... - WP: "Cheney Defends 'Dunk in the Water' Remark"
'Housing Recession' - NYT: "Growth Slackened In Summer"
..... - WP: "Housing Slump Slows Economy; Growth Far Below Pace Early in Year"
Iraq - LAT: "Iraqi Prime Minister Criticizes U.S. Policy as 'Patronizing'"
Zelikow - NYT: "Rice’s Counselor Gives Advice Others May Not Want to Hear"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Catholicism: "Imagining New Ways of Being Catholic" -- For Catholics disaffected by the Church's conservative bent.
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: "Development as Russian roulette?" -- Yes, at last.
Haunted House Tour: "Bloody good fun"
Crime: "Men facing life sentence in Plainfield kidnapping"
..... - "City man admits threatening detective" 2006 Elections - NYT: "Democrats Fear Disillusionment in Black Voters" Route 18 Project: "First portion complete on Route 18 widening project"
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Bear Hunt: "Corzine will seek to block bear hunt"
..... - Credit card fraud: "As close as the corner café"..... - Compstat: "Cops complain crime program a mixed bag"..... - Tax Revaluation: "Montclair homeowners prepare for sticker shock"
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Sunday: 11 AM - 4 PM. Mystery Mansions House Tour (Van Wyck Brooks). 8 homes plus Haunted House and brunch. $20. Tickets at 935 Central Avenue, day of.
..... - 1 PM - 4 PM. Twin Towers II Exhibit. Plainfield Public Library. FREE.
..... - 3 PM. Crescent Concerts: 8th Annual Young Artists Showcase. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. $20/$15 at door.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___________________________________________________________________________
Bound Brook: "Authorities shut down Bound Brook go-go bar"
Cranford: "Cranford mayoral aspirants expound"
Elizabeth: "Elizabeth ed board is target of lawsuit"
North Plainfield: "School lessons written in the stars"
Rahway: "Failed driver's test led to e-mailed threats"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NY Times)
Gay Marriage - SL: "Lawmakers cool to gay marriage"
.......... - The Ruling: "A prudent move but hardly a timid one, court experts say"
.......... - Amendment: "Fight to add amendment is still uphill"
.......... - Kean: "Kean insists he supports civil unions"
.......... - Moran: Tom Moran piece in print edition is MIA. Will post later if it comes up...... - NYT: "Corzine Tells Legislators He Backs Civil Unions Over Same-Sex Marriage"
..... - CN: "Lawmakers: Expect civil unions"
.......... - "Gay-rights issue may not motivate N.J. voters"
Menendez / Kean Race: "The big bucks -- $28M -- stop here for U.S. Senate race"
..... - Kean - NYT: "Family Ties Help Kean in Senate Race, Poll Says" -- Chart here.
.......... - CN: "Kean Jr. hired man who was sued over racial slur"
Essex County: "County vo-tech's finances draw scrutiny"
EWR Screening: "Screeners at Newark fail to find 'weapons'"
Ground Zero: "Expanding search for bones at Ground Zero"
Schools: "Down syndrome families sue state over placement of kids in classes"
Supremes: "A new look for state Supreme Court"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Comment: Paul Mulshine: "Jersey's great property tax relief scam"
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Wasserman, Boston Globe
2006 Elections - NYT: "Democrats Fear Disillusionment in Black Voters"
..... - SL: "Middle class giving Dems hopes for victory in Congress"
Border Fence - SL: "Bush orders 700 miles of fencing"
Conservatives - WP: "Religious Conservatives Cheer Ruling on Gays as Wake-Up Call"
Dems - NYT: "Democrats Are Divided on a Solution for Iraq"
GOP - NYT: "G.O.P. Moves Fast to Reignite Issue of Gay Marriage"
Spinmeister - NYT: "Tennessee Controversy Shaped by Spin Expert"
Torture - WP: "Cheney's Remarks Fuel Torture Debate"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Real Estate: "New-Home Prices Fall Sharply"
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: "Development as Russian roulette?"
Plain Talker: "Sidewalk Mystery Solved"
Council Races: "Council contenders to voice their big fixes at LWV forum"
Schools Contract: "Animosity halts contract negotiations"
C.O.F.F.E.E. [2nd item]: "Firefighters group to award mayor, chief"
Credit Card Fraud: "Route 22 restaurant hit by credit card theft ring"
Crime [2nd item]: "Plainfield man guilty of making threats"
Fountain Baptist Church: Bob Braun: "Volunteer chronicles Katrina aid"
Route 78: "A holiday treat for drivers: Rt. 78 repairs to end early"
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Pay-to-Play: "North Plainfield considering pay-to-play restrictions"
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today: 10 AM - Noon. Realtors' Open House, 209 East 7th St. Faith Bricks & Mortar's newly finished condo project.
..... - 7 PM sharp. Budget Review & Comparison by Councilor Burney. Presented by Crescent Neighborhood Association. Plainfield Public Library. FREE.
Sunday: 11 AM - 4 PM. Mystery Mansions House Tour (Van Wyck Brooks). 8 homes plus Haunted House and brunch. $20. Tickets at 935 Central Avenue, day of.
..... - 1 PM - 4 PM. Twin Towers II Exhibit. Plainfield Public Library. FREE.
..... - 3 PM. Crescent Concerts: 8th Annual Young Artists Showcase. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. $20/$15 at door.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___________________________________________________________________________
Hillside: MIA: Council-Mayor struggle continues; Council hires own attorney -- Print edition only.
Linden: "Mayor, allies look to expand Council control"
North Plainfield - CN: "Police arrest 3, search for 4th in N. Plainfield assault"
.......... - "N. Plainfield studying foot traffic safety"..... - SL: "3 charged and 1 sought in beating, knifing"
Westfield: "Video gamer's reward is no fantasy"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Brick Towers: "Brick Towers goodbye is bittersweet"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NY Times. Click on image to enlarge.)
Gay Marriage Ruling - SL: "Court expands gay rights"
.......... - Editorial: "Still denied equality"
.......... - Opinion: Bob Braun: "Timid justices lacked courage to say, 'I do'"
.......... - Legislature: "Legislature is given six months to handle a hot potato"
.......... - Options: "Next step depends on reaction of lawmakers"
.......... - Response: "Responses have one thing in common: Passion"
.......... - The Opinions: "Diverging views of equality".......... - The Affected: "With a wish unfulfilled, lives full of love go on"
.......... - McGreevey: "McGreevey, eyeing civil union, calls court ruling courageous"
..... - CN: "Same-sex couples granted equal rights"
.......... - Editorial: "Not quite victory for gay couples, but close"..... - Bergen Record: "Court decision on marriage rights brings relief, anger"..... - NYT: "Court Backs Full Rights for Gay Couples"
.......... - Analysis: "Justices Agree on All but the ‘M’ Word"
.......... - Rights: "Court Outlines Rights It Says Gay Couples Are Due"
.......... - Supporters: "Backers of Gay Marriage Plan Effort to Sway Trenton Lawmakers"
.......... - Plaintiffs: "As News Sinks In, Plaintiffs Are Optimistic"
.......... - The Justices: "Party Lines Are No Guide to Opinions by Justices"
.......... - McGreevey: "An ‘I Do’ From McGreevey? He Would."..... - WP: "N.J. Ruling Mandates Rights for Gay Unions"
..... - LAT: "NJ court grants rights, not marriage, to gays"
..... - Chi Trib: "N.J. court grants rights to gay couples"
..... - Philly Inq: "N.J. court stops short of legalizing gay marriage"
..... - AP: "How justices on N.J. Supreme Court voted on gay marriage"
Menendez / Kean Race - SL: "Kerry lends Menendez campaign a late hand"
..... - NYT: "Republicans Intensify Push in New Jersey"
..... - Bergen Record: "Kean says decision redefines marriage"
..... - Jersey Journal: "Union City doctor alleges Menendez shakedown"
Dems: "Complaint accuses Cryan of taking gifts from lobbyist"
High Schools: "State studies plan to bolster standards in high schools"
Mayor Bloomberg's Car: "Hackensack: Arrest in Theft of Bloomberg's Car"
Xanadu: "Israeli firm bids $1.2B for control of Mills"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Cutting Taxes: "Panel proposes 12 ways to cut taxes"
School Boards Convention: "School officials focus on property tax reform"
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Bagley, Salt Lake City Tribune
Iraq - WP: "Premier Denies U.S. Assertion He Agreed to Timelines"
.......... - Analysis, WP: "Bush's Proposal of 'Benchmarks' for Iraq Sounds Familiar"
..... - NYT: "Conceding Missteps, Bush Urges Patience on Iraq"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, Bergen Record - click on image to enlarge.)
George Washington Bridge: "Birthday wishes for a towering beauty"
FBI Spam Hoax: "FBI Director Mueller's name used in latest Nigerian scam email"
Internet Phones: "Phones for That Other System" -- PT has had Vonage at home now for months. Easy. Good. Cheap -- $30/month for calls EVERYWHERE.
Philately: "Postal Service adds more sticky subjects for 2007"
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: Bob Braun, SL: "Volunteer chronicles Katrina aid"
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.*
*ALERT: 7 PM tonight. Garden State Equality's statewide rally following the NJ Supremes decision today in the marriage-equality case. Unitarian Church of Montclair, 67 Church Street, Montclair. Google map here. The decision will be posted after 3 PM today here.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Three rumors and a fret"
Menendez: "Dr. Gerald L. Thomas, pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church, endorses Menendez"
School Contract: "Teachers union members charged in Plainfield"
Same-Sex Schools: "Change in Federal Rules Backs Single-Sex Public Education"
Getting to School Safely: "N.J. to fund safer walks to schools"
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Affordable Housing: "Groundbreaking heralds neighborhood's rebirth"
..... - Ballot Measure #2: "Spruce up N.J. parks"
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today: See ALERT at top of today's post.
Tomorrow: 10 AM - Noon. Realtors' Open House, 209 East 7th St. Faith Bricks & Mortar's newly finished condo project.
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___________________________________________________________________________
New Providence: "Town works on its curb appeal"
Perth Amboy: "Options to stop cop and firefighter layoffs are studied by council"
Westfield: "Westfield cops call for a deal at rally" -- Working without a contract since January.
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Brick Towers: "Booker's latest deal: Razing his own home"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race:
..... - Endorsement: "Citing war opposition, black leaders rally for Menendez"
..... - The 'Sopranos' Ad: "Jersey Italians aghast at pro-Kean spot imitating 'Sopranos'"
..... - Campaign: "Candidates in NJ Try to Show a Softer Side" -- Kean's latest ad, tho, does not even mention he is a Republican.
..... - Kean, Sr.: "Kean Sr. takes more swipes at son's Senate race rival"
..... - Menendez: "Menendez: Dems would fight to bring troops home in 1 year"
Ferguson / Stender Race: "7th District candidates to face off" -- This Sunday. 2 PM. RVCC.
Consumer Fraud: "N.J. accuses Rite Aid stores of selling expired baby goods"
Death Penalty: "Death penalty defendants must convince a jury of mental retardation"
Gay Marriage - SL: "Tense wait for a ruling on N.J. gay marriage"
..... - NYT: "New Jersey Ruling on Gay Marriage Is Due"
..... - AP: "NJ gay marriage ruling on Wednesday may be felt across U.S." - with a Q&A.
Port Authority: "N.Y. legislator looks to shine light on Port Authority"
Racial Profiling: "Troopers ask end of decree"
Reforestation: "From small acorns towering dreams take root and grow"
Seton Hall Fire Trial - SL: "15 jury candidates pass muster for trial in Seton Hall fire"
..... - NYT: "Judge Chastises Potential Juror" -- That's what I call a SOLOMONIC remedy!
Sex Ed: "State spurns federal sex ed money tied to abstinence"
Towns: Passaic: "Director Puts New Jersey Town on Film, and on the Map"
..... - Asbury Park: "The hunt for man in killing ends in Pittsburgh"____________________
Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Merging Towns, School Districts: "Jerseyans support mergers if taxes drop"
School Funding: "Legislators struggle to find remedies for school funding"
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Oliphant, Universal Press Syndicate -- The callout, of course, is from Shelley's Ozymandias, well worth rereading in these times.
2006 Elections - WP: "Report Warns of Potential Voting Problems in 10 States" -- Full report here.
Foley Fallout - NYT: "Speaker Testifies in Foley Ethics Inquiry"
..... - WP: "Hastert, Reynolds Testify About GOP's Handling of Foley Case"
GOP - LAT: "Latino and black voters reassessing ties to GOP"
..... - WP: "GOP Leans on A Proven Strategy: Court Conservatives"
Iraq - SL: "'New course' talk includes almost no shift in policy"
..... - NYT: "Iraqi Realities Undermine the Pentagon’s Predictions"
.......... - "Idle Contractors Add Millions to Iraq Rebuilding"
..... - WP: "More U.S. Troops May Be Iraq-Bound"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Map, NY Times)
Novelist Richard Ford: "A New Jersey State of Mind" -- And a review of "The lay of the land".
Cartoons at Newark Museum: "After cartoonist disses Newark, Joan Whitlow as Woman of Steel to the rescue"
College Tuition: "Tuition hikes abate but still outstrip aid"
Film: "Election prologue: Movies about Bush"
'Hawaiian Missionaries': "Stamp world in for a shock: This is no fake"
Minorities & Health Plans: "Top health plans find no cure for racial disparities"
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.*
