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*PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "PT is 1. Blasts from the past."
Chez Maree Melée - CN: "North Plainfield cop injured breaking up fight" Public Questions - CN Editorial [2nd item]: "Questions are mostly worth voters' support"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today: 11AM. 'Bring Our Children Home' Peace Rally. City Hall steps. Sponsors: Peoples Organization for Progress and Plainfield Area Equality. Info: Rev. Robert Dixon, (908) 400-5690 or Lisa Dixon (908) 279-5744.
Tuesday, Nov. 7: 6 AM - 8 PM. General Election. City Council, Union County Freeholders, US Representative and US Senate.
Wednesday, Nov. 8: 10:30 AM. Mayor's monthly visit to Senior Center. 305 East Front Street. Events for this week are here
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Parkway/Route 280: "Work on clogged Parkway-Rt. 280 link starts"
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___________________________________________________________________________
Clark - SL: "6 veteran candidates seek seats in Clark"
Fanwood - SL: "Fanwood hopefuls bemoan high taxes"Piscataway - SL: "Sign flap spurs woman to claim police brutality"
Roselle Park - SL: "No quorum, no debate at Roselle Park council"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
NJPAC - SL: "The arts and aging: NJPAC's latest duet"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race - SL: "Senate rivals link with popular names"..... - NYT: "New Jersey Democrats Seek to Bombard Crucial County"
Election Turnout - CN: "Efforts to up voter turnout in full swing across state"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
New Taxes - SL: "State leaders say no new levies in property tax plan" ____________________
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Toles, Washington Post
2006 Elections - WP: "Anxious GOP Focuses on Not Losing Senate"
..... - WP: "GOP's Woes Imperil Even the Centrists"
..... - WP: "Rice Bucks Tradition With Pre-Election Appearances"
..... - NYT: "G.O.P. Turns to the Economy as Campaign Issue"
..... - NYT: "As Vote Nears, Parties Prepare for Legal Fights"
CIA Prisons - WP: "U.S. Seeks Silence on CIA Prisons"
Anti-Gay Minister Sex Scandal - WP: "Minister Admits to Buying Drugs and Massage"
..... - NYT: "Minister Admits Buying Drug but Denies Tryst"
Iraq - NYT: "For U.S. and Top Iraqi, Animosity Is Mutual"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Student Activism - SL: "For new activists, it's less radical, more practical"
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: "Ouija says Y-E-S"
Plain Talker: "Hellwig orders Halloween accounting"
Courer Endorsements: "Courier Endorses Burney, Johnson, Gibson" -- Talk about Dewey beating Truman! PT skimmed the editorial before posting and concluded that Gibson was endorsed. Only now, at 10:15 AM, did I get to read it all the way through and learn (blush) that the horse to bet on is Dowe. Sorry. -- Dan. Candidate Forum - SL: "Plainfield debate focuses on crime"
Abbott Funding - CN: Bob Bender, Herb Green, Martin Power: "Green makes mockery of Plainfield schools issue"Crime - CN: "Burglary on Kenyon Avenue" -- Read carefully between the lines of this item.
Employment Summit - CN: "Plainfield looks to cut city unemployment" Gay Marriage - NYT: "Rutgers/Eagleton Poll: Most Residents Favor Civil Unions"Ground Zero - SL: "9/11 families demand wider search"
NJT - SL: "NJ Transit begins safety upgrades at rail stations"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________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___________________________________________________________________________
Berkeley Heights - SL: "For first time, voters will choose mayor"
Rahway - SL: "GOP newcomers vie to unseat Democrats"
Roselle Park - SL: "Critics want candidate to divulge discipline while a cop"
Scotch Plains - SL: "Ex-bosses attack Scotch Plains candidate in letters"
Springfield - SL: "Springfield hopefuls weigh in on issues"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Pay-to-Play Reform - SL: Joan Whitlow: "Even halting reform is reason for hope"Housing Authority - SL: "Housing authority lays off 271 workers"
Technology Incubator - SL: "Program helps foster growth of technology center"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race:
..... - SL: "Menendez courts the Latino vote"
..... - SL: "Menendez hires top lawyer in rent case"
..... - SL: "Senate hopefuls back stem cell research"
..... - CN: "Kean Jr. lambasts opponent with father supporting him"
..... - CN: "Obama rallies Democrats in Menendez's hometown"..... - Negative Ads - SL: Tom Moran: "The less you know, the more they lie"..... - WP: "Menendez Seeks to Bury Image of a Shady Dealer"
..... - NYT: "Corzine Bets a Lot in Backing a Controversial Senator"
Ferguson / Stender Race - SL: "Figuring out the score on Ferguson's vote record"
Crime - SL: "Operation Falcon seizes hundreds of Jersey's most wanted"
..... - CN: "Police snare 548 fugitives in New Jersey" Governors School - SL: "Donors big and small gave aid to Governors School"
Towns: Orange - SL: "Development: Fulfilling lofty ambitions in Orange"Verizon & Cable - NYT: "Verizon Seeks to Offer Cable Service in 316 Communities"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Constitutional Amendment - CN: "Amendment for tax relief gains support" ____________________
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Zudin, Russian political cartoonist
2006 Elections: NYT: "This Election, Modest Tour for President"
..... - WP: "Democrats Predict Voter ID Problems"..... - WP: "On the Religious Right, an Alliance Torn Asunder"..... - SL: "As Democrats look to win Congress, possibilities abound"..... - SL: "Computer scientists alarmed by voting system for troops"..... - SL: "Bush is pep squad for struggling team"
Foley Fallout - WP: "Voters Won't See Report on Foley Scandal"Guantanamo Trials - SL: "Terror trials mired in torture issues"Iraq: - NYT: "Pentagon Widens Its Battle to Shape News of Iraq War"
..... - NYT: "General Plays Down Discord Between U.S. and Iraqis"
Sex & Politics - WP: "Church Leader Resigns After Gay Sex Claim" -- Sex, drugs and politics (right wing, that is)
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, Canadian TV News)
Film - NYT: "Borat the Movie: From Kazakhstan, Without a Clue"
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: "Save this information!"
Plain Talker: "Rumors need confirmation" and "Halloween assault" and an UPDATE AT 11:15 AM: "Candidates Share Views At League Forum"
Abbott Schools: "Wealthy towns lobby against new formula to keep school aid"
Cedarbrook School: "Principal defends Halloween ban, says letter not meant to be offensive"
Crime: "Plainfield man hospitalized after Halloween night attack"
..... - "Interpol joining in manhunt in 3-year old case"
Theater [last item]: "'Cinderella' performance coming to Plainfield"
Voting Question: "Voters question letter from state on missing info"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________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___________________________________________________________________________
Freeholder Race: "Scanlon assailed over undisclosed role of sister in $1.9M contract"
Kenilworth: "Seniors let candidates have it in Kenilworth"
Rahway: "Mayoral hopefuls talk taxes"
Summit: "Dems looking to shake up GOP Council"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Council - SL: "Council passes 3, tables 3 ethics measures"
..... - NYT: "Council approves some ethics changes"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race:
..... - SL: "Kean draws flack on support from 'Swift Boat' PAC"
.......... - "Donations continue to flow to candidates"
..... - NYT: "Undecided voters hold key to Senate race"
Ferguson / Stender Race: "Michael J. Fox endorses Linda Stender"
..... - Endorsement, CN: "Stender our pick in 7th District"
PSE&G: "PSEG profits up by nearly 50% for quarter" -- Doing better as a standalone company?
State Lottery: "State considering sale of lottery for big bucks"
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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: Mike Keefe, Denver Post
2006 Election - NYT: "Voters want new approach on Iraq war"..... - WP: "Scandals alone could cost GOP its House majority"
..... - SL: "Kerry apologizes, withdraws from campaigning"
Media Coverage - WP: "Networks will be cautious on Election night"
Rumsfeld: "Bush, on Limbaugh show, defends Rumsfeld"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Health: "The benefits of drinking red wine. Plenty of it."
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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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Breaking news - 10:15 AM: "New A/Director of Finance starts"
Plainfield Today: "League of Women Voters forum tonight" -- Be there or be square! Plain Talker: "Council Weighs Budget Requests"
'Fiscal Irregularities': "Plainfield's health, finance departments under scrutiny"
Clinton School: "Clinton School Halloween parade"
School Contract: "Police shut down rally by teachers"
Peace Rally: "Minister organizes a peace rally"
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Immigrants: "Federal judge blocks Pa. town's crackdown on illegal immigrants"
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today: 7 PM. League of Women Voters Candidate Forum. Plainfield Public Library. Come -- and bring your questions! A service to Plainfield voters for over 80 years.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___________________________________________________________________________
Elizabeth: "12 council hopefuls will try for 6 seats"
New Providence: "Candidate for mayor is suing hometown"
Roselle: "With allies in race, Smith could gain control of borough's council"
Union Twp.: "Candidate wants voters to tune in"
Westfield: "Westfield cops averaged $74,500"
Woodbridge: "Civility rules in Woodbridge debate"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Council - SL: "Newark council to vote on ethics package"
..... - NYT: "Ethics Bills Up for Vote in Newark"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race - NYT: "Behind the ‘Mob’ Ad, a Republican Donor With a History"
..... - SL: "Out-of-state conservative groups lend support to Kean campaign"
..... - CN: "Kean, Menendez hit home stretch of Senate campaigns"
..... - AP: "Sprint to finish for N.J. Senate candidates includes more ads"
.......... - Polls: "Poll shows Menendez leading Kean in New Jersey Senate race"
MIA: As is coming to be usual, a Tom Moran piece is missing -- this one comparing Kean & Menendez on Iraq.
Ferguson / Stender Race: "7th Dist. race a statistical dead heat, poll shows"
Gay Marriage: "Officials: Same-sex marriage in N.J. future"
Morris County: "Morris tax board trips spur questions"
Supremes - SL: "Justices consider right to tape public meetings"
"Justices consider right-to-videotape"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
____________________
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Matson, Roll Call
2006 Election - WP: "Campaigner in Chief Has Limited Reach, Avoids Key Races"
..... - NYT: "Attacking Kerry, Bush brings renewed attention to the war in Iraq"
GOP - SL: "Republicans back to square one in courting black vote"
Intelligence - LAT: "Intelligence agencies launch 'Intellipedia'"
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(Illustration, NY Times)
Iraq - NYT: "Military Charts Movement of Conflict in Iraq Toward Chaos"
..... - WP: "Maliki Orders Lifting of Checkpoints Around Sadr City"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
pic
(1913 Homestead Grays, of which Simmons was a team member)
Obituary: "Silas Simmons, Negro League veteran with Plainfield connections" -- Sketch of the 'Homestead Grays'.
Chocoholic Alert: "For a Chocolate High, All You Have to Do Is Breathe"
'Greasecars': "Out of the frying pan, into the tank"
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.*
