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*PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Plainfield vs. Westfield this morning"
State Aid: "Plainfield gets $900K in aid" -- But then you knew this already from Thursday's CLIPS exclusive, right? What?! You didn't read the blog on Turkey Day? I'm -- sob -- crushed...
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Development: "Cities Compete in Hipness Battle to Attract Young" -- and chart.
..... - immigrants: "Riverside's immigration law amended to help it hold up in court"
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday: 6 - 8 PM. 'Shop Plainfield' Business Expo. Check out Plainfield businesses, services & products. Sponsor: Chamber of Commerce, SID and City. BUF Center, West 7th & Central. FREE (present a sales receipt from a Plainfield business).
Wednesday: 7 PM. New Democrats for Plainfield. Annual General Meeting. YMCA. Info: (908) 561-7325.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___________________________________________________________________________
Roselle: "Linden teen shot and killed on bicycle in broad daylight"
Westfield: "More parking on Westfield's wish list"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
A.C. Murders - SL: "Task force chases leads in Atlantic City slayings"
.......... - NYT: "Broken Lives and Victims in Shadow of Taj Mahal"
Congress: "N.J. Dems may reap benefits of friendship with Pelosi"
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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: Toles, Washington Post
Climate - WP: "Energy Firms Come to Terms With Climate [and Congressional] Change"
Congress - SL: "Democrats focus on 9/11 Commission ideas"
Domestic Spying - NBC: "Dems want to see citizen-monitoring database"
Detainee Interrogation - CQ: "Rumsfeld 'personally involved' in interrogation"
Iraq - SL: "Burnings imperil diplomatic efforts in a volatile Iraq"
London Poisoning - WP: "Radioactive Poison Killed Ex-Spy" -- Motive? Opportunity? Benefit?
.......... - NYT: "London Riddle: A Russian Spy, a Lethal Dose"
Voting Machines - NYT: Paul Krugman: "When Votes Disappear"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Shopping: "Target Targets Santa" -- The 'Tord' Touch.
Google Shortcuts: "Google Shortcuts [2nd item]" -- The shortcuts page is here.
Health: "Here’s to the Benefits of Red Wine, but Don’t Advertise Them"
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 v. WESTFIELD -- Postponed by weather to SATURDAY, 11 AM, Hub-Stine Field.
WHAT!? You're not out SHOPPING? Where's your patriotism?
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "The OTHER Dr. Seuss"
Plain Talker: "Acting Finance Director Named", "Time Up For Development Deals?"
Holiday Shopping: "Shoppers, start your engines" -- Tips.
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Crime Fighting: "Despite Fewer Lockups, NYC Has Big Drop in Crime. Why?" -- Vera Institute is here.
..... - Women's Football: "New female football team takes its first steps"
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today: 8:30 PM - 1:30 AM. West End Reunion. BUF Center, West 7th & Central. $20. Tickets/info: Connie Anderson, (908) 757-8168 or Frank Coit, (712) 314-1443 or (908) 722-3498.
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: "Driver of minivan wasn't sober before fatal crash, officials say"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Devils Arena: "Arena projects to cost Newark extra $102.4M"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
A.C. Murders: "A chilling precedent"
Essex Fox Hounds Hunt: "Club enjoys dogged pursuit of tradition"
Open Space - OpEd, SL: "Preserve open space and Jersey's quality of life"
UMDNJ - NYT: "Latest Twist in a Scandal Hits a Medical School When It’s Down"
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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: Toles, Washington Post
Drug Imports: "Push likely for looser Rx drug import rules"
Impeachment: Elizabeth Holtzman: "The People's Case for Impeaching Bush" -- A four-term Congresswoman from NYC in the 1970s, Holtzman played a key role in the impeachment of Richard M. Nixon.Iran - SL: "Tehran to give U.N. inspectors a look at nuclear program files"
Iraq - NYT: "Sectarian Attack Worst in Baghdad Since US Invasion"
.......... - CN: "Lawmakers: Iraq should do more to govern itself"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Leftovers: "Left in the dark? Take the remnants of the feast and let the games begin" -- and some more recipes here and here.
Cellphone - Free Fun: "Free Services to Inspire Your Cellphone" -- Check Pinger out here.
Negative Income Tax: "The Other Milton Friedman: A Conservative With a Social Welfare Program"
Peace Corps: "Rewind to a time of commitment"
YouTube: "Police say video clips not full picture of arrests"
Obituary: "Betty Comden, Behind Musicals of Grace and Wit" -- as in
The Bronx is up and the Battery’s down,
The people ride in a hole in the ground,
New York, New York, It’s a helluva town.
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.*
*THANKSGIVING FOOTBALL: PLAINFIELD v. WESTFIELD, at HUB-STINE FIELD, 11 AM.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Help for turkeys"
Plain Talker: "Fee Increases Draw Fire Again"
PT Exclusive: "DCA awards Plainfield $900K 'extraordinary aid'; Hillside gets $1.5M"
McGreevey / Cipel: "The CBS Interview: Former Aide Disputes Gov.'s Claims" -- Cipel's website.
(Photo, Courier News)
Faith Bricks & Mortar: "Plainfield group celebrates latest extreme makeover"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Friday: 8:30 PM - 1:30 AM. West End Reunion. BUF Center, West 7th & Central. $20. Tickets/info: Connie Anderson, (908) 757-8168 or Frank Coit, (712) 314-1443 or (908) 722-3498.
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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. |....PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR....|
. |..Click HERE to get listing form..|
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NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
AC Murders - SL: "In A.C., portraits emerge of a killer and a victim"
..... - NYT: "So Close to the Glitter of Atlantic City, a Corridor of Death"
Bear Hunt - SL: "Court denies request to lift bear-hunt ban"
..... - NYT: "Court Lets Hunting Ban Stand"Charities: "N.J. charities put their faith and hope in stock market"
Deer: "Four-legged traffic grows on roads, too"
'Extraordinary Aid' Grants: "28 towns get property tax relief from $17.9M in grants"
HS Football: "Two tough towns, one great rivalry" -- Phillipsburg -Easton game will be broadcast nationally.
License Scanning: "License scanning is illegal, state says"
Poverty: "More city kids living in poverty"
Public Employee Salaries: "Public worker pay outpaces private sector"
Xanadu: "Colony and Mills complete Xanadu sale"
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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: Sheneman, Star-Ledger
Congress - SL: "Black Democrats likely to lead important House committees"
Genetically Engineered Grain - WP: "Firm Blames Farmers, 'Act of God' for Rice Contamination"
Hastert - NYT: "Hastert Scouts for House Role After 8 Years as Speaker"
Homeland Security - WP: "Report Finds DHS Lax on Contracting Procedures"
Iraq - NYT: "This Thanksgiving, Bush Team and Iraq Leaders Face Range of New Realities"
.......... - Withdrawal Effects? - SL: "The Ledger's Baghdad interviews"
Lobbyists - WP: "Democrats' Victory Is Felt On K Street"
Marine Corps - SL: "Marine Corps may need to grow, general says"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NY Times)
"Macy’s Parade Gets Tighter Weather Control Than Ever" -- Word is the balloons are a GO. Check it out on NBC or Telemundo, starting at 9 AM.
Native Americans & Elizabeth II: "Tribute to Mohegan chief delivers closure"
OJ: "O.J. says he did it -- the book deal, that is -- for 'blood money'"
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: "Improving your ESP"
Plain Talker: "Senior Center Approvals Expected", "Biz Registry Doesn't Register", "SID budget hearing tonight"
Development: "Hey, It Looks Just Like the Picture" -- Bait & switch is so common with developers that a project that ends up looking like its rendering earns a story in the NY Times. Beware!
Crime: "Gas station robbed by masked gunman" -- Shell station at Leland & South.
Letter - Veterans Memorial: Ginny Higgins: "Many thanks for memorial upgrade"
Electricity Bills: "Flaws Seen in Markets for Utilities" -- Why bills are so high? Check the chart.
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Jobs as Bribery: "Carneys Point mayor indicted, accused of trying to bribe opponent"
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today: 8 PM. Council Business Session. Courthouse/Council Chambers. Friday: 8:30 PM - 1:30 AM. West End Reunion. BUF Center, West 7th & Central. $20. Tickets/info: Connie Anderson, (908) 757-8168 or Frank Coit, (712) 314-1443 or (908) 722-3498.
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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. |....PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR....|
. |..Click HERE to get listing form..|
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Tom the Greengrocer: "Giving thanks: Eyes on the pies" -- Better hurry!
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Public Relations: "Newark hires 'image' consultant"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corruption & Reform:
..... - Elections: "Carneys Point mayor indicted in bribery case"
..... - Schools: "Paterson school exec gets prison for graft"
..... - Unions: "U.S. agents raid union offices led by key Jersey Dem Tom Giblin"..... - Utilities Authority: "Former Monmouth Utilities Authority chief accused of corruption"
..... - Reform: Tom Moran: "Setting the table for real reforms"
Driver Licenses: "Jersey drivers among few whose sight isn't retested"
Legislature: "Legislators hope to swipe out data collection by firms"
Lincoln Tunnel: "One-way Turnpike toll set for Lincoln Tunnel"
Racial Profiling: "ACLU: Troopers still profiling"
Serial Killer? - SL: "Fear on Atlantic City's fringes"
.......... - "In a glitzy resort, this is the side that no one talks about"..... - NYT: "Few Facts on 4 Women’s Bodies"
UMDNJ: "Top doctor put on leave, implicated in referrals scheme"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Proposals - SL: "20% property tax credit leads panel's list of proposals"
CN: "GOP blasts tax reform plans"
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Mike Lane, Cagle Cartoons
9/11 - USNewswire: "FBI ordered to correct disclosures on bin Laden family flights from US"
Class in America - OpEd, WSJ: Sen.-elect Jim Webb: "Class Struggle"
Domestic Spying - NYT: "'Talon' Project Documents Hold Tips on Antiwar Activities"
Iraq War - NYT: "U.S. Considers Raising Troop Levels in Iraq"
..... - CSM: "Rising price of the war on terror: $500B and counting"
..... - WP: "Flaws Cited in Effort To Train Iraqi Forces"
Iraq & Vietnam - MSNBC: "Olbermann: Lessons from the Vietnam War"
Military Tribunals - AP: "Former AG Janet Reno Files Challenge to Terror Law"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, Museum of the Moving Image. Elliott Gould,
Sally Kellerman and Donald Sutherland in "M*A*S*H, 1970.)Obituary: "Robert Altman, Iconoclastic Director" with filmography. -- M*A*S*H of course, and just recently A Prairie Home Companion.
Cellphones as Big Brother?: "Cellphone as Tracker: X Marks Your Doubts"
Product Warranties: "What warrants extra protection" -- and what DOESN'T.
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 - Rip-off: "Couple sells house that church gave them for free after Katrina"
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.*
