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The technology upgrade by Blogger, the service that hosts CLIPPINGS, means that we must say farewell to our old web address (http://plainfieldclippings.blogspot.com/) because the new CLIPS has a NEW web address (http://pclips.blogspot.com/).
PT finished up the last essential touches on New Year's Eve, and the new CLIPS is ready to roll.
If you subscribe to the CLIPS service (and why don't you?), your morning email will have the link to the new site.
The OLD site will remain active as an archive for all the material previously posted.
-- Dan Damon
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*NO MAIL TUESDAY owing to President Ford's funeral.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "PT finishing up tech touches"
Plain Talker: "Kwanzaa 2006", "2006 In Review"
Kwanzaa Celebration: "Cultural pride at city's Kwanzaa celebration"
First Unitarian Society: "Pizza party Jan. 19 at Unitarian Society"
Nubian Center: "Andrea Kee is honored by Nubian Center"
Obituary: "Larry Potts: Central Jersey author, musician"
Top Stories of 2006: "Pop Warner Team, Blanco get Honorable Mentions"
Demographics - NYT: "The Changing Face of the Suburbs"
Test Scores - NYT: County-by-County NJ 2006 Scores for Math and Language Arts. -- I have Union County loaded, but you can search for ANY county.
Real Estate - NYT: "
When a Seller Finances the Sale by Holding the Mortgage"
Libraries: "
Lawyer-turned-librarian hopes to save the planet, one act at a time"
Watch Night: "
Watch Night unites the faithful in hope for the new year"
-- Methodism's John Wesley borrowed a Moravian tradition. More on that here, and his service -- including the Moravian covenant prayer -- here. More on the African-American Watch Night tradition here.
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - ICE: "Stung in the Search for Work"
..... - Condo Rules: "When private property is a public matter"..... - Property Revaluation: "Happy holidays. Here's your new Montclair home assessment"..... - Charles Melillo: "State employees' benefits not to blame for state tax mess"
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
- Today: Dec. 31. 10 PM. Watch Night Service. First-Park and Shiloh Baptist churches will join together at Shiloh Baptist Church, 515 West 4th Street. FREE.
- Next Monday: Jan. 8. 8 PM. Council Reorganization. Council Chambers/Couthouse. East 4th & Watchung Avenue.
Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Council Reorganizations: "Municipalities poised to reorganize" -- 17 of 21 towns listed; not Plainfield, though it is in the Courier.
Elizabeth: "Sister Jacinta Fernandes: A force that feeds, clothes and houses the poor"
Rahway: "Mayor Kennedy's City Hall plan: Sell building"
A Central Jersey Round-Robin Meal: "From the Best Courses, an Ideal Meal"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
(Illustration, NY Times)
Newark Library: Exhibition: "Unexpected, Whimsical Finds in Government-Issued Works"
Homicides: "Surge in gunfire blamed for leap in Newark killings"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
(South Orange Performing Arts Center. Photo, NYTimes)
The Arts: "Around the Scene, a Whirl of Change"
The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, December 31, 2006"
Kean & Byrne on Corzine: "Summing up Corzine's first year"
Irving Fryar: "Ex-N.F.L. Star Now Hauls In Lost Souls"
Homeland Security: "Localities Operate 'Fusion Centers' To Pool Terror Data" -- Link to list of sites here.
Islam: "On a Hunterdon farm, visitors honor Abraham's sacrifice"
Towns: Jersey City: "They Don’t Make Passover Matzo Here in Jersey City Anymore"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Brian Fairrington, Cagle Cartoons
Anti-War Sentiment - Reuters: "U.S. death toll in Iraq seen spurring anti-war protests"
Military Sentiment - ArmyTimes: "Poll: More troops unhappy with Bush’s course in Iraq"
Iraq - Execution - NYT: "Hussein Video Grips Iraq; Attacks Go On"
.......... - Analysis - WP: "Hussein and the Bushes"
.......... - OpEd, Independent/UK: Robert Fisk: "A dictator created then destroyed by America" -- The unasked question: What about the other guilty men?
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Illustration, NY Times)
New Year's Resolutions: "Next Year, the Attic. (That Has a Familiar Ring to It.)"
Arts: "Creating Unusual Paints, and Teaching Artists How to Use Them" -- More on the form here, the firm here.
Gay in Kansas?: "In the Heartland and Out of the Closet"
House Museums: "Homes Sell, and History Goes Private"
Real Estate: "Battle of wills in the housing market dragging down the economy"
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 |
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