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PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Chief Santiago: "Mayor removes Santiago from post pending outcome of lawsuit"
PHS Athletes - OpEd, CN: Allen McPherson: "Plainfield athletes need ways to show pride"
Redevelopment: "Plainfield to review plan for North Avenue redevelopment area"
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Edison: "Edison televises Planning Board meeting"
Middlesex County: "$344 million county budget shows another tax rate cut"
....... Union County goes up. Middlesex goes down. What am I missing?
Roselle MIA: "Long-awaited find brings little solace; Family had their closure years ago"
South Plainfield: "No drugs found in High School search by dogs during 2-hour lockdown"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine - SL: "Labor boss rips Corzine proposal to borrow for Transportation Fund"
............... - "Corzine sides with drivers against speed traps"
..... - CN: "Residents may bear higher N.J. fees, taxes"
............... - Editorial: "Transportation refinancing plan would echo past mistakes"
Gay Marriage - SL: "Outside court, a respectful clash"
..... - CN: "Outside courtroom, gay marriage demonstrations mix like oil and water"
..... - NYT: "N.J. State Court Deliberates Issue of Gay Marriage"Human Services: "Ryan adds 3 directors to round out team"
Medicare: "N.J. details drug failures: missing names, dead on list among issues"
Newark Airport: "Security group calls for adding cameras, educating public"
Newark Housing Authority:
..... - SL: "Housing authority faulted on U.S. aid; Auditors say $7M should be returned"
..... - NYT: "U.S. Demands Newark Return $6.9 Million in Housing Aid"
Newark: "Condo owners resisting Commerce Bank plan"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - UPI: "Whistleblower says NSA has 2nd program, violations bigger..... - Plamegate - Truthgate: "Gonzales Withholding Plame Emails"
.......... - AP: "Cheney Says He Has Power to Declassify Info"
..... - Torture - NYT: "EU Seeks CIA Info on Secret Prisons"
Cheney Hunting Accident:
..... - Editor & Publisher: "Shooting from the Lip: Transcript of Cheney Interview"
..... - AP: "Cheney Refuses to Back Down on Timing of News Release"
.......... - Analysis, LAT: "Shoot a Pal, Complain About the Press"
..... - E&P: "Journalists On Shooting Story List Unanswered Questions"
.......... So many unanswered questions, suspicions of a coverup gain traction
..... - AP: "Cheney Could Face Charges in Shooting"
China - CSM: "Senior Chinese officials slam Communist Party censorship"
Enron - Fortune: "Enron's 'goofy' accounting"
Iran - AP: "Rice Outlines White House Approach on Iran"
Kushner: "Developer set to leave jail: FBI suspects Kushner lied to get out"
Lobbying: "Lobbyist Attends Private GOP Meeting"
Terrorism - AP: "Saddam Reportedly Warned U.S. of Terrorism in mid-'90s"US Military Strategy - Guardian/UK: "America's Long War"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
A Cautionary Tale: "Torch was used on gutters started Middletown mansion fire"
....... More than one Plainfield home has gone up in smoke under similar circumstances.
....... Heat guns and torches are dangerous to your home.
Fighting Crime - Guns: "New York and other cities turn up heat on gun dealers"
Gardening: "Camellias come north"
Marketing: "How they know what you like before you do"
Suburbs - SL: "Report: 64 locales just outside cities are in peril of decay"
..... - NYT: "'First' Suburbs Growing Older and Poorer, Report Warns"
.......... Seven of the 64 counties studied are in NJ
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Response: "Chertoff Admits Katrina Response Fumbled"
..... - NYT: "Senators Assail Chertoff's Job Handling Katrina"
..... - SL: "Chertoff adminst failures".......... - Timeline: "Tracking the failures, from levees to government"
ABBREVIATIONS 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 | TT - Trenton Times | *
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PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
Helen Miller: Viewing today, 4 - 7 pm. Rose of Sharon Church, 825 West 7th Street.
A celebration of her life at 7 pm. Don't even think of parking in the church's lot!
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "The Great Blizzard of '06"
Plain Talker: "Bonaparte Gets Topeka Top Job"
Letter to the Editor, CN: Joe Gutenkauf: "Enough! Just let the mayor serve"
New Calendar Events: February 21 and 28
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Cranford: "As the Rahway River chokes on silt, Cranford looks for answers"
Elizabeth: "Making a case for a new school site"
Newark Archdiocese: "Archdiocese names Hanbury new schools chief, looks at closings"
Roselle: "Roselle officer among four whose Vietnam-era remains are found in Laos"
Roselle Park: "EPA, other agencies holding an 'availability' today on ballfield lead levels"
Scotch Plains: "Hunters bag 75 deer in effort to thin the herd"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Fiscal situation - SL: "Advocates for needy urge Corzine to help"
..... - CN: "State warned against cutting off poor"
............ The Antipoverty Network's website is here
Gay Marriage: "Backers of gay marriage rally amid hope on key court case"
..... - Editorial, CN: "Lawmakers, not court, should make call on gay marriage"
Highlands: "Tax refunds okayed for 4 towns; Property owners lost right to develop land"
McGuire AFB: "New McGuire projects a cause to celebrate"
Medical School: "Plan for Touro medical school is brought back to life"
Newark 2006 Mayoral Race:
..... - Booker - Column, SL: Tom Moran: "Round two: Booker jabs, but James stays low"
..... - James - Column, SL: Joan Whitlow: "The mayor boasts like a man in the race"
Parsippany: "Ex-court clerk admits stealing $745 in fines, faces year in jail"
Sayreville: "Council expands redevelopment agency; Agency threatens suit"
Schools Construction Corp.: David Sciarra: "A rebuilt school construction plan"
Statehouse: "$1.2 million upgrade to make Statehouse more secure"
West Orange - SL: "No joke, W. Orange charges cop-comic"
..... - NYT: "Sergeant's Raunchy Comedy Puts Police Career at Risk"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - WP: "Bush Budget Would Cut Popular Health Programs"
Scandal Central:
..... - Abramoff - LAT: "Abramoff Bragged of Ties to Rove"
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - Reuters: "American Bar Association slams Bush on eavesdropping"
.......... - VillageVoice: Nat Hentoff: "The War on Privacy has changed our way of life"
.......... - WP: "White House in full court press to stop probe of NSA spying"
Cheney Hunting Accident:
..... - NYT: "Handling of Mishap Creates Strain in the White House"
.......... - "Account of Doctors Raises Questions on Heart Injury"
................. 'Shotgun basics' graphic is here
.......... - "Whittington: A Red-Stater Even Before There Was Such a Thing"
.......... - "Hunter Shot by Cheney Suffers Mild Heart Attack"
..... - WP: "Cheney's Response A Concern In GOP"
..... - Editor & Publisher: 3:40 PM Tues. "McClellan fails to tell press about victim's heart attack"
................includes transcript of the back-and-forth between reporters and McClellan
.......... - 5:30 PM Tues.: "Ari Fleischer Joins Criticism Of Cheney's Response to Shooting"
Asbestos Victim Fund: "Asbestos lobby beats back bill, for now"
Oil Companies - NYT: "U.S. Has Royalty Plan to Give Windfall to Oil Companies"
Iraq - NYT: "If War’s Virtues May Be Debatable, the Profits Aren’t"
.......... - "Quick Rise for Lincoln Group, Purveyors of Propaganda in Iraq"
..................Rise built in part on exaggerated claims about capabilities and connections
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Advertising: "Madison Avenue's 30-Second Spot Remover"
Curling, the sport: "Wicks? Skips? Decoding the curious sport of curling"
........ And you do know about the Plainfield Curling Club, right? Here.
A 'dead pool' for Boomers?: "Mortality test gives the odds you're good for 4 more years"
ABBREVIATIONS 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 | TT - Trenton Times | *
* PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Where new New Jerseyans come from"
Plain Talker: "Senior Center Questions Still Unanswered"
Courier, Page 1: "Plainfield artist's work hits the big time; Mijares does NJT murals"
Muhlenberg [2nd item]: "Muhlenberg joins Aetna insurance network"
Obituary - SL: "Helen Miller, iron-willed official"
....... Wherein her age is revealed.
Quiz: Identify the Plainfield street misidentified in this Courier New 'Picture story'
CN, Print only: Community pullout section has a front-page and centerfold story about
Plainfielder Barbara Gadegbeku, whose workshops inspire confidence and empower
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Berkeley Heights: "Berkeley Heights blitzes Jets to relocate"
Elizabeth: "Board pushes for vocational school; presses city to rescind land sale"
Perth Amboy: "Refinery allegedly slated for terrorist attack no longer exists"
Raritan Boro: "Theft by mayor a call for change; Doing business on trust isn't acceptable"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Boating: "N.J. boaters on deck for certification June 1"
..... - "How do I get boater certified?"
Eminent Domain: "Little Ferry 'planner shopping' moves stir critics' ire"
Gay Marriage: "Gay marriage debate culminates at N.J. high court"
..... - "Many diverse 'friend of the court' briefs reflect national interest"
Real Estate: "Home inspection licensing changes get mixed reaction"
State Parks: "State parks repair is an entirely green issue, as in $$$"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
..... - Abramoff: "Foe of Endangered Species Act on Defensive Over Abramoff"..... - Plamegate - SL: "Cheney told to quit if he ordered leak"
Cheney Hunting Accident:
..... - NYT: "No End to Questions in Hunting Accident"
.......... - A timeline of how the news trickled out is here
..... - WP: "White House Deferred to Cheney; Accident Not Disclosed for 14 Hours"
.......... - Analysis by another Hunter: "News of Misfire Hits A Fellow Hunter Where It Hurts"
.......... - Companion piece: "After Cheney's Shooting Incident, Time to Unload"
..... - LAT: "Cheney Lacked $7 Hunting Credential"
.......... - Shooting Accident Report is here [PDF]
..... - SL: "White House faults victim; Hunting experts not so quick to absolve VP"
.......... - The Victim: "Wounded hunter an insider in GOP circles"
'Don't Ask, Don't Tell': "Policy Costs More Than Expected; Ban Seen in Budget Terms"
Iran - Truthout: "Who Will Blow the Whistle Before We Attack Iran?"
..... - Guardian/UK: "Thousands would die in US strikes on Iran, says study"
..... - Boston Globe: "Iran is prepared to retaliate, experts warn"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Cars: "Small is the new Big: New generation of fuel-efficient cars is on its way"
Health: "Studies find asthma's harm rising fastest among blacks"
Immigration Courts: "Judges told: Be respectful; Probe on reports of abuse from bench"
School Security: "State developing threat guide to address chronic dilemma"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Response - CSM: "Bush's role as protector in chief under fire after reports of missteps"
.......... - SL: "2 officials tell Katrina critics: Move on"
..... - Ripoffs and Waste: "Misused Katrina aid amounts to millions"
ABBREVIATIONS 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 | TT - Trenton Times | *
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PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
MIA: As I said yesterday, I like to check the print editions. There were two Ledger stories in
print but not online. Westfield cop and Plainfield resident Sandy Chambers was penalized
by an independent moderator with the loss of 15 vacation days for fixing a ticket issued
to her son. The other concerns skullduggery afoot in Hillside, involving that town's first
Black woman mayor. The article was typed up by reader JK, to whom many thanks,
and is posted on Plainfield Today.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Star-Ledger: Recall or resignation the talk of Hillside"
....... This story in yesterday's Ledger was not online. Thanks to reader JK, who typed it up.
Obituary: "Helen M. Miller, former Plainfield councilwoman"
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Middlesex Co.: "Bus ad sales gain ground; officials hope to offset cost of Senior shuttles"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Blizzard of '06:
..... - SL: "Jersey, New York shovel out as record snowfall puts region on ice"
............ The Ledger has a gallery of photos here
..... - CN: "Snowstorm blasts state, cuts power to thousands"
..... - NYT: "Wind and Snow Strike 14 States; Record Accumulation in N.Y."
Medicare/Medicaid: "Glitches afflict drug program for elderly, disabled"
Toxic Emissions: "Bush plan would roll back reporting of toxics for 100 N.J. firms"
Welfare: "Jersey's welfare extensions are ending; Those still jobless fearing the future"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
..... - Abramoff - Time: "First Photo of Bush and Abramoff"
.......... - NYT: "Photograph Shows Lobbyist at Bush Meeting With Legislators"
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - SL: "Key GOP lawmaker doubts worth of Bush surveillance program"
Cheney: "Cheney Shoots Fellow Hunter in Mishap on a Texas Ranch"
Iraq - NYT: "The Wounded: Healing, With New Limbs and Fragile Dreams"
..... - Runup to War - LAT: "Book Casts Doubt on Case for War"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Condo Construction: "Concrete Condos Promise Quiet in Hoboken"
Home Ownership/Medicaid Rule: "New Medicaid Rules on Home Ownership"
Judaism: "Reform Jews Hope to Unmix Mixed Marriages"
Obituary: "Peter Benchley, author of 'Jaws'"
Real Estate: "For Men, a Fear of Commitment"
....... Chart from National Association of Realtors data is here
Western Union: "Dot-Dot-Dot, Dash-Dash-Dash, No More"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Response: "House report on Katrina singles out Homeland Security, Chertoff"
..... - Mardi Gras: "Big Easy ushers in Mardi Gras; Floats take swipes at Katrina, politicians"
ABBREVIATIONS 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 | TT - Trenton Times | *
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PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
Flying 'on instruments' today, gang. Have you looked out the window? I always check the
online articles against the print edition -- you can't tell the relative importance the editors
assign stories from the online editions very well, and of course there's always the stuff
that never gets online. But I don't plan to budge from the house just yet.....Dan
..... "We're in for a 'classic,' storm forecaster says"
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Belafonte's film masterpiece 'Odds Against Tomorrow' shows at Library"
Plain Talker: "Bonaparte's Topeka Contract Unveiled"
PHS Basketball: "Free-throw shooter No. 2: Anthony Nelson, Plainfield junior guard"
.......... Related story: "Following through: Free-throw shooting"
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Bedminster: "Bedminster committeeman faces recall effort"
Edison: "McGreevey aides Taffet and Levinsohn now in real estate"
Franklin Twp.: "Affordable housing plan generates an outcry"
.......Council makes back-door deals, subverts Planning Board, political donors make out...
Jayson Williams: "Limo driver's sister waits for news on retrial for ex-NBA star"
Piscataway: "Neighbor vows to stop Korean church in her residential neighborhood"
Scotch Plains: "Unbridled ire for zoo plan; allegation it's a for-profit business"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, February 12, 2006"
Menendez: "Menendez chides Bush budget plan"
Codey on Budget: "$800M revenue boost makes it just 'gloom,' Codey says of shortfall"
Courts: "State appellate court gets its 1st black woman judge, Paulette Sapp-Peterson"
Hockey Gambling Scandal - "The jock, the cop, the mob, the bets"
..... - Bergen Record: "Six more troopers heard on wiretaps"
.......... Why would Rick Fuentes even bother to say no one had bet on their own games?
..... - OpEd, Ledger: "Placing bets on hypocrisy"
Holocaust Studies: "Diary of a Teenage Hit - 'Anne Frank' at Paper Mill"
Katrina Flim-flam: "2 milked strangers' kindness, police say"
Lead Abatement: "$20M in lead funding at risk; State slow on abatement programs"
Newark: "Booker keeps promise to run again for mayor; March 16 deadline for Sharpe"
..... - Subway: "Newark hopes extension sparks downtown renaissance"
..... - OpEd, SL: Joan Whitlow: "Is this any way to inspect Newark's houses?"
Orange: "Former hat factory to house condos, artist studios and retail space"
.......... Now here's an interesting concept...
Paterson: "Paterson, the Yellowstone of the East?"
Readington: "Hindu temple would be 4 within one"
Same-sex Marriage: "Marriage test heads to Supreme Court; Suit seeks to expand definition"
..... - Related story: "The race factor in the battle over same-sex marriage"
Xanadu - Meadowlands Development: "Trouble in Paradise"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
..... - Abramoff - AP: "Three More Lawmakers Linked to Abramoff"
.......... - LAT: "Used nonprofits to evade taxes, pad pockets, bribe officials"
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - NYT: "Attention in Spying Debate Turns to Telecom Industry"
Free Speech - Progressive: "VA Nurse Investigated for “Sedition” for Criticizing Bush"
Iraq War Runup - Foreign Affairs: "Intelligence, Policy,and the War in Iraq"
....... A devastating critique by a former senior Middle East analyst and Bush appointee,
....... in America's most prestigious foreign policy publication.
Medicare - SL: "How Medicare drug plan went wrong; Crafted behind closed doors"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Crime: "Violent Crime Rising Sharply in Some Cities"
....... and a chart of various cities' homicide rates, 2000-2005, is here
(Home) Elevators: "For the upwardly mobile, elevators make the home"
........ Coming soon to neighborhoods near you?
Environment: "'What would Jesus drive?' Drew grad leads 'creation care' campaign"
Real Estate: "Can you afford to live in New Jersey?"
Religious Fundraising: "Religious Institutions Try Innovative Fund-Raisers"
Search Engines and China: "Search engines deny complicity in China censorship"
Senior Housing: "East Orange Seniors only housing problematic; disabled taking more spots"
ABBREVIATIONS 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 | TT - Trenton Times | *
