PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Decree blots Plainfield reputation"
Firefighting Consent Decree - Editorial, SL: "Diversity program has yet to catch fire"
Plainfield-Egypt Connection: "Plainfield teen is a burgeoning Egyptologist"
Queen City Academy: "ACLU says Central Jersey schools keeping tabs on immigrant students"
Letter: Rosalie Maimone: "ACLU stifling true religious freedom"
Drugs, Gun [2nd item]: "Two Plainfield men arrested in Berkeley Heights traffic stop"
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Real Estate: "Offering Prizes to New-Home Buyers"
..... - Schools: "Schools illegally request proof of immigration status"
..... - Police Pay: "Paychecks for police run ahead of the pack"
..... - Eminent Domain: "Bloomfield can't take private property for condos, court says"
..... - NJAH Auction: "NJ Affordable properties on block next month"
Events for this week are here
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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___________________________________________________________________________
Cryan: "Lawmaker repays Pru $1,200 for gifts, including PGA tickets"
Elizabeth: "Prosperity on the rise for Elizabeth immigrants"
New Brunswick: "Health benefits key in RWJ job action"
Perth Amboy: "Drive-by shooting leaves three wounded in Perth Amboy"
Scotch Plains/Fanwood: "Schools get ball rolling on sports field renovations"
Union Twp.: "Flags fly high at celebrations of independence"
Warren: "Bon Jovi keyboard player donates $100K to Warren-based foundation"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Income: "Census shows median income increased almost 14%"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Census 2005 Updaate: "Wealthiest state, but lots to keep an eye on"
..... - Immigrants: "The success of a home cleaner reflects the immigration boom"
..... - Income: "Paychecks for police run ahead of the pack"
..... - Commuting: "Trading sleep to beat housing costs and traffic"
Menendez / Kean Race: Rebovich: "Ethics and innuendo dominate Senate campaign"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
School Funding - CN: "Corruption queries cloud Union City schools hearing"
..... - SL: "Legislators hold up Union City as example of good, bad in school funding"
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Atlantic City: "Council president, two others to face federal charges"
Poll, Fairleigh Dickinson/PublicMind: "Most in NJ say country on wrong track"
Schering-Plough: "Schering-Plough to admit guilt, pay $435M fine in fraud probe"
Towns:
..... - Princeton: "Big gift makes Princeton center for study of Irish theater"
..... - Atlantic Highlands: "Boating on the Bay, and Ogling the City Across It"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
2006 Elections - CQPolitics: "Democrats Now Favored to Take Over DeLay’s Old Seat"
Corp for Public Broadcasting - NYT: "Official Misused Office by Hiring of Friend" -- Tsk, tsk...would never happen in Plainfield.
Plamegate - WP: "First Source of C.I.A. Leak Admits Role"
..... - Truthout: "Robert Novak and the Perfect Stranger" -- Like an onion, you peel one layer after another.
Rumsfeld - WP: "Rumsfeld Assails Critics of War Policy"
Whistle-Blowing: "On YouTube, Workers Can Push Issues"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NY Times)
Music: "Web Guitar Wizard Revealed at Last" -- Pachelbel's Canon as Rock virtuosity -- catch it here.
Polling, A Guide: "Precisely False vs. Approximately Right" -- and comment by The Mystery Pollster.
Sex Education: "When Sex Goes To School: Sex Education Since the 60s"
SATs: "A tougher test cited for drop in SAT totals"
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 Today: "Decree blots Plainfield reputation"
Firefighting Consent Decree - Editorial, SL: "Diversity program has yet to catch fire"
Plainfield-Egypt Connection: "Plainfield teen is a burgeoning Egyptologist"
Queen City Academy: "ACLU says Central Jersey schools keeping tabs on immigrant students"
Letter: Rosalie Maimone: "ACLU stifling true religious freedom"
Drugs, Gun [2nd item]: "Two Plainfield men arrested in Berkeley Heights traffic stop"
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Real Estate: "Offering Prizes to New-Home Buyers"
..... - Schools: "Schools illegally request proof of immigration status"
..... - Police Pay: "Paychecks for police run ahead of the pack"
..... - Eminent Domain: "Bloomfield can't take private property for condos, court says"
..... - NJAH Auction: "NJ Affordable properties on block next month"
Events for this week are here
. x----------------------------------x
. |....PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR....|
. |..Click HERE to get listing form..|
. x----------------------------------x
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___________________________________________________________________________
Cryan: "Lawmaker repays Pru $1,200 for gifts, including PGA tickets"
Elizabeth: "Prosperity on the rise for Elizabeth immigrants"
New Brunswick: "Health benefits key in RWJ job action"
Perth Amboy: "Drive-by shooting leaves three wounded in Perth Amboy"
Scotch Plains/Fanwood: "Schools get ball rolling on sports field renovations"
Union Twp.: "Flags fly high at celebrations of independence"
Warren: "Bon Jovi keyboard player donates $100K to Warren-based foundation"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Income: "Census shows median income increased almost 14%"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Census 2005 Updaate: "Wealthiest state, but lots to keep an eye on"
..... - Immigrants: "The success of a home cleaner reflects the immigration boom"
..... - Income: "Paychecks for police run ahead of the pack"
..... - Commuting: "Trading sleep to beat housing costs and traffic"
Menendez / Kean Race: Rebovich: "Ethics and innuendo dominate Senate campaign"
____________________
Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
School Funding - CN: "Corruption queries cloud Union City schools hearing"
..... - SL: "Legislators hold up Union City as example of good, bad in school funding"
____________________
Atlantic City: "Council president, two others to face federal charges"
Poll, Fairleigh Dickinson/PublicMind: "Most in NJ say country on wrong track"
Schering-Plough: "Schering-Plough to admit guilt, pay $435M fine in fraud probe"
Towns:
..... - Princeton: "Big gift makes Princeton center for study of Irish theater"
..... - Atlantic Highlands: "Boating on the Bay, and Ogling the City Across It"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
2006 Elections - CQPolitics: "Democrats Now Favored to Take Over DeLay’s Old Seat"
Corp for Public Broadcasting - NYT: "Official Misused Office by Hiring of Friend" -- Tsk, tsk...would never happen in Plainfield.
Plamegate - WP: "First Source of C.I.A. Leak Admits Role"
..... - Truthout: "Robert Novak and the Perfect Stranger" -- Like an onion, you peel one layer after another.
Rumsfeld - WP: "Rumsfeld Assails Critics of War Policy"
Whistle-Blowing: "On YouTube, Workers Can Push Issues"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NY Times)
Music: "Web Guitar Wizard Revealed at Last" -- Pachelbel's Canon as Rock virtuosity -- catch it here.
Polling, A Guide: "Precisely False vs. Approximately Right" -- and comment by The Mystery Pollster.
Sex Education: "When Sex Goes To School: Sex Education Since the 60s"
SATs: "A tougher test cited for drop in SAT totals"
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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