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Wednesday, July 12, 2006

12 - Wed - PT on griddle over post?... Seniors hear $15M proposal... Paving alert... Library's 125th...

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Plainfield Today: "PT on griddle over 'death threats' post?"
Plain Talker: "Seniors Hear $15 Million Center, Condo Proposal"

Public Library: "Library celebrating 125th anniversary this weekend"
Domestic Violence: "Program for domestic abuse victims is expanding" -- hoping to come to Plainfield?... Thought El Centro was fulfilling a grant Plainfield PD had in this regard...Hmmmmm.....
Red Cross: "Red Cross to discuss programs for future"
Road Work: "It's time for annual delays from repaving" -- In Plainfield, East 7th, from Roosevelt to Terrill is under way now

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Green/Moriarty/Sweeney Proposal & State Budget:
..... - Pay-to-play: Tom Moran: "Corzine sees 'pay to play' can apply to budgets, too"
..... - 'Christmas Tree' Items: Fran Wood: "'Christmas tree' is not just a grab bag"
..... - Editorial, CN: "Restoring worker pay the wrong response"
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Development: "Developer charges West Orange with violating fair proposal process"

Events for this week are here

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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Elizabeth: "Man sought in shots fired at 2 cops"
Piscataway - CN: "Halpers stand firm, refuse to leave farm"
..... - SL: "Despite a court order, Halpers remain on farm"
Sayreville: "Toxin found in drinking water in Sayreville"


BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________

Interview: Fran Wood: "Booker stumbles a bit but it's early yet"

Council: "Newark council to defer action on deals, overhaul bid process"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Corzine - Tax Reform - SL: "Corzine lays out agenda on property tax reform"
.......... - CN: "Governor's next fight: property tax reform"
..... - Cabinet: "Acting chiefs get education, corrections posts"
..... - Budget: "Budget 101: State erases Princeton aid"
..... - DYFS - SL: "Advocates cheer new state child aid agency"
.......... - NYT: "Corzine Makes Child Welfare a Cabinet Department"

1st Amendment Rights: "Newark police fire two for Web criticisms" -- Despite the oddly uninformative headline, this is an important story about the First Amendment rights of public employees to criticize their superiors -- including anonymously.
Dwek Affair: "FBI and IRS agents grab records at Deal Yeshiva"

Towns:

..... - Paterson - SL: "Probers say 6 cops tipped drug suspects about raids"
.......... - NYT: "Six Police Officers Charged With Protecting a Drug Ring"
..... - Tenafly: "Tenafly Ex-Councilman Gets Probation for Heroin Possession"
..... - Middletown: "Middletown school chief in hot seat over his job perks"
..... - Jersey City: "PATH riders to face anti-terror screening beginning today"
..... - Parsippany: "Police chief's $469K payout slammed"
..... - West Orange: "Developer charges township with violating fair proposal process"


Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Scandal Central:

..... - Plamegate - NYT: "Novak Told Prosecutor His Sources in Leak Case"
.......... - WP: "Novak Says He Named 3 Sources in Leak Case"

GI Bill - Cox News: "War veterans denied GI Bill benefits"
Gitmo Detainees - SL: "U.S. acknowledges rights of detainees under Geneva pact"
Online Gambling: "Online-bet crackdown advances to Senate"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

Author Interview: Robert Scheer: "Playing President: My Close Encounters with Nixon, Carter, Bush I, Reagan and Clinton- and How They Did Not Prepare Me for George W. Bush"

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.
Plainfiield 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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Tuesday, July 11, 2006

11 - Tue - Development: Parking... SID expansion... Murder No. 7... Sweeney objects to paying state workers...


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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________







Plainfield Today: "Development: Where the rubber meets the pavement"
Plain Talker: "SID Expansion Up Again"

Murder No. 7 - SL: "Man dies of gunshot to head in Plainfield; Failed drug deal thought"
Herman Austin - CN: "Happy ending: Missing man found in NYC" -- Ledger has a brief, in print edition only

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Green/Moriarty/Sweeney Proposal & State Budget:
..... - SL: "Governor: Sidelined workers to be paid; Sweeney objects"
.......... - Editorial: "Those state budget baubles"
.......... - Column: Paul Mulshine: "Corzine didn't lead; he lied"
.......... - Tax Reform: "Trenton puts off property tax reform"
.......... - Tuition Hikes: "Budget caps tuition hike for public colleges"
.......... - Agencies: "Tourette's agency aid restored in budget"
..... - CN: "Goodbye, shutdown! Hello, tax increases!"
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Contaminants: "Edison site under scrutiny for toxins -- again"
..... - Development: "Hat-making complex to become condos and arts space"
..... - Public Access TV: "Bringing public access into TV's 21st century"

Events for this week are here

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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Elizabeth, Edison: "Trio arrested with shirts worth $5,600 stolen at malls"

Edison: "Edison budget would hike taxes, spare cuts"
Edison: "Edison site under scrutiny for toxins -- again"
North Plainfield: "Barbers celebrate shop's 50th anniversary with benefit"
Piscataway -
CN: "Halpers defy eviction order"
..... - SL: "Halper farm family packs bags"
Roselle: "Roselle rejects joint policing plan, citing stretched force"


BOOKER TRANSITION________________________________________________________________________

100-Day Plan - SL: "Booker's 'ambitious' 100-day plan"
..... - NYT: "Booker Has Plan for Newark’s Reorganization"
..... - CN: "Booker unveils 100-day revival plan"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Corzine: State Budget stories are filed under Plainfield section

Medicaid: "Medicaid to cover Viagra purchases again, N.J. decides"
National Guard: "State pares Guard units heading to border duty"
Real Estate: "Home sales slowing in North Jersey"

Towns:

..... - Jersey City: "U.S. to Test Security Devices at PATH Station"
..... - Passaic: "Ailing Passaic medical center files for Chapter 11 protection"
..... - Chatham: "Artificial turf given a go in Chatham"
..... - Orange: "Hat-making complex to become condos and arts space"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Bush - SL: E.J. Dionne: "Post-Bush GOP has a fight on its hands"

Condi in '08? - SL: "With or without her, fans of Rice for president soldier on"

Domestic spying - SL: "U.S. tells judge a trial over wiretaps would endanger security"
Immigration - NYT: "Florida Mayor Turns to an Immigration Curb to Fix a Fading City"
Jefferson Case - SL: "Judge supports search of congressional office"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________















Dell Laptops: "Dell's Exploding Computer and Other Image Problems" and the original story
Public Access TV: "Bringing public access into TV's 21st century"

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.
Plainfiield 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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Monday, July 10, 2006

10 - Mon - TW3: Week's digest... Murder No. 7... Legislators may lose seats for budget opposition...

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Since the Green / Moriarty / Sweeney proposal has helped ignite the state budget debate, all State Budget stories will be posted in the Plainfield section for the duration. -- Dan


PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "TW3: Jul 2 - 9, 2006 - Digest of past week's news" -- check back after 10 AM

Murder No. 7 - CN: "Police continue to probe city murder"

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Green/Moriarty/Sweeney Proposal & State Budget:
..... - SL: "Shutdown leaves a bitter aftertaste"
.......... - Public Reaction: "Jerseyans hit the beaches and blast politicians"
..... - HeraldNews: "Choosing sides may cost legislator her seat"
..... - PoliticsNJ: "A primary for Caraballo for opposing Corzine?"
..... - CN: "Corzine held firm, showed courage during budget fight, politicos say"
..... - Courier Post: "Assembly OKs sales tax hike by 1 vote; Green votes aye?"
..... - Bergen Record: "Lawmaker squares off with labor"
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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___________________________________________________________________________

Scotch Plains: "NJ man home after ordeal in Sierra Leone"


BOOKER TRANSITION________________________________________________________________________

Crime: "Newarkers welcome Booker's emphasis on reducing crime" -- In a televised interview Sunday, Booker said that even though he had received death threats it was the obligation of public officials to speak out about crime and to reassure residents about what is being done to protect them


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Corzine: See State Budget stories in Plainfield section
Menendez/Kean Race: "Kean hopes state shutdown residue sticks to Menendez"

Gay/Lesbian Politics: "Profile: Steven Goldstein, boyish face of NJ's gay and lesbian politics"
..... - Gay Marriage: "N.J. gay couples hope old law is made obsolete"
Gypsy Moths: "A sea of damaged trees"

Towns:

..... - The Chathams: "Chathams debate artificial turf plan"
..... - Jersey City: "Trump doubtful on prospects for second Jersey City tower"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Bush - SL: "Legislator on 'Fox News Sunday': Bush may have broken law"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________















Anonymous Four: "Vocal group moves from chant to Americana"
Brain Injury Rehab: "Beyond rehab at Opportunity Project's door"
Health: "Cardiologists urge wider testing that could reduce heart-attack risks"
Slavery Reparations: "Trend grows to make amends for slavery"

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.
Plainfiield 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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Sunday, July 09, 2006

09 - Sun - Murder No. 7... A Burned-Over District album... Budget settled, fallout coming?... DeFilippo on benefits...

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Since the Green / Moriarty / Sweeney proposal has helped ignite the state budget debate, all State Budget stories will be posted in the Plainfield section for the duration. -- Dan


PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________













(First Baptist Church, Fredonia, NY, where the WCTU was born)
Plainfield Today: "A Burned-Over District album"
Plain Talker: "Another Homicide" and the update "Homicide No. 7"

Murder No. 7: "Plainfield man shot, killed in hallway"
Herman Austin: "Family hopes TV exposure will lead to missing man"

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(Assembly members watch vote tallies -- Photo, NY Times)
Green/Moriarty/Sweeney Proposal & State Budget:
..... - SL: "Long night's journey to budget"
.......... - Analysis: "How a budget dispute became a brawl"
.......... - The Auditor: "Sunday, July 09, 2006" -- Budget gossip
.......... - Editorial: "Next up: Property taxes"
.......... - Casinos: "Slots whir, horses rush, and all is well again in world of chance"
.......... - Sales Tax: "For Jersey shoppers, nowhere to run"
.......... - Florio Q&A: "The ghost of budgets past"
..... - CN: "Trenton tax hikes hit drivers, smokers"
.......... - Editorial: "Budget deal leaves some glasses half empty"
.......... - Analysis: "Democrats now weigh fallout from budget feud"
.......... - Speaking Out: Charlotte DeFilippo: "Corporate America shirks benefits duties"
..... - NYT: "Corzine Ends Shutdown and Approves New Budget"
..... - Record: Lawrence Aaron: "N.J. Democrats get full measure of their governor"
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Management: "Baltimore's CitiStat system keeps tabs on OT, complaints"
..... - Development: "A connected firm steers S. Amboy's revitalization"

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
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Bound Brook: "Bound Brook bar may lose liquor license"
Metuchen: "Raids leave gaps in a thriving Indonesian community"
New Providence: "Murray Hill Square: The village too quaint to die"
Scotch Plains: "Uprooted trees upset neighbors"
South Amboy: "A connected firm steers S. Amboy's revitalization"
Westfield: "6 decades later, a former POW's service honored"


BOOKER TRANSITION________________________________________________________________________










(Photo, NY Times)
Analysis - NYT: "Mayor Booker's First Week Inspires Hope in Newark"
Management: "Newark learns from Baltimore; System keeps tabs on OT, complaints"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Legislature: "UMDNJ reforms, other bills approved"

Towns:

..... - West Orange: "Revitalization effort has been revived once again"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Bush - SL: John Farmer: "An insecure legal footing for securing the nation"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

Health: "Uncertified medicines a 'serious' safety issue"
Immigrants: "When friends become foes in the immigration fight"
Mortgages: "The Growing Problem of Fraud"
Newark Museum: "Uche Okeke: Modern Artist With Roots in African Tradition"
Preservation: "Edison's 'Glenmont' at Llewellyn Park Reopens for Viewing"
Real Estate: "Adjusting to a Buyer's Market"

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.
Plainfiield 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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