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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "What's the harm in a little (d)emocracy in Roselle?"
Crime: "Car chase ends with arrest of Plainfield man in Manville"
Dog killings: "Cops search for pit bulls after two dogs killed"
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Basement beds/bedrooms: "Residents decry ban on beds in basements" -- In Plainfield, too???
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today: 10 AM. Mayor's monthly meeting with Seniors. Senior Center. Q&A. Open to the public.
..... - 7:30 PM. Council Agenda Session. City Hall Library. The Public may speak.
Thursday: 7 PM. Abbott School Funding Forum. Washington School. David Sciarra speaking. Refreshments. Free. -- Taxpayers will want to attend. Are tax increases in store for next year?
..... - 8 PM. Council Business Session. Courtroom. The Public may speak.
Friday: 8 PM. Organ Recital. Crescent Avenue Church. $25. Info: 756-2468. -- Olivier Latry, Titular Organist, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris.
Hispanic Heritage Month Events Online Calendar: English and Spanish.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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NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Housing Cost: "Jersey's high cost of housing tops nation"
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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____________________________________________________________________________
Foley Resignation - NYT: "G.O.P. Tries to Limit Damage in Foley Case"
..... - "Democrats See a Chance to Turn the Tables"
Woodward Book - NYT: "Records Show Tenet Briefed Rice on Al Qaeda Threat"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
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(Illustration, NY Times)
Passports: "New Passport Rules May Mean Delays"
Real Estate - Debt Ratios: "Across Nation, Housing Costs Rise as Burden"
..... - Sales: "The Toughest Critics Are the Smallest"
.......... - "Sweetening the Pot for Home Buyers" -- How about a leased Mercedes for a year?
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_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "The state of information - Mis-, Dis-, and Non-"
Black Issues Convention: "Black Issues Convention in Franklin on Thursday"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today: Yom Kippur observed. No Council meeting.
Tomorrow: 10 AM. Mayor's monthly meeting with Seniors. Senior Center. Q&A. Open to the public.
..... - 7:30 PM. Council Agenda Session. City Hall Library. The Public may speak.
Thursday: 7 PM. Abbott School Funding Forum. Washington School. David Sciarra speaking. Refreshments. Free. -- Taxpayers will want to attend. Are tax increases in store for next year?
..... - 8 PM. Council Business Session. Courtroom. The Public may speak.
Hispanic Heritage Month Events Online Calendar: English and Spanish.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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BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Essex County Jail: "Essex jail has housing crisis"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race - CN: "Menendez gets nods from Corzine, Sen. Lautenberg"
..... - PolitcsNJ: Rebovich: "Kean on corruption and standing up for NJ"
..... - Debates - NYT: "2 Unknown Quantities, Facing Each Other"
Bryant Investigation: "Bryant questioned anew, this time over county job"
NJ Minimum Wage: "Bottom line in Jersey: A new minimum wage"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Let taxpayers decide? - Editorial, SL: "Revolutionary tax proposal"
Pension Reform: "Public workers await outcome of legislative pension debate"
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Towns: Weehawken: "Waterfront Development Tests New Jersey’s Handling of Toxic Dumps"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Cagle, MSNBC
9/11 Commission - NYT: "9/11 Panel Members Weren’t Told of Tenet Meeting With Condi"
Detainee Memo - NYT: "Detainee Memo Created Divide in White House"
Foley Resignation - WP: "GOP Leader Reynolds Rebuts Hastert, Says He Knew of E-Mails in Spring"
..... - Hastert Reacts - AP: "Hastert seeks Foley e-mails probe"
..... - Who knew when?: "G.O.P. Aides Knew in Late ’05 of E-Mail"
..... - FBI: "F.B.I. Looking Into E-Mails From Foley"
..... - Foley: "Foley Built Career as Protector of Children"
..... - The Page Program: "House’s Program for Teenagers Is No Stranger to Scandal"
Colin Powell Book - WP Mag: "Falling on His Sword: His most significant moment turned out to be his lowest"
..... - NYT: "Powell Tried to Warn Bush on Iraq, Book Says"
Lebanon - SL: "Hezbollah: Israel's pullout incomplete"
War on Terrorism - OpEd, NYT: Richard Clarke: "Blinded by Hindsight" -- How can we recreate the unity we had immediately after 9/11? Some suggestions.
Woodward Excerpt (2) - WP: "Rumsfeld: Should He Stay?"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Civil Rights: "Ole Miss dedicates monument to James Meredith, who ended segregation"
Facebook: "Facebook's cool factor melts in a makeover"
Health: "Doctors cautious on testing for HIV"
Mob / Al Qaeda Link?: "FBI investigating mob ties to al Qaeda" -- Via weapons?
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_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Plainfield Remembers 9/11: Pix going up"
211 Service: "In case of disaster, N.J. says, dial 211" -- And 911 for emergencies. Got that?
McGreevey: "McGreevey signs books for Bridgewater admirers"
Muhlenberg Nursing School: "With new school, Muhlenberg aims to ease nurse shortage"
..... - Donors: "Snyder family's charity made dream real"
..... - Student: "Muhlenberg helps single parent attain goal"
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Development: "City redevelopment agency boots director, attorney"
..... - Inspectors: "Inspectors pile up jobs, paydays" -- and PLAINFIELD?..... - Copper Thefts: "Thieves respond to price of copper"..... - Inspections?: "In Newark, a new initiative is about quality of life"
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Hispanic Heritage Month Events Online Calendar: English and Spanish.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___________________________________________________________________________
Elizabeth: "Elizabeth starts NJ's first municipal wireless network"
Hillsborough: "Hillsboro discusses transit village"
Linden: "Seeking environmental justice for all, bus tour stops in Linden"
Route 22: "Safety measures urged on stretch of state highway 22 in Hillside"
Scotch Plains: "Mom teaches her community about autism"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Babyland Daycare Center: "Born of Newark riots, agency facing end over mismanagement"
Booker Initiatives: "In Newark, a new initiative is about quality of life"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, October 01, 2006"
Menendez / Kean Race - SL: "Menendez, Scarinci were team from start"
............... - "Kean is unapologetic about campaign tactics"
............... - Analysis, SL: John Farmer, Jr.: "Mean season: Elections bring unfair probes".......... - Bergen Record: "Liberals decry Menendez' pro-Bush vote" -- BlueJersey blog OUTRAGED over vote for Bush detainee bill.
............... - "Discord over secret tape growing in Senate race"
............... - "Jailed politician offers help with Menendez dirt"
Camden - Berg Rec: "City to play ball in investigation"
Corzine - OpEd, SL: Paul Mulshine: "Goo-goo gov run over by machine"
Lynch Contributions: "GOP urges Dems to reject $253,000 gifts he made to party"
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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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Towns:
..... - Passaic: "City redevelopment agency boots director, attorney"..... - Montclair: "A Town’s Architectural Shift, Chronicled Online"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Sargent, Austin American-Statesmen
2006 Elections - Analysis, SL: John Farmer: "Democrats' September surprise" Clinton Interview - Analysis, BergRec: "Clinton shaking things up" -- Note the Gallup poll figures.
..... - SL: Kean père: "Bush and Clinton camps should stop 9/11 blame game"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Beekeeping in NJ: "Attack of the suburban sprawl!"
Health: "Tracking a killer that knows no borders" -- Tropical diseases hitchhike around the world with air travelers. With a glossary.
Global Warming: "Tempest brews in NJ weather think tank as Bush administration quashes research"
Lawyers as Temps: "Need for contract attorneys increasing in legal world"
Outsourcing: "Outsourced jobs returning home"
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_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Sometimes PT is sooooooooo obtuse"Plain Talker:
School Funding: "Community forum on school funding set for next Thursday"
War Protest: "Iraq War protest today"
Crime: Three involved in shooting LAST WEEKEND. Did you know about it? Is the Administration now taking to hiding crime news?
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Camden Redev: "State targets Camden deals"
.......... - "N.J. wants Camden's records"
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today: Health Fair, Crescent Avenue Church. 10 AM - 2 PM. Free screenings and info.
Today: Safety Fair, North Avenue at Train Station. 10 AM - 3 PM. Free.
Monday: Yom Kippur observed. No Council meeting.
Tuesday: Council meets for agenda-setting. City Hall Library. 7:30 PM
Hispanic Heritage Month Events Online Calendar: English and Spanish.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________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race - Philly Inq: "Menendez uproar stirs speculation"
.......... - Profile: "Scarinci: A power lawyer who likes to play the 'game'"
..... - SL: "Imprisoned Janiszewski offered a list to derail Menendez"
..... - Courier Post: "GOP seizes upon latest Menendez issue"
.......... - "Menendez campaign hurt again"
..... - Bergen Record: "Menendez linked to scheme"
..... - Analysis, AP: "Senate race goes against New Jersey's political grain"
..... - Express-Times: "Polls: Kean, Menendez both have reasons to be happy" -- and UNHAPPY.
Bryant - Courier Post: "Bryant 'pressured' Rutgers for job, honor"
Camden - SL: "AG launches inquiry into Bryant and Camden redevelopment aid"
..... - Courier Post: "State targets Camden redevelopment deals"
.......... - "Camden probes spread to Housing Authority"
..... - Philly Inq: "N.J. wants Camden's redevelopment records"
Death Penalty - Editorial, SL: "Death penalty's unfairness"
Farber: "Farber misses court hearing, may face contempt"
Towns: Long Branch: "Talks likely on eminent domain"
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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: Matson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
9/11 - Truthout: "Rice Ignored bin Laden Warnings Prior to 9/11"
Abramoff & Rove - NYT: "Abramoff and Rove Had 82 Contacts, Report Says"
..... - WP: "Report Says Rove Aide Accepted Abramoff Gifts"
..... - Fact Check: "White House Falsely Claimed Abramoff Had ‘Very Few’ Meetings With Staff"
CIA Renditions - InTheseTimes: "Tracking the CIA Torture Flights"
Clinton's Fox Interview - WP: E.J. Dionne: "Why Bill Clinton Pushed Back"
Foley Resignation - WP: "Rep. Foley Quits In Page Scandal" -- Note how many Congressmen were aware and how early!
HUD & Politics: "HUD Secretary Admitted "Bias" Against Bush Critics"
Rumsfeld - WP: "Woodward Book Says Top Aide Urged Bush to Fire Rumsfeld"
.......... - "White House Disputes Book's Report of Anti-Rumsfeld Moves"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Amaranth: "Hedge Fund With Big Loss Says It Will Close" -- Pension funds biggest losers?
Books: "Fired pollster revisits 2000 election" -- 'How To Steal An Election,' by pollster David Moore.
Habeas Corpus: "Molly Ivins: Habeas Corpus, R.I.P. (1215 - 2006)"
Hinduism: "With dolls, deities and prayer, Hindus mark Navarathri holiday"
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.*
