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Tuesday, May 09, 2006

09 - Tue - Today is election day... Kean proposes registry for legals, penalties for illegals... Chamber event Thurs...

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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "Today is election day . . . in 'nonpartisan' communities"

Chamber of Commerce [last item]: "Network Thursday at chamber event"
Letter: Sean Henriques: "Plainfield should fix main rail station"

Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Schools: "Boston's Success Could Be Lesson for Others"
..... - School Budgets: "Proposed bill would end annual ritual unless costs exceed state cap"
.......... - North Plainfield: "North Plainfield reduces school budget by $234K"
..... - Drugs: "18 suspected gang members include 6 brothers, 2 sisters and kin"

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___________________________________________________________________________

Bridgewater - CN: "Temple's growth mulled by board"
..... - SL: "Hindu temple meets with opposition a third time"
Hillside: "Acting finance officer named after Mayor's ally forced out"
Kean U.: "Kean and Beijing ratify plan for campus in China"
North Plainfield: "North Plainfield reduces school budget by $234K"
Scotch Plains-Fanwood: "School birthdays may become less sweet"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Menendez/Kean Race - SL: "Kean: Stronger borders, no amnesty, registry of legal immigrants"
..... - CN: "Kean urges tougher borders, penalties for illegal immigrants"

Budget: "Senators cool to Corzine budget for Dept. of Human Services"
..... - Medicaid: "Corzine budget cuts Medicaid coverage for impotence drugs"
..... - Colleges: "Legislators grill colleges on spending"
..... - Hospital Tax: "Report: Hospital tax would hurt more than help"
Drought Watch: "Low rainfall triggers N.J. drought watch"
Energy: Jim Hughes & Joe Seneca: "Soaring energy costs puts Jersey at higher risk"
Green Acres: "Green Acres shoots for greens, finds the rough"
School Budgets: "Roberts to propose bill ending annual ritual unless costs exceed state cap"
State Debt: "Jersey's credit card bill keeps getting bigger"
State Police: "Police account in question"
Towns:

..... - Newark: "Newark's voters grab stage today in mayoral drama"
............... - Paul Mulshine: "Cory Booker was born to run Newark"
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
..... - Bergenfield: "'Smart' house puts disabled Bergenfield family on easy street"
..... - Ft. Monmouth: "Clusters of housing proposed for Fort Monmouth property"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Scandal Central:
..... - Abramoff: "Rep. Ney's ex-aide admits Abramoff graft"
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - US News & World Report: "Spies Among Us: Local Police"

CIA - WP: "CIA Official Quits; FBI Probes Role in Defense Contracts"
Dems - NYT: "Optimistic, Democrats Debate the Party's Vision"
Immigrants - NYT: "State Proposals on Illegal Immigration Largely Falter"
..... - A graphic of several types of bills under consideration, by state
Iran: "U.S. rejects overture from Iran on nukes"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

Allergies: "Red eyes have it: Pollen is high"
Beer: "Brewers pump more fizz into an ailing drink"
Culture Wars: "Brooklyn Art Exhibition Comes Down Amid Protest"

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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 | TT - Trenton Times |

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