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Sunday, June 25, 2006

25 - Sun - Online nastiness?... Norcross behind 'Green team'?... Menendez/Kean out of the gate... Coaches and sex allegations...

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The first Menendez/Kean debate started at Noon, WNBC, Channel 4

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


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Plainfield Today: "A beautiful day in the [online] neighborhood? Not!"

Government Jobs: "State, local government jobs jumped since 2000"
..... - The good news? Not all of the new jobs were in Plainfield...
United Way: "United Way certifies Plainfield nonprofit agencies"

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(Photo, Asbury Park Press)
Green/Moriarty/Sweeney Proposal & State Budget:
..... - The Auditor: "Is Norcross behind the tax fight?"
..... - APP: "Anti-tax activists rally, urge 'Remember in November'"
.......... - "Property taxes part of budget discussions"
..... - SL: "Democrats detail proposal to avert sales tax increase"
.......... - "Bogota mayor leads fight to kill Corzine plan"
..... - CN: "Lawmakers gear up for final battles over budget"
..... - Record: "New try today at ending budget impasse"
..... - Budget Q&A: "Summer means fun? Not in Trenton"
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Coaches & Sex Allegations: "Coaches and betrayal of trust"
..... - Jayson Williams - TT: "Williams strives for Trenton rebound"
.......... - CN: "Jayson Williams, wife opening waffle restaurant"
..... - No-Knock Registries: "Using No-Knock Lists to Deter Solicitors"
..... - Abbott Schools: "Abbott road: How has school funding progressed?"
..... - SCC: "How not to cram: Report card on the state's rush to build schools"
..... - Development: "Historic warehouse housing artists demolished for a skyscraper in JC"
..... - Eminent Domain - Editorial, SL: "Eminent domain bill doesn't go far enough"
..... - Eminent Domain - OpEd, SL: "Jersey's chance for eminent domain reform"
..... - Eminent Domain - "Rally against ruling in Long Branch eminent domain case"
..... - Property Taxes - "Tax increase shocks some in Perth Amboy"
..... - Code Enforcement/Overcrowding - "Lambertville, Bernardsville tightening real estate rental rules"
..... - Guns/Gunplay: "Mourning mother's plea: No retaliation"
..... - Elizabeth HS: "Elizabeth the nation's largest High School" and profiles of students, courses of study and activities -- "Khaseem Greene", "Lillian Hernandez", "Susan Suarez", "Al McConkey", "Bianca Hammonds", "Lavone Lovett" and "Maria Penaranda and Kevin Lopez"

Events for this week are here

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(Photo, Courier News)
CN Special: I-287 - The Road We Love To Hate:
..... - "I-287 brings best, and worst, to region"
..... - "I-287 has its own personality, its own cast of characters"
..... - "Interstates, turnpike boost N.J. economy, but at a price"
..... - "There's no $#%*! place like the Easton Avenue exit"
Clark: "Synagogue's board votes to leave Clark for Westfield"
Perth Amboy: "Tax increase shocks some in Perth Amboy"
Summit: "Changing times doom Summit landmark"

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The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, June 25, 2006"

Corzine: See State budget stories under Plainfield heading
Menendez/Kean Race:
..... - Musto Matter - SL: "Splitting from Musto: Losing faith in a tarnished mentor"
..... - NYT: "Kean faults Menendez' in 80's corruption case, but history disagrees"
..... - Budget Debates - NYT: "Codey Excuses Mr. Kean to Attend a Debate"

Abbott Schools: "Abbott road: How has school funding progressed?"
Business: "Looking for a friend in Corzine"
SCC: "How not to cram: Report card on the state's rush to build schools"

Towns:

..... - Newark: "Renovation, and Extra Security, for CWOW Gallery"
..... - Jersey City: "How a night out down the Shore got ugly for the mayor" -- Wow!!
.......... - "Historic warehouse housing artists demolished for a skyscraper in JC"
..... - East Orange: "G-fy-G: Singing, With Their Eyes on the Prize"
..... - Readington: "Community Locks Horns With Airport Over Size"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Immigration - NYT: "Bush Plan Stalled as House G.O.P. Grew More Anxious"
Iraq: Paul Mulshine: "The Ambassador's memo to Rice: The media miss a big one"


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Uniroyal gal in Glouceser, NJ
(Photo, RoadsideAmerica.com)

Advertising: Fiberglass Giants - NYT: "In Search of Giants" -- check out Roadside America, too
Architecture: "Turrets: Points of Interest"
Biking: "Mountain biking in Jim Thorpe, Penna." -- you'll be thought less a hick if you call it 'Maunk Chunk'
Diana Ross: Review: "Black, white and 'Blue'" -- Motown's just-released CD [34 years!] followup to Lady Sings the Blues
Thalidomide-stopper: "Dr. Frances Kelsey: A civil servant who truly served" and her Wiki bio

Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.

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