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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


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(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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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.

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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"

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