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Sunday, July 16, 2006

16 - Sun - Cops deserve better... Cop & teacher salaries & benefits... Budget fallout...

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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "Plainfield cops deserve better"

Cop & Teacher Salaries & Benefits - a 6-part series by the Bergen Record:
..... - Sunday: "Can N.J. afford the rising cost of teachers and cops?"

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Green/Moriarty/Sweeney Proposal & Budget Fallout:

Analysis - NYT: "In Shutdown, Republicans Pass Up an Opportunity"
The Auditor: "Sunday, July 16, 2006" The Auditor supplies more behind-the-scenes tidbits on the budget crisis and passage...
Budget Fallout - CN: "Jersey resigned to hike in taxes"
..... - AP: "Political leaders question budget process after shutdown"
Property Tax Reform: "Lawmakers regroup for summer property tax debate"
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Youth Police Academy: "Summit Academy an exercise in police work"
..... - Traffic Alert: "Route 18 widening remains on schedule"
..... - Loft Conversions: "East Orange explores factory conversion to lofts"
..... - Schools & Gangs: "Lawrence BOE unveils anti-gang draft policy"
..... - Traffic Alert: "PA chief says new projects must get under way"
..... - Teen Center: "Group looks to open teen dance hall in Somerville"

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___________________________________________________________________________

Bound Brook: "Dem hopeful drops out of Bound Brook council race"
Franklin Twp.: "Franklin official maintains post, new job in D.C."
Hillside: "Valedictorian wears mantle of role model with ease"
Peapack-Gladstone: "Nuns to take their history with them"
Scotch Plains: "The missionary's tale: 2 bewildering months in an African prison"
Somerville: "Group looks to open teen dance hall in Somerville"
South Plainfield: "Suspect at large after bank robbery"
Summit: "Youth Police Academy an exercise in police work"
Union Twp.: "Contestant kicks martial arts TV show into gear"


BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________

Light Rail Link: "$207M rail link between Penn and North Broad stations set to open"
Summer School: "Summer school lets students succeed"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, July 16, 2006"

Corzine: Steve Adubato: "Corzine's new style: Passionate, confident"

Demographics: "Pennsylvania struggles to accommodate NJ ex-pats"
Health: "The new face of HIV at 25: Portraits of Five New Jerseyans living with HIV"
Home Rule: "How Jersey became the land of so many towns -- and taxes"
Hudson River Tunnel: "Feds mull $3B train tunnel plan for N.J., N.Y."
Road Work:
"PA chief says new projects must get under way"
Sales Tax: "Taxing times for N.J. consumers as 7 percent sales levy kicks in"

Towns:

..... - Paterson: "Hostage crisis ended"
..... - Perth Amboy: "Perth Amboy man injured in early-morning hit-run"
..... - Passaic: "St. Mary's Hospital evacuated after blast"
..... - East Orange: "Meeting to explore factory conversion to lofts"
..... - New Brunswick: "As New Brunswick Grows, City’s Hungarians Adapt"
..... - West Orange: "The Manor: Where New Jersey Goes to Be Wined and Dined"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

GOP - WP: Analysis: "GOP Fears Fallout Of Immigration Split"
Middle East - Editorial, SL: "Containing the Mideast fire"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

Crime Victims' Rights: "Richard Pompelio's crusade gains national scope"
Judicial Safety: "New York Panel OKs Pistol-Packing Judges"
Sex Assaults: "Crisis of silence; Most sex assaults go unreported"
Real Estate: "Rising Up Against Teardowns"

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

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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"

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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 | TNS - The New Standard | TT - Trenton Times |

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