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Monday, July 24, 2006

24 - Mon - TW3 - Digest of past week... Corzine to address tax reform... Death penalty editorials... HoJo's goes...

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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "TW3 - Jul 17 - 23, 2006" -- Digest of past week's Plainfield news

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Green / Moriarty / Sweeny Proposal & Budget Fallout:

Tax Reform: "Corzine plans major address on property tax reform at the end of this week"

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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Development: "Cities Shed Middle Class, and Are Richer and Poorer for It"
..... - Arts: "'The Black Factory' engages audiences on the nature of racial tension"

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___________________________________________________________________________

Fanwood: "Fanwood poetry lover publishes 13th edition of Exit 13 magazine"


BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________

OpEd, SL: Fran Wood: "Newark needs a new start, not more 'added starters'"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________












(Photo, Star-Ledger)
Howard Johnson's: "Asbury Park landmark -- Ho Jo's -- finally goes bust"

Death Penalty - Editorial, SL: "Studied to death"
..... - Editorial, CN: "No more delays; abolish N.J. death penalty"
DRPA: "Money Short for Delaware River Port Authority"
State Comptroller - Editorial, SL: "Name a watchdog now"
State Lottery: "Why did state give lottery contract to the highest bidder?"
State Police - CN: "State police struggle to find diverse recruits" -- Ledger article still not up

Towns:

..... - Asbury Park: "Asbury landmark -- Ho Jo's -- finally goes bust"
..... - Union Twp., Hunterdon Co.: "Town fears I-78 truck stop will add to problems"
..... - Newark: "Time-ravaged historic tree in Newark toppled by storm"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

compass
Middle East - NYT: "For the U.S., a Newfangled Compass" plus chart
"Strife and Power in the New Middle East"

Bush - SL: John Farmer: "Bush's foreign policy has lost its punch"
..... - AP: "American Bar Ass'n committee opposes Bush's legal exceptions"
FDA - SL: "Advisers' links to industry examined"
'Secret budgets' - SL: "House learns corruption hides in secret budgets"
Middle East - NYT: "Rice Makes Surprise Visit to Beirut"
..... - SL: "Diplomats try to isolate Hezbollah"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________









(Illustration, NY Times)
Mickey Spillane, Hardboiled Talk: "Words That Sparkled Like Cubic Zirconia"

Arts: "'The Black Factory' engages audiences on the nature of racial tension"
Cities' Demographics: "Cities Shed Middle Class, and Are Richer and Poorer for It"
Prisons & Religion: "Asatru/Odinism gaining ground in prison; experts say it encourages violence"

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"

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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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