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Wednesday, August 02, 2006

02 - Wed - City Dems, Pallone schedule conflict?... Chad remembers Blanco... Anti-gang storybook for kids...

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Heat warning: Temperatures may hit 105° today. Play it safe -- stay out of sun, drink plenty of fluids, save outdoor chores for another day, stay in air-conditioned room. Conditions are supposed to be sustained through Thursday afternoon.

Local COOLING CENTER: The Plainfield YMCA, 6th & Watchung, 756-6060.

National Night Out: "National Night Out weeklong celebration continues" -- tonight a 'Taste of Plainfield' on South Avenue

PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "City Dems, Pallone schedule conflicting meetings?"
Plain Talker: "Chad Weihrauch Remembers Ray Blanco"

Crime: "Police seek suspect in home burglary"
Tax Rebate Filing Date: "Trenton extends tax-rebate filing deadline"

Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Anti-Gang Kids' Book: "'No Bandanas' storybook attempts to reach kids at risk"

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___________________________________________________________________________

Elizabeth: "A silent alarm at Night Out"
Kenilworth: "Mayor shocked by uproar over ban on duplexes"
New Brunswick: "Senior complex seems right at home in New Brunswick"
Roselle Park: "Council expected to close case on police captain's legal fees"
South Plainfield: "Stripper in severed hand case pleads not guilty, posts new bail"
Union County: "County foots bill for lawsuit against sheriff" -- $800K in legal fees added to $1.4M for defense and settlement
Westfield: "Israeli leader's brother, in N.J., predicts victory"


BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________

Appointments: Economic Development - SL: "Booker brings in new deputy mayor"
..... - NYT: "Development Agency Losing President to Post in Newark"
Council: "Booker criticized over late delivery of contracts"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Cuban-Americans & Castro News:
..... - SL: "In Union City, a Castro-less world is hard to imagine"
..... - Bergen Record: "N.J. Cubans rejoice over Castro illness"
Meadowlands: "Concern grows over developer's plan landfill" -- Pols, residents worry over cleanup standards, use of eminent domain.
NJIT: "NJIT team to take part in 'space storms' study"
NJT: "Board acts on new Hudson tunnel and rail bridge"
PSE&G / Exelon Merger: "Enhanced deal with Exelon pushed, BPU urged to act"
Seton Hall Fire case: "Suspect tells court he'll stick with his present lawyer"
State Contracts: "Prison contract's legitimacy questioned"
State House 'Down the Shore': "Corzine takes to beach house; using his own money to fix it up"
State Pensions: "Questions, answers to pension dilemma"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Immigration Reform - OpEd, NYT: "Splitting the Difference at the Border" -- on Gov. Schwarzenegger's innovative 'third way'
Middle East - CSM: "Israel expands battle to widen security zone"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

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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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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