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Friday, August 11, 2006

11/2006 - Fri - HITS: Act of God on Prospect Ave... What is a transit village... Developer's tricks... Tax reform update...

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Route 78: "Commuter help online"

PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "HITS: Act of God on Prospect Ave..." -- Act of God on Prospect Ave... Biz opportunity for all!!!... Lawlessness at City Hall?... Condos, yes. But buyers?..."
Plain Talker: "What Is A Transit Village?"


Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Development: "Developer's Trick: Understate Economic Risks"
..... - Abandoned Houses: "Inside Orange's house of trouble"

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___________________________________________________________________________

Bernardsville: "A revival meeting of sorts for burned-out St. Bernard's Church"
Bound Brook: "Howard Stern sidekick celebrates movie premiere"
Edison: "Police union rallies for Choi's resignation"
Elizabeth: "Go-go dancers on way out at trouble spot"
Linden: "Piracy suspect is due to court"
Middlesex Boro: "Six bound, gagged by gunmen in home"
Roselle Park: "DeIorio challenges Hokanson to debates"


BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________

QOL Issues: "Newark targets illegal vendors; Sellers are swept off Broad, Market"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
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Property Tax Reform:
..... - School Aid: "School aid formula ignored, panel told"
.......... - CN: "Abbott districts seen as key to funding overhaul"
..... - Column, SL: Tom Moran: "In tax fight, the teachers are a study in clout"
..... - Analysis, NYT: "Legislators Face Many Tests of Resolve to Rein in Taxes"
..... - Editorial, SL: "Reality on health benefits"
..... - Benefits: "Corzine pitches higher co-pays for local government workers"
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Casino Shutdown Fallout: "Bet the Casinos Dropped a Bundle in the Shutdown? You’d Lose"
Courts: "Appeals Court: Hospital must warn the HIV-positive"
Courts: "Supreme Court bans hypnotic testimony"
Meadowlands, Raritan Watershed: "Conservation group reaps $1.65M from polluters' fines"
Treasury Dept. Indictments - SL: "Indictment names 6 in Treasury"

..... - NYT: "6 Employees of the State Are Indicted in Trenton"
UMDNJ: "UMDNJ gave Gluck's firm a no-bid contract in 2000"

Towns:

..... - Jersey City - NYT: "Quandary for Office Tenants: Downtown or Jersey City?"
..... - Orange: "Inside Orange's house of trouble"
..... - Camden County: "South Jersey teens admit plot to shoot up school, community"
..... - Montclair: "Montclair residents billed for new sewer utility"
..... - Irvington: "Barricades cut crime, but not crowds"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________










(Dulles Airport, Agence France Presse photo)

Plane Plot - WP: "Both Parties Claim Edge as Terror Is Reinforced as a Campaign Topic"
..... - Analysis - SL: John Farmer: "Europe: A jumping-off point for jihadists"
..... - Analysis - WP: "Signs Point To a Surviving Terror Network"

2006 Elections - CSM: "Ignoring split, labor makes election push"
Middle East - SL/LAT: OpEd: "Fighting in Lebanon could undo US in Iraq"
..... - CSM: "Hizbullah's resilience built on years of homework"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

















Folk Healers: "The Ancient Art of the Curandero Meets Modern Advertising"

Brooklyn Botanic Garden: "Corpse Flower’s Bloom, a Sight (and Stench) Not to Be Missed"

Book Cover Harms Singer's Rep: "Singer Marc Dorsey sues over use of his image"

Humor?: "U.S. has plan aimed at global corruption" -- I kid you not. W has a plan...to combat CORRUPTION.

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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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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