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Saturday, August 12, 2006

12 - Sat - HITS reposted... McGreevey parties in Plainfield... Road hell on 78, 280... Re-entry programs...

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Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Gridlock Alert: "Route 280 work begins on access ramp from Parkway"

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Plainfield Today: Yesterday's link had problems, the entry has been reposted:
"HITS: Act of God on Prospect Ave... Biz opportunity for all!!!... Lawlessness at City Hall?... Condos, yes. But buyers?..."

McGreevey: "McGreevey flies high after dark days"

Connections? Food For Thought









..... - Re-Entry Programs: "Help for the Hardest Part of Prison: Staying Out"
..... - Vacant, Boarded Properties - Editorial, SL: "Take aim at trouble spots"

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___________________________________________________________________________

Edison: "Edison to celebrate Indian independence with Sunday parade"
Franklin, Somerset Co. - CN: "Franklin boy, 15, killed in drive-by"
..... - SL: "15-year-old boy killed in drive-by shooting"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

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Property Tax Reform:

..... - School Aid - APP: "Lawmakers vow fairness for school funding"
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Daycare Safety: "DEP to review sites after day-care fiasco at former thermometer facility"
Housing Report - Bergen Record: "N.J. pushes affordable housing"
Newark Liberty Airport: "Airport scrutiny taking big toll on screeners"
Xanadu: "Mills Corp's bad news prompts mega-selloff"

Towns:

..... - Weehawken - SL: "13 are hurt, three seriously, in light-rail crash near Lincoln Tunnel"
.......... - NYT: "Bus-Light Rail Train Crash in New Jersey Injures 13"
..... - Orange: "Tributes to a Detective Killed in ‘a Very Rough Town’"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

2006 Elections - Strategy, WP: "Whose Issue Is Terrorism?; The Parties Maneuver for Advantage"
Bush - WP: "Increasingly, Bush Escapes the Media Pack"
Middle East - NYT: "U.N. Council Backs Measure to Halt War in Lebanon"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

















Dummy Text: "Lorem Ipsum: What it is, why we use it"

Drug-Terror Exhibit: "DEA Defends Traveling Exhibit" -- and group protesting exhibit.
Health: "24,000 to attend AIDS conference"

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"

PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
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The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.

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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