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Friday, September 08, 2006

08 - Fri - HITS: Fitting it all together... Plan Bd surprise... Youth stabbed... Sunday house tour... Bush steps on hornet's nest...

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Tomorrow: Hispanic Heritage Festival, Front Street between Watchung/Park, 10:30 AM - 4 PM
Sunday: All District House Tour - See story below


PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "HITS: Connecting the dots..."
Plain Talker: "Planning Board Surprise"

House Tour: "Nothing plain about it"
Crime SL: "Plainfield teen mends following stabbing"
.......... - CN: "Teen stabbed in Plainfield"
..... - "Drug arrest made at Green Brook Park picnic table"
Eating Out: "Queen City Diner a Plainfield staple"
High School Football: "Complete Updated CN Online Guide"
Letter to Editor: Herb Kaufman: "Corzine loans have suspicious motives"

Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"

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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Housing Market: "Hovnanian's profits down 36% as housing market slows"
..... - School Holiday List: "New Jersey's approved list of religious holidays"
..... - Teacher Contracts: "South Orange-Maplewood teachers begin 2nd year without a contract"
..... - Real Estate: "Real estate market endures price correction"

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: "Henderson case moving forward"
Cranford: "Cranford police are seeking accreditation"
Hillside: "Mired in political power struggle; Results in lost state grant, late tax bills and more"
Linden: "Mayoral challenger throws down gauntlet"
Mountainside: "Attack of the swamp 'thing'"
RWJ Strike: "RWJ nurses strike shows signs of movement"


BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________

Council: "Council snags Booker on contract to give $105K to firm that employs acting director"
Police Director: "New cop director stresses quality of life"
OpEd, SL: Joan Whitlow: "Crime charts don't make Newark feel any safer"
Vailsburg Shootings: "Teen's wake turns to chaos; Gun may have been brandished"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Corzine - SL: "Corzine unveils plan for economic renewal"
..... - CN: "Corzine takes reins to boost economy"
..... - NYT: "Corzine Offers Proposal to Bolster Business Climate"
Menendez - SL: "Feds probe Menendez rental deal"
.......... - "An unlikely defender of Menendez: Kean, Sr."
..... - CN: "Menendez joins Dems on transit security bill"
Kean: Tom Moran: "Republicans happily make room for daddy"

Homeland Security: "Share data, N.J. security chief urges Feds"
Lucent / Alcatel Merger: "Shareholders on both sides of the Atlantic approve merger"
PSE&G / Exelon Merger - OpEd, SL: "Reject utility monopoly and higher energy prices" -- Far as I can tell, this OpEd is ONLINE ONLY.
Seton Hall Fire Trial: "Judge admits Seton pair's remarks"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Business Taxes - SL: "Business warns panel on tinkering with taxes"
..... - CN: "Lawmakers get earful from business over tax clause"
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Towns:

..... - Asbury Park: "Schools chief suspended in Asbury Park" -- Once advocated as Plainfield superintendent.
..... - Mt. Olive: "Mount Olive mayor still losing support in recall campaign"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Editorial Cartoon:

2006 Elections - OpEd, SL: John Farmer: "Fuzzy Democrats have one edge: Bush"
Bush Detention & Trial Plans:
..... - Editorial, Ledger: "Reject Bush detainee plan"
..... - OpEd, Ledger: "Bush's end run around the law"
..... - NYT - Overview: "Lawyers and G.O.P. Chiefs Resist Proposal on Tribunal"
..... - WP - Overview: "Decision to Move Detainees Resolved 2-Year Debate"
..... - NYT - Legal Debate: "Interrogation Methods Rejected by Military Win Bush’s Support"
..... - WP - Critics: "Military Lawyers and Senators Say Proposed Rules for Evidence Are Unfair"
..... - NYT - Critics: "Questions Raised About Primary Claims in Defense of Detention System"
Plame Affair - WP: "Armitage Says He Was Source of CIA Leak"
Polls - AP: "Bush and Lieberman pollsters made up results"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

9/11 Anniversay - NYT: "The Path to 9/11" -- A fictionalized account of what took place, neither documentary nor docu-drama.
..... - Changes - WP: "ABC to Alter Show on Pre-9/11 Run-Up"
..... - Whitman & EPA: "Whitman defends actions and blames N.Y."
Conservative Judaism: "Ban on gay rabbis may end this year"
Episcopal Diocese of Newark: "Gay bishop hopeful is ready for election"
New Jersey, Literally: "Book documents New Jersey's role in American literature, culture"
Music Therapy: "Harp therapy for heart patients in Morristown"
Real Estate: "Realtors anticipate sluggish sales as market endures price correction"

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.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS:
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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