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Saturday, September 09, 2006

09 - Sat - Hispanic Fest today... Remembering 9/11... Planning Bd... Sex-offender ordinance...

Problems with Comcast - no email this AM -- Dan

Tomorrow
: All District House Tour - See Courier story. -- Proceeds, after expenses, will be divided between the cooperating Historic Districts and FOSH (Friends of Sleepy Hollow) which is co-sponsoring the event, and will be used for district-wide activities, including beautification and community outreach.


PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________









Plainfield Today: "Hispanic Heritage Festival Today"












and "Plainfield Remembers 9/11"
-- If you had problems accessing HITS yesterday, here it is: "HITS: Connecting the dots..."


House Tour: "Nothing plain about it"
9/11 Memorials: "Places and Events of Honor and Remembrance in New Jersey"
Council: "Plainfield passes sex offender ban"
Crime [last item]: "Police probing stabbing of teen"
Planning Board: "Plainfield planners mull redevelopment" -- Bernice's piece, for comparison.

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

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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Charter Study: "14 seeking seat on Hillsboro charter study commission"
..... - Development: Lofts: "Filmmakers Say Hooray for Cleveland"

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___________________________________________________________________________

Hillsborough: "14 seeking seat on Hillsboro charter study commission"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Menendez - SL: "Menendez defends himself, denounces timing of probe"
.......... - Analysis: "A legal quandary: To subpoena or not before an election"
.......... - The Agency: "Agency offers crucial services amid federal probe"
..... - Bergen Record: "Menendez questions timing of subpoena"
..... - CN: "Menendez sees politics in fed probe"
..... - NYT: "Inquiry Said to Involve an Agency’s Links to Senator Menendez"

Child Advocate: "Pediatrician receives Corzine's offer of child advocate position"
College of NJ: "$5 million gift for TCNJ" -- So, what are you doing for YOUR alma mater?
Giants/Jets Stadium: "Jets, Giants execs retreat to dissect stadium deal"
Jets Training Center/HQ: "Jets roll out a look at the 'showpiece'"

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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Pensions - Herald News: "Feeding at public trough not hard"
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________














Editorial Cartoon: Toles, Washington Post

2006 Elections - CSM: "As Congress stalls on immigration, a backlash brews"

Bush - Poll, Bergen Record: "Bush has tumbled in North Jersey since 9/11"
Iraq War - NYT: "C.I.A. Said to Find No Hussein Link to Terror Chief"
..... - WP: "Bush bloodied by Senate Intel Committe report on pre-war Intelligence" -- Link to BOTH reports (PDF) here.


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________










(Photo, NY Times)

Real Estate: "Some Housing Pessimism From Real Estate Brokers"
Real Estate: "Use of Nonprime Mortgages Jumped Sharply in 2005"

Quote of the Day: "...for nearly three hours wept and listened to fiery sermons, punctuated by drum rolls and crashing symbols." -- Sad story, funny typo.
Cigarettes: "Judge and senator lead the charge to snuff out 'light' label on cigarettes"

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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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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