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Sunday, September 10, 2006

10 - Sun - House tour today!... Budget talks start... Warrant in stabbing... McGreevey tours for book... Iraq's local impact...

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Still having email problems -- sorry! -- Dan

'Plainfield remembers 9/11' -- Dan is planning to photograph US flag displays tomorrow. Email me your house address if you want to be included in this album. (Locations will NOT be identified in album.)

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Plainfield Today: "All-District House Tour Today"
Plain Talker: "Budget Talks Begin Soon"

9/11 Remembrances: Ledger & Courier have extensive listings, Plainfield has nothing scheduled.
Crime: "Cops issue warrant in Plainfield stabbing"
McGreevey: "McGreevey to embark on national book tour" -- This from Newsday, CN not online.
Iraq War: "Plainfield mom wants one sibling out of combat, citing 'Sullivan Law'"
Letter: Rev. Rick Taylor: "Deployment has shades of racism"
Temple COGIC: "Congregation seeks aid after fire destroys church"

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

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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Development: School Conversions: "Transforming a 136-Year-Old School"
..... - City Trees: "After a Punishing Storm, a Town Tends to Its Trees"
..... - Drive-Home Cars: "End of road coming for drive-home perk cars"
..... - Tax Revaluation: "Revaluation angers Orange residents" -- Plainfield's turn coming?
..... - Public Employee Contracts: "Limiting politics in employee contracts"

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_________________________________________________________________

Cranford: "Man uses camera to document debris"
Fanwood: "Liquor permit positions man to open Fanwood eatery"
Woodbridge: 1/9 & 35 Interchange: "This cloverleaf's luck has run out"


BOOKER_& NEWARK_______________________________________________________________

Vailsburg Shootings: "How a troubled life ended in 3 violent deaths"


NEW_JERSEY_________________________________________________________________

The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, September 10, 2006" -- he's back from vacation.

Menendez / Kean Race:
..... - SL: "Kean steps to forefront of president's GOP critics"
..... - NYT: "Iraq Weighs Heavy in Kean’s Balancing Act"
..... - SL: "Menendez rues his role as landlord"
..... - OpEd, SL: Tom Moran: "Menendez didn't have to take low road but, hey, this is N.J."
..... - OpEd, SL: Paul Mulshine: "Dems are in a Mulligan stew"

9/11 Memorials - SL: "To the grieving, memorial was worth the wait"
..... - NYT: "Remembering, From a Distance"
9/11 Economic Impact: "For security and economic reasons, NJ's financial district continues to spread"
Asbury Park Schools: "Asbury Park board suspends school chief after state kills buyout"
..... -Editorial, SL: "School boards and buyouts"
Courts: Post-conviction Relief: "Inmates trying to open a new door"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Tax Cuts - NYT: "Michigan’s Big Property Tax Cut, and the Lessons It Has for New Jersey"
Public Employee Contracts - Editorial, SL: "Limiting politics in employee contracts"
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Towns:

..... - Hoboken: "Transforming a 136-Year-Old School"
..... - Montclair: "After a Punishing Storm, a Town Tends to Its Trees"
..... - Atlantic City: "The Sands’ Buyer to Raze It for an Upscale Casino"
..... - Maplewood/South Orange: "A push to turn two towns into one"
..... - Orange: "Revaluation angers Orange residents"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



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Editorial Cartoon: Sack, Minneapolis Star-Tribune

2006 Elections - WP: "In a Pivotal Year, GOP Plans to Get Personal"
9/11 Commission Proposals - SL: "Making U.S. safer not getting done, Kean and others say"
America's Impact - SL: John Farmer: "Five years later, coexistence is the challenge"
Bin Laden - WP: "Bin Laden Trail 'Stone Cold'"
CIA 'Interrogations' - NYT: "At a Secret Interrogation, Dispute Flared Over Tactics"
Cheney - NYT: "Cheney’s Power No Longer Goes Unquestioned"
Guantà
namo Trials - Guardian/UK: "Bush faces Republican revolt over terror trials"
Iraq War Planning - WashMonthly: "Rumsfeld: 'I'll fire the next person who says that'" -- Meaning planning for AFTER the toppling of Saddam.


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(Photo, NYT Book Review)
Book Review: Black Panthers: "By Any Means Necessary"

Aging and the Inner Artist: "At New Rentals, the Aim Is to Age With Creativity"
GOP Strategists: "Dick Wadhams: Karl Rove's heir apparent" -- a name to watch.
Jazz: Liberty Jazz Festival: "On a hot day, some cool sounds" -- continues today.
Higher Education: "Is Our Students Learning? Measurements elite colleges don't want you to see"

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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