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Thursday, September 14, 2006

14 - Thu - $12M notes puzzle today... Board denies South Ave condos... McGreevey revelation...

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TONIGHT: RECEPTION & PRESENTATION, Hispanic Heritage Month, 7 PM, Public Library

CORRECTION: FUSP Potluck & Talk by Councilor Burney is FRIDAY, 6 PM.


PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________









Plainfield Today: "$12M notes sale today is a puzzle"
Plain Talker: "Zoning Board Denies South Avenue Condo Project"

Concerned Citizens: "Civic group to look at gang violence"
McGreevey: "McGreevey reveals start of gay affair"

..... - OpEd, SL: Paul Mulshine: "Buying love with the public purse"

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

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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Construction Inspections: "Blundering building official faces probe" -- and the case file.
..... - Immigrant Women: "Female immigrants send most of their wages home"
..... - Zoning: "East Orange board delays vote on $200M condo plan" -- Board's authority to change zoning also questioned.
..... - Overcrowding: "Police find 30 crammed into Lambertville home"

Hispanic Heritage Month Events Online Calendar: English and Spanish.
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___________________________________________________________________________

Berkeley Heights: "Move westward is big step forward for Summit Medical Group"
Union Twp: "Shortcut to Italy, by way of Union"


BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________

Police Director: "McCarthy contesting conviction in melee"
Essex County: "Taking down gangs a federal matter now"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

MIA -- Ledger has a PRINT ONLY article on anti-gang programs AG will discuss tomorrow.

Menendez / Kean Race: "Menendez declines to debate Kean on 'Meet The Press'"

Death Penalty - SL: "Survivors of murder victims argue both sides of issue before panel"
..... - CN: "Advocates: No relief with death penalty"
NJ Transit: "NJ Transit names headquarters after agency's 'founding father'"
School Construction Loan: "Lenders will get $275K interest before construction loan begins"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Consolidation: "Hidden cost of streamlining: Lawsuits by public employees"
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Towns: East Orange: "Zoning board delays vote on $200M condo plan" -- Board's authority to change zoning also questioned.


Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
















Editorial Cartoon: Horey

2006 Elections - WP: "In R.I., a Model for GOP Voter Turnout"

..... - NYT: "Aim & Fire: Vets Group Fires On GOP Over Body Armor Votes" -- view the video.
.......... - "In Unpredictable District, Some Say Bush Is Politicizing Terrorism"
.......... - "Democrats Form New Group for Fund-Raising and Ads"
9/11 Aftermath - SL: "Probe sought of Whitman and WTC site"
Bush & Religion - WP: "Bush Tells Group He Sees a 'Third Awakening'"
.......... - National Review: "The Corner: On religion in America"
Domestic Eavesdropping - Editorial, SL: "Don't silence spying debate"
Plame Affair - WP: "Novak Accuses His Plame Source Of Distortion"
.......... - SL: "CIA agent sues another who blew her cover"
Voting Machines - SL: "Princeton team offers proof that e-voting can be easily rigged"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________












(Photo, NY Times)
Health: "The War Over Salt"

Hispanic immigrants: "Study: Spanish use dies quickly among generations of Hispanics"

Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.

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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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