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Monday, September 18, 2006

Menendez puts Green, DeFilippo on hot seat... Redevelopment footwork... Cipel denies McGreevey affair...

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Tonight: Council Agenda session, 7:30 PM, City Hall Library.

McGreevey as Oprah's guest
-- PT hears some people are oganizing 'Oprah parties' for the show on Tuesday at 4 PM. Would be great to hear feedback on the interview. -- Dan


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Plainfield Today: "Green and DeFilippo on hot seat with Menendez' lead loss"
Plain Talker: "Fancy Footwork With Redevelopment?"

McGreevey - SL: "McGreevey's 'Confession' nothing but lies, Cipel says"
..... - NYT: "Cipel Says They Never Had an Affair"
..... - CN: "Ex-McGreevey aide continues to deny affair with governor"

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

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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Zoning official errors: "Zoning law blunders bring calls for reform"
..... - Budget Inconsistencies: "Edison spending plan draws scrutiny for errors"

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___________________________________________________________________________

Fabricland: "Through sewing camp, teens rediscover domestic art"
RWJ: "A month later, striking nurses agree to return"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Dept of Human Services: "Clarke Bruno steps forward as DHS head" -- and his profile.
Freedom Tower: "Rent deal is sealed for Ground Zero"
Legislature: "Needle swap, AG among senators' priorities"
Lynch Plea - Opinion, SL: "A deal that's sweet for Lynch, sour for the state"
PSE&G - Editorial, SL: "Utility challenges remain"
'Ride for Freedom XI': "6000 bikers in annual ride call attention to MIAs from past wars"
Zoning Blunders:
"Zoning law blunders bring calls for reform"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Property Taxes: "Property tax talks creeping forward"
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
















Editorial Cartoon: Darkow, Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune

2006 Elections - NYT: "In Campaign Ads for Democrats, Bush Is the Star"
Mexican-US Border - CN: "Lawmakers tout positives of fence along U.S.-Mexico border"
Pope Benedict - SL: "Pope tries to quell ire over words; Some statement falls short"
Terror Tactics - OpEd, SL: "GOP bucks Bush on terror tactics"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

Parties / Community Events: "Hosts lose control, risk train wreck by giving floor to guests" -- PT is addicted to Steve Adubato's brief commuications tips in the Sunday Ledger. Today's is particularly helpful.

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

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DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________

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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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