PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Westward ho! for the PMUA?"
Plain Talker: "Heed Maraziti on Redevelopment" -- A must-read.
Hispanic Heritage Month: "Event tonight at Library puts focus on banned books"
McGreevey Book: "McGreevey's book sales sliding after hot debut" -- Illustrates the paradox of hyping a book.
Rev. Rick Taylor - SL: "Meeting will marshal opposition to Iraq war"
..... - CN: "Planning meeting will be held tonight"
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Budget Hearings: "Budget hearing tonight in the East Ward" -- Newark Council goes out to community.
..... - Ethics Reforms: "Newark council to weigh ethics reforms"
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Tonight: Banned Books Event. Public Library, 7 PM. -- Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with brief readings from books by Latino authors that have been banned at some point.
Hispanic Heritage Month Events Online Calendar: English and Spanish.
Events for this week are here
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, AP)
Elizabeth Gas Accident - SL: "Gas emission sickens dozens in Elizabeth"
..... - CN: "Toxic gas cloud sickens dozens in Elizabeth"
..... - AP: "Noxious Gas Cloud Sickens Dozens in N.J."
Elizabeth Primary Re-run: "Elizabeth election upset ousts 4-term Jaspan"
North Plainfield: "Man accused of selling fake documents to undercover cop"
Roselle: "Judge upends council result in Roselle primary"
Union Twp.: "GOP dismisses Democrats' chatter of split campaign"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Budget Hearings: "Budget hearing tonight in the East Ward"
Council & Ethics Reforms: "Newark council to weigh ethics reforms"
Gun Court: "Judge ends Newark's gun-offender program"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
(Editorial Cartoon, Margulies, Bergen Record)
Menendez / Kean Race: "Senate candidates joust over particulars of federal probe"
..... - SL: "Menendez renews his Iraq attack on Kean"
..... - CN: "Menendez lauds scathing report on Iraq war"
Bryant Investigation - NYT: "Senator Leaves Budget Post in Ethics Inquiry"
..... - CP: "Bryant's troubles started 10 years ago"
..... - CP: "Controversy could hurt South Jersey"
Norcross: "Pair at heart of Norcross political scandal barred from state work" -- JCA principals.
Parkway: "State awards $250M in pacts for new Driscoll Bridge work"
Rutgers: "State budget cuts whittle the big plan on campus"
School Vouchers: "Support down from 66% in 2003 to 54% in 2006"
Supreme Court: "English-only bid ends after court declines to hear Bogota's case"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Employee Benefits - OpEd, SL: "Can N.J. afford top benefits to its workers?"
School Funding: "Lawmakers advised to ease taxes by making perks more public"
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Towns:
..... - Camden: "Legislators seek budget monitor for Camden schools"
..... - Orange: "Anger is in the air at forum to explain new property revaluations"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Gorrell
Clinton Interview - NYT: "Hillary Defends Bill, Adding All Dems Should Take a Hint"
..... - WP: "Bush and Clinton Teams Debate Pre-9/11 Efforts"
Global Warming - SL: "Journal: U.S. stopped report on global warming"
Illegal Immigrants - WP: "States, Counties Begin to Enforce Immigration Law"
Iraq - E&P: "P.R. Group That Paid Off Iraqi Papers Gets New $6.2M Media Contract"
Terrorism Report - NYT: "Report Belies Optimistic View"
..... - WP: "Sobering Conclusions On Why Jihad Has Spread"
..... - AP: "What the president said at his news conference"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, Caviar Emptor)
Caviar: "The Race to Satisfy Caviar Craving"
E-Z Pass: "Many E-ZPass tags to be replaced"
Health: "Fighting Future Flu: Secrets may be in blood of 1918 survivors"
Holocaust: "NJ to remember the efforts of Holocaust hero Wallenberg"
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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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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