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Tuesday, October 03, 2006

A Roselle shocker... Mayor at Senior Center, 10 AM... Council at 7:30 PM...

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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "What's the harm in a little (d)emocracy in Roselle?"

Crime: "Car chase ends with arrest of Plainfield man in Manville"
Dog killings: "Cops search for pit bulls after two dogs killed"

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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Basement beds/bedrooms: "Residents decry ban on beds in basements" -- In Plainfield, too???


WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________


Today:
10 AM. Mayor's monthly meeting with Seniors. Senior Center. Q&A. Open to the public.
..... - 7:30 PM. Council Agenda Session. City Hall Library. The Public may speak.
Thursday: 7 PM. Abbott School Funding Forum. Washington School. David Sciarra speaking. Refreshments. Free. -- Taxpayers will want to attend. Are tax increases in store for next year?
..... - 8 PM. Council Business Session. Courtroom. The Public may speak.
Friday: 8 PM. Organ Recital. Crescent Avenue Church. $25. Info: 756-2468. -- Olivier Latry, Titular Organist, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris.

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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NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Housing Cost: "Jersey's high cost of housing tops nation"

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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.

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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Foley Resignation - NYT: "G.O.P. Tries to Limit Damage in Foley Case"
..... - "Democrats See a Chance to Turn the Tables"
Woodward Book - NYT: "Records Show Tenet Briefed Rice on Al Qaeda Threat"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

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(Illustration, NY Times)
Passports: "New Passport Rules May Mean Delays"
Real Estate - Debt Ratios: "Across Nation, Housing Costs Rise as Burden"
..... - Sales: "The Toughest Critics Are the Smallest"
.......... - "Sweetening the Pot for Home Buyers" -- How about a leased Mercedes for a year?

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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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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