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Black Issues Convention: "Black Issues Convention in Franklin on Thursday"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today: Yom Kippur observed. No Council meeting.
Tomorrow: 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.
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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BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Essex County Jail: "Essex jail has housing crisis"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race - CN: "Menendez gets nods from Corzine, Sen. Lautenberg"
..... - PolitcsNJ: Rebovich: "Kean on corruption and standing up for NJ"
..... - Debates - NYT: "2 Unknown Quantities, Facing Each Other"
Bryant Investigation: "Bryant questioned anew, this time over county job"
NJ Minimum Wage: "Bottom line in Jersey: A new minimum wage"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Let taxpayers decide? - Editorial, SL: "Revolutionary tax proposal"
Pension Reform: "Public workers await outcome of legislative pension debate"
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Towns: Weehawken: "Waterfront Development Tests New Jersey’s Handling of Toxic Dumps"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Cagle, MSNBC
9/11 Commission - NYT: "9/11 Panel Members Weren’t Told of Tenet Meeting With Condi"
Detainee Memo - NYT: "Detainee Memo Created Divide in White House"
Foley Resignation - WP: "GOP Leader Reynolds Rebuts Hastert, Says He Knew of E-Mails in Spring"
..... - Hastert Reacts - AP: "Hastert seeks Foley e-mails probe"
..... - Who knew when?: "G.O.P. Aides Knew in Late ’05 of E-Mail"
..... - FBI: "F.B.I. Looking Into E-Mails From Foley"
..... - Foley: "Foley Built Career as Protector of Children"
..... - The Page Program: "House’s Program for Teenagers Is No Stranger to Scandal"
Colin Powell Book - WP Mag: "Falling on His Sword: His most significant moment turned out to be his lowest"
..... - NYT: "Powell Tried to Warn Bush on Iraq, Book Says"
Lebanon - SL: "Hezbollah: Israel's pullout incomplete"
War on Terrorism - OpEd, NYT: Richard Clarke: "Blinded by Hindsight" -- How can we recreate the unity we had immediately after 9/11? Some suggestions.
Woodward Excerpt (2) - WP: "Rumsfeld: Should He Stay?"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Civil Rights: "Ole Miss dedicates monument to James Meredith, who ended segregation"
Facebook: "Facebook's cool factor melts in a makeover"
Health: "Doctors cautious on testing for HIV"
Mob / Al Qaeda Link?: "FBI investigating mob ties to al Qaeda" -- Via weapons?
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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