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Friday, November 17, 2006

Jocelyn Pringley dies... Plainfield suit worries towns... Judge orders contract rebid... Corzine questions tax cut plans...

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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "Jocelyn Pringley dies suddenly"

Sidewalks: "Lawsuit on Plainfield sidewalk fall has towns watching" -- The headline is not kidding.

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Connections? Food For Thought

..... - Public Contracts: "Judge orders rebidding on contract for Edison"


WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________


Today : 6 PM. Potluck. 7 PM Program. Think Globally / Act Locally: Urban Political Organizing, Robert Edwards. First Unitarian Society. 724 Park Avenue. Info: 756-0750. FREE.

Saturday: 9 AM - 1 PM. Technology Fair: Connecting to the Future. Plainfield Public Schools. Washington Community School, 427 Darrow. FREE. Drawings, door prizes, exhibits, demos, workshops.

Saturday: 8 PM. Crescent Concerts: Music for Brass, Choir & Organ. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. $20/$15 at door.

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___________________________________________________________________________

New Brunswick: "Schools' Foundation raises money for the arts"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________













(Larry Wright, Detroit News) -- Imagine if corporate sponsorships spread in NJ...

Funding Sources - SL: "Naming rights, private highway lanes among funding ideas"
..... - CN: "Assets report targets toll roads, N.J. lottery"

Beach Access: "Judge rules against DEP on beach access"
Debt: "Total state debt soars to a record $33 billion"
Internet Predators: "State asks Web networks to help combat predators"
Lautenberg: "Lautenberg to head transportation panel"
Paper Mill Theater: "Paper Mill chief to make his stage exit in January"
Port Authority: "P.A. is looking 55 miles away for an airport worth expanding"
Seton Hall Fire: "Focus in Seton fire shifts to civil suits"

UMDNJ: "2 alleged 'no-shows' to be fired at UMDNJ"
Waterloo Village - SL: "DEP cancels 30-year-old lease for historic Waterloo Village"
..... - CN: "State boots Waterloo Village's caretakers"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Proposals - SL: "Tax-cut ideas not 'bold' enough, Corzine says"
.......... - Opinion, SL: Tom Moran: "State's CEO lays down a dose of fiscal reality"
..... - CN: "Corzine cautious in reform support"
..... - NYT: "Corzine Questions if State Can Afford Plans for Property Tax Cuts"
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________














Editorial Cartoon: Daryl Cagle, MCNBC

Dems - OpEd, SL: John Farmer: "Pelosi's loss could prove her gain"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________














(Photo, NY Times)

Obituary - SL: "Milton Friedman: Jersey-bred economics genius dies"
.......... - NYT: "Milton Friedman, 94, Free-Market Theorist"

Health: "FDA expands use of groundbreaking breast cancer drug"
Red Wine: "A Second Pour of Good News About Substance in Red Wine"

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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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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