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Thursday, November 02, 2006

Save this info!... Halloween assault... Cedarbrook principal's letter... School aid formula under attack...

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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "Save this information!"
Plain Talker: "Rumors need confirmation" and "Halloween assault" and an UPDATE AT 11:15 AM:
"Candidates Share Views At League Forum"

Abbott Schools: "Wealthy towns lobby against new formula to keep school aid"
Cedarbrook School: "Principal defends Halloween ban, says letter not meant to be offensive"
Crime: "Plainfield man hospitalized after Halloween night attack"
..... - "Interpol joining in manhunt in 3-year old case"
Theater [last item]: "'Cinderella' performance coming to Plainfield"
Voting Question: "Voters question letter from state on missing info"

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WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________


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___________________________________________________________________________

Freeholder Race: "Scanlon assailed over undisclosed role of sister in $1.9M contract"
Kenilworth: "Seniors let candidates have it in Kenilworth"
Rahway: "Mayoral hopefuls talk taxes"
Summit: "Dems looking to shake up GOP Council"


BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________

Council - SL: "Council passes 3, tables 3 ethics measures"
..... - NYT: "Council approves some ethics changes"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Menendez / Kean Race:
..... - SL: "Kean draws flack on support from 'Swift Boat' PAC"
.......... - "Donations continue to flow to candidates"
..... - NYT: "Undecided voters hold key to Senate race"

Ferguson / Stender Race: "Michael J. Fox endorses Linda Stender"
..... - Endorsement, CN: "Stender our pick in 7th District"

PSE&G: "PSEG profits up by nearly 50% for quarter" -- Doing better as a standalone company?
State Lottery: "State considering sale of lottery for big bucks"

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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____________________________________________________________________________













Editorial Cartoon: Mike Keefe, Denver Post

2006 Election - NYT:
"Voters want new approach on Iraq war"
..... - WP: "Scandals alone could cost GOP its House majority"
..... - SL: "Kerry apologizes, withdraws from campaigning"

Media Coverage - WP: "Networks will be cautious on Election night"
Rumsfeld: "Bush, on Limbaugh show, defends Rumsfeld"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

Health: "The benefits of drinking red wine. Plenty of it."

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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