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- The Federal Aviation Administration has introduced new rules for aircraft flying over the Hudson River in response to August’s midair collision. Sightseeing helicopters and planes flying locally will take the low road, while airplanes passing over the Hudson River en route to other locales will take the high road.

- Atlantic Coast Media Group, which markets health and beauty brands, has been awarded a $3.7 million Business Employment Incentive Program by the state Economic Development Authority to create 304 jobs in Jersey City.

- A Turnpike Authority spokesman says efforts during the weekend to catch the wild turkey in the vicinity of the 14B exit near Liberty State Park were unsuccessful, and for the time being, the bird will be left alone.

- The Daily News, which prints at a plant near Liberty State Park, has invested more than $150 million into expanding the facility and installing advanced high-speed presses.

- The new Agitators Collective show at 58 Gallery opened Friday night; Dislocations has a report.

Today’s Best Bets:

- As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, there’s a 6 pm talk at the Jersey City Museum about the role arts and culture play in a city’s redevelopment; a special night of country music starts at Lucky 7′s at 7 pm; and Melissa Surach’s BabyHole is at the Lamp Post at 9 pm.

In statewide news:

- Governor-elect Chris Christie and his team got their first hands-on look at New Jersey’s already bleak state finances Monday and they say it’s even worse than they realized. As a result, Christie says he’s written outgoing Gov. Corzine to ask him to freeze spending until he takes office on Jan. 19.

- Rumor mill: Sources tell the Reporter that they are considering replacing U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg with Gov. Corzine. The elaborate scheme would involve both Lautenberg and Corzine stepping down early; with Corzine out early, Dick Codey would have the power to appoint Corzine to Lautenberg’s seat without facing an election.

- A new Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll finds that New Jerseyans underestimate the amount of open space in the state.

- The number of foreign students at New Jersey’s four-year colleges rose 7.4 percent last year, just off the pace of a record-setting surge around the country.

- As Salvation Army facilities throughout New Jersey prepare to send out 400 of the familiar red kettles across New Jersey this week, staff members and the people helped by the agency are bracing for a meager holiday fund drive.

- Municipal and county contributions for primary campaigns can now be searched and sorted online by contributor, and the same information will be available for general election candidates early next year, the Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) announced yesterday. “Put simply,” the Record‘s Charles Stile writes, “it just got a lot easier to find out which government contractors financed the campaigns of your mayor and council.”