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Will all of FLOW have a CERT?

Will all of FLOW have a CERT? »

Will all of FLOW have a CERT? by Ryan “Robinson” Schwertfeger Recently, several local high school students graduated from a training course which is catching fire across the country. In this program called CERT, or Community...

Jan 28 2012 /Read More »
Yuri’s Wrong, But Who’s Right

Yuri’s Wrong, But Who’s Right »

Yuri Wright, senior at Don Bosco High School, was recently expelled from the Catholic academy in response to sexist and racist comments posted to his Twitter account. Thomas Aquinas addressed the question...Is stupidity a sin......

Jan 23 2012 /Read More »
Simple Arithmetic

Simple Arithmetic »

Simple Arithmetic Submitted by a local taxpayer interested in the annual School Budget vote. It wasn’t surprising to read of the Court tossing out the defamation lawsuit of former RIH Superintendent Saxton (December 2011 Suburban News) against...

Jan 15 2012 /Read More »
Duck, Duck, Goose

Duck, Duck, Goose »

Residents of River Road in Oakland, NJ have started an online petition to save a goose that has become a fixture in the neighborhood. Via Facebook and MyOaklandNJ.com, residents of the neighborhood, and Oakland in general,...

Jan 13 2012 /Read More »

Local Events

Politics Above Principle »

Politics Above Principle

It is a remarkable and rare event when an Oakland resident's nomination to volunteer does not get put to a vote......

Jan 26 2012 / Read More »

On the Job - January 25 »

On the Job - January 25

On January 19, 2012 as a result of a motor vehicle crash on Ramapo Valley Road , Ptl. Noury arrested a 36 year old...

Jan 26 2012 / Read More »

VMS Wins Regional »

VMS Wins Regional

The Valley Middle School has once again topped the charts in the Future City Competition winning the New Jersey region and earning a trip...

Jan 20 2012 / Read More »

On the Job - January 18 »

On the Job - January 18

On January 16, 2012 a resident of Brandywine Place reported that approximately $1675.00 in fraudulent charges were made on her American Express card.  Ptl....

Jan 18 2012 / Read More »

Rec Commission at Full Capacity »

Rec Commission at Full Capacity

The Rec Commission is once again running at full capacity with a Chair, Vice-Chair and Treasurer. On January 9th, Mayor Linda Schwager appointed Mike Guadagnino...

Jan 17 2012 / Read More »
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Announcements

Christopher Brandle 2nd Annual Casino Night »

Christopher Brandle 2nd Annual Casino Night

Christopher Brandle Joy of Life Foundation 2nd Annual Casino Night Buy your tickets for the Christopher Brandle Joy of Life Foundation 2nd Annual Casino Night on Thursday, March 8th, 2012 to be held at the Venetian in Garfield, New Jersey. •Date is March 8th, 2012, 6:30pm-10:30pm •Open Bar...

Jan 27 2012 / Read More »

Meet President Warren G. Harding »

Meet President Warren G. Harding

Meet President Warren G. Harding at the Van Allen House! Kevin Titus is an expert on President Harding, and portrays him as the president in office during the 2 years of his term, 1921-1923. Harding died in office, but was the President who ended US participation...

Jan 27 2012 / Read More »

David Cooper in Playwright’s Festival »

David Cooper in Playwright’s Festival

David Cooper of Oakland will perform in two of the five original plays being presented February 10th, 11th and 12th at the Old Library Theatre. ...

Jan 26 2012 / Read More »

Come FLOW With Me »

Come FLOW With Me

Three towns, 2 schools, 1 Show ~ FLOW Follies Presents Silly Sketches on the Complexities of Air Travel  by Deb Breslow Rehearsals are underway, sets are being designed, and advance tickets are available for the 2012 production of Come FLOW With Me, a musical comedy show...

Jan 25 2012 / Read More »

Calendar

Calendar »

CalendarSee what's happening in Oakland....

Jun 13 2011 / No comment / Read More »

HSPA Hytserics »

HSPA HytsericsThe NJ High School Proficiency Assessment exam scores showed potential for improvement in the Ramapo Indian Hills school district serving Franklin Lakes, Oakland and Wyckoff....

Jun 13 2011 / No comment / Read More »

The New New Jersey Network »

The New New Jersey NetworkThe proposed deal to sell off New Jersey’s public broadcasting assets to New York and Philadelphia is not new. Similar proposals in the past, usually...

Jun 12 2011 / No comment / Read More »

Children's Book Reviews

January 2012 Reviews

January 2012 Reviews

Children’s book reviews by Andrea Dochney of the Oakland Public Library. Belle, the Last Mule at Gee’s Bend By: Calvin A. Ramsey Enhancing the civil rights narrative, readers learn of how mules, particularly Belle, helped African-Americans...

Jan 9, 2012 / More »

An Accidental Anthropologist

Is Smaller Better?

Is Smaller Better?

Is Smaller Better? By Veronica MacDonald Ditko An Accidental Anthropologist The last miniature quiche was passed under our noses at a wedding and everyone lunged at the tempting hors d’oeuvre. Then came the tiny kebobs with...

Jan 2, 2012 / More »

Ryan Robinson

Will all of FLOW have a CERT?

Will all of FLOW have a CERT?

Will all of FLOW have a CERT? by Ryan “Robinson” Schwertfeger Recently, several local high school students graduated from a training course which is catching fire across the country. In this program called CERT,...

Jan 28, 2012 / More »

Ted Odenwald

Charles Dickens: A Life

Charles Dickens: A Life

Claire Tomalin. Charles Dickens: A Life. New York: The Penguin Press. 2011. As Reviewed by Ted Odenwald Claire Tomalin has written an outstanding biography of Charles Dickens, published for the two hundredth anniversary of the birth...

Jan 17, 2012 / More »

Travel

Our First Cruise

Our First Cruise

Our First Cruise: On the Largest Ship in the World! By: Ryan Robinson All of us in the “Robinson” family had never gone on a cruise before but the ALLURE of sailing and going...

Jul 7, 2011 / More »

Odds & Ends

Backyard Oakland

Backyard Oakland

Judith Joan Sullivan shares some great pictures of nature at it's best - right here in Oakland....

Sep 25, 2011 / More »

Sit Drink Eat

Apple and Seckel Pear Cobbler

Apple and Seckel Pear Cobbler

Apple and Seckel Pear Cobbler By Marci Sorce of  Sit Eat Drink My bounty from the Farmer’s Market this week! It’s been awhile since I was able to make my Sunday run.  I’m always amazed...

Sep 27, 2011 / More »

Teen Book Reviews

January 2012 Teen Book Reviews

January 2012 Teen Book Reviews

Revolution Jennifer Donnelly Andi is from Brooklyn and because of her own depression, her severely depressed mom, and her rapidly failing academics, she’s being forced to stay with her dad in Paris for a short...

Jan 10, 2012 / More »
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