Archive for ‘January, 2009’

Renovate & Remodel

Renovate & Remodel

Many homeowners who had planned on eventually trading up to meet new familial needs may have no choice but to stay in their homes longer than expected, and remodeling may be the choice…

RIH Board Meeting 1/26

RIH Board Meeting 1/26

The RIH school board covered subjects ranging from the reorganization of the business administration office, to plans for passing the contested code covering student conduct.

The WOLF Pack

The WOLF Pack

The WOLF Pack, elected officials from Wyckoff, Oakland, and Franklin Lakes, are meeting regularly to explore areas where a group effort can save money.

West Bergen Awarded Grant

West Bergen Awarded Grant

West Bergen Mental Healthcare announced that it has received a grant of $30,000 from the Fred J. Brotherton Charitable Foundation. Mr. Brotherton, who died in 2002, was well known for…

Unity Service

Unity Service

The need for communities of faith to stand together in the face of bigotry, intolerance, violence and hate continues and the need will always be with us…

Road to Recovery

Road to Recovery

In America’s heartland, residents see the proposed stimulus package as something intended to support cities and metropolitan areas. NJ residents residents might see it as a short term solution to ever increasing taxes.

Girl Scouts Dosey Do

Girl Scouts Dosey Do

Recently the Oakland Girl Scout Service Unit held a Barnyard Bash at Valley Middle School. The enthusiastic participants…

Manito Comedy Jam

Manito Comedy Jam

Education is serious business, but to be a parent you need to have a sense of humor. But that’s only a small factor in why the Manito PTO Comedy Jam fundraiser was a huge success.

Home Alone Heroine

Home Alone Heroine

The fear of many parents came true as an Oakland home was burgalrized while a 13 year old girl was home alone.

Stay Sane in a Crazy Market

Stay Sane in a Crazy Market

Keeping your cool can be hard to do when the market goes on one of its periodic roller-coaster rides. It’s useful to have strategies…

The Inaugural Speech

The Inaugural Speech

“Values have shrunken to fantastic levels; taxes have risen; our ability to pay has fallen; government of all kinds is faced by serious curtailment of income; the means of exchange are frozen in the currents of trade…”~The President of the United States

Witches & Jesuits - Book Review

Witches & Jesuits - Book Review

Ted Odenwald, of Oakland, NJ, reviews Garry Wills’ Witches and Jesuits: Shakespeare’s Macbeth…

Town Council Meeting 1/14

Town Council Meeting 1/14

The council is full of familiar faces, but a new backdrop of state and national budgets will determine how challenging the new year will be. The meeting on January 14th gave hope to some creative ideas that…

Oakland Cares

Oakland Cares

Oakland Cares is a new entity founded on the premise that Oakland residents care not only about their town, but the people who comprise it.

RIH Board Meeting

RIH Board Meeting

VFW awards, student concerns, and new state intiatives were all discussed at the last regional high school board meeting.

Russ Berrie

Russ Berrie

The gift division of Russ Berrie Company has been sold to The Encore Group, a privately held giftware corporation based in suburban San Diego. Like the man, the name of Russ Berrie will continue to lead an industry created by…

PTA or PTO

PTA or PTO

Styles may have changed since 1897, but the mission of the PTA has remained the same in advocating for the benefit of every child. The historic organization has seen its membership rolls drop with the rise of PTOs, but both acronyms are active in the FLOW area schools helping students and teachers succeed.

Celebrate Shabbat Service in Song

Celebrate Shabbat Service in Song

Temple Beth Rishon, 585 Russell Avenue in Wyckoff cordially invites the community to join…

Dr. Narula Elected President of NJPA

Dr. Narula Elected President of NJPA

Dr. Amarjot S. Narula, West Bergen Mental Healthcare’s Medical Director, has been elected President for the 2008-09 term of the prestigious New Jersey Psychiatric Association…

A Drug Free New Year

A Drug Free New Year

In this great new year, people make resolutions of what they are going to do, what they are going to stop doing…

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