Thousands of Bergen County residents continue to carry on without power to their homes. In Franklin Lakes, the Ambulance Building was opened to residents who needed emergency shelter, and in Wyckoff the Public Library was made available to residents in distress. Some homes were not expected to get power restored till the beginning of the [...]
“Then my heart with pleasure fills and dances with the daffodils…” - William Wordsworth
By Veronica MacDonald Ditko
An Accidental Anthropologist
Daffodils are truly one of the first signs of spring. Their bright and sunny heads pop out of the ground all at once, just when you think winter will last longer than Punxsutawney Phil says. And what [...]
Refresh, Refresh by Danica Novgorodoff
As in times past, many teenage boys are growing up without dads. Refresh, Refresh illustrates the lives of three boys who are waiting for their dads to come home, hoping that the military and the war doesn’t swallow their families whole. Gordon, Cody, and Josh are three friends whose [...]
A Magic Show on Sunday, March 14th at 2 PM. will be held at Valley Middle School here in town. The proceeds will benefit the Oakland Braves travel baseball team.
Lou Dobbs might be off the CNN Network, but he still lives in New Jersey. The fiery populist well known for his advocacy for immigration reform may yet take an official stance on migration reform, specifically migratory birds. New Jersey is hip deep in the droppings of Canadian Geese, birds protected under the Federal Migratory [...]
President George Washington’s birthday was celebrated at the Van Allen
House this past Sunday, Feb. 21st. This event was open to the general
public.
Members of Boy Scout Troop #49 participated in wax candle making. Boy
Scout wolves from Troop #307 were also in attendance.
To honor our first President’s birthday, members of the Oakland
Historical Society treated visitors with presentations [...]
A photograph is worth a thousand words, especially in a court room, but with a variety of tools available for tracking a stolen computer, some wonder if remote imaging should be implemented with respect to children or teenagers.
The recent case in Pennsylvania of a student photographed by school officials while in his home reflects many [...]
New Jersey Monthly recently published the best places to live in NJ. While several years ago Oakland was voted one of the top 50 places in America to raise kids by BusinessWeek Magazine, no towns in Bergen County made the top ten list in the poll commissioned by NJMonthly.com. The first Bergen County town to [...]
The Oakland Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary to hold a Pancake Breakfast
Come & enjoy Pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, juice, coffee, & tea
On Sunday, March 21, 2010, 8:00 am - 12:00 noon
At the Ben H. Wood Memorial Fire House, 25 Yawpo Ave, Oakland, NJ
Adults - $6.00
Seniors - $5.00
Ages 6-12 - $3.00
Children 5 & under - [...]
OEF Hosts “Casino Night at Portobello”
The Oakland Education Foundation’s Annual Gala which will feature “Casino Night at Portobello” banquet location on Ramapo Valley Road. The event will be held on Saturday, March 27, 7:00 p.m. to Midnight. The event includes cocktail hour, a fabulous, full course buffet dinner with stations, open bar, viennese table, [...]
Snow, and more snow to come for Oakland. While it may have been a somewhat cloudy winter, and sometimes chilly, it was only recently that snow begot more snow and more snow still to come. Providing a play-land for kids, skiers, snowboarders and ATV riders, the onslaught of snow has lost it’s scenic beauty quickly [...]
Therapeutic Dogs Help Heal Our Elderly
By Veronica MacDonald Ditko
The effects of pets on people are undeniable. Studies say pets can lower the heart rate, reduce blood pressure, and calm autistic children. Anyone who has had a pet can attest to the emotional bond between man and animal, as well as the physical one that is [...]
DELICIOUS CORNED BEEF & CABBAGE ST. PATRICK’S DINNER
ST. MICHAEL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, WAYNE
SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 2010
5:00 P.M. SHARP
TOP OF THE MORNIN’ TO YA!! Wear your green and join us at St. Michael’s Church for a festive and delicious full course meal of corned beef and cabbage for St. Patty’s Day. Fabulous Live Irish Dancers return this [...]
RIDGEWOOD: West Bergen Mental Healthcare’s Annual Brunch Co-Chairs and Honorees met recently to plan for the 33rd Annual event, which will be held on Sunday, March 28th at Seasons, Washington Township. Pictured are Co-Chair Lorraine Kallman, Ridgewood, Member of the Foundation Board; Honorees Diana-Dolling Ross and David Ross, Hawthorne and Co-Chair Eileen Wagner, Ridgewood, Member, [...]
On Thursday, February 11th, the Oakland Newcomers and Neighbors Club sponsored a Valentine’s event at the Oakland Care Center. Young Oakland residents and their parents visited some the residents of the Oakland Care Center and together they made Valentine’s Day cards with crayons and stickers and shared photos of the afternoon. The completed cards, including [...]
Crazed Fan or Just Plain Crazy?
By Veronica MacDonald Ditko
An Accidental Anthropologist
Famous ties to Wyckoff are many - The Jonas Brothers, Tara Reid, etc. - but the most tangible one to me is Constantine Maroulis, the former American Idol finalist who is now star of the Broadway show “Rock of Ages,” a musical homage to 80’s [...]
Kennedy, Edward M. True Compass: a Memoir. New York:
Twelve, 2009.
and
Team at the Boston Globe: Last Lion: The Fall and Rise
of Ted Kennedy. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2009.
as reviewed by Ten Odenwald
Here is an interesting choice: the memoir of the late Massachusetts Senator or an interpretive biography compiled and edited by several [...]
Beefsteak Dinner
Here’s the beef!!
The beach club’s famous annual beefsteak is always a great way to support your beach club and meet up with friends for a great night out locally. Catered by Baskingers, beer and soda are included, cash bar is available for other beverages, DJ and 50/50 raffle.
Tickets must be purchased in [...]
Valentine’s Day, perhaps the most holy of secular holidays. A day to celebrate the intent of Love which rises above the joys, the heartaches, the lost and found. Franklin Lakes resident Nancy Rosin is a recognized authority on the history of Love, at least as it relates to Valentine’s Day. She is president of the [...]
