The Memorial Day parade for Oakland went through downtown Oakland with local residents lining the parade route ready to cheer. Spectators who banked the sides of Ramapo Valley Road were active participants in a parade that featured the best of Oakland, the volunteers from many of the civic and religious […]
When I Grow Up By: Leonid Gore A great book to share between father and sons, this book utilizes bright colors and cutouts. The book depicts a tiny drop becoming a rushing river and a small sprout becoming an immense tree till finally we see what the small boy wants […]
Sandcastles Have Lots of Substance, Or Do They? By Veronica MacDonald Ditko An Accidental Anthropologist Summer is here and sandcastles are on my mind. It seems natural to want to make something out of the immense stretches of sand down south. It’s like a huge sandbox! Put a pile of […]
This fictional account of wartime Nazi Germany is unusual in many respects. The author clearly wants the reader to view the protagonists, Otto and Anna Quangel, as being heroic; yet they are ordinary working people in no position of influence and without connections or power to resist—much less to overturn– […]
The annual Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony, sponsored by the American Legion and the Borough of Oakland, will be held on Sunday, May 25 beginning at 1:00 PM at Grove Street and Ramapo Valley Road. The parade will close with a ceremony in Veterans? Park. Complimentary food and refreshments will […]
Oakland PD keeps the heat on local drivers under the influence. A compilation of police activity between May 19-21 exemplify the situation
