Yearly Archives: 2010


August Reviews

The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman This Newbery Award winner tells the fascinating tale of Nobody Owens. Bod has spent his entire childhood living in a graveyard, raised and loved by ghosts, and watched over by guardian Silas, a man neither alive nor dead. While desperate to see more of the […]


Medco’s 2010 Drug Trend Report

Locally, nationally, globally, the number of children being medicated is growing. The growing incidences of diabetes, asthma, and diagnosis with regard to the autism spectrum are all playing a role. Medco, with corporate offices in Franklin Lakes, NJ, issued their 2010 Drug Trend Report which raised red flags with over […]


Enlightenment In Woodstock

On the path to enlightenment, I might wind up in Woodstock, NY. The town which lent its name to the famous rock music festival, “An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music” in 1969 is home to old hippies, and surprisingly, an increasing number of Buddhists.


Oakland Teen Polls Townspeople 2

My idea was to poll people in town about the upcoming council elections, and then share the results with everyone. While some said it would be very hard and a bit boring, I thought why not? The people in town will see it, the candidates will see it, and it can only make the race more interesting and more beneficial to everyone.


LOST DOG – Update 4

GOOD NEWS! Nelson has been found and returned to his owners unharmed! LOST PUGGLE LAST SPOTTED YESTERDAY BY THE OLD TOWN POOL ACROSS FROM THE OAKLAND DINER- NAME IS NELSON 30LBS. BEIGE COLORING NEUTERED WEARING 2 BLUE COLLARS PLEASE CALL 201-615-1498 IF SEEN OR FOUND, WE MISS HIM DEARLY. Christina […]


Can You Spit 68+ Feet?

By Veronica MacDonald Ditko An Accidental Anthropologist Okay, so it’s August now. Most children have had at least two months to practice a favorite summer pastime -watermelon seed spitting. Time for the real competitions to begin! At my childhood residence, our competitions were nothing much to talk about. My brother […]