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
The Oakland Girl Scout Service Unit recently held an encampment – Camping Rocks! Oakland Girl Scouts (CR!OGS). There were almost 100 participants including the leaders. Girl Scouts include 6 levels: Daisies, Brownies, Juniors, Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors. Brownies and up were invited to camp, while Daisies were invited with parents […]
Media Sciences in Oakland, NJ, and Cartridge World in Franklin Lakes, NJ offer some insight into developments in the color printing world that make thinking green both frugal and environmentally sound. When people are thINKing about their printers’ ink cartridges, they often think green – because it seems like the […]
