Farm Market Inspiration
By Marci Sorce of SitDrinkEat
I have to start by apologizing.
I’m an irresponsible blogger. I have been completely negligent.
I have not written anything since May 4th. I don’t know where the time went. I could reasonable justify my lack of writing on the end of the year school madness (as any Mom with school [...]
After all the debate in recent weeks over issues related to raising the nation’s debt limit, it’s hard to know exactly what might happen after August 2. Borrowing represents more than 40% of the nation’s expenses, and any default on the country’s obligations would be unprecedented.
As a rule, panic generally doesn’t help you make wise [...]
Steven Fiedeldey, Terry Blake, Al Gunderson and Regina Rodriguez recently joined the Board of Trustees of the Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge (RBARI), north Jersey’s leading no-kill animal shelter.
Steven Fiedeldey is a volunteer adoption counselor at RBARI and has been an extremely pro-active volunteer. His most recent accomplishment at RBARI is the establishment of [...]
On July 15, 2011 Sgt. Sanzari was dispatched to a business located on Yawpo Ave. on the report of a woman vomiting from her vehicle. Sgt. Sanzari located the vehicle in question and approached the driver who appeared to be sleeping. After awakening her and engaging her in conversation, the officer detected the strong [...]
The Oakland Newcomers and Neighbors Club held their annual kid-driven food drive to benefit the Mahwah Center For Food Action this month. Children of club members solicited donations from patrons of the Oakland Shop Rite by holding signs, distributing lists of recommended groceries, and accepting cash donations. All in all these young children collected over [...]
At the regularly scheduled Mayor and Council meeting of July 27, 2011, there will be a presentation of Historic Preservation Plan regarding the Van Allen House and Stream House property. The meeting will begin at 7:30 pm.
Please read the following pdf’s taken from the original report in an easy to download format . The report [...]
Jeff Shaara. The Final Storm: A Novel of the War in the Pacific.
New York: Ballantine Books, 2011.
As reviewed by Ted Odenwald
Okinawa was the last stepping stone for American forces as they anticipated invading Japan and eventually ending World War II. But the stepping stone became a major stumbling block-a series of gruesome, bloody battles [...]
Why the sky is falling is still open to debate, but everyone agrees that it is falling. The national debt ceiling, the amount of money the United States can borrow, will soon be reached, our credit maxed….
As August 2 approaches, you’ll likely hear increasingly urgent debate over the nation’s debt ceiling. That’s the approximate date by which the Treasury estimates it will no longer be able to borrow under the current $14.3 trillion limit. Treasury officials have warned that if the Treasury can no longer borrow money, the U.S. might default [...]
Outdoor summer concerts offer more than just music, they offer memories. Making new ones, enjoying old ones, and just celebrating life.
The measure of a life can be in depth and breadth: how deeply we touch others, and then again how many we touch in our lifetime.
Our First Cruise: On the Largest Ship in the World! By: Ryan Robinson
All of us in the “Robinson” family had never gone on a cruise before but the ALLURE of sailing and going to an OASIS really interested us. So, thanks to our family travel agent Carol (you can see her information below), we took [...]
Ron Chernow. Washington: A Life.
New York: Penguin Press, 2010.
As reviewed by Ted Odenwald
The fresco in the eye of the U.S. Capitol rotunda depicts the “apotheosis of Washington,” the ascension into the heavens of the “Father of our country.” For two centuries Americans have idolized, lionized, mythicized, and even deified the Revolutionary War hero [...]
On July 2, 2011 Ptl. Noury and Ptl. Kern responded to a residence on Morningstar Lane to serve an arrest warrant out of Piscataway Township in the amount of $10,000.00. The officers located the individual outside the home and placed her under arrest without incident. Pursuant to a court order a search [...]
A Frame of Reference
By Veronica MacDonald Ditko
An Accidental Anthropologist
I have a great four-section frame sitting on my shelf and I contemplate putting new photos in it. It currently has photos of my family while I was in college, and got stored away until I bought a house many years later. All that time I wondered [...]
Books are reviewed by Andrea Dochney of the Oakland Public Library.
Summer Jackson: Grown Up
By: Teresa Harris
Have one of those kids who cannot wait to grow up or is tired of being treated like “a baby”? This book features a young girl exactly like that. Summer Jackson decides she is ready to act as an adult [...]
Sammedy-Sam
By Veronica MacDonald Ditko
An Accidental Anthropologist
When the Fourth of July rolls around, I often think of a white-bearded man. No, I’m not that desperate for Christmas to come again (but I’ll have you know it is only 5 months away!). I’m talking about Uncle Sam. Who is this guy and why is he so strongly [...]
A Room on Lorelei Street
Mary E. Pearson
Zoe feels pretty alone in the world. She has some good friends, but she doesn’t get to spend much time with them. She and school don’t seem to get along all that well. She spends most of her time waitressing at Murray’s, taking care of her alcoholic mother, and [...]
