Daily Archives: August 28, 2011


This Friday Sept 2 -Flood Aid Concert 2

A concert, for adults only, is scheduled for this Friday, September 2nd at Crystal Lake. Donation is 15$ with proceeds going to OaklandCares.com to support relief of victims of flooding in Oakland. BYOB, Bring your own blankets, coolers, and chairs, and rock out to the sounds of Reflections.


Photos of Irene- Updated Again 1

Oakland Photographer, Jim Delillo’s photos can be seen by clicking here. Ryan’s Weather Updates , available to Facebook users, is adding road closures and other storm related information. Here are some of the first photos from the after effects of Irene by Nicole Le Strange Howhannesian and Leo McGuire. Send […]


FDR’s Funeral Train

Robert Klara. FDR’s Funeral Train: A Betrayed Widow, a Soviet Spy, and a Presidency in the Balance. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. As reviewed by Ted Odenwald The death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 12, 1945, shook the nation; the heroic world leader, who had guided his people […]