Monthly Archives: October 2011


ThinkOakland 1

The Oakland Business Association, initiated by Charles Wright and formally announced by Linda Schwager at an Oakland town council meeting this September, has launched their new website, ThinkOakland.org. The website, providing a preview of things to come, offers businesses and residents participation in what is described as “a new kind […]


Route 202 Road Closure Notification 1

Ramapo Valley Road will be closed to traffic for four days beginning November 10th at 7am between West Oakland and Yawpo avenues Work will be done to upgrade the existing NYS & W railroad crossing and is expected to be completed by morning rush hour November 14th, 2011. Southbound detour: […]


Our Kind of Traitor

John Le Carre. Our Kind of Traitor. New York: Viking. 2010 As reviewed by Ted Odenwald Though Our Kind of Traitor may not be totally Orwellian in message and tone, there is enough disenchantment and cynicism permeating this novel to assure us that John Le Carre has not lost his […]


On The Job – October 20

On October 10, 2011 at approximately 6:15 p.m. the Ringwood Police Department reported that a gas station employee on Skyline Drive observed a suspected intoxicated driver leave the station and travel towards Oakland in a beige colored Honda.  Ptl. Broek positioned his patrol vehicle on Skyline Drive and observed the […]


Kind of a Funny Story

October is National Bully Prevention Month, it follows September which is National Suicide Prevention Awareness. Reversing the order would probably make more sense, as bullying often can lead to suicide, substance abuse, and most often depression.