Yearly Archives: 2011


November Teen Book Reviews

Delirium Lauren Oliver Love kills. It’s a good thing that there’s a cure. Lena can’t wait until her eighteenth birthday when she can undergo the government-mandated cure for Amor Deliria Nervosa, the condition that goes hand-in-hand with love. According to The Safety, Health, and Happiness Handbook (more commonly referred to […]


Catching Up with Ketchup

Catching Up with Ketchup By Veronica MacDonald Ditko An Accidental Anthropologist I pour a little red goop on the plate, and my youngest son inevitably says, “More!” My husband and I watch in disbelief as he readily dips anything in ketchup. Neither of us likes it very much. It was […]


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 […]