Registration for the Oakland Industrial League’s spring 2012, adult co-ed softball, will be held from February 1st through March 1st. All games are played at the Oakland Recreation Fields on Monday and Wednesday nights at 8:30 pm from April through Mid-August. Any teams interested in participating please send email to jamicu@optonline.net
Mario Giordano, 4th grader, of Oakland, hosted his 2nd annual Letters To Santa campaign to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Over 600 letters were collected from CCD classes at Most Blessed Sacrament in Franklin Lakes and family & friends from all over the country. For every letter collected, Macys will donate $1 to the charity. Giordano [...]
Real Housewife of New Jersey, Dina Manzo, wants to throw your next party!
HGTV is Now Casting “Dina’s Party”
Looking for fun dynamic people living within a 30-minute drive of the Franklin Lakes New Jersey area who are throwing a meaningful party, need a home pick-me-up and would LOVE to work with expert party/event planner Dina Manzo [...]
Will all of FLOW have a CERT?
by Ryan “Robinson” Schwertfeger
Recently, several local high school students graduated from a training course which is catching fire across the country. In this program called CERT, or Community Emergency Response Team, members are trained and educated about what to do to help their community after a major disaster. [...]
How Many Names Do You Know for Groundhogs?
By Veronica MacDonald Ditko
An Accidental Anthropologist
Groundhogs have been in the spotlight lately, thanks to Punxsutawney Phil and Staten Island Chuck. What these furry creatures are called actually depends on what part of the country you are from. I have informally analyzed them below (please note that I not [...]
On January 19, 2012 as a result of a motor vehicle crash on Ramapo Valley Road , Ptl. Noury arrested a 36 year old Paterson , NJ woman for driving under the influence of alcohol. The woman’s vehicle had been traveling on Ramapo Valley Road northbound when it left the roadway and struck a tree. [...]
Yuri Wright, senior at Don Bosco High School, was recently expelled from the Catholic academy in response to sexist and racist comments posted to his Twitter account. Thomas Aquinas addressed the question…Is stupidity a sin…
The North Jersey Chorus will rehearse for the Spring 2012 concert season on Wednesday evenings at 7:30 p.m., starting January 25, 2012, at Van Riper Ellis Broadway Baptist Church, River Road, Fair Lawn, NJ. The concert theme “WISHES, HOPES, AND DREAMS” will feature many favorite show tunes and popular music. A warm welcome awaits new [...]
The Valley Middle School has once again topped the charts in the Future City Competition winning the New Jersey region and earning a trip to …
On January 16, 2012 a resident of Brandywine Place reported that approximately $1675.00 in fraudulent charges were made on her American Express card. Ptl. Bryan Rowin completed the initial investigation and forwarded all pertinent information on to the detective bureau for a more in-depth review of the case.
On January 17, 2012 a New Milford , [...]
We are a nation of consumers, and as such we like our labels.
With food we need to know if it is sugar free, caffeine free, or fat free. With religion we need to know is it Christian, Jewish, Muslim, or Hindu. With politics we need to know if it’s Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, or Independent.
We need [...]
The Rec Commission is once again running at full capacity with a Chair, Vice-Chair and Treasurer.
On January 9th, Mayor Linda Schwager appointed Mike Guadagnino and Dan Logatto to voting positions.
Schwager moved alternate Andy Haas to a voting position from an alternate spot and also appointed Steve Saliani to an alternate position. Vivian King, Neil Malmud, Marty [...]
Claire Tomalin. Charles Dickens: A Life.
New York: The Penguin Press. 2011.
As Reviewed by Ted Odenwald
Claire Tomalin has written an outstanding biography of Charles Dickens, published for the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Britain’s greatest 19th-century novelist. Her meticulously researched and documented study explores Dickens’ strengths and weaknesses, presenting opposing sides of controversial issues, [...]
Martin Luther King Day may be a good time to take stock of the issue of prejudice in New Jersey.
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, one of the few agencies in the country monitoring hate groups, New Jersey is presently ranked 3rd — having moved up a notch from 4th place. A listing [...]
Simple Arithmetic
Submitted by a local taxpayer interested in the annual School Budget vote.
It wasn’t surprising to read of the Court tossing out the defamation lawsuit of former RIH Superintendent Saxton (December 2011 Suburban News) against a Board of Education trustee.
Most public servants are interested in doing just what their name suggests, serving the public. They [...]
The first regular council meeting of 2012 in Oakland, NJ was dominated by appointments to various local commissions and committees.
This also included appointments for professional services, and these annual appointments provide an opportunity to examine government reform efforts in New Jersey.
It is of no surprise that many private citizens in New Jersey are working to [...]
badass: (slang) a person whose extreme attitudes, behavior or appearance are admirable
The celebration of Martin Luther King Day on January 16th is an important holiday for an important figure in American history. In addition to the advancements in civil rights and American values that King achieved during his lifetime, his promotion of non-violent civil disobedience [...]
Revolution
Jennifer Donnelly
Andi is from Brooklyn and because of her own depression, her severely depressed mom, and her rapidly failing academics, she’s being forced to stay with her dad in Paris for a short time while he works on some DNA research. Andi and her dad don’t get along all too well, and she’s not happy [...]
Valentine’s Day is coming, and The Journal is posting a list of 10 ideas to help celebrate the day. The list is going up early because most of the ideas don’t involve much money, but may involve a little extra time.
This list is compilation from different sources; we’ve expanded on most, and a few are [...]
Children’s book reviews by Andrea Dochney of the Oakland Public Library.
Belle, the Last Mule at Gee’s Bend
By: Calvin A. Ramsey
Enhancing the civil rights narrative, readers learn of how mules, particularly Belle, helped African-Americans vote and even played an important role in the funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The story is told to a [...]
