Monthly Archives: March 2013


The Standardized Smell Test

New tests, more tests, better tests – but do the standardized tests pass the smell test? Come the 2014-2015 school year, students in Franklin Lakes, Oakland, Wyckoff, and throughout New Jersey will be taking new tests, more tests, and what some are saying are better tests as part of the […]


Shrouded in Mystery

A new study of the Shroud of Turin is claiming that the previous radio-carbon dating efforts conducted in the early 1980s were incorrect. The study will be available in a new book published by Giulio Fanti, associate professor of mechanical and thermal measurement at Padua University The Shroud of Turin, […]


Why Chris Christie Won’t Cry

Governor Chris Christie says he has no sympathy for those on the New Jersey shore who refuse to sign easements to allow for the building of protective dunes, and he plans on putting the pressure on them prior to the May deadline for compliance. The reasons Christie will not be […]


The RIH Laptop Initiative 2

Submitted by Gina Steele I attended the RIH Budget presentation so that I could reacquaint myself with the laptop initiative. There were only 20 parents from the 3 towns attending this meeting, and considering the laptop initiative is a controversial subject I thought I would help fill people in on […]


On the Job – March 27, 2013

On March 22, 2013 Ptl. Rowin observed an individual standing outside of his residence on Ramapo Valley Road who was known to have an active warrant for his arrest. The officer took the 38 year old suspect into custody without incident and transported him to headquarters. Bail had been previously […]