Yearly Archives: 2013


Rotary Celebrates a Life of Service

Rotary Celebrates a Life of Service Written By: Peter J. Kikot – Immediate Past-President of the Oakland/Franklin Lakes Rotary Club On a beautiful morning in June the Oakland-Franklin Lakes Rotary Club inducted two of its members onto Rotary Rock; a memorial stone situated in Rotary park (right behind the Bough […]


On the Job – July 2, 2013

On June 21, 2013 Ptl. Frank Fiore responded to TD Bank to investigate a reported theft.  The officer’s investigation revealed that an individual entered the branch and orchestrated a sleight of hand and diversionary money exchange with the bank teller which resulted in the theft of $200.00.  Through the use […]


Your Momma Is So…

The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA), working with the office of the Attorney General of New Jersey and its New Jersey Division on Civil Rights, has come up with new regulations to reduce trash talk during high school sporting events. While the new regulations are in accord with […]


The Kingmaker’s Daughter

Philippa Gregory. The Kingmaker’s Daughter New York: Simon and Schuster, 2012. As reviewed by Ted Odenwald Shakespeare’s depiction of Anne Neville is most unflattering in The Tragedy of King Richard The Third. The seemingly inconsolable widow of Edward, the Lancastrian prince, is betrayed by her vanity and naivete as she […]


Sun Sets on Oakland Carnival 2

It’s so noisy at the fair But all your friends are there And the candy floss you had And your mother and your dad. Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain With the barkers and the colored balloons, You can’t be twenty on Sugar Mountain Though you’re thinking that You’re leaving […]