The Oakland Police Department investigated a report of Theft of various pieces of exercise equipment from a local gym. The month long investigation conducted by Detective Piercy resulted in the arrest of a 41 year old Oakland resident on January 15, 2014, who has been charged with Theft of Movable […]
The Autobiography of Mark Twain. Volume 2. eds. Benjamin Griffin, Harriet Elinor Smith , et al. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2013. As reviewed by Ted Odenwald Volume 2 of Mark Twain’s dictated autobiography is another collection of gems published, per his wishes, more than 100 years after his […]
What is Art? By Tracy DiTolla www.tracyditolla.com What is art? As an artist and an art historian I often get asked this question by my students and sometimes by other random people who hear me say that I am an artist and art historian and want to try to boggle […]
Congratulations to Adam Akovity, Nigel DaSiva, and Christopher Leymeister. They captured first place in the New Jersey Future City Regional Competition on Saturday at Rutgers University. The team will travel to Washington, DC, in February to compete in the National Finals. Congratulations to Dónal Gannon, Joey Cruciata, and Anthony Mazzilli […]
By Veronica MacDonald Ditko An Accidental Anthropologist originally published January 1, 2011 On January 21 we celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., which was really on January 15, 1929. We’ve all heard a lot about King over the years, his “I have a dream” speech, and the details […]
From Dutch Homestead to Dairy Farm Estate: The Van Allen / Vygeberg Property Written by NJ Historian Read about other Historic NJ sites at http://www.thehistorygirl.com/ Set back on the corner of Ramapo Valley Road and Franklin Avenue in Oakland, New Jersey, is a small, stone home with a tattered tarp […]
