(videos at bottom of post) When they ask an Oakland resident, who’s your Santa? The answer is, he’s the real deal. The warmth, charm and good cheer of the season’s original jolly old elf cannot be resisted, and even those Oakland residents disillusioned by a holiday season drenched in commercialism […]
To All Residents of Oakland, I want to thank everyone who voted, be it for me or my opponents – when you vote it means you care. This election was a lot of work, but for me, it was worth every minute. I learned a great deal about our community,our […]
The Oakland Board of Education is in the process of selecting a new Superintendent of Schools. In order for the District to arrive at the best possible candidate, it is asking for input to assist the board in clarifying the profile of the final candidate that will be used during […]
Light Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy By Veronica MacDonald Ditko An Accidental Anthropologist Most areas in North Jersey were relatively unscathed by the combination of Hurricane Sandy and a Nor’easter (which I will call Fred). Nearly every town lost power but people learned to make do. I’m pretty sure people […]
A Little Known Yet Very Popular American Presidential Tradition By Mike Guadagnino The conclusion of yet another Presidential election and American patterns have not changed. Since the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933, the American electorate has only voted out an incumbent President twice. Time after time Americans do […]
Danielle O’Keefe re-made a song to support the Red Cross in obtaining donations thru texting. Please give and help restore our shore. Click on the link below for her song and text the word REDCROSS to 90999.
