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Pit bull Puppy Survives a 5-story fall

Pit bull Puppy Survives a 5-story fall Four Amazing Dog Stories of Hope & Recovery Oakland, NJ, A seven-month-old female pit bull jumped off the roof of a 5-story building in Bayonne this past week and amazingly survived. The Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge, Inc. (RBARI) got the call and immediately sprung […]


Barnstable Academy Celebrated National School Choice Week

Barnstable Academy Celebrated National School Choice Week with Special Food Drive Event Oakland, NJ – Barnstable Academy held a three-week Food Drive leading up to National School Choice Week. Barnstable’s Student Government researched a local organization in need of supplies and found The Jewish Family Services based out of Teaneck, […]


Alexander Hamilton

Ron Chernow. Alexander Hamilton. New York: Penguin Books, 2004. As Reviewed by Ted Odenwald Thanks to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s smash hit, “Hamilton,” the biography which inspired that play has resurfaced as a must-read (or re-read) work. Ron Chernow’s methodical research and incisive analysis has produced a vivid portrait of the life […]