UPDATE: Below is the Pernetti resignation letter detailing his reasons for leaving the position of Athletic Director posted on http://www.scarletknights.com/. (Click here for Barchi’s remarks on Pernetti resignation) Dr. Robert L. Barchi, President Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 83 Somerset Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1281 Dear Dr. Barchi: […]
It was 5 years ago this April when we started The Oakland Journal, well before the idea of citizen journalism had become mainstreamed. We had a vision at that time of offering a new platform for providing information about Oakland – but more importantly, we saw it as a celebration […]
Baseball as a youth sport is on the decline nationally. Little League which accounts for about two thirds of the recreational programs went from 2.5 million in 1996 to 2 million in 2010. The National Sporting Goods Association put the total number at 3.4 million youth players in 2010, and […]
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, […]
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 […]
In 2011, the WOLF pack – Wyckoff, Oakland, and Franklin Lakes – reviewed a presentation by Revelstone concerning their new Compass software system described as, “…an intuitive Web-based solution designed to allow local governments to measure and improve their municipality’s services performance.” Wyckoff at the time declined to buy into […]
