Yearly Archives: 2013


Calendar Boy

While students throughout NJ are taking part in the Celebrate NJ essay contest, Bergen County Clerk John Hogan is celebrating himself. A recent article in The Bergen Record details how Hogan spent $60,000 on a calendar featuring 21 photos of himself. You can read what actually transpired at the last […]


Beef and Guinness Stew

Beef and Guinness Stew Serves 6 – Ingredients: vegetable oil 2 pounds lean stewing beef, cubed teaspoon salt Freshly ground pepper 2 large onions, coarsely chopped large clove garlic, crushed 2 tablespoons each: tomato paste, beef bouillon 2 cups carrots, cut in chunks 1 cup celery, cut in chunks 1/2 […]


Q&A on Full Day Kindergarten

Oakland’s interim Superintendent of Schools, Jeffery Feifer, penned a letter to Oakland parents and the greater Oakland community to introduce several new initiatives. The majority of the letter is devoted to explaining why full day kindergarten is advantageous for Oakland’s children, how it will impact the school budget, and why the […]


Tricks R for Kids

When it comes to watching television, senior citizens log the most hours with an estimated weekly dose of about 48 hours  – twice the amount that children between the ages of 2 and 11 years watch. But adults, for the most part, are a little bit more savvy than children […]


Barnstable Academy’s Pippin

Barnstable Academy‘s “Players” of Performing Arts performed their rendition of Pippin on Wednesday, March 6th at the YMCA in Wayne, NJ as well as a performance for their schoolmates earlier in the day.  Long rehearsals, much hard work, fabulous costumes and sets all paid off as the show was a […]