MESSAGE TO PARENTS FROM THE OAKLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT: As widely reported in the news media during the past several days, on Friday May 4, 2012 the Old Tappan Police Department received a report of an “attempted luring” incident. At approximately 3:49 PM a tan Caucasian or dark skinned Hispanic male […]
The NJ ASK exams being administered to local students in grades K-8 are a waste of time, a waste of money, and destructive….I’ll add in that it is a really sdrawkcab ssa approach to education. A NJSpotlight.com article reports on parents throughout NJ who are opting out of having their […]
A Mother’s Acceptance of a Picky Eater By Veronica MacDonald Ditko An Accidental Anthropologist When I had a newborn, I invited a friend over for lunch. Her son was about 18 months older than mine. She gave him chocolate milk. I thought to myself, “I’m not going to give my […]
Getting out of Oakland without leaving Oakland, is a great thing with so many places to go for a hike, see the town from a distance….When it comes to staying out of it, that means staying out of anything that goes on with the local government.
Thanks to Leo McGuire for sending in these videos of a Black Bear in his backyard. Below the videos is the Borough Message about dealing with the bear population.
The following was taken from a post on a local blog by a member registered with the username, Seminore. It’s being re-posted here with permission, but The Journal has edited it just slightly. Originally posted as one long paragraph, The Journal took the liberty to format it in a more poetic […]
