Happy 2012 and Happy Spring Fellow Oaklanders! This first poll of 2012 aims to examine several things that have been going on within our town, state, and nation as well as a possible event that may occur in Oakland. After being asked by the new group aiming to bring a […]
Krishna Chavda, an illustrator from Oakland, New Jersey, has been selected to compete against nine other textile designers in REPEAT: A Fabric Design Competition hosted by The Printed Bolt. REPEAT features 10 amazing designers from around the United States who will compete in monthly design challenges from March to August […]
Bergen County is one sorry place to live, and not just because it’s one of the top five counties in the nation with respect to property taxes. Bergen County is a sorry place also because of the inordinate amount of apologies being offered and solicited. Northwest Bergen County Utilities Authority […]
A Wholly Holy Month is March By Veronica MacDonald Ditko An Accidental Anthropologist March is a saintly month. Western Europe hosts lots of celebrations during the month from Ireland’s St. Patrick to Sicily’s San Giuseppe. And we mustn’t forget Wales’ St. David and Cornwall’s St. Piran (or Perran). These probably […]
UPDATE: The BOH meeting that was held on February 14th, Valentines Day, was everything but a lovefest. Eleven of my neighbors, including my husband, attended the meeting and were allowed to speak their peace but the members of the BOH minds were already made up and it was concluded that […]
Miscreants are often hesitant to commit an unethical act if they believe that everyone else around them knows it is wrong, and it is up to…
