The Oakland Fire Department wins the Northwest Bergen Field Day competition for the third year in a row! By Firefighter Joe Gallup June 5, 2010 The Oakland Fire Department participated in the North West Bergen Mutual Aid Field Day and won First Place overall for a third year in a […]
Sandcastles Have Lots of Substance, Or Do They? By Veronica MacDonald Ditko An Accidental Anthropologist Summer is here and sandcastles are on my mind. It seems natural to want to make something out of the immense stretches of sand down south. It’s like a huge sandbox! Put a pile of […]
Media Sciences in Oakland, NJ, and Cartridge World in Franklin Lakes, NJ offer some insight into developments in the color printing world that make thinking green both frugal and environmentally sound. When people are thINKing about their printers’ ink cartridges, they often think green – because it seems like the […]
Karl W. Blunck’s second life as an artist began years ago after a heart attack forced him into retirement at the tender age of 57. Recent regional awards are now being followed by an acceptance for the second year in a row in a juried show at the historic Salmagundi […]
Students in New Jersey are angry and many participated in a statewide walkout to protest cuts brought about by Governor Christie’s cuts in school funding. Organized through a Facebook page, over 14,000 in number indicated they may participate in the event. While students from individual schools and districts have mounted […]
Robo calls in Oakland went out Monday afternoon from the Board of Education reminding residents of Tuesday’s vote. But an informal survey of senior citizens, or homes with no children, failed to find any who received this reminder phone call. While this may follow the letter of the law in […]
