Teacher Contracts

The public refusal of FLEA teachers (Franlin Lakes Education Association), to attend the annual fundraiser for FLEF (Franklin Lakes Education Foundation), highlights the tension in many communities as state aid cuts and rising insurance benefits meet a depressed economy and over taxed residents. As described in an article posted on […]

McGuire Reads to Manito

Recently Bergen County Sheriff Leo McGuire spent a wonderful morning at Manito School in Oakland. He spoke to a class of older kids about the Office of Sheriff and read in Miss Roche’s classroom to the 2nd grade about using their imagination and being whoever they dream to be. He […]

Snow is for Artists

Thousands of Bergen County residents continue to carry on without power to their homes. In Franklin Lakes, the Ambulance Building was opened to residents who needed emergency shelter, and in Wyckoff the Public Library was made available to residents in distress. Some homes were not expected to get power restored […]

Van Allen House Celebrates Washington

President George Washington’s birthday was celebrated at the Van Allen House this past Sunday, Feb. 21st. This event was open to the general public. Members of Boy Scout Troop #49 participated in wax candle making. Boy Scout wolves from Troop #307 were also in attendance. To honor our first President’s […]

Schools, Security & Spying

A photograph is worth a thousand words, especially in a court room, but with a variety of tools available for tracking a stolen computer, some wonder if remote imaging should be implemented with respect to children or teenagers. The recent case in Pennsylvania of a student photographed by school officials […]

Best Town in Bergen County? 1

New Jersey Monthly recently published the best places to live in NJ. While several years ago Oakland was voted one of the top 50 places in America to raise kids by BusinessWeek Magazine, no towns in Bergen County made the top ten list in the poll commissioned by NJMonthly.com. The […]