Putting Your Best Face Forward
By Veronica MacDonald Ditko
An Accidental Anthropologist
I see it happen so many times on the road. People cross a street and never look back to see if, by chance, a car is turning onto the street they are crossing. This is not a comment on pedestrians or drivers really, but rather a [...]
A recent court decision that named Police Chief John Ydo as a defendant offers a slice of life look at the trials and tribulations of heading up the Wyckoff Police Department. This accompanying photo exemplifies potential health hazards involved with the position of police chief.
Superior Court of New Jersey
GROSLINGER v. TOWNSHIP OF WYCKOFF
BRENDA GROSLINGER, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
TOWNSHIP [...]
A bankruptcy judge ruled against a Wyckoff , N.J., real estate attorney and found him liable for almost $700,000, and punitive damages and legal costs, for his part in a mortgage foreclosure scam.
In this case, the main defendant, Fredrick Cleveland, orchestrated the scam failed to disclose to the victims that he was using their house [...]
FBI NEWS RELEASE:
NEWARK—Acting Special Agent In Charge Kevin Cruise announced today the capture of Myfit Dika, age 44, of Wycoff, New Jersey, who was captured by the Toronto Fugitive Task Force in Toronto, Canada sometime yesterday afternoon. Dika was wanted in connection with the takedown of a Balkan criminal enterprise that occurred in New Jersey [...]
St. Alban’s Pre-School, Oakland/Franklin Lakes, is now registering for the 2010/2011 school year. There are still some openings available in our 2009/2010 classes. St. Alban’s Pre-School is committed to excellence in non-sectarian early childhood education and care for children ages two to six.
The goal is to provide a program that allows every child [...]
TOPIC: Wyckoff Government Rules by Exclusion in 2010
Dear Editor,
In November, 2008, Brian Scanlan was elected to the Wyckoff Township Committee as an independent voice for more balanced representation. But in view of 2010 volunteer board appointments, the “good old boy” group is bent on running Wyckoff by the process of exclusion.
Mayor Rudy Boonstra coordinated the [...]
Yankee for Life by Bobby Murcer with Glenn Waggoner
New York: Harper, 2008.
Bobby Murcer’s Yankee for Life is a refreshingly simple memoir of the late outfielder/sportscaster’s passion for baseball, a passion overshadowed only by his love of his family. In an age where many headline stories about professional athletes are filled with marital infidelities, cheating [...]
There’s a reason why parents and grandparents remind younger generations not to, “air your dirty laundry in public”. The idiom is meant as a reminder that if you do not want your personal life to be the topic of gossip, it’s best to keep it private.
Perhaps this is advice that Mayor Ken Pringle of Belmar [...]
The Davis Academy of Irish Dance will be offering classes beginning this January at the Elks Club in Oakland. Enrollment is ongoing.
Francene Cucinello, self described as “a proud product of St. Elizabeth’s School in Wyckoff”, died January 15th at the age of 43. Her adopted hometown of Lousiville, Kentucky mourns her death as her popular radio show has now been silenced. Her career in broadcasting extended over the years through Ohio, Maryland, and North Carolina.
While not [...]
