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 till the beginning of the [...]
“Then my heart with pleasure fills and dances with the daffodils…” - William Wordsworth
By Veronica MacDonald Ditko
An Accidental Anthropologist
Daffodils are truly one of the first signs of spring. Their bright and sunny heads pop out of the ground all at once, just when you think winter will last longer than Punxsutawney Phil says. And what [...]
Refresh, Refresh by Danica Novgorodoff
As in times past, many teenage boys are growing up without dads. Refresh, Refresh illustrates the lives of three boys who are waiting for their dads to come home, hoping that the military and the war doesn’t swallow their families whole. Gordon, Cody, and Josh are three friends whose [...]
Freeholders to decide on Wyckoff’s request for grant to preserve Russell Farms
Monday, March 1, 2010, 7:00 p.m.
One Bergen County Plaza
Hackensack, NJ
Bergen County Freeholder meeting room on the 5th floor.
The Bergen County Freeholders will hold a public hearing on this year’s county grants for open space.
Wyckoff is on the agenda for a $1.8 million dollar [...]
Report from last general meeting, submitted by Matt Brogowski, President Wyckoff Chamber of Commerce. Owner The Wireless Store at Boulder Run.
First, we discussed the project currently in the planning stages for the old A&P site, now slated to become a new ShopRite. They are in the early planning stages, and hearings and testimony is being [...]
Lou Dobbs might be off the CNN Network, but he still lives in New Jersey. The fiery populist well known for his advocacy for immigration reform may yet take an official stance on migration reform, specifically migratory birds. New Jersey is hip deep in the droppings of Canadian Geese, birds protected under the Federal Migratory [...]
The Wyckoff Y is exhibiting the works of David Buckbinder through March 5th. David Buckbinder studied fine art at the Art Student’s League in Manhattan and art history at William Paterson University.
David’s art follows in the tradition of the Hudson River School which is experiencing a new wave of popularity today; though David’s passion for [...]
A former employee who lived in Franklin Lakes returned home and took a nostalgic trip to the new Stop & Shop. On her blog, The Girl Who Ate Everything, Robin offers a not only a comparison of the old and new, but throws her talent for photography into the mix.
It’s a treat when someone focuses [...]
Claude Thomas from Miller’s Pharmacy in Wyckoff, NJ sends his thanks to the Barnert Temple community
for their amazing collection of clothing for Haitians. Claude lost family members in the earthquake and will visit Haiti soon to help distribute the much needed clothing.
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 while in his home reflects many [...]
