Archive for ‘September, 2010’

CUMAC to Honor Andrea Mateo

CUMAC to Honor Andrea Mateo

CUMAC (Passaic County’s Food Pantry) Will Honor Special Volunteers
at its November 1 HELP Dinner
HALEDON, NJ… CUMAC, Passaic County’s central food pantry, will hold its 13th Annual HELP (Hands Extending Love to People) Dinner on Monday, November 1 at 6:00 pm at the Tides in Haledon, NJ. This year, the dinner will [...]

Getting Real on Inclusion

Getting Real on Inclusion

Registration information for the Wyckoff Buddy Walk on October 2nd can be found at BergenBuddyWalk.com
Buddy Walk, an event held nationally in October and sponsored locally by the Wyckoff YMCA, is intended to raise awareness, encourage inclusion, and raise funding in support of the 1 out of 1000 people born with Down’s Syndrome. Like previous years [...]

Controversy Everywhere

Controversy Everywhere

Controversy Everywhere: By Ryan Robinson
Wherever one goes across the country or around the world, there will always be a “he said” or “she said” moment. Most times, the person that blames another is doing it so they don’t get into trouble themselves. However, one can’t always assume that one that seems wrong is wrong, because [...]

Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day

Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day

Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin C. Fox announced that the Wyckoff Police Department will be participating in “Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day”. This national program is being sponsored by the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety and is designed to call attention to the motor vehicle crashes that cause deaths on our roadways. In [...]

On The Job- September 20th

On The Job- September 20th

Courtesy of the Wyckoff PD
On September 9 at 12:17am, Wyckoff Police responded to the area of Midland Avenue to investigate a complaint that several individuals were walking through the yards of several homes on the street. While the officers were investigating this complaint, a vehicle with several young occupants drove through the area slowly. The [...]

The Death and Life of the Great American School System

The Death and Life of the Great American School System

Diane Ravitch. The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education. New York: Basic Books, 2010.
As reviewed by Ted Odenwald
Diane Ravitch, a highly respected historian of education, has written an impassioned plea for sanity in the area of education reform. Ravitch, a noted researcher at NYU and [...]

Out-of-School-Conduct Policy, Out of the Schools

Out-of-School-Conduct Policy, Out of the Schools

The RIH Board of Ed suffered another setback in their quest to establish an in loco parentis relationship outside of school functions.
The adopted policy, which was publicly discussed over the course of a year, empowered the school to discipline students with suspension of extra-curricula activities if accused of illegal conduct regardless of where or when [...]

West Bergen Mental Healthcare

West Bergen Mental Healthcare

Now in 3 Locations: Oakland, Ridgewood and Ramsey. For General Information or to schedule and appointment please call 201.444.3550 or visit our website: www.westbergen.org.
Founded in 1963 as a Child Guidance Clinic, today West Bergen is a full range community mental health center serving over 3,000 people a year.
West Bergen Mental Healthcare offers a full [...]

David Connolly Resigns in Wyckoff

David Connolly Resigns in Wyckoff

Still a fixture in the Wyckoff community, but no longer a member of the Township Committee, six-year incumbent Dave Connolly has resigned from his position on the town’s governing body.
The tall figure of David Connolly is  easily spotted by residents at recreation games, the fishing derby, and other public events held throughout Wyckoff,NJ. While normal [...]

On The Job - September 9th

On The Job - September 9th

An officer assigned to a special DWI patrol arrested a 24 year old Oakland man on       August 28. At 1:41am, Ptl. Brian Zivkovich stopped Walter D. Kuebler, 131 Doty Road; after he observed the vehicle being driven by Kuebler swerving on Monroe Avenue. Following field sobriety tests and a breath test, Kuebler was arrested and [...]

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