Brownie Leaders, Danyel Competiello and Annamarie Marino of Wyckoff Brownie Troop 24, recently held a Brownie Investiture ceremony at Sicomac School. The girls crossed from Daisy’s to Brownies and performed a skit, sang a song and recited the girl scout law as part of the ceremony.
Bridging is an important transition in a Girl Scout’s life. [...]
The Cardturner
Louis Sachar
The summer of his seventeenth year, Alton’s mother forces him to spend time with his “favorite uncle” in order to try to work the family’s way into the blind man’s last will and testament. Alton has to accompany his great-uncle, Trip, to his bridge games and act as his “cardturner.” Basically, [...]
Wyckoff native Matthew Rutler hopefully has a sense of humor.
The gossip columns are targeting the 25 year old Ramapo High School alumnus as Christine Aguilera’s new beau. While it’s difficult not to take it personally when your personal life gets analyzed by the news media, it’s part of the territory in the entertainment business.
Rutler met [...]
Sebastian Junger. War. New York: Twelve, 2010.
As reviewed by Ted Odenwald
In early November, President Obama presented Army Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta with the Medal of Honor in recognition for a series of heroic actions while under heavy fire from the Taliban in Afghanistan. There are several aspects of this story that are riveting: the [...]
A vehicle driving erratically on Route 208, lead to the arrest of a 50 year old Oakland man on DWI charges. At 12:15am on November 2, Ptl. Michael DeMaio observed a vehicle traveling north on Route 208 swerving out of the lane. Following a traffic stop, Xiang B. Cao, 19 Aspen Way; was arrested and [...]
Dear Neighbor,
Friends of Wyckoff is now on Facebook!
Our Facebook page is here to provide our neighbors with a social network for exchanging ideas, comments, concerns and information about what is going on around town. Go to our website and click on the “Like” button to join in.
Meetings
Monday, December 13
Zoning Board
Public meeting, 7:30 pm
Location: St. Nicholas [...]
The Jersey Filmmakers of Tomorrow, a festival encompassing Bergen County high school students, recently premiered their winners in Allendale, NJ….and third place went to Kevin Cheetham of Indian Hills High School.
Indian Hills High School students have joined the ranks of hundreds of other high schools across the country in producing an online newspaper accessible to all in their community.
IHfan.net, authored and edited by Indian Hills students, is a new step for the high school version of the fourth estate. It offers a mix of school [...]
A 76 year old North Haledon woman and customers and employees of a local business all escaped injury when the woman’s car crashed into the store front on November 7. At 9:42am Wyckoff Police responded to Dunkin Donuts, 525 Cedar Hill Avenue on the report of a crash in which a car struck the building. [...]
Briar Rose
Jane Yolen
Jane Yolen’s rendition of Sleeping Beauty is a harrowing tale to tell. Unlike most of Disney’s famous and popular fairy tale interpretations, most of the original tales are far more gruesome and frightening, not meant for very small children to experience, and often have far-from-happy endings. Becca has been listening to her [...]
