On June 19 at 3:20am, Sgt. Michael Ragucci stopped a vehicle on Route 208 for traveling 88 MPH in a 55 MPH zone. The driver, resident of Scott Drive, Wappingers Falls, NY, age 22; was subsequently arrested for DWI. He refused to submit to a breath test at headquarters and was released to a friend. [...]
Area Student Explores Culture in Greece
SELINSGROVE, Pa.—Ian Clarkson of Wyckoff, N.J., was one of 19 students from Susquehanna University who recently spent two weeks in Greece studying ancient and modern culture. The trip, which included visits to Athens, Delphi, the Peloponnese, Crete, Santorini, Olympia, Epidaurus and Corinth, is part of the university’s Global Opportunities (GO) [...]
The young at heart are always receptive to Nature’s influence. Take time to be a teacher, to yourself, to others, and interpret the life of a flower, a tree, a bird, a fish, and inspire yourself and others to new discoveries.
On March 16, the Chief Financial Officer for the Township of Wyckoff reported that she had uncovered fraudulent deductions from a township bank account. A lengthy investigation by Det. Sgt. Joseph Soto lead to the arrest of a Plainfield woman on June 8. The investigation determined that a resident of Willever Street, age 28; was [...]
Jeff Shaara. Jeff Shaara’s Civil War Battlefields: Discovering America’s
Hallowed Ground. New York: Ballantine Books, 2006.
As reviewed by Ted Odenwald
Jeff Shaara has written two fine Civil War novels, Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure, which, joined with his father’s Killer Angels, comprise a powerful and moving trilogy analyzing several major battles and [...]
The proposed deal to sell off New Jersey’s public broadcasting assets to New York and Philadelphia is not new. Similar proposals in the past, usually in jest, have recommended the entire state of New Jersey be dismantled and absorbed by neighboring states.
But the bid accepted by the Christie administration, with no public discussion on the [...]
Christian Health Care Center (CHCC) in Wyckoff recently held a Volunteer Emergency Services Dinner as part of its year-long centennial celebration. The dinner, held at Indian Trail Country Club in Franklin Lakes, served as a gesture of CHCC’s deep appreciation to the local volunteers in Wyckoff and Hawthorne for their commitment to the care and [...]
On June 8, the State chapter of MADD (Mother’s Against Drunk Driving) honored police officers and State Troopers from all over New Jersey for their individual efforts in the enforcement of drunk driving laws.
Wyckoff police officers Sgt. Michael Ragucci and Ptl. Brian Zivkovich were two of those officers that received certificates and congratulatory letters from [...]
Ian O’Connor. The Captain: The Journey of Derek Jeter.
New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.
as reviewed by Ted Odenwald
Ian O’Connor is well known to Bergen County sports fans as a knowledgeable analyst, a lover of the game of baseball, and a biting critic of capitalistic baseball, the business world that has inspired megalithic stadiums, [...]
Temple Beth Rishon of Wyckoff held it’s 9th Annual Murray Prawer Mitzvah Day to benefit Emmanuel Cancer Foundation of Midland Park. The temple community donated over $6500, 125 bags of groceries from the Preschool and Hebrew school families, I-tunes gift cards, school supplies, and the “Hands On Friendship” blanket, made by Adriana Csaki (pictured).
