Dear Donna, It’s only 45 Hours from Bien Hoa: Stories from the Vietnam War.
Douglas Neralich.
1st Books Library, 2002.
As reviewed by Ted Odenwald
Douglas “Doc” Neralich has created a succinct, incisive, and moving collage of his experiences as a medic with the 36th Engineer Battalion in Vinh Long, Vietnam. Interweaving short stories, brief anecdotes, and poetry, “Doc” [...]
The Wyckoff Police Department is currently accepting applications for the position of probationary patrolman. Qualified applicants must be between 18-35 years of age at the date of appointment, be currently certified by the Police Training Commission from a New Jersey Police Academy, have graduated with a four year BA or BS degree from an accredited [...]
A speeding violation lead to the arrest of a Franklin Lakes man for DWI charges on September 20. At 2:10am, Ptl. Brian Zivkovich stopped a vehicle for allegedly doing 50 MPH on Mountain Avenue. Following the traffic stop, A Ewing Avenue resident, age 42; was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, refusal to submit [...]
JERSEY FRESH FARM TO SCHOOL WEEK
September 26 - September 30, 2011
• USDA Farm to School Initiative
Is an effort to connect schools with regional or local farms in order to serve healthy meals using locally produced foods.
• Did you know that Governor Christie signed an act that established a law stating that the last week of [...]
Christian Health Care Center (CHCC) in Wyckoff recently held a special luncheon for volunteers of de Snoep Winkel Gift Shop and Tea Room. After lunch, a check for $48,648 was presented to the CHCC Foundation which represents the profits the shop made in 2010. The contribution will go toward the CHCC Foundation’s Annual Appeal, which [...]
Sept 30th, Tommy Wind, the youngest magician to ever have his own show on the Las Vegas strip, and the star of an upcoming reality TV Show, will be appearing at Indian Hills High School.
Indian Hills High School has launched an online newspaper for the school community, BravesNow.com, but there are news articles that break beyond borders and hold appeal for the greater community.
One interesting feature is the Braves Music Sessions. This ongoing feature, intended to promote the accomplishments of local high school bands, combines a number of elements [...]
Walter Isaacson. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life.
New York: Simon and Schuster Paperbacks, 2003.
As reviewed by Ted Odenwald
To arrive at an accurate picture of Benjamin Franklin, claims biographer Walter Isaacson, “we must rescue [him] from the schoolbook caricature of a genial codger flying kites…and spouting homespun maxims… [and from] critics who would confine him with the [...]
Hundreds of homes have been flooded, and at least 12 homes condemned due to the destructive force of the raging Ramapo River. Please consider making a donation to help the hundreds of flood victims in Oakland.
It will be the tenth anniversary of the September 11th attacks, and the Wyckoff families and friends who lost loved ones will suffer through this day as they have every year since. First year, tenth year, or the twentieth year anniversary, time will not lessen the loss endured.
Collectively, the tenth anniversary incorporates not just [...]
