A Mother’s Acceptance of a Picky Eater
By Veronica MacDonald Ditko
An Accidental Anthropologist
When I had a newborn, I invited a friend over for lunch. Her son was about 18 months older than mine. She gave him chocolate milk.
I thought to myself, “I’m not going to give my kids chocolate milk; if they don’t like the real [...]
From the Turnpike, to Broadway, to Baker St
By Brian Kraker NJKegstand.com
In the dimly lit basement of an East Village café sits Baker St, nestled under a stairwell while a comedy show finishes upstairs. With over zealous comedians and thundering laughter still heard up above, the band waits to finish off their 3-week residency at the [...]
Wyckoff Purchases Russell Farms and more news from Friends of Wyckoff…
CRIME PREVENTION AWARENESS SESSION FAVORABLY RECEIVED
A full court room of residents and business owners participated in an interactive session with Benjamin C. Fox, Chief of Police and five of his police officers including Lieutenants and Detectives. Police Chief Fox credited Township Committeemen Kevin J. Rooney and Rudy Boonstra who serve on the Police Committee, with [...]
Sicomac School Community Service Project a Success for third grade students.
Cameron Rasnake donates art supplies for children at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in Paterson, NJ.
Children from the Third Grade at Sicomac Elementary School in Wyckoff, NJ are challenged each year to complete a community service project. The project helps to make a personal connection between [...]
By Veronica MacDonald Ditko
An Accidental Anthropologist
My son thinks a piece of tape will solve anything. This includes broken plastic toys, beloved pictures his younger brother has snipped to smithereens, and holes in his clothing. I tell him tape doesn’t fix everything as I half-heartedly try to stick a radiator back on a truck. Then I [...]
It’s a shocker, possibly funny, and has the potential to give the impression that New Jersey might be too clean. It might mean that we need a recount on how much NJ ranks…
Tense drama, huge fights, and big laughs is the tagline for Season 4 of The NJ Housewives…it’s also the tagline for the drama of Bergen County government
LAWRENCE R. INSERRA, JR. and THE INSERRA FAMILY
TO BE HONORED AT WEST BERGEN’S APRIL 1ST ANNUAL BRUNCH
The 2012 recipients of West Bergen Mental Healthcare’s Distinguished Service Award are Lawrence R. Inserra, Jr. and the Inserra Family. This symbol of excellence, which is given each year to exceptional community leaders, will be presented to Larry Inserra [...]
A Wholly Holy Month is March
By Veronica MacDonald Ditko
An Accidental Anthropologist
March is a saintly month. Western Europe hosts lots of celebrations during the month from Ireland’s St. Patrick to Sicily’s San Giuseppe. And we mustn’t forget Wales’ St. David and Cornwall’s St. Piran (or Perran).
These probably all stem from celebrations for the spring equinox, which [...]
