Back to school, for the young it brings visions of the future and for the older it brings memories of the past. Students in Franklin Lakes, Wyckoff and Oakland are joining the rest of their generation in the return to school this September, and The Journal decided to examine how school is reflected in musical [...]
The federal government’s “Race To The Top” educational reform program has the title for a great reality television show, and New Jersey provided that dramatic ending to a questionable season that involved billions of dollars in prizes.
New Jersey’s Star Ledger is reporting that what appears to be a clerical error on the part of New [...]
There’s lots of talk about plans for a new ShopRite at the old A&P site in Wyckoff, NJ…so let’s not talk about that. The planning, protests, meetings, drawings and re-drawings will probably go on for some time. Instead, it may be more interesting to decipher the illustrious heir to the A&P fortune, Huntington Hartford and [...]
Locally, nationally, globally, the number of children being medicated is growing. The growing incidences of diabetes, asthma, and diagnosis with regard to the autism spectrum are all playing a role. Medco, with corporate offices in Franklin Lakes, NJ, issued their 2010 Drug Trend Report which raised red flags with over 25% of insured children in [...]
The recent gassing of Canadian geese in Bergen County has become a hotter political issue than the economy or illegal immigration…unless you consider the geese illegal immigrants from Canada.
The authorized killing of Canadian Geese in Saddle River County Park has evoked outrage from many residents in Bergen County as being inhumane. Locally, there have even [...]
Republican Governor Chris Christie and the Democratic state legislature reached an accord to cap property taxes in NJ, and apparently both sides are partying like it’s 1999; but, for most taxpayers in NJ there will be no party. In 1999 the average property tax in NJ was $4,239, in 2010 it was $7,281: a 70% [...]
The Mayors of Wyckoff and Franklin Lakes have signed on in support of Governor Chris Christie’s call for a constitutional amendment called Proposition 2.5.
The constitutional amendment would put a 2.5% cap on municipal spending with exceptions allowed only when rateables grow, or the voters approve going over the cap. While mayors in Wyckoff, Franklin Lakes, [...]
The controversial high school policy which was years in the making due to stiff resistance from local parents has been found unconstitutional. The controversial school regulation numbered 6145, focused on student conduct away from school: be it on a family vacation or in the home.
The regional school board governing Indian Hills and Ramapo High School [...]
Wyckoff Day, hopefully a new tradition, was a profound success for visitors and participants who collectively “imagineered” an event unlike any other in the area. Combining the festivities of music, amusements, food & drink with the diversity of commerce and community in Wyckoff, the event offered something for everyone.
Local merchants and entrepreneurs mixed with tables [...]
Breathing life into a legacy is how the board of Julia’s Butterfly Foundation in Wyckoff, NJ felt in 2005 as they picked up the torch of Maureen Bommer who had succumbed to cancer. Maureen, just several earlier months, had lost her 7 year old daughter Julia to a rare kidney disorder. The tragedy of [...]
