Family Fights

New Jersey’s most populace county, with one of America’s highest tax rate for counties nationwide, has seen two very public examples of Republican infighting.

New Jersey’s most populace county, with one of America’s highest tax rate for counties nationwide, has seen two very public examples of Republican infighting.

Leap Day, it only comes once every four years….and who really cares…

Police Promotion & New Police Officer
At the Wyckoff Township Committee meeting of February 7, Ptl. Brian Zivkovich was promoted to the rank of Sergeant, and Kyle Ferreira was appointed to the position of probationary Police Officer.
Sgt. Brian Zivkovich, 33, a resident of Wyckoff, is also actively involved as a member of the Wyckoff Fire Department. [...]

We are a nation of consumers, and as such we like our labels.
With food we need to know if it is sugar free, caffeine free, or fat free. With religion we need to know is it Christian, Jewish, Muslim, or Hindu. With politics we need to know if it’s Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, or Independent.
We need [...]

Martin Luther King Day may be a good time to take stock of the issue of prejudice in New Jersey.
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, one of the few agencies in the country monitoring hate groups, New Jersey is presently ranked 3rd — having moved up a notch from 4th place. A listing [...]

The January 16th celebration often overshadows the existence of Benjamin Franklin Day on January 17th, so this year The Journal will explore the personal life of Benjamin Franklin.

12 Things for a Better New You Year
Be More Curious
Wonder more about things. Whether it’s art, music, politics or science, be more curious. Ask a few additional “whys” and then go seek the answers.
Make a Pilgrimage
A pilgrimage is usually associated with a holy place, but you can define your own. Maybe it’s your hometown where [...]

God is Born
The history of the cosmos
is the history of the struggle of becoming.
When the dim flux of unformed life
struggled, convulsed back and forth upon itself,
and broke at last into light and dark
came into existence as light,
came into existence as cold shadow
then every atom of the cosmos trembled with delight.
Behold, God is born!
He is bright [...]

The holiday season brings with it many joys, and many questions.
A lot of the questions revolve around Santa Claus, and how can he be real. How can an old overweight man travel the earth delivering toys to children? How can his reindeer fly? How can he carry all those toys? How can he fit down [...]

The mayors of Franklin Lakes & Wyckoff recently joined NJ’s Governor during a speech in Teaneck where Christie was seeking to build momentum for an end to “sick day payouts”
Sick day payouts allow an employee to accrue unused sick days and cash them in at retirement. For some municipalities, facing a large number of retirements, [...]