Town Meeting Sept 2nd

By The Franklin Lakes Journal
Published: August 31, 2008
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Next Meeting is Sept 16th  | read this item

Residents came out to the recent Town Meeting to express concerns over the process used to select a new COAH attorney for…

KONI Challenge

By The Franklin Lakes Journal
Published: August 31, 2008
KONI Challenge  | read this item

Watching car racing on TV is a major sport, but Franklin Lakes resident Joe Masessa is in the driver’s seat at the…

Film Auteur in Franklin Lakes

By The Franklin Lakes Journal
Published: August 27, 2008
Film Auteur in Franklin Lakes  | read this item

Looking to cover the growing number of amateur and professional filmmakers in the community, The Journal decided to first profile the youngest who has proven…

Out of School Conduct

By The Franklin Lakes Journal
Published: August 26, 2008
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Out of School Conduct  | read this item

The debate on the policy governing disciplinary action for activities unrelated to school functions continued with new questions on its validity and the potential of inevitable lawsuits which…

Sunset on Summer

By The Franklin Lakes Journal
Published: August 23, 2008
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Sunset on Summer  | read this item

“The blue crest of the distant mountain, tops,the green crest of the hill on which I sit; and it is summer, glorious, deep-toned summer,the very crown of nature’s changing year when all her surging life is at its full. To me alone it is a time of pause, a void and silent space between two worlds, when inspiration lags, and feeling sleeps, gathering strength for efforts yet to come.” ~Amy Lowell

Child Porn Charges

By The Franklin Lakes Journal
Published: August 22, 2008
Child Porn Charges  | read this item

The Oakland PD gets special recognition for their work in the investigation of a local resident arrested on charges involving…

Backpack Safety Concerns

By The Franklin Lakes Journal
Published: August 20, 2008
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Backpack Safety Concerns  | read this item

With school just around the corner, children of all ages will be loading up their backpacks on a daily basis and lugging them to school, loaded up with books, notebooks, and other school items…

The Brick House

By The Franklin Lakes Journal
Published: August 20, 2008
The Brick House  | read this item

You can huff, and you can puff, but you can’t blow The Brick House down…

ATM Safety by Leo Mcguire

By The Franklin Lakes Journal
Published: August 20, 2008
ATM Safety by Leo Mcguire  | read this item

Automated Teller Machines have become our primary destination for making banking transactions. Often though, these machines are located outside of traditional banking environments and forgo the safety they provide. As a result, it is up to us to make sure our use of ATM’s are safe in order to prevent fraud and theft. Here are [...]

WVNJ in Oakland

By The Franklin Lakes Journal
Published: August 19, 2008
WVNJ in Oakland  | read this item

WVNJ, 1160AM broadcast from right here in Oakland, NJ. In addition to providing the region with a variety of entertainment and information, WVNJ’s owners, management, and staff have a long history of community involvement and service…

Egg on Her Face

By The Franklin Lakes Journal
Published: August 16, 2008
Egg on Her Face  | read this item

Thanks to her daughter, a local Franklin Lakes mom ends up with egg on her face when…

Anonymous Speech

By The Franklin Lakes Journal
Published: August 16, 2008
Anonymous Speech  | read this item

Have you ever read anonymous posts on the Internet and wondered where people’s heads are? It might be democratic, but does it help democracy?

Freedom of speech and anonymous speech have been intertwined since the beginning of America, but have we gone too far?

Oakland Welcomes West Bergen Mental Healthcare

By The Franklin Lakes Journal
Published: August 14, 2008
Oakland Welcomes West Bergen Mental Healthcare  | read this item

Oakland moms and their children recently gathered at Memorial Park in the borough to send a special greeting to the West Bergen Counseling Group…

13 Moons By Charles Frazier - Book Review

By The Franklin Lakes Journal
Published: August 11, 2008
13 Moons By Charles Frazier - Book Review  | read this item

Through this self-questioning, Charles Frazier’s narrator-protagonist, Will Cooper, helps himself and the reader to savor the uniqueness of this nonagenarian’s recounting of his life journey…

COAH vs COAH

By The Franklin Lakes Journal
Published: August 11, 2008
COAH vs COAH  | read this item

Franklin Lakes is moving aggressively to respond to the new State COAH regulations by creating their own COAH committee which will…

Franklin Lakes Inventory

By The Franklin Lakes Journal
Published: August 11, 2008
Franklin Lakes Inventory  | read this item

In the first study of its kind since 1974, Franklin Lakes will be taking inventory of environmental, historic, and…

Hansil’s Pig Roast Sept 27

By The Franklin Lakes Journal
Published: August 8, 2008
Hansil's Pig Roast Sept 27  | read this item

Hansil’s Annual Pig Roast will once again donate 50% of the proceeds to Eva’s Kitchen for the Homeless. So come enjoy the food, the music and…

Local Remedies

By The Franklin Lakes Journal
Published: August 8, 2008
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Local Remedies  | read this item

Band-Aids and over the counter cures will not remedy New Jersey’s fiscal crisis. Although not to blame, it will be local governments who need to provide the home remedies that can salvage the state from financial ruin.

With 33 billion dollars of debt, there will no “tax relief” from the state in the future.

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