Published: March 24, 2011
Nicholas J. Gorab Recognized |
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Congratulations to Nicholas J. Gorab of Franklin Lakes, a sophomore at The Pennington School in Pennington, NJ, was awarded Dean’s List honors for the first semester of 2010-11.
The Pennington School recently recognized Upper School and Middle School students for having been included on the Dean’s List in the first semester of 2010–11. For students to [...]
Published: March 19, 2011
Courage to Change |
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The problems associated with NJ’s municipalities replicating services can be compared to the concept of redundancy in the private sector.
Corporate elimination of redundancy, initiated in the 1980s, is now generally accepted as the preferred method for turning around declining organizations, cutting costs, and improving performance.
Courage to ConnectNJ, a non-profit organization seeking to reduce the replication [...]
Published: March 16, 2011
Years Ago, And Today |
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The passing of Jean Dinning, one of the famed Dinning Sisters from the mid 1900’s who guested with stars such as Buddy Clark, Perry Como and Kate Smith, in addition to their own shows, gives an opportunity to reflect back on a musical family that spans generations and genres.
The sisters were three of nine siblings [...]
Published: March 15, 2011
St. Patrick's Day 2011 |
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This St. Patrick’s Day, it is appropriate to think of Japan also, and to honor both the day and the moment.
There exists in both cultures, Irish and Japanese, a deep attachment to ancestral roots that go beyond nation, beyond religion, back to the forces of Nature. Like the Japanese flag that incorporates the symbolic power [...]
Published: March 12, 2011
Mahwah Warehousing & Moving |
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Mahwah Warehousing & Moving has been meeting the relocation and transportation needs of our customers for over 30 years, and through those years of service, we have gained the experience necessary to earn your trust. With our commitment to quality and our high level of integrity you can be assured that every detail will be [...]
Published: March 7, 2011
Terrie O'Connor Realtors |
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Terrie O’Connor, President of Terrie O’Connor Realtors, is pleased to announce the opening of the company’s newest location in Wyckoff, at 395 Franklin Avenue (at Wyckoff Avenue, between Aldo’s and Pane e Vino). Terrie O’Connor Realtors is a full-service real estate company with local expertise and global connections. [...]
Published: March 7, 2011
Homerule: Use It or Lose It |
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The newly launched website, TownStats.org, is providing residents of New Jersey with a new tool for comparing budget items of different towns, side by side, line by line. On the surface, this might appear to be a beauty contest between budget numbers, but in practice it should lead to innovation and efficiency in government.
New Jersey [...]
Published: March 4, 2011
The Red Garden |
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Alice Hoffman. The Red Garden.
New York: Crown Publishers, 2011
as reviewed by Ted Odenwald
Through a collection of interwoven stories about the citizenry of rustic Blackwell, Massachusetts, Alice Hoffman has earned a place of honor on the bookshelf near Saroyan’s The Human Comedy, Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio, and Joyce’s Dubliners. This fictional backwater is populated by [...]
Published: March 3, 2011
March 2011 Teen Book Reviews |
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Broken Soup
Jenny Valentine
Part mystery, part love story, Broken Soup is not the average “my brother died and now my family is falling apart” novel. Sure, Jack died unexpectedly, and now Rowan is left as the primary caregiver to younger sister Stroma because their mom just lies in bed all day and their dad has [...]
Published: March 1, 2011
Are You Mad for March Madness? |
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Are You Mad for March Madness?
By Veronica MacDonald Ditko
An Accidental Anthropologist
For many sports fans, March is synonymous with only one thing: college basketball. The March Madness tournament may be what gets them through winter, cheering their team on. Or the team they are desperately hoping will win the office pool.
I have some skeletons in the [...]
