Published: April 27, 2011
Debra Taylor Accepted into Membership in EWNJ |
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Debra Taylor Accepted into Membership in EWNJ
Executive Women of New Jersey (EWNJ), the premier women’s organization of New Jersey, is pleased to announce that Debra Taylor of Franklin Lakes has been accepted as a member of this prestigious organization.
Debra Taylor CPA/PFS, Esq., a lifelong resident of Wyckoff and Franklin Lakes, is the principal of [...]
Published: April 25, 2011
Sports Conditioning Institute |
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The Sports Conditioning Institute is the premiere athlete training facility in the northeast, right here in Oakland NJ. Along with the Adult Fitness center and the Venture bootcamps they offer something for everyone including a world class adult personal training program and the only indoor / outdoor, year round bootcamp in new jersey. [...]
Published: April 20, 2011
Teen Poetry Contest Winners Announced |
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WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
TEEN POETRY CONTEST in celebration of National Library Week
Congratulations to the winners of the annual National Library Week Teen Poetry Contest at Franklin Lakes Public Library!
Andrew Fong, sixth grader at Franklin Avenue Middle School, will receive First Place, awarded with a $50 American Express Gift Card, for his poem “Dandelion.” Three runners’ up [...]
Published: April 20, 2011
Let's be Positive |
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Let’s be Positive By Ryan Robinson
As just about everyone knows, you can’t always get what you wah-haunt (to try and quote the Rolling Stones there) but that doesn’t mean you have to complain or whine about it. We’re all guilty of looking like fools when we complain, cry, and have a fit about something if [...]
Published: April 16, 2011
Photo by Sal Benedetto |
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WEST BERGEN MENTAL HEALTHCARE
HONORS LAURIE AND RUSS KAMP AT ANNUAL BRUNCH
On April 3rd, West Bergen Mental Healthcare celebrated its 34th Annual Brunch at the Park Ridge Marriott in Park Ridge and recognized outstanding community leaders Laurie and Russ Kamp of Midland Park. Pictured are (l-r): Lorraine Kallman, Brunch Co-chair and West Bergen Foundation Board Member, Ridgewood; [...]
Published: April 16, 2011
Ellen Reinkraut Teaches More than Painting |
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Franklin Lakes art teacher Ellen Reinkraut teaches more than painting to her 30 plus young students. The children learn new skills and how they can make a difference in the world. On April 17 some of her students will receive awards at the Gabarron Foundation in New York City for their art work, which is [...]
Published: April 15, 2011
Calling All Veterans Military Personnel |
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Franklin Lakes NJ Calling All Veterans Military Personnel
At this year’s Franklin Lakes Memorial Day Parade special tribute will be paid to Borough residents who died while fighting for our country VFW Post 5702 has compiled a list of Franklin Lakes residents who died in combat from the Civil War up to and including the Vietnam [...]
Published: April 11, 2011
Beach Envy |
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With Spring officially here, and hints of warmer weather in the air, visions of sugar plums dancing and stockings hung by the fire are giving way to shorts, sandals, sunglasses, and yearnings for an ocean breeze.
It is also the annual time of year when talk of “beach badges” or “beach tags” start. It’s a tradition [...]
Published: April 5, 2011
April, 2011 Teen Book Reviews |
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The Hotel Under the Sand
Kage Baker
Ship-wrecked and alone, Emma finds a young man - a ghost - named Winston who tells her the story of his life as a Bell Captain at the Grand Wenlocke Hotel. This was a very special hotel, erected by a very special wealthy family of Wenlockes, inside of which time [...]
Published: April 4, 2011
Real Housewives star in Mrs N.J. Pageant |
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Ok, so for the past few months, Real Housewives Kim Granatell and I were set as the judges for next months 2011 Mrs. N.J. Pageant , this until we were un-knowingly photographed with some of the contestants last Friday at our New Jersey Fashion Week event. Apparently this is a no-no, and as [...]
Published: April 4, 2011
Use Email Caution |
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Once again, the largest theft of personal information has been topped with a new one. The beginning of April 2011 began with notifications going out about Epsilon which handles email marketing for thousands of companies.
A serious email breach has occurred which will impact millions of people. While reports indicate only emails and names have been [...]
Published: April 4, 2011
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The legislative map for New Jersey is complete, and the story behind the redistricting can be read here. This is a political ritual looked forward to with the return of each census. Democratic and Republican loyalists meet to negotiate, compromise, and haggle over how to carve up New Jersey’s 566 municipalities for the election of [...]
Published: April 3, 2011
Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia |
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Michael Korda. Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2010
As reviewed by Ted Odenwald
There are more than 50 biographies of British war hero, T.E. Lawrence, ranging from total adulation to sneering skepticism and debunking, from political and military analysis to psychoanalytic dissection. Historian/biographer Michael Korda, through his [...]
Published: April 3, 2011
Freedom Lawns |
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The season of snow may be over in Bergen County, but the season of the lawn is already here. The raking, the fertilizing, the mowing involved in the 7 billion dollar seasonal industry does not have an official day. Perhaps like the native Lenape Indians who would right now have been celebrating the Corn Festival [...]
Published: April 1, 2011
Railroad Safety Lessons Should Start Young |
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Railroad Safety Lessons Should Start Young
By Veronica MacDonald Ditko
High school students are taught a simple concept of physics: For every action there is a reaction. But many don’t realize that this scientific tidbit can be applied not only small metal balls, but real life too. This lesson is applicable to driving especially near trains.
The Federal [...]
Published: April 1, 2011
Water for Fire - Hydrants are Nothing New |
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Water for Fire - Hydrants are Nothing New
By Veronica MacDonald Ditko
An Accidental Anthropologist
All the flooding lately has got me thinking about water. Water seems plentiful in our area, but since the beginning of time, humans have worked hard to harness the water and guide it. Sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn’t. Great things have come [...]
