Published: June 27, 2011
Become a Friend of VFW Post 5702 |
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Businesses and Residents Invited to Become Friends of VFW Post 5702
VFW Post 5702 Commander Steve Vreeland recently announced that the post was initiating an effort that would allow local businesses and residents to help the post continue its mission to support veterans as well as educational and community efforts. Through this fundraising effort, residents [...]
Published: June 24, 2011
Summer School |
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The young at heart are always receptive to Nature’s influence. Take time to be a teacher, to yourself, to others, and interpret the life of a flower, a tree, a bird, a fish, and inspire yourself and others to new discoveries.
Published: June 24, 2011
Black Bears |
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Franklin Lakes Police Department
Press Release: Black Bears
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
The Franklin Lakes Police Department has issued a press release on the recent bear sightings in Franklin Lakes. Click here to view the press release. Franklin Lakes, like many other New Jersey communities, has experienced an increase in its black bear population and, as [...]
Published: June 18, 2011
Jeff Shaara's Civil War Battlefields |
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Jeff Shaara. Jeff Shaara’s Civil War Battlefields: Discovering America’s
Hallowed Ground. New York: Ballantine Books, 2006.
As reviewed by Ted Odenwald
Jeff Shaara has written two fine Civil War novels, Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure, which, joined with his father’s Killer Angels, comprise a powerful and moving trilogy analyzing several major battles and [...]
Published: June 15, 2011
Samantha Kelly Romano wins Scholarship |
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The Marie Sellers and Dorothy Savarese Memorial Scholarship
The Marie Sellers and Dorothy Savarese Memorial Scholarship was established by Marie Sellers prior to her death on February 26, 2008. Marie Seller and her aunt, Dorothy Savarese, were both dedicated faculty members and worked tirelessly for the good of Immaculate Heart Academy (IHA).
It is the intention [...]
Published: June 13, 2011
The New Jersey Network |
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The proposed deal to sell off New Jersey’s public broadcasting assets to New York and Philadelphia is not new. Similar proposals in the past, usually in jest, have recommended the entire state of New Jersey be dismantled and absorbed by neighboring states.
But the bid accepted by the Christie administration, with no public discussion on the [...]
Published: June 9, 2011
The Captain: The Journey of Derek Jeter |
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Ian O’Connor. The Captain: The Journey of Derek Jeter.
New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.
as reviewed by Ted Odenwald
Ian O’Connor is well known to Bergen County sports fans as a knowledgeable analyst, a lover of the game of baseball, and a biting critic of capitalistic baseball, the business world that has inspired megalithic stadiums, [...]
Published: June 3, 2011
HSPA Hysteria |
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The NJ High School Proficiency Assessment exam scores showed potential for improvement in the Ramapo Indian Hills school district serving Franklin Lakes, Oakland and Wyckoff. Residents can see how the school compared by clicking here . The state website also has a variety of interesting data available by clicking here.
But The Journal suggests you bypass [...]
Published: June 2, 2011
Tuxedo Park School’s Lorillard Cup recipient Trevor Romano of Franklin Lakes is pictured here with Nick Tsilibes, Trevor’s coach at Tuxedo Park School. |
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Trevor Romano of Franklin Lakes
Receives Highest Athletic Award at Tuxedo Park School
Trevor Romano of Franklin Lakes, a freshman at Tuxedo Park School, received the Lorillard Cup for best male athlete in the school. The award, named after Tuxedo Park’s founder Pierre Lorillard, recognizes the best overall male athlete in the school [...]
Published: June 1, 2011
Teen Book Reviews June 2011 |
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Lost & Found
Shaun Tan
Three beautifully illustrated tales tell simple stories of life as it truly is, was, or could be. “The Red Tree” offers hope to a little girl who feels all alone in a big, confusing world. “The Lost Thing,” without a home, finally finds a place to belong, and is happier for it. [...]
Published: June 1, 2011
The Fifth Witness |
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Michael Connelly. The Fifth Witness. New York:
Little, Brown, and Company. 2011.
as reviewed by Ted Odenwald
When Mitchell Bondurant, a mortgage official for California’s Westland Bank, is viciously murdered, police investigators arrest Lisa Trammel, an activist who has been aggressively protesting and litigating against unfair practices in mortgage foreclosures. Her attorney, erstwhile criminal defense [...]
