Published: October 30, 2011
Zach Zona's Community Service in Tortola |
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FRANKLIN LAKES TEEN SPENT SUMMER VACATION WORKING IN THE CARIBBEAN WEST INDIES
Last summer Zach Zona of Franklin Lakes, a 12th grader, at Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey spent three weeks of his vacation in the Caribbean British Virgin Islands with VISIONS Service Adventures, an international service learning summer program.
Zona was one of 24 high school [...]
Published: October 23, 2011
Our Kind of Traitor |
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John Le Carre. Our Kind of Traitor.
New York: Viking. 2010
As reviewed by Ted Odenwald
Though Our Kind of Traitor may not be totally Orwellian in message and tone, there is enough disenchantment and cynicism permeating this novel to assure us that John Le Carre has not lost his edge. His target is corruption in the [...]
Published: October 20, 2011
Maccabees Looking for new Senior Members |
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MACCABEES SEARCH FOR NEW MEMBER COUPLES
Maccabees - a Jewish social group meeting in the Passaic/Bergen area is looking for new member couples, ages 55 and older, who are looking to meet new friends, have lively discussions and socialize. The Maccabees meet one Sunday a month for bunch at a local restaurant to conduct the club’s [...]
Published: October 17, 2011
Franklin Lakes teen talks baby names with Hilary Duff |
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Hilary Duff made her way to Jersey Tuesday night and brought her mini baby bump with her. She was in the area promoting her new book ‘Devoted’ at a real celebrity booksigning hotspot called, Books and Greetings in Northvale NJ. I usually don’t bring my Jr. Magnet with me, but I decided to pull [...]
Published: October 14, 2011
Depression Awareness |
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October is National Bully Prevention Month, it follows September which is National Suicide Prevention Awareness. Reversing the order would probably make more sense, as bullying often can lead to suicide, substance abuse, and most often depression.
Published: October 10, 2011
Adam Smith in 2011 |
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An analysis of the Occupy Wall Street movement
OWS, Occupy Wall Street, is a protest campaign that originated in NYC. Protesters occupy public spaces to protest, primarily, the failures of the United States government.
Inspired by the Spring uprising that led to the fall of tyrannical regimes in Africa and The Middle East. Americans are now gathering [...]
Published: October 2, 2011
October Teen Book Reviews |
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After
Amy Efaw
Devon doesn’t exactly know what’s happening to her, but she knows it isn’t anything good. She hates screwing up and she’s pretty sure that this time she screwed up big. But she wishes that everyone would leave her alone for now so that she could deal with it later. She’s so [...]
Published: October 2, 2011
Symbol of Harvest is Greek to Me |
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Symbol of Harvest is Greek to Me
By Veronica MacDonald Ditko
An Accidental Anthropologist
When you think fall, what do you think of – school, football, foliage, pumpkins and apples? There are many things that symbolize fall in New Jersey but one found prominently on logos would be the cornucopia.
I’ve had a long history with the idea of [...]
