Published: November 30, 2011
Pictures with Santa at Flair |
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Pictures with Santa will be held at FLAIR in Oakland on December 11, 2011 from 11am-3pm! Come support the IHHS Class of 2013 by stopping by FLAIR, doing some holiday shopping, and taking an unforgettable picture with Santa!
Published: November 23, 2011
Annual Franklin Lakes Holiday Tree Lighting |
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ANNUAL FRANKLIN LAKES HOLIDAY TREE LIGHTING, HOSTED BY FRANKLIN LAKES PUBLIC LIBRARY AND PUBLIC EVENTS COMMITTEE
JOIN MAYOR FRANK BIVONA AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WE LIGHT OUR HOLIDAY TREE ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6TH AT 6:30PM IN BETWEEN THE BOROUGH HALL AND THE LIBRARY ON DEKORTE DRIVE. BE THERE TO SING ALONG WITH THE STUDENTS FROM FAMS [...]
Published: November 23, 2011
Giving Thanks |
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For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Published: November 21, 2011
Franklin Lakes Boy Scout Seeks Information on Troop 34 History |
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Franklin Lakes Boy Scout Seeks Information on Troop 34 History
Hello All,
My name is Colin Knight, and I am an Eagle Scout from Troop 34 in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. I have been a member of Troop 34 since 2006, and a scouter since 2001, when I joined Tiger Cubs. These past few months I have [...]
Published: November 20, 2011
Nightwoods |
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Charles Frazier. Nightwoods.
New York: Random House, 2011.
As reviewed by Ted Odenwald
Set in rural North Carolina in the early 1960’s, Charles Frazier’s Nightwoods exhibits strengths that readers have come to expect from his two earlier novels, Cold Mountain and Thirteen Moon: characters who are on the fringes of society, intelligent beyond their levels of education; a [...]
Published: November 16, 2011
Something Special comes to Boulder Run |
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ADLER APHASIA CENTER’S SOMETHING SPECIAL COMES TO BOULDER RUN SHOPPING CENTER IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Thanks to the generosity of Hekemian & Co., a Property Management company located in Hackensack, NJ and friends of the Adler Aphasia Center, Something Special, a unique jewelry and gift design store, will open its first pop-up storefront for the [...]
Published: November 14, 2011
Child Safety Alert Update |
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November 10, 2011
Members of the School Community,
Yesterday, I wrote to you regarding four disturbing reports, one in particular that occurred in Franklin Lakes on Wednesday, November 9 at 12:40 PM. A man in a black pickup truck spoke to one of our eighth grade male students, just after the student’s school bus had dropped him [...]
Published: November 11, 2011
Top "10" Misconceptions About FLOW Follies |
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Top “10″ Misconceptions About FLOW Follies (with apologies to David Letterman)
10. FLOW FOLLIES IS A PARENT TALENT SHOW
FLOW Follies=Fundraising! Since 1985, parents of students in Franklin Lakes, Oakland, and Wyckoff have put aside their business attire to get involved both on stage and off. In other words, FLOW parents will do whatever it takes to [...]
Published: November 10, 2011
Veterans Day |
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“Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!”….and thanks to American veterans…
Published: November 10, 2011
Child Safety Alert |
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Below is an important letter sent out by Frank Romano, III, Ed.D., Superintendent of Schools
November 9, 2011
Dear School Community Members,
I write today with some disturbing news of incidents that have occurred during the past two weeks in the towns
of Montvale, Allendale, Emerson, and today in Franklin Lakes. All cases involve reports of unidentified white
males who [...]
Published: November 8, 2011
Franklin Lakes’ Father and Son Duo Perform NJCS Camerata |
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Franklin Lakes’ Father and Son Duo Perform NJCS Camerata - a Sacred Space
Franklin Lakes’ Residents and father and son duo, Jim and Jonathan Reitz know just what it means to spend quality time together. Two years ago, Jim and Jonathan signed on to be a part of one of the most respected choral groups in [...]
Published: November 8, 2011
Paramus Veterans Home Residents Dine at VFW Post 5702 |
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Paramus Veterans Home Residents Dine at VFW Post 5702
On Monday, October 24, 2011, approximately 20 residents of the Paramus Veterans Home enjoyed a meat loaf and mashed potato dinner at Franklin Lakes VFW Post 5702. The dinner, arranged by Post 5702 Service Officer Bob Linz, is part of Post 5702’s effort to serve veterans [...]
Published: November 3, 2011
November Children's Book Reviews |
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Reviews by Andrea Dochney of the Oakland Public Library
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade
By: Melissa Sweet
Ever wondered about the first balloons used in the beloved Thanksgiving parade? Melissa Sweet takes us into the story of puppeteer Tony Sarg, who first created the balloons now famous in the Macy’s [...]
Published: November 1, 2011
November Teen Book Reviews |
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Delirium
Lauren Oliver
Love kills. It’s a good thing that there’s a cure.
Lena can’t wait until her eighteenth birthday when she can undergo the government-mandated cure for Amor Deliria Nervosa, the condition that goes hand-in-hand with love. According to The Safety, Health, and Happiness Handbook (more commonly referred to as The Book of Shhh) love is dangerous [...]
Published: November 1, 2011
Catching Up with Ketchup |
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Catching Up with Ketchup
By Veronica MacDonald Ditko
An Accidental Anthropologist
I pour a little red goop on the plate, and my youngest son inevitably says, “More!” My husband and I watch in disbelief as he readily dips anything in ketchup. Neither of us likes it very much. It was actually a bonding thing when we first met.
“Want [...]
