Published: January 31, 2012
The Ultimate Chef |
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The fusion of cooking shows with reality TV has led to a new flavor of television that has chefs competing for prizes, fame, and sometimes just the fun of being a winner.
Bringing it to a more local level, Chef Central’s Ultimate Bergen County Chef competition gave an opportunity for some of Bergen County’s best chefs [...]
Published: January 18, 2012
Discovering Tom Shelton |
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We are a nation of consumers, and as such we like our labels.
With food we need to know if it is sugar free, caffeine free, or fat free. With religion we need to know is it Christian, Jewish, Muslim, or Hindu. With politics we need to know if it’s Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, or Independent.
We need [...]
Published: January 15, 2012
Hate Grows in NJ |
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Martin Luther King Day may be a good time to take stock of the issue of prejudice in New Jersey.
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, one of the few agencies in the country monitoring hate groups, New Jersey is presently ranked 3rd — having moved up a notch from 4th place. A listing [...]
Published: January 11, 2012
America's First American |
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Benjamin Franklin Day on January 17th
Published: December 28, 2011
Happy New You Year |
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12 Things for a Better New You Year
Be More Curious
Wonder more about things. Whether it’s art, music, politics or science, be more curious. Ask a few additional “whys” and then go seek the answers.
Make a Pilgrimage
A pilgrimage is usually associated with a holy place, but you can define your own. Maybe it’s your hometown where [...]
Published: December 24, 2011
Sacred Molecules |
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God is Born
The history of the cosmos
is the history of the struggle of becoming.
When the dim flux of unformed life
struggled, convulsed back and forth upon itself,
and broke at last into light and dark
came into existence as light,
came into existence as cold shadow
then every atom of the cosmos trembled with delight.
Behold, God is born!
He is bright [...]
Published: December 23, 2011
Santa Science |
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The holiday season brings with it many joys, and many questions.
A lot of the questions revolve around Santa Claus, and how can he be real. How can an old overweight man travel the earth delivering toys to children? How can his reindeer fly? How can he carry all those toys? How can he fit down [...]
Published: December 15, 2011
Sick PayOuts |
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The mayors of Franklin Lakes & Wyckoff recently joined NJ’s Governor during a speech in Teaneck where Christie was seeking to build momentum for an end to “sick day payouts”
Sick day payouts allow an employee to accrue unused sick days and cash them in at retirement. For some municipalities, facing a large number of retirements, [...]
Published: December 14, 2011
A Legal Tender |
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“It is something to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful, but it is more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which we morally can do. To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest [...]
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 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: 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: September 18, 2011
The Braves New World |
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IHHS new online newspaper and new music
Published: September 11, 2011
I Will |
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It will be the tenth anniversary of the September 11th attacks, and the Franklin Lakes families and friends who lost loved ones will suffer through this day as they have every year since. First year, tenth year, or the twentieth year anniversary, time will not lessen the loss endured.
Collectively, the tenth anniversary incorporates not [...]
Published: September 9, 2011
Franklin Lakes Police Nab Suspects |
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See something, say something does not just apply to homeland security, it applies to securing homes, neighborhoods and communities.
A Franklin Lakes resident who saw something suspicious notified the Franklin Lakes Police Department, and two home burglars were arrested.
One of the suspects, Randy Canova, had an outstanding warrant from Passaic County, and shares the same name [...]
Published: September 8, 2011
Flood Aid Appeal |
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Franklin Lakes, Oakland and Wyckoff share high schools, share services, and in the wake of the destruction caused by Irene’s flooding, they shared mutal aid as local governments responded to the natural disaster.
No lives were lost, but hundreds of lives have been impacted by the historic floods that tore through Oakland. Hundreds of homes have [...]
Published: September 3, 2011
Michael Kenwood |
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Former Franklin Lakes resident dies in rescue efforts
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