Week in Review: 2011 Budget Adopted; ShopRite Application Proceedings Dubbed "Circus"

Here's a quick snapshot of some of the stories that made news in Wyckoff the past week.

1) When then 9-year-old Sky first met the Wyckoff host family he’d spend a summer week with in 2009, he was a bit shy. Two years later, the boisterous Brooklyn boy is preparing to enjoy his third vacation with Jennifer and Bill Smith and their two sons at their Cape Cod beach house as part of a unique program to give inner-city kids a chance to explore a different slice of life.

, an independent, nonprofit agency that has provided free summer vacations to more than 1.7 million New York City children from lower-income communities since 1877.

2) The Wyckoff Planning Board assembled Wednesday night for to a build a 62,174-square-foot ShopRite on the corner of Wyckoff and Greenwood Avenues. Only the meeting never reached the testimony stage.

3) With no public comment The Wyckoff Township Committee Tuesday night which will raise property taxes by an average of $65.24 on the average assessed home of $810,600.

4) As gas prices skyrocket and Wyckoff consumers are forced to shoulder the increasing costs of fuel in their homes, supermarkets and community, the importance of cannot be underestimated.

5) On Monday the Wyckoff Police Department of four men suspected of robbing Hartgers Jewelers on Saturday armed with a sledgehammer. The men allegedly made off with over $1 million in Rolex watches and other jewelry before being captured following a high speed chase down Rt. 208,