'Eye on The Record' shall return

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Eye on The Record is taking another break, this one about twice as long as my one-week hiatus in June.

I'll be spared all the dreadful local journalism in The Record of Woodland Park, but unfortunate readers won't. 


There is plenty of good reading, so spend a few minutes reviewing observations from the early days of this blog, including "Abandoning Hackensack" and "Stephen Borg prospers despite the recession."


Today's paper isn't anything to speak of, thanks to Editor Francis "Frank The Castrato" Scandale. 


The lead story is about the $400 million federal education grant screw-up, and the more than $500,000 paid a consultant. The Record didn't question the role of the consultant until the state attorney general launched a probe Tuesday.


The Local news section is thin, as usual, with big photos taking up the space of stories the staff didn't file. There is no Hackensack news today; reporter Monsy Alvarado is resting from filing two stories in two days. Englewood news? Nope.


But editors made room for a story about Rockleigh on L-3. Most residents live in an old-age home.


Head Assignment Editor Deirdre "Mother Hen" Sykes or one of her minions should take Road Warrior John Cichowski's pulse. His "Check Brain" light has been on for a couple of years now.


You'd think that with at least two highly paid food staffers -- the food editor and a restaurant reviewer -- Better Living could do better than boring wire-service coverage of food and wine. 

Before dim-witted Publisher Stephen A. Borg folded the Food section, readers enjoyed locally written food stories, a column by the food editor, and recipes every Wednesday. Now, readers get slop.