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In An Age Of Online Excess, One Wyckoff Shop Is Keeping It Simple
WYCKOFF, N.J. -- Just when it seemed that online buying and big-box stores were sinking mom-and-pop businesses right, left and center, one New Jersey shop has found a way, not only to stay afloat, but to thrive.
Ken Maietta’s dad, Jerry, opened Tons of Toys in on Franklin Avenue in Wyckoff nearly three decades ago and handed over the reins to his son in 2004.
Tons of Toys could have eventually succumbed to bigger competitors such as Walmart, Target, Toys ‘R’ Us, or even Amazon. Instead, it has morphed into a mini-chain with a total of five stores. Besides Wyckoff, it has locations in Westwo…
Mamaroneck School's Electronic Music Lab Has All The Bells And Whistles
MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- Music students at one Mamaroneck school may have already had the requisite oboes, tubas and drums, but now they have all the latest bells and whistles as well.
The ribbon for the brand-new eMusic Lab was cut this week at Hommocks Middle School, and teachers there say the kids couldn’t be more engaged or excited.
A $55,000 grant from the Mamaroneck Schools Foundation, and $24,000 worth of equipment donated by Ableton, a music, technology and software company based in Berlin, helped make the lab a reality.
According to the foundation, the money was used to replace the sch…
