The annual carnival in Oakland is the best in New Jersey, if not the nation, or even the world for that matter. It’s the best for lots of reasons, but mostly because it is held in Oakland. The Public Events Committee brought it all together once again to provide residents with a hometown event that [...]
A 2007 poll found 49% of New Jersey residents wanted to leave the state. Two years later, how many more entertain that option?
VFW District 2 Commander Achieves All American Status
On July 15, 2009, The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States announced that Walter S. Vreeland had achieved All American Status as Commander of District 2 (Bergen County) in the VFW Department of New Jersey.
According to National VFW Commander Glen Gardner, “Vreeland, Commander of District 2, [...]
Perhaps our exodus from the Garden of Eden instilled a genetic disposition in the human heart for the appreciation of gardens. Gardens, and the art of gardening, stretch back that far.Today, the gardener stands alongside royalty, philosophers, and kindred spirits who, throughout history, cling to our humanity as civilization changes, grows, and leads us on [...]
The Oakland Board of Health is reaching out to the community for volunteers to help in the event of a Flu Pandemic…
Donna Marinaro, MSW, has been named Director of West Bergen Mental Healthcare’s Partial Care Program…
Oakland parents are going viral on the Internet with emails asking residents to sign a letter of complaint concerning the condition of the Rec Field bathrooms.
Michele Reutty, Director of the Oakland, NJ Public Library suggests some fun summertime books…
Boy Scout Troop 49 from Our Lady of Perpetual Help conducted a Court Of Honor (COH) on Sunday, June 14 at the Messiah Lutheran Church in Oakland…
It has been a year filled with counting its many blessings as Messiah Lutheran Church of Oakland celebrated its 50th anniversary…
Beer by Michael Reinitz
Wonderfully complex with hints of chocolate and dark fruits, reminiscent of tart cherries and plums, as well as notes of vanilla. A background oak character rounds out the overall flavor, and works to smooth the distinct sourness. Initially sweet, but finishes rather dry with a lingering mild bitterness and a [...]
A bear arrived before the garbage collectors in the Heights section of Oakland, NJ…
The BubbleMania show sponsored by the Oakland Public Library to open it’s Summer Reading Program drew over…
July teen book reviews by Franklin Lakes, NJ Public Library’s, Kate the Librarian…
