Yearly Archives: 2013


Oakland Rated Number 1

People like lists: The Top Ten, The Top 100, The Top 20, and when the magazine NJ Monthly recently released their top 100 towns to live in New Jersey, Oakland made the top 15  overall, and the best for young families. Crunching the numbers on residential tax bills, property tax […]


NJ Increases Fine for “Idiots”

As a matter of safety, and to help fund state budget shortfalls with traffic tickets, idiots will face higher fines on NJ highways. The idiots, as George Carlin explains in the video below, are those people who are driving slower than you on the road; the maniacs are the ones […]


VFW Post 5702 Receives Double Honor 1

VFW Post 5702 Receives Double Honor For members of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5702, practicing the three Rs, respect, reverence and regard for the American flag, is part of our creed. The post received a double honor recently, when it was presented with flags that had flown over Afghanistan […]


On the Job – August 14, 2013

As a result of an extensive investigation, on August 8, 2013 Detectives Piercy and Pagerie effected the arrest of a 19 year old Oakland man and a 20 year old Ringwood resident at a Princeton Terrace residence . Charges included the possession of a controlled dangerous substance with the intent […]


August 2013 Teen Book Reviews

Wither Lauren DeStefano Sixteen-year-old Rhine knows that she only has four more years left to her life. What was once thought of as the miracle of modern science took a dangerous turn with new generations, and now males only live to age 25, and females to age 20, no exceptions. […]


August Park Meeting Recap

Disclaimer:  These are not the official minutes of the meeting, only a recollection of the highlights. Our first meeting in July saw the park take baby steps, last night the park began the process of rebirth. The first DEP report was discussed, which was a detailed search for  Endangered and/or […]