Monthly Archives: August 2014


Oakland businesses needed for wellness challenge

Attention Oakland businesses: The community needs your help! Starting September 27th there will be a town-wide wellness challenge that will run through December 13th. The challenge is called Shape Up Oakland and is supported by Mayor Linda Schwager, the Board of Health and the Borough of Oakland. The Shape Up […]


On the Job – August 27, 2014

AUGUST 18:  While on patrol, Officer Bryan Rowin initiated a motor vehicle stop on Ramapo Valley Road that resulted in the arrest of a Bloomingdale, NJ resident for an active traffic warrant issued from the Basking Ridge Municipal Court.  The 50-year-old male was taken into custody, processed, and later released […]


Rally for the VAH

Let’s rally for Ramapough Conservancy, Inc. We are raising the matching funds needed for the replacement of the roof of the Van Allen House in Oakland New Jersey. The Van Allen House is the site of George Washington’s headquarters in the late 1700’s, on one of the oldest roads in […]


NOTICE TO HISTORIC RESTORATION GENERAL CONTRACTORS

NOTICE TO HISTORIC RESTORATION GENERAL CONTRACTORS Ramapough Conservancy seeks experienced historic Restoration General Contractors who specialize in wood shingle roof restoration; copper flashing repairs; masonry repointing, repair, and rebuilding; finish carpentry restoration including siding, windows, cornices and soffits; and surface preparation and painting for the Phase 1: Exterior Restoration of […]


Pleasureland Band Sioux looking for pics

Oakland – Below is a message we received from a member of a band that played in Pleasureland in 1969. If anyone can help him please do! My name is Doc LaFalce. I played Keyboards in a band called SIOUX in the summer of 1969. We played Pleasureland many times […]