Monthly Archives: March 2015


NJ Sports House Grand Opening

NJ Sports House, Oakland’s newest sports facility, enjoyed it’s grand opening on Sunday March 15th. It is located in the old Ultimate Sports building at 12 Wright Way. One of the founding partners, Mike Carti, is an Oakland resident and a head coach for Girls Lacrosse at Indian Hills High […]


Roll Tribe 1

Roll Tribe How Oakland Recreation and Indian Hills Athletics are working together to build one contiguous Braves program. Great athletic success in the Indian Hills High School athletic programs isn’t just by coincidence. Hard work, perseverance and youth development is what has been bringing the Braves back on top of […]


Dogwood Daisy’s make the world a better place

The Dogwood Kindergarten Daisy Troop have completed a project to make the world a better place. For this project they will be spreading smiles to people who need them through an organization called ColorASmile.org. “Color A Smile is a nonprofit organization that distributes cheerful drawings to Senior Citizens, Our Troops […]


Oakland Woman Missing

Meaghan “Meg” Elizabeth McCallum, age 30 has been missing since March 10th, 2015. She left her Grandmother’s home at 3am without her phone or dog, which is not like her as she loves her dog and phone. She is not dangerous to others. Please contact the police department if you […]


Meet the new Library Director

Your Invited to an Open House! “Drop In and Say Hello” to the New Library Director Peter Havel Tuesday, March 24th from 2:00-7:00 pm The Library Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Peter Havel as the new Director of the Oakland Public Library. Peter, who […]


VMS History Teams Head to States

National History Day Winners! After many hours of hard work, both of Oakland’s National History Day teams attended the NJ Regional Competition on Saturday, March 7th, and qualified to advance to the NJ State Competition. We are very proud of all of their efforts! Oakland constructed two exhibits to illustrate […]