National Engineers Week

Oakland’s Valley Middle School emerged as the national victor in the Future City Competition, beating out over 33,000 other students across America….That is awesome! Read the full story on Valley Middle School winners by clicking here The Future City Competition is held during National Engineers Week. The week long celebration, […]


VMS Heads to Nationals – AND WINS! 3

UPDATE: Valley Middle School Wins Nationals Representing the NJ region, three Valley Middle School students, Padraic Burns, Anna Butler, and Sophia Kotik, won first place today at the Future City National Competition during Engineers’ Week. They also won an award for Excellence in Systems Integration. The team along with their […]


On the Job – February 17, 2013

On January 31, 2013 a 27 year old Oakland woman was arrested for stealing several prescription blanks from her employer and attempting to fill them at local pharmacies for subscriptions of Percocet.  Detective Piercy filed several criminal charges against the offender for various offenses including forgery, theft and obtaining a […]


Oakland Natural Resource Inventory

Press Release:Nancy Krause Chair of Oakland Environmental Commission Oakland Natural Resource Inventory Map Preview Last fall the Oakland Environmental Commission (OEC) began creating the Oakland Natural Resource Inventory (NRI). On March 5, at 7:00pm at the Oakland Public Library, the OEC and Debbie Kratzer, our Environmental Consultant, will present the […]


Full Day Kindergarten in Oakland – UPDATE 11

The Board of Ed approved a Full Day Kindergarten program at the February 12th meeting. This will be contingent on the Budget being passed in the April Elections. The Oakland Board of Education has been holding meetings to review the kindergarten program offered in Oakland’s three elementary schools. The agenda for the […]


Pope Benedict Resigns 2

In an historic move, Pope Benedict XVI plans on resigning effective February 28th, 2013. The reasons being given for the resignation are health related, as Pope Benedict does not believe he is physically capable of carrying out his duties. There is also speculation that the rumors of banking scandals and […]