Yearly Archives: 2013


VMS Going To Nationals 1

Four Valley Middle School students will be representing Oakland, NJ at the National History Day National Finals June 9-13 at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md. Valley Middle School students Kira Cuneo, Sofia Ebio, Sabina Borowiec and Glynnis Gourhan, have advanced to the national finals of the National […]


Isn’t Nature Wonderful? – Periodical Cicadas 2

Isn’t Nature Wonderful? – Periodical Cicadas Written by Jack Weiman, age 11 June 6, 2013 Every 17 years periodical cicadas come out of the ground in the middle of spring to find a mate and lay eggs.  Cicadas spend 17 years underground sucking sap out of roots from trees.  Cicadas […]


It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s a butterfly

It’s a bird.  It’s a plane. No, it’s a butterfly!  The 2 year old class at St. Alban’s Pre-School releases their newly hatched butterflies. St. Alban’s Pre-school is committed to excellence in non-sectarian early childhood education and care for children ages 2 to 6. It is our goal to provide […]


Remembering For Those Who Can’t

It was 24 years ago, on June 3rd & 4th, when the Chinese military was ordered to end the Tiananmen Square protests. It was on June 5th, with the blood of protesters still fresh in the streets, when a lone man stopped the Chinese army, and stopped a world transfixed by his […]


Spring 2013 Poll Results 1

Here are the results of Ryan Schwertfeger’s Final Public Opinion Poll for Oakland, NJ. Thank you Ryan for your service to the community. To view the results on Public Opinion Poll for Oakland, NJ click here. Spring 2013 Poll Results Results for the Spring 2013 Poll taken from May 8, […]


Teen Book Reviews – June 2013

The Blood Lie Shirley Reva Vernick On September 22, 1928 in Massena, New York, the Jewish Community is eagerly preparing for and anticipating the solemn holy day of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. It’s also Jack Pool’s sixteenth birthday and he’s got his eyes on a driver’s license and […]