Yearly Archives: 2013


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 […]


Winter 2013 Poll Results

Winter 2013 Poll Results The Winter 2013 Poll by Ryan Schwertfeger of Public Opinion Polls of Oakland, NJ Click here to view the poll results at Public Opinion Polls for Oakland NJ To join the facebook page click here Results for the Winter 2013 Poll taken from January 19, 2013 […]


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 […]