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Tim Pernetti, A Lucky Man 3

Sports is often an analogy for life, there are triumphs and defeats – there are good breaks, and bad breaks. Oakland Recreation Commissioner Tim Pernetti has seen them both, and today on the Oakland Rec fields he got a good one as Oakland softball players teamed up to show their […]


On the Job – April 25, 2013

On April 15, 2013 Det. Piercy arrested a 43 year old Lodi, NJ resident on burglary and theft charges as a result of an investigation conducted by Det. Bart Pagerie and Ptl. McDermott for the unlawful entry to an enclosed landscape trailer and the theft of two backpack-style leaf blowers […]


On the Job – April 20, 2013

On April 8, 2013 Det. Pagerie stopped to investigate a suspicious vehicle which he observed parked in the cul-de-sac on Bauer Drive. Det. Pagerie’s inquiry led to the arrest of two 18 year old men from Franklin Lakes for various drug related offenses.  The two men were found to be […]


Stand With Boston- Updated

UPDATE: Submitted by Kevin Cheetham I attend Emerson College which is located about 3 blocks from the incidents that occurred on 4/15/13. I was a spectator of the marathon, and was standing in front of the Prudential Tower, one block from the first explosion and a half block from the […]


Citizen Journalism Finalist

Click here to vote for the Oakland Journal as one of 3 Citizen Journalism candidates…continue reading as to why you should vote – always – but specifically why you should vote now for citizen journalism. Until 1908, when Missouri University opened the first school of journalism, there never existed a […]


Gotta Love a Jersey Girl

Being interviewed after earning a spot on NBC’s The Voice, the first thing Jacqui Sandell tells the world is, “I’m from Oakland, New Jersey.” The interview, available below, occurred after the Jersey girl from Oakland took her place as a team member of the NBC TV show “The Voice”. As […]