Dog Park Logo Contest

Dog Park for Oakland, NJ has launched a contest for the official logo of the Dog Park which hopefully will be located in the Pleasureland/Mueller’s Park area. The official name of the park will be Jill Schwertfeger Memorial Dog Park, but that does not need to be put in the […]


Hunger Games in Oakland

Multiple news outlets are reporting on the Hunger Games being filmed in Oakland. As the image posted in this Star Ledger article indicates, film crew trailers filled the entire parking area for the upper Skyline Drive lot. There has been no official confirmation, simply an acknowledgement from state officials that […]


Letter from the PEC

The Oakland Public Events Committee will be coordinating the annual town carnival which will be a 4 day event this year, from Wed-Sat, June 26-29, 2013. Along with the rides at the Carnival, there are the Games of Chance…


ESGR Bergen Committee welcomes State Chair

Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Bergen Committee welcomes State Chair Alan Smith, Col. USMC (ret) to the Teaneck National Guard Armory Oakland resident and Bergen ESGR Chair Leo P. McGuire, Sheriff (ret) welcomed Col. Alan Smith, state chair of NJ ESGR. ESGR, a Department of Defense agency, […]


Open Letter to the Board of Ed 5

To: Oakland Board of Education John A. Scerbo, Russell Talamini, Robert Akovity, James Gaffney, Jennifer Matts It was with deep regret that I learned of the Oakland School Board’s new policy concerning the distribution of “backpack flyers” to Oakland students. While distributing printed flyers can be an imposition concerning staff […]


Registration at St. Alban’s Pre-School Now Open

St. Alban’s Pre-School, Oakland/Franklin Lakes, has started registration for the 2013-2014 school year. For the second year tuition will be held at 2011 rates. Registration packets will be available for our 2 year old, 3 year old, 4 year old, Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten programs. St. Alban’s Pre-School is committed […]