Oakland News

A man from Red Bank dove in with his labradoodles. A woman from Flemington took the plunge with her fianc.

Regarding Douglas Groff's defense of school superintendents : No one disputes the value of the superintendent's role.

Bergen County Sheriff Leo McGuire is challenging residents to take a plunge into Crystal Lake with him Saturday in Oakland to raise money for Special Olympics New Jersey.

Doesn't have a point of view, Knows not where he's going to, Isn't he a bit like you and me? From left, Lynda Laurence, Diana Ross and Scherrie Payne announcing a Supremes reunion in 2000.

Coco, a 15-month-old boxer mix, is available for adoption through Halfway Hounds, a non-profit group rescuing dogs in Bergen County.

The Oakland Board of Health will host an H1N1 vaccine clinic from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov.

Regarding "No mammograms, women under 50 told" : As a 45-year-old mother of three and a three-year breast cancer survivor, I read with disgust how a "government task force" said "most women dona TMt need a mammogram in their 40s and should get one every two years starting at age 50." Hmmm, leta TMs see.

Volunteers from Paterson's Habitat for Humanity began the long trek to Thailand this week to join the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project, where they will build one of 82 homes for the poor in the Mekong River region.

Sixteen boys at an Oakland elementary school shaved their heads to show solidarity for a fourth-grader who was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor three months ago.

Song and Greg Smith welcome guests seven days a week to the Ice Cream Station at 10 Lakeside Ave.

WHO: Bracco, who grew up in Oakland, is the writer and artist of the graphic novel "Novo," published by Alterna Comics.

Dan and Jennifer McCarthy have been house-hunting for a year and a half, always keeping an eye on the guidelines for the temporary first-time home buyer tax credit offered by the federal government.

Marcy Pryor and her band of student gem dealers, the possibilities are as numerous as the colors and shapes of beads they use to make their jewelry.

Pignatelli and Christopher Visconti held off a challenge by Democrats Malcolm Blum and Henry Lesher, securing three more years on the Borough Council.

Creative people will now have a place close to home they can use to showcase and create great works of art.

At Mike's Dog House, steamed hot dogs are the obvious focus, but it's actually all about the red onion sauce.

Whata TMs new: The majority of the Mahwah Township Council favors opting into the Highlands Regional Master Plan, according to a non-binding straw poll.

Mahwah officials have a tough choice to make. They must decide before a December deadline whether to opt into or out of the Highlands Master Plan.

The Stevens Place gate has been closed since at least the 1970s, school officials say, until one-way traffic was finally permitted last Thursday morning.

While I am not a member of any political party, I support of Councilman Pasquale "Pat" Pignatellia TMs reelection bid to the Oakland Borough Council.