NEW - Online Tax and Utility Payments
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Check your account balances through the
WIPP
1st if you have delinquent payments or interest due. The TAX Payment link will show the principal payment due for the current quarter only. The UTILITY payment link will show outstanding current balance plus any balance due within the next 30 days.
(On your first visit you will need to establish an account using an
email address as a Login ID
and your tax account I.D. If you use the same login ID Tax and Utility accounts can be linked)
(On your first visit you will need to establish an account using an
email address as a Login ID
and your utility account I.D. If you use the same login ID Tax and Utility accounts can be linked)
There is a $1.00 charge for checking on-line and a 2.5% fee for credit cards.
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In Retirement, Oakland Resident Discovers a Gift for Photography and Enjoys a Growing Social Media Following
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The hauntingly beautiful photographs began appearing on Facebook in mid-2019 on an Oakland group site.
From the beginning, they caught the imagination of the folks who live here and those who have left.
The comments ranged from “Beautiful” to “Awesome” to “Who are you?”
The person who posted them went by a Korean name (손종부) written in Hangul script next to a small photo of an Asian man.
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In the first weeks of their appearance the photos generated several comments and “likes” and now, months later, the responses have reached the hundreds for each posting. His followers are in the thousands.
But who is this artistic photographer with the sharp eye for detail and Nature’s many faces? Who is the man whose images are ethereal and who spends hours hunting for them in our natural environment?
Ladies and Gentlemen, meet Philip Son, a four-year resident of Oakland. His story is the story of a Korean family who sought a better life, and of finding a new and unexpected calling after retirement.
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Our town is very fortunate to have so many residents who volunteer their time and give of themselves to help others.
We have another fundraiser for Oakland resident Antonio Iappica, a 15 year old IHHS sophomore who plays on the soccer team. He was seriously injured during a game. Antonio's recovery has been long and difficult. Oakland residents and the entire FLOW community have come together to help defray the mounting medical expenses the Iapicca family has endured. For information about the latest fundraiser, call (201) 540-8558.
Thank you to all our resident volunteers, our first responders and the Oakland Volunteer Fire Department who came to the aid of Franklin Lakes to help with the fire at Most Blessed Sacrament Church.
I am proud to announce that Congressman Josh Gottheimer's Hometown Heroes Award was given to Oakland residents Larry and Ronnie Levine on Monday, December 16, 2019. The Levines have done so much for our community. You see their presence in our library, at RBARI, the flower pots standing throughout our town, and wherever help is needed. All this without fanfare, just a desire to help. Larry and Ronnie Levine are OUR HOMETOWN HEROES.
Happy Holidays to all and a very happy and healthy 2020,
Until next time,
Mayor Linda Schwager
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2020 Borough Calendar - OUT NOW!
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The new Borough of Oakland Town Calendar will be arriving in mailboxes shortly! The PDF Version may be viewed on the Borough Website.
(Click here to view).
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Mayor and Council:
January 8, 2020 and January 22, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. (Council Chambers)
Oath of Office Meeting is scheduled for Sunday January 5, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. noon (Council Chambers)
Planning Board:
January 9, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. (Council Chambers)
Board of Adjustment:
January 14, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. (Council Chambers)
Board of Health:
January 22, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. (Borough Hall Conference Room)
Public Events:
January 13, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. (Oakland Senior Center)
Shade Tree:
January 6, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. (Borough Hall Conference Room)
Green Team:
January 28, 2020 at 7:15 p.m. (Borough Hall Conference Room)
Recreation Commission:
January 27, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. (Danny D Building, 24 Lawlor Drive)
Environmental Commission:
January 7, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. (Borough Hall Conference Room)
Flood Commission:
January 13, 2020 at 7:30 p.m.(Senior Center, 20 Lawlor Drive)
Communications Commission:
January 6, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. (Council Chambers)
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Your Monthly Garbage & Recycling Cheat Sheet
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Yard Waste:
This service ends on Monday December 9, 2019 or Tuesday December 10, 2019. Yard waste collection is every Monday or Tuesday depending on your side of town. If Monday is your garbage pickup, Tuesday is your yard waste collection. If Friday is your garbage collection, Monday is your yard waste collection.
Electronics:
January 2 & 15
Paper:
January 2, 15, & 29
Commingled:
January 8 & 22
Household Appliances/Metal:
Jan. 2
Trash:
Mon & Thurs garbage collection on the South side of town. Tues & Fri garbage collection on the North side of town.
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Recycling Information
Garbage and Recycling barrels must be placed at the curb prior to 5:00am on the day of your scheduled collection. Please note that it is unlawful to place garbage, recyclables, or yard waste at curbside earlier than 4:00pm prior to the day of collection. All empty barrels need to be removed from the curb before 9:00pm on collection day. Please retrieve your empty cans from curbside as soon as possible.
Oakland residents have year round garbage collection twice per week based on your side of town. In the case of a holiday, pickup is skipped until the next regularly scheduled garbage collection day. Monday and Thursday garbage collection on the South side (see Streets) Tuesday and Friday garbage collection on the North side
Both sides of town have a Recyclables collection every Wednesday. Paper/ Cardboard or Commingled (bottles, cans, containers) are collected on alternate weeks. Please check the enclosed dates for which material goes out on a particular day. Residents must properly separate recyclables into two separate containers for collection or they cannot be picked up and will be left at the curb.
Food and drink cartons can be recycled with commingled. Our hauler accepts clean food and beverage cartons. For best recycling results, do not flatten the cartons.
Christmas Trees are collected during the month of January on a random basis. Please remove any lights, plastic bags, decorations, and tree stands before putting out to the curb for the DPW to collect.
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The Borough of Oakland's Oath of Office Meeting is Sunday January 5, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 10 Lawlor Drive, Oakland, NJ 07436. The meeting will be broadcast live on Oakland TV Channel 77 and FiOS 45 and on the Borough's YouTube Channel.
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In observance of New Years Day, the Borough of Oakland (Except for Emergency Services) will be closed on Wednesday January 1, 2020. Offices will re-open on Thursday January 2, 2020.
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*Please be advised: Oakland Braves 9U-10U-11U Travel Baseball Tryouts will be on January 11th
Times will be provided soon
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Please see the flyer below for Girls grades 3rd - 8th Winter Volleyball Clinic at NJ Sports House.
The program will be 8 sessions on Tuesdays or Thursdays from 4:30-5:30, January 21st - March 19th
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Spring 2020 Signups for T-ball(Kindergarten Boys & Girls), Rec Baseball(Boys 1st-8th grade) and Rec Softball(Girls 1st-8th grade) will begin January 1st. Registration is online at
https://register.capturepoint.com
Please click on the flyers below for more details!
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Spring 2020 Signups for T-ball(Kindergarten Boys & Girls), Rec Baseball(Boys 1st-8th grade) and Rec Softball (Girls1st-8th grade) will begin January 1st. Registration is online at
https://register.capturepoint.com
Please click on the flyers below for more details!
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Communications Commission
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The Oakland Communications Commission has 1 vacancy for Commissioner. To those interested, please contact occ@oakland-nj.org for more information and to receive a tour of the TV Studio/Control Room.
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First Responders Flash
Briefing
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Message from the Oakland Police Department:
Now that winter is here and snow is falling, the Oakland Police Department would like to remind all residents that it is your responsibility to clear the sidewalk and hydrant located on your property of all snow and ice. By shoveling your sidewalk and clearing snow from around the fire hydrant, it creates a safer walkway for children and other pedestrians. It also gives our volunteer fire personnel easier access to the hydrant in case there is a fire emergency in your neighborhood. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. For further details, please refer to Oakland Borough Ordinance 12-5.1.
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Project Medicine Drop is an initiative involving the installation of "prescription drug drop boxes" at participating New Jersey police departments.
The Oakland Police Department keeps the locked metal box inside our lobby with the “Project Medicine Drop” logo clearly visible and recognizable.
Project Medicine Drop allows the public to dispose of unused and expired prescription medications safely, securely, and anonymously. The opportunity is available seven days a week, 365 days a year.
If you are disposing of medication we ask that you follow this procedure:
- We do not accept loose medication and request it be placed in a Ziploc bag.
- Deposit the sealed Ziploc bag into our drop box
We CANNOT and DO NOT accept:
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Oakland Fire Department
Become a Member!
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The Oakland Fire Department is always looking for additional volunteer firefighters to protect the lives and property of our neighbors in Oakland. Our department has been serving the residents of Oakland for over 100 years (1909). The Oakland Fire Department is all volunteer. We operate from two firehouses, Company 1 at the Yawpo Ave firehouse and Company.
To become a member of the Oakland Fire Department you must be at least 16 years old, be a US Citizen, be in good physical condition, be a legal resident of Oakland for a minimum of six months and have not been convicted of a felony. Once accepted, you will need to complete an 18 week Basic Firefighters course, Firefighter I, at the Bergen County Fire Academy in Mahwah.
For more information and a membership application, come to the Yawpo Ave firehouse any Monday night at 7:00 PM and ask to speak to one of the our Chiefs.
at the Hiawatha Blvd firehouse.
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Oakland First Aid Squad celebrates 65 years!
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The Oakland First Aid Squad is in its 65th year of service providing emergency medical care to the residents of Oakland! We have been able to provide this crucial service with the men and women who chose to volunteer their time and skills to help someone in need. We are beginning our fall membership drive and urge YOU to consider becoming a member of this critical organization. Training is free and will last a lifetime. Below is a list of some topics you will learn:
- situational awareness
- airway management
- bleeding control
- CPR
- emergency wound care/splinting
- shock treatment
- stroke signs and treatments
- pediatric emergencies
- bio-terrorism awareness
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If you would like to have more charisma or wish you could teach someone how to have more, Personal Coach, Author, the Connection Counselor and Oakland resident Joe Kwon will share a simple, but powerful method that delivers charisma in any situation on Monday, January 27 at 6:30 PM. He will cover:
- why charisma is so hard to define
- a ground-breaking definition of charisma that will allow you to unlock your charisma
- how to get people make eye contact and engage instead of staring at their devices
All attendees will receive as gift a free copy of Joe's book, Unlock Your Charisma (a $9.99 value)
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Happy New Year from the Oakland Library! The Oakland Library Beam Room is full of popular magazines and newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barrons, Washington Examiner, Simple Living, Magnolia, Martha Stewart Living, Clean Eating, People, Smithsonian Magazine, and more! A quiet space complete with comfortable chairs, checkers, dominoes and WiFi access.
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Children's Story Times start up again in January with a special Saturday Story Time on January 25. at 10:30 AM. Magical Melodies will take place on January 14 and Jiggly Wiggly on January 24.
Stop in and view FACES by Nancy DeVries, our January/February Art Exhibit on Stage.
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Lynda
is a leading online learning platform that helps anyone learn business, software, technology and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals. Oakland Public Library cardholders
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now have access to the lynda.com video library of engaging, top-quality courses taught by recognized industry experts. With tutorials in five languages, lynda.com is a global platform for success.
Sign in with
your
OAKLAND library card and 4-digit pin at:
https://www.lynda.com/portal/sip?org=oakland.bccls.org
The link is also available on the Library's
website.
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CHESS on the Mezzanine at the Oakland Library
Expand Your Gaming Universe
Every Tuesday from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Players of all ages and skill levels are
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welcome. Beginner lessons are offered to anyone who is interested in learning how to play chess. Five sets and one clock will be available. Players are encouraged to bring their own equipment.
Feel free to bring other board games you enjoy to play. There will also be both XiangQi (Chinese chess) & WeiQi (Go) sets for those partial to chess variants or those curious.
This weekly program is free, registration is not required.
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Did you know that the Senior Center is open to Oakland Residents
55+
years? That means all of these programs are available to you:
- Zumba
- Tai Chi
- Yoga
- Art Classes
- Trips
- Clubs
- Billiards
- Card Games
- Presentations
- Parties/Events & More!
And for those of you who need a ride, we offer a weekly shopping bus to Oakland Shoprite every Tuesday!
- 1/16: 1:00pm: Bingo (Cards are $1)
- 1/17: Meets at 11:00am: Senior Center Book Club- (January Book, Where the Crawdads Sing). Pick up a copy at the Senior Center
- 1/30: at 12:00pm: Nutrition Myths and Healthy Snacks Presentation from Shoprite of Oakland
For questions or comments call Arielle Preciado, Director for Senior Services at (201) 405-7731.
Please see the Senior Center Calendar (available online & at the Senior Center) for more information.
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Oakland in cooperation with Fair Lawn: Plastic Toy Collection
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The Borough of Oakland in cooperation with Fair Lawn is excited to announce a "Plastic Toy Collection".
In cooperation with Second Chance Toys, Fair Lawn Recycling Division is now accepting plastic toys at the Recycling Center for donation. Chance Toys will donate the toys to children in need.
The drop-off is open Monday - Friday from 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Saturday's from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., and Sunday's from 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Please see attendant or leave by the metal office at the center.
Requirements:
Toys must be clean!
Plastic ONLY.
Must be in working condition.
Include fully working batteries if required.
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Backyard Composter Bins are available for purchase at the Oakland Department of Public Works, 63 Oak Street, Oakland, NJ 07436 during normal business hours Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
The composter is available at a discounted price to Oakland Residents at $60.00.
Questions, email recycle@oakland-nj.or (201) 337-8104.
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Sustainable Oakland Green Team
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The Sustainable Oakland Green Team is collecting your used, old, and broken crayons and markers! Please drop off at the Oakland Public Library, 2 Municipal Plaza, Oakland, NJ 07436.
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Sustainable Oakland Green Team
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The Sustainable Oakland Green Team would like to remind residents to be "Idle Free" and stop car idling!
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Bergen County offers a Free Lead Screening. Call for a free screening at (201) 634-2648.
Garfield Health Department
90 Elizabeth Street
Mondays from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Hackensack Civic Center
215 State Street
7/16, 8/13, 9/17
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Bergen County
The Bergen County Zoo has released the Family Fall & Spring Programs 2019-2020. Please fill out the form and send to the attention of the education department at the zoo if you wish to enroll your child(ren) in any of the programs.
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Mayor Linda H. Schwager
Council Members
John Biale, Robert Knapp, Pat Pignatelli, Russell Talamini, Lew Levy, Grant Van Eck
Chairman Ryan Schwertfeger
Vice Chairwoman Elizabeth Llorente
Jim Barry, Alex McVeigh, Andrea Levy
Patricia Carrera (Alt.), Salma Shamy (Alt. 2)
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(c) 2020 Oakland Communications Commission
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Borough of Oakland, New Jersey
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