Community: Oakland

Commissioners Rick Polland, Joseph McMullen in the crosshairs.

Sal Ramos rejoins the town commission, sparking residents’ anger, allegations of commissioners’ collusion, and a recall drive.

Sal Ramos rejoins town commission sparking residents’ anger, allegations of commissioners’ collusion and a recall drive.

Applicants come from the construction, insurance, defense and aerospace/aeronautics industries as well as law, science, banking and healthcare.

The Healthy West Orange Arts and Heritage Center includes some of its Black history with Est. 1887, its opening exhibit about the Town of Oakland's origins.

New zoning ordinance for dark-sky compliant outdoor lighting unanimously approved.

Operation will help reduce town’s reliance on drinking water for irrigation.

Conservation, wastewater and redundancy projects take priority to keep pace with population growth.

Town Manager Steve Koontz anticipates "a lot more golf cart traffic" with the completion of three residential roads.

In 1950 and 1951, the Ku Klux Klan brutally murdered two young Black men from Oakland who worked in the citrus fields. For decades, the stories were passed down in whispers—if they were shared at all. Now, the town is finally, publicly, acknowledging what happened 70 years ago.