How to Celebrate Earth Week in Montclair Note: See the very end for an update on leaf blowers. Montclair residents live in the real world where we’ve known for a long time that climate change is real and we know that sadly, the climate has already changed. Standing on the shoulders of environmental leaders in Montclair, it’s …
Join Montclair Council Member Peter Yacobellis and supporters at one of these upcoming fundraising events in support of his election fund, Peter for Montclair. The next Montclair municipal election is just over a year a way. Every week, Peter is participating in community meet and greets in living rooms all over Montclair. Host one of these …
Updates to the below: We will now be having an Executive Session where the situation with the suspended Township Manager will be touched on. In my haste to get this out earlier, I did zero research on an Autism organization to suggest contributions for. Rather than Autism Speaks, as I mentioned below, some kind residents …
After weeks of worrying, lots of conversations, and hundreds of outreaches made from many of you, today we learned that NJ Transit is going to step up and fill most of the void left by DeCamp, effective Monday, April 10th, on an emergency basis until a more permanent plan can be put into effect. Note: This …
Over the last two weeks, I’ve been engaged either directly or with staff for U.S. Representative Mikie Sherrill, U.S. Representative Donald Payne, State Senator Dick Codey, State Assemblyman John McKeon as well as in direct touch with DeCamp and NJ Transit. This week I signed onto Mikie’s letter to Kevin Corbett, President of NJ Transit. My gut …
Happy rainy Saturday, everyone. Do I know how to spend a Saturday afternoon or what? Next week’s Council Meeting is actually on Monday night (vs. the normal Tuesday). It will be held at 7:00pm in the Council Chambers at 205 Claremont Ave., broadcast on channel 34 and live streamed on the Township YouTube channel here. The …
Save this email. Come back to it when you’re ready to shop, eat, or both. The greatest power we have as citizens to live our values and affect the world (besides voting) is how we spend our money. Join me in supporting some of the amazing black owned businesses in Montclair. Many of them will …
Like many of you, I’m shocked to learn this morning that DeCamp is cancelling commuter service to New York City effective April 7th. Although ridership has not returned to pre-pandemic levels, I know that many of you still rely on these lines in some way, to simply get to work. Like many of you, Ben …
Hello, everyone. We have a Township Council Meeting tonight, Tuesday, March 14th with a full agenda. This meeting will begin at 7:00pm. It is open to attend in person at 205 Claremont, watch on TV34, and on the Township’s YouTube Channel here. I expect public comment will be open starting around 7:30pm as we’re receiving a briefing from our financial advisor …
I hope you’re all doing well. I just finished reviewing and editing an ordinance on a 10 year renewal agreement with Comcast and now I’m pivoting to one on the deployment of 5G in Montclair. How jealous are you of my afternoon? I thought I’d take a moment to update you on some things other …
