Nearly 20 years ago, a major terrorist attack happened in our own backyard, resulting in profound loss of life, devastating economic consequences and that which have cost us trillions of dollars and thousands of lives — wars that created the very acute and serious challenges we’re bearing witness to in Afghanistan today. But we also …

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NJ Superior Court Judge Lisa M. Adubato rejected a challenge Friday to the Township’s 2021 leaf blower ordinance brought on by landscaping company Vito Dente and Dente. The current ordinance restricts the use of internal combustion engine leaf blowers to the periods between March 15 and May 15, inclusive, and between October 15 and December …

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Montclair school officials plan to move ahead with nearly $60 million in major facilities work — just weeks after they said they couldn’t yet start the process for a capital improvement bond only a fraction of that size. On July 26, Montclair Board of Education members said there wouldn’t be enough time to bond for …

New Plan: Full Speed Ahead With A $60m Montclair Schools Bond Read More »

On the night the Montclair Township Council was expected to give its final approval to ordinances that allow seven recreational marijuana establishments in town, council members also presented another ordinance — to ban them all together, at least for now. But in the end, the council voted to allow two marijuana retail shops and five …

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During a Township Council meeting on July 20, Mayor Sean Spiller said getting as many people vaccinated as possible “is the way to put this pandemic behind us, get us back to where we want to be.” In the same meeting, Councilman Peter Yacobellis said “people are getting nervous with the Delta variant now the …

Trying To Break The ‘Brick Wall,’ Get More Of Montclair’s Black And Brown Residents Vaccinated Read More »

Free Montclair pool passes are available for seniors who would struggle to pay the normal costs. With the support of donations from community members Deb Ellis, Hal Strelnick and others, Councilman Peter Yacobellis is coordinating what he’s calling the Montclair Pools Senior Hardship Program. As of Thursday, three seniors were already set to receive passes, …

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Volunteers and community members have been distributing donated air conditioners to Montclair residents to help get through the summer’s ongoing heat waves. As of Tuesday, the count was up to 31 units. Montclair Mutual Aid was coordinating donations for 22 units, Jonathan Marshall, a volunteer with the group said. Councilman Peter Yacobellis said he was …

Need An Air Conditioner? Montclair Residents Step Up With Donations Read More »

Montclair Councilor-at-Large Peter Yacobellis called on Governor Murphy Monday to take swift action to support the proposed Essex Hudson Greenway which he classified as being on life support and in danger of being divided up and sold off in pieces. Yacobellis had previously advocated for the Greenway in his town hall meeting.

The Montclair Township Council passed a series of laws on Tuesday aimed at protecting the local LGBTQ community. Three new laws were passed. The first is a third-party contracting non-discrimination ordinance. The second law is an employment non-discrimination ordinance. And the third will require a provision for all-gender restrooms in the township. The third Party …

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Montclair has joined a small but growing number of New Jersey towns, such as Hoboken, Princeton and Maplewood, that require single-occupancy bathrooms in businesses and municipal buildings to be labeled gender-neutral. On Tuesday, the Town Council passed three new ordinances in support of the LGBTQ+ community — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, non-binary and gender-fluid …

Single-Occupancy Bathrooms Must Be Gender-Neutral, Even In Businesses Read More »