Montclair Local Letters and Opinion

Bethany Chase says she's tired of the leaf blower issue being reduced to eyerolls at "Karens" when a real climate crisis looms.

Amber Reed and Jeffrey Chang urge solidarity in the face of racially motivated hate and attacks.

While the lifespan of our backyard trees is well over 100 years, the life expectancy of our street trees is 7 to 15 years.

New Jersey's State of Emergency declaration opened up a loophole for Diane Masucci.

"I attend all of the Board of Education Meetings, volunteer and attend at all of the PTA events, And I deeply care about the students, staff, teachers, administration, and public education!" Gale writes.

"Stop playing at activism and do something real," writes Lauren Brennan, fed up with what she says has long been inaction on reproductive rights.

"Those people you see waiting in line for hour upon hour to make their purchases are the same people we have to worry about as they get into their cars and create a higher rate of impaired drivers on our roadways," Thomas Russo writes.

Leah Katz asks that in the meantime, you ask your landscaper to find alternatives.

Students in the Edgemont Roots and Shoots Club say pesticides aren't worth the harm they cause.

But Harry W. Haines says he really enjoyed his experience at RISE in Bloomfield, as it opened to recreational marijuana sales.