Montclair Local Letters and Opinion
Leaf blowers in Montclair: Peak liberal hypocrisy (Letter to the editor)
Bethany Chase says she's tired of the leaf blower issue being reduced to eyerolls at "Karens" when a real climate crisis looms.
Join us in Montclair in standing against hate (Letter to the editor)
Amber Reed and Jeffrey Chang urge solidarity in the face of racially motivated hate and attacks.
Give a Montclair street tree some love (Town Square)
While the lifespan of our backyard trees is well over 100 years, the life expectancy of our street trees is 7 to 15 years.
A small reason to be thankful for Tropical Storm Ida (Town Square)
New Jersey's State of Emergency declaration opened up a loophole for Diane Masucci.
Running for the Montclair Board of Education again (Letter to the Editor)
"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.
‘Vote and donate’ isn’t enough to protect Roe (Letter to the Editor)
"Stop playing at activism and do something real," writes Lauren Brennan, fed up with what she says has long been inaction on reproductive rights.
Legal marijuana will be a threat to public safety (Letter to the editor)
"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.
Maplewood banned gas leaf blowers. Montclair should, too (Letter to the editor)
Leah Katz asks that in the meantime, you ask your landscaper to find alternatives.
Consider these alternatives to pesticides (Letter to the editor)
Students in the Edgemont Roots and Shoots Club say pesticides aren't worth the harm they cause.
Out of edibles already? (Letter to the editor)
But Harry W. Haines says he really enjoyed his experience at RISE in Bloomfield, as it opened to recreational marijuana sales.