Susan Eckert says the current policy helps create an “us-vs.-them mentality” for students and school staff.
Montclair Local Letters and Opinion
Businesses rose to the challenge of the pandemic. When will Montclair leaders? (Town Square)
Mike Guerriero of Guerriero Gelato says the Township Council has been out of touch when Montclair businesses need its help the most.
You say ‘gentrification.’ I say more opportunity for Montclair’s future
Ben Roderick says there’s no use in hanging onto a vision of how Montclair used to be, but that we can provide opportunities for more people through development.
We Montclair businesses are desperate in COVID surge. Leaders must step up (Town Square)
Montclair Bread Company closed for the first week of January due to staff shortages amid the coronavirus surge.
We need a plan to restore more bus service to Montclair (Letter to the editor)
Bob Manix-Cramer writes: “There is a real cost to losing our bus connectivity and it comes in the form of lost hours with family, more cars on the road, an over-reliance on train service and lower property values.”
Coach Finney’s lessons will stay with me for a lifetime (Letter to the editor)
Chris Wood writes that Howard Finney was less a coach than a third parent.
OK, Montclair Local, but who’s vaccinated? (Letter to the editor)
Sue Young says lumping cases of vaccinated and unvaccinated people together causes unnecessary despair.
Montclair schools should require coronavirus vaccines (Letter)
Noah Gale says with rising cases, it’s time.
Don’t close Montclair schools over omicron surge (Letter to the editor)
Scott White says it’s time to live with the reality that virtually everyone will get coronavirus eventually.
‘Congrats’ — you’ve delayed Montclair school repairs a year (Letter to the editor)
David Grill says if and when repairs do come, they’ll be more expensive, too.
Nia H. Gill: Why I’m running for NJ Senate president (Town square)
Democrats have already chosen their next state Senate president behind closed doors, but Montclair’s Nia H. Gill isn’t giving up just yet.
The country is so divided. Bring Montclair together in one congressional district (Letter to the editor)
Willie Walker says Mark Lurinsky’s recent Town Square guest column arguing all of Montclair should be considered one community of interest makes sense.
Count me, too, against gas leaf blowers in Montclair (Letter to the editor)
Maria I. Lacey says she’d rather let leaves decompose, or be cleaned up the old-fashioned way.
A strong mayor? Sure. But first, Montclair council, do your job. (Letter to the editor)
Martin Schwartz says the idea of changing Montclair’s government might have merit — but town council members have more power than they let on.