Kevin Meacham

Structural issues, including the availability of affordable housing and the wealth gap, play a key role in Montclair schools' achievement gap, experts say.

William (Bill) Black Grant, formerly of Montclair, died peacefully from natural causes on May 26. He was 93 and dearly beloved by his extended family and many good friends. Bill attended Montclair Academy. He loved the Boy Scouts and said that being a Scout was the greatest influence on his life and was excellent training in leadership...

Beatrice Margo McCormick Andrews died suddenly but peacefully on May 20 after a brief illness. She was 72. “Aunt Margo,” as she was known to many, was born on Nov. 13, 1947, to Joseph and Beatrice McCormick. She was gorgeous, intelligent, humorous, loved to love on people, but most of all she was a Child of The King! Margo b...

Errol E. Young, of Montclair, died on May 21. He was 67. Errol was born in Kingston, Jamaica, to Isaac and Catherine Young. He attended Jamaica College and afterward began his career as a printer for the Jamaica Gleaner. In 1979 Errol migrated to Montclair, where he continued his career as a printer before retiring in 2012 from Allied Printing...

John Hayward Wheaton, formerly of Montclair, died peacefully and surrounded by family at home in Scotch Plains on May 9. He was 101. Hayward was born at home in Jersey City to Elsie (Daniels) and Wade Hamilton Wheaton.  He was the last surviving sibling of five, predeceased by Elsie, Roberta, Wade, William, and Josephine. ...

Vivian Yvonne Brandon Johns, daughter of the late George Jackson Brandon and Louise M. Payne St. Clair, died on May 20 in Montclair after a brief illness. She was 85. Vivian was born in Fort Springs, W. Va., on May 10, 1935.  The family relocated to Montclair in the early 1940s, when Vivian was around 6 years old. ...

Suzanne Seibert Williams, of Montclair, passed away peacefully at Green Hill in West Orange on May 18. She was 85. A daughter of the late Dorothy Crock Seibert and James Holderbaum Seibert, Sue was born in Somerset, Pa.,  and raised in New Jersey. She...

Audrey Catherine (Cathy) Cross Jones Hawley, of Montclair, died peacefully on Monday, May 25. She was 75. Audrey was the fifth of six children, born on July 10, 1944, to Samuel Weldon Cross Sr. and Dorothy Elizabeth Clarke Cross in Summit...

After several months of declining health, James Kevin Berry of Boca Raton, Fla., formerly of Montclair, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 24, with his beloved wife Sandra by his side. He was 84. Jimmy (“Big Jim”) was born in Orange on March 28, 1936. He graduat...

by TINA KELLEY for Montclair Local In four schools in Montclair, students participated in activities called “restorative justice” for the past school year, as part of the district’s effort to reduce suspensions, build community, and prevent conflicts. Teachers and sch...