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Sonia Rapaport's 3-year-old Portuguese water dog Teddy got in a scuffle with a raccoon yesterday. What to do if you're in a brawl.

Saxum Real Estate brings back their 12-foot holiday figure, the Saxum Elf, to perch over Montclair for the third year in a row.

Oratorio Society of New Jersey is holding its yearly "Messiah Sing" at Sacred Heart Church of Bloomfield, with live performers, and the "crowd" at home.

The Hanukkah menorah which symbolizes the holiday is a variation on the synagoguge menorah. Its many forms represent how Jews assimilate.

Montclair High School graduate Tori Schoen, class of '16, illustrated the new children's book by Sherry Lottero, "Why Can't I Play with My Friends?", designed to help children cope.

Arthur Levine, author of the children's book "The Hanukkah Magic of Nate Gadol," will have a special seasonal storytime at Watchung Booksellers on Tuesday, Dec. 8.

Local middle-schooler Maxwell Kumahor helped create Lemeneid, with Rocket Club. The drink will be served to new tenants at Rezide Co-Living in Jersey City.

Mayor Sean Spiller has appointed a COVID-19 Recovery Task Force composed of residents and representatives of small businesses and nonprofits, as a kind of think tank to analyze pandemic-related issues in Montclair and come up with solutions.

Montclair native Susan Glasser and husband Peter Baker appeared at Open Book/Open MInd in November to talk about their new book.

We conducted a little survey to find out some things about Montclairians and Thanksgiving. See our pie charts (get it?) for results.