By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Some local high school students have set up an after-school tutoring service, with the aim of helping out kids whose families can’t afford high-priced tutors. Owen […]
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Healthy Kids Day event at YMCA on Saturday
The YMCA of Montclair will hold its annual Healthy Kids Day community event on Saturday, April 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is free. Healthy Kids Day is […]
Obituary: Mercedes E. Zichelli
Mercedes E. Zichelli, nĂ©e DiGeronimo, 88, a lifelong Montclair resident, died on Thursday, April 20, 2017. A funeral Mass was celebrated on April 24 at St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish-Our Lady of […]
Praying for a Meeting
Montclair Jews gather outside Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen’s Morristown office this past Saturday night, to celebrate Havdalah, the closing of Shabbat, during Passover. Bnai Keshet’s Rabbi Elliot Tepperman holds a guitar. […]
Residents struggle to find groceries after Pathmark’s demise
By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news Izonie Ball, 87, wonders if she and some of her peers will still be alive by the time a supermarket comes in to replace the closed […]
The ABCs of CSAs in Montclair
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news For families in Montclair, and elsewhere, shopping for fruits and vegetables tends to involve one of two options: the nearest grocery store or the Montclair Farmers’ […]
Community garden takes root on Pine Street
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news There is a new project taking root on Pine Street. With the closing of the Pathmark grocery store in Lackawanna Plaza, many nearby residents were concerned […]
Montclair holds Easter egg hunt at Glenfield Park
Mr. Bunny’s Springtime Fun was held Saturday morning, April 8, at Glenfield Park, 25 Maple Ave. The event was hosted by the Montclair Department of Recreation & Cultural Affairs, in […]
Local karate black belt heads to Japan to study
Karrin Pitt is excited, and also admits to being terrified, to leave Montclair to live and study karate in Okinawa, the birthplace of that martial art. But the 31-year-old, who […]
Enter the Queen: costumed speaker comes to Victorian Society in Montclair
By GWEN OREL orel@montclairlocal.news If she could, Judith Martorelli would hold flowers when she gives her talk about Queen Victoria on Monday, April 17. That would be more in keeping […]
Bunny hop: The Big Rabbit comes to Montclair
By GWEN OREL orel@montclairlocal.news Sean Spicer tweeted last March: “what I would give to hide in a bunny costume again.” Spicer, the White House communications director, played the Easter bunny […]
COPE Center gets additional space at St. Luke’s
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news An Essex County counseling center will be getting some additional new space in Montclair. The COPE Center will be leasing space at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church […]
Never saying sorry: Women’s Empowerment panel in Montclair
by ANTOINETTE MARTIN for Montclair Local Women’s empowerment took the stage at the Wellmont on Tuesday, April 4, as a panel of local women offered evocative tips and insights into […]
BID to develop app for Montclair events, businesses
The Montclair Center Business Improvement District is working on a cellphone app so that residents and visitors will have information about local events and businesses at their fingertips, according to […]