Letters to the Editor

Thanks for the coverage I would like to thank the reporters at Montclair Local for their dogged attendance at the many and lengthy meetings of the planning board while the Lackawanna Plaza application was being heard. Your reporting served both to provide a continued focus on the matters at hand and to educate the public on the issues being discussed...

Safe streets are complicated The story on the Safe Streets plan considered by the township (“Losing momentum,” Feb. 7, page 1) reminded us how complicated it is to get safer streets for pedestrians, motorists and bicyclists. But we ...

Yet another four-way stop It is with disappointment that I read in the Jan. 24 issue of the Montclair Local that yet another four-way stop is to be installed in Montclair. Although they do cut down on accidents, and that is, of course, a very good thing, they do nothing to stop the bad behavior of the drivers on the road that had the original stop signs...

Speak out to freeholders at Feb. 6 meeting There is an Essex County Freeholders meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 7 p.m., at the Hall of Records in Newark. People have been going to these meetings for a number of months to question the Freeholders about the county’s contract with the federal office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). We’v...

Hate’s violent results The following are sections of the song “Abraham, Martin and John” written by Richard Hollar and sung by Dion DiMucci. “Has anybody here seen my old friend Martin, can you tell me where he's gone? He freed a lotta peopl...

Time to talk about sexual abuse dangers The following was sent to Superintendent Kendra Johnson by the author, who asked that we include in Montclair Local’s Letters to the Editor: Hi there Superintendent Kendra Johnson, since you commented to the Montclair Local I am aware that you have now learned that the suspected luring (“Police urge caution,” page 11, Jan. 10) was a misund...

Who will save Edgemont Park? For those of us who frequent Edgemont Park regularly, the fallout from last year’s extensive construction work at the park is clearer to see every day. Since that year-long project ended last summer, the park has been transformed into a marsh-like bog, particularly along the northern and eastern perimeters, with much of the terrain perpetually waterlogged and muddy, an

South End needs school bus service now I am writing regarding the Dec. 20 article on school bus service (“Put the wheels in motion,” page 7). I have been concerned about the lack of a school bus to the high school from the South End for quite some time. I live...

Thank you to the community A big thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, to family and friends, old and new, who turned out last night at Ruthie's or made a donation to help the families displaced by the fire. There is still more good than bad in the world and this proves it...

Montclair is unsustainable, overdeveloped and not progressive I went to a meeting where some people were singing praises of Montclair. Which Montclair? Do you recognize Montclair? You mean Upper Montclair, where you can't build 11 units, or Montclair, where you can build tall buildings, dump 46 units on a gas station next to a hotel, and 90 more illegal units on a parking lot...