Town Square

by MAYOR ROBERT JACKSON I am proud to endorse the Montclair 2020 Team in this year’s municipal election. After reviewing platforms and the candidate forum, I am convinced that this Team is best positioned to carry on the unprecedented accomplishments of the last eight years. S...

On Oct. 12, 1918, the Montclair Times published the State Health Department’s recommendations to contain the spread of the Spanish Flu.

Montclair voters will vote for a mayor and council in the township's municipal elections, which will be held via mail-in ballot on May 12.

by JOHANNA EDGE for Montclair Local The author is a member of the board of directors of the League of Women Voters of the Montclair Area. The League of Women Voters of the Montclair Area is celebrating not only its founding 100 years ago but also 100 years of universal suffrage for American women...

Jose German warns of a coming climate crisis, and invites the community to the Acting Locally for a More Sustainable World conference.

"Town Square" is Montclair Local's space for longer-form opinion essays designed to generate discussion on specific topics affecting our town. Topics and submissions should be emailed to letters@montclairlocal.news for approval at least one week in advance. The...

By Lisanne Renner Before the now-landmarked Montclair Art Museum was built, the museum was already the proud owner of a sculpture that had won a silver medal at the famed Paris Exposition of 1900:  “The Sun Vow,” by Hermon Atkins MacNeil. In fact, the Su...

By Debra Caplan In November 2018, Montclair voters turned out for the midterm elections, with a robust 64 percent of registered voters showing up at the polls. But our municipal elections, held every four years in May, are a different story...

By Dorothea Benton Frank Town Square is a space for longer-form essays from Montclair residents designed to generate discussion on specific topics affecting the town. They solely reflect the opinions of the author. Topics and submissions (maximum 750 words) should be emailed to opinion@montclairlocal... Read More ...

By Caroline Kane Levy Caroline Kane Levy is 15-year resident of Montclair, a commissioner on the Montclair Historic Preservation Commission and deputy director of Preservation at the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. She writes the following not on the behalf of the HPC or NYC LPC, but as a resident...