A historian attempting to debunk the validity of the historic nature of the Lackawanna train sheds, and two residents with a vision of using the train sheds as a supermarket and dine-in food market are expected to testify at tonight’s Lackawanna Redevelopment meeting.
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Montclair 150: Gardens connect to community
Montclair is full of wonderful gardens that are open to the public.
Montclair Jazz Festival: students in summer workshops count the time
The countdown to the Montclair Jazz Festival is on! Hear students and teaching assistants play around town.
MONTCLAIR 150: Strange and Quirky Montclair
From unique traditions and history, to strange hauntings and discoveries, Montclair has some interesting lore. The following stories are just some of Montclair’s interesting history.
Watchung HVAC repairs delayed after schools put project back up for bid
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news It could be winter before work officially starts on the overhaul of Watchung School’s HVAC system. The Board of Education rejected the only bid that had […]
Montclair Track & Field: Longtime track, cross country coach resigns
By Andrew Garda garda@montclairlocal.news With a new girls soccer coach already in place and a search for a new high school principal underway, more changes are coming to the Montclair […]
Affordable housing down-payment loan is now a grant
By Tina Pappas for Montclair Local Future home buyers who now purchase affordable housing units administered through the township will not have to pay back a loan offered to help […]
Mother still seeks justice after loss of son to bus incident 6 years ago
Deshon Johnson was a 22-year-old college student with a promising future when he was struck and killed by a bus on the corner of Broad Street and Bay Avenue in Bloomfield on July 18, 2012.
Walnut, Glenridge mini-parks popping up in August
After a few design snags and a late start, the parklets planned for Walnut Street and Glenridge Avenue could be welcoming guests by mid-August.
Lackawanna plaza hides a secret brook
Underneath much of Montclair runs a bubbling brook covered and culverted long ago to make way for sewers and development.
Montclair cyclists join Pan-Mass Challenge, raise money to fight cancer
by Andrew Garda garda@montclairlocal.news Nine Montclair residents will cycle up to 192 miles as part of the Pan-Mass Challenge in an effort to help raise money for cancer research and […]
Bonsal Preserves loses 70 trees in 48 hours
Bonsal Preserve loses 70 trees.
Theater review: Here there be no dragons, in ‘Andronicus’
“Titus Andronicus;” “Game of Thrones” without the jump cuts. Or dragons.
Montclair 150: A town on the move, since 1868
An overview of the story of Montclair, from historian Mike Farrelly.