By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news To avoid litigation, a developer has amended his plan for the former Warner Communications facility on Lorraine Avenue, and is now looking to create an addition […]
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Planning board blasts Seymour Street proposals
By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news A loading zone on Church Street, by outdoor cafes and shops? A 4-foot-wide sidewalk in front of a six-story building on South Willow Street? Parking spaces […]
Montclair BID chief grilled by council on farmers’ market plan
By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news A farmers’ market is coming to Crane Park, and a community garden is also in the works for the plot of land, although the initiator of […]
Seymour Street redevelopment plan wins award
By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news New Jersey Planning Officials, an organization of planning and zoning boards, has awarded the township’s Seymour Street Redevelopment Plan the group’s Achievements in Planning Award. The […]
With stern warning, council renews South End store’s liquor license
By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news Warning the establishment to keep its sidewalk clean and to stop loiterers, the Township Council on Tuesday night renewed the liquor license of South End Liquors, […]
Planning board challenges council over Lackawanna redevelopment
By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news The Township Planning Board this week threw down the gauntlet to the local council over Lackawanna Plaza’s redevelopment, making 19 recommendations about the project and asking […]
Montclair granted $142,500 from state for microgrid study
Montclair will be receiving $142,500 from the state to do a microgrid feasibility study, part of a total of $2.1 million that will be handed out to 13 town centers. […]
Pig & Prince owner offers his history of Lackawanna Plaza
By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news The owner of Pig & Prince restaurant, housed in the former waiting room of the Lackawanna Plaza train station, offered an impromptu history of his restoration […]
Farmers’ market, community garden slated for Crane Park
By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news A farmers’ market and community garden are coming to Crane Park, initiatives that may help address the Fourth Ward’s status as a so-called “food desert.” The […]
Bank of America building sold to West Orange firm
By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news A West Orange real estate firm has purchased the former Bank of America building on Bloomfield Avenue in Montclair, the latest sale of a property on […]
Is Lackawanna Plaza redevelopment plan a rubber-stamp?
By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news The first draft of a redevelopment plan for Lackawanna Plaza was submitted to township officials last week, and some critics are already claiming that the 92-page […]
Grabowsky to buy Hampton House building in Montclair
By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news After 70 years in town, Hampton House, a high-end furniture store, is closing and Montclair developer and downtown landlord Dick Grabowsky is purchasing its landmark building […]
Debate rages over whether Montclair is being over-developed
By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news Montclair is experiencing a commercial real estate boom, with roughly 1,000 residential units either under construction, approved or proposed for the Bloomfield Avenue corridor. And the […]
Yogi Berra’s former Montclair mansion goes on market for $3.2 million
By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news The listing says “Live like a Hall of Famer.” And if you have $3.199 million, you can in fact take up residence in the Tudor mansion […]