Despite many metropolitan area cancellations of Purim Carnivals, and two cancelled locally, in Caldwell and in the Oranges, it is a happy holiday, celebrated this year on Monday night, March […]
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Photos: Montclair Open Skate Jam fans flock to alfresco skate park
The MHS Skate Club and Skate Essex sponsor an “Open Jam’ to demonstrate and promote the need for a Montclair skate park facility, building a list of signatures on a […]
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Photos: The Forest Street Festival is more than a block party
Graduates and students, faculty, neighbors and their families get together for the activities, vendors, food, music, demonstrations, as a community, marking the memories created at the Montclair Cooperative School’s Forest […]
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Photos: Montclair Community Pre-K cuts the ribbon of new Discovery Playground
The MCPK Discovery Playground and Gardens, designed by students, staff, parents and community members, provides an all-access play space for the children of Montclair. After MCPK school hours, the playground […]
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Photos: Montclair party in the park welcomes Spring
About 9,000 eggs stuffed with chocolates and prize tickets, 400 burgers and hot dogs, music with a DJ, face painting and a photo with Mr. Bunny attracts hundreds of kids […]
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Photos: Montclair Orchestra meets an operatic Peter Rabbit
The Montclair Orchestra’s Children’s Concert adds the New Camerata Opera’s Peter Rabbit mini-opera to the orchestra’s performance of excerpts of four classical favorites, and a ‘percussion petting zoo’ during intermission, […]
Community Fun Fest
Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church to host We Are Family: Community Weekend 2018 Fun Fest and Outdoor Worship Service are Open to All MONTCLAIR–All are invited to attend We are […]
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Culture in brief: kids’ writing workshop
Writers and improv comedians Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White will lead a writing workshop for kids entering first through fifth grade, on Tuesday, Aug. 22, from 4 to 5 p.m., […]
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Family nights at Turtle Back Zoo
Turtle Back Zoo, 560 Northfield Ave., West Orange, will have extended hours on Thursday nights in July and August, and show free animal-themed movies under the stars on the top […]
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Exotic Car Rally to take place on Sunday, June 11
The fourth annual police-escorted Exotic Car Rally presented by Fresco Da Franco and Orange County Choppers will take place on Sunday, June 11, from noon to 2 p.m., at 15 […]
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Montclair family raising money, awareness for scleroderma
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Ten-year-old Claudette Johnson is a Hillside student. She’s on the school’s swim team, enjoys gymnastics and plays the piano. She is also coping with scleroderma. Claudette […]
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Fidget spinners popular in Montclair, but one school bans them
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Spinners have come to Montclair, and at least one school in town has already banned them. The miniature three-pronged metal and plastic toys — originally marketed […]
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Mother and Child reunion: Mother’s day pics in Montclair
We asked for pictures of mother-child lookalikes, in honor of Mother’s Day. Here are two we received — if you’re seeing Mom on Sunday, send us a pic! We can […]