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By TINA PAPPAS for Montclair Local The township Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a use variance Wednesday night to convert a mixed-use residential building and medical office on Plymouth Street into a two-family dwelling. The application was submitted by Henry Liedtka, owner of Sustainable Sanctuary Homes, who purchased the property, located in the R1 single family zone, in order to renovate it

By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news Montclair developer Steven Plofker has revised his plans for a plot of land he's buying from First Congregational Church, apparently now proposing to build two single-family homes rather than four townhouses on the site...

By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news Montclair will soon be getting its first microbrewery, which is slated to open on the restaurant-bar mecca Walnut Street this year. Montclair Brewery, owned by the local married couple Denise Ford Sawadogo and Leo Sawadogo, has taken a five-year lease for the former Poor Richard’s building at 101 Walnut St., which is...

By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news With several caveats, the Township Planning Board Monday night granted the owner of a four-family dwelling on the corner of Midland Avenue and Walnut approval to build a three-car garage. Following a hearing the board approved the site plan and granted three variance to Charles Swanson for his property at 90 Midland Ave...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news It was a “no-holds-barred” discussion of policy at Monday night’s planning board meeting, and the township may get a new zoning category out of it. Montclair may add a new zone for office spaces to its list of zoning categories; the planning board will recommend that the township create a new zone: OR-3 H, or high-density office-residential use in a historic a

By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news The controversial Lackawanna Plaza redevelopment plan is going back to the Township Planning Board, but exactly what happens then and the timetable for any action is still under discussion. And even as the Township Council, at its Oct...

By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news Local developer Steve Plofker has another residential project in the works, and is seeking township approval to build four townhouses on part of the property owned by First Congregational Church of Montclair...

By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news A real estate firm last week lost its bid to lease roughly half the first floor of the renovated Warner Communications building, but it will be coming back to the Township Zoning Board of Adjustment with a compromise in an attempt to get at least some storefront space at the site ...

By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news Residents who live near Redeemer Church of Montclair have gathered roughly 30 signatures on a petition opposing the house of worship’s plan to build a two-story addition. At least one of those people, Dana Morgan, was at the Township Zoning Board of Adjustment’s meeting on Wednesday to voice his concerns about Redeemer Church’s proposal. But the board po ...

By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news Montclair developer Steven Plofker won township approval Monday night to transform the site of the former Diva Lounge into a combination retail and multi-family development, adding a six-story building at the rear of the property for apartments...