Carmel Loughman

Several community leaders say they're not ready to pick a side, but they support the question going to voters.

Montclair’s 2020 municipal elections will take place — by mail-in ballot only due to the COVID-19 pandemic — through Tuesday, May 12. Ballots were mailed out to registered voters last month. If you are registered in Montclair and have not received your ballot, visit the Essex County Clerk's website to apply for a replacement. All seven pos...

Montclair's 2020 municipal election is underway right now, with voters asked to mail in their ballots by May 12. Voters will choose a new mayor and six Township Council seats in the town's nonpartisan elections. To help Montclair residents make an informed choice, Montclair Local asked all 14 municipal candidates a series of questions on some of the key issues facing the town going forward... Read

Montclair council and mayoral candidates discussed responding to the economic impact of COVID-19, development, a senior activity center, and more in a candidates forum April 22.

With Montclair’s council and mayoral election just weeks away, how can candidates campaign during a pandemic when they can’t go door to door, can’t attend fund-raisers or shake hands?

Two more residents have announced plans to run in the May 12 municipal elections. 

Payne in the ICE It has been a while since we’ve heard from Representative Donald Payne (D-District 10) on the crisis of immigration policy. On May 30, 2018, his office released a statement calling the Trump Administration’s practice of separating children from their parents at the border “horrendous.” He connects thi...

Thanks for the coverage I would like to thank the reporters at Montclair Local for their dogged attendance at the many and lengthy meetings of the planning board while the Lackawanna Plaza application was being heard. Your reporting served both to provide a continued focus on the matters at hand and to educate the public on the issues being discussed...

By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news Members of the Township Council will be coming to the Planning Board's Sept. 11 meeting to discuss the proposed, and controversial, redevelopment plan for Lackawanna Plaza. The local governing body's Economic Development Committee will appear to discuss its response to the planning board's 19 recommendations regarding the 92-page plan, Deputy Mayor Robin Schl

by LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news During a four-hour meeting, the Montclair Historic Preservation Commission on Thursday night began hammering out recommendations for the Lackawanna Plaza redevelopment plan, aiming to force developers to preserve the heritage and incorporate the “DNA” of the landmark train station into the project. In pain...