Civil Rights Commission

The resignation also comes on the heels of the township losing its lengthy legal fight over a rent control ordinance.

The Montclair NAACP and the township's Civil Rights Commission are demanding an investigation.

Civil Rights chair hopes it sends a signal officers must ‘act professional at all times.'

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news James Harris has been asked to temporarily step aside from his leadership role within the Montclair NAACP after he was criticized for making anti-Semitic remarks during a Dec. 30 community meeting...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news While New Jersey is seeing an overall increase in bias crimes committed, Montclair is reporting a decline, according to the 2017-18 numbers supplied by the state. The numbers also reveal that almost half of the bias crimes were committed by high school and university students, and that those numbers are on the rise...

Ten civil rights complaints have been filed with U.S. Department of Education against Montclair schools over the past three and a half years, according to a June report by ProPubica.

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news The Montclair schools’ suspension report and the apparent likelihood of students of color being more likely than their peers to be suspended were the focus of the Jan. 10 board of education meeting. T...

Summer may be over, but there are still many fun things to do in town, says Robin Woods.