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"While I have certainly been hearing from congregants who are concerned and angry, said Bnai Keshet Rabbi Elliott Tepperman, “the most common response I have heard is one of resilience and solidarity."

Andy Cook, 23, was also charged with conspiracy to use a firearm during a crime of violence.

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Most crime in Montclair remained steady or declined between 2017 and 2018, but murder and sexual assault saw an uptick, according to the Uniform Crime Reports assembled by the FBI and the New Jersey State Police...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news A man has come forward stating he rented the same jet ski the same day a missing Montclair couple vanished during a jet ski excursion in Barbados three months ago. He claims he experienced mechanical problems, returned the vehicle and was refunded his money...

BY JAIMIE JULIA WINTERS winters@montclairlocal.news Five alleged members of a large-scale narcotics enterprise including a Montclair resident were charged last week for their roles in several murders, firearms offenses and conspiracy to distribute illegal drugs, said U.S. Attorn...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news A Montclair man crossed the border into Mexico and caught a plane to Cuba after he allegedly shot his girlfriend at their shared home on North Mountain Avenue last month, according to the Acting Essex County Prosecutor...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Montclair saw a slight uptick both in violent crime and property crime in 2016, according to statistics released last week by the FBI. At Montclair State University, however, most varieties of crime either decreased or stayed at levels consistent with the prior year, according to the university's security report...

By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlcocal.news A Clifton real estate investor is looking to turn a Montclair house, once owned by Russian spies, from an eyesore into a showcase, planning to invest more than $200,000 in renovations and flip it for about $700,000...

By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news The home that was once owned by Russian spies, whose arrest in 2010 shocked Montclair, has finally been sold after being on the block for years. The two-story colonial at 31 Marquette Road, which is in rundown shape, was purchased for $340,000 cash in June, far below its list price of $433,900, according to Garden State MLS...