George Floyd

New biography aims to humanize its subject.

The wordless, tap tribute to George Floyd is just one expression of angst, grief and a desire for change expressed through powerful art in Montclair.

By KATE ALBRIGHT and LOUIS C. HOCHMAN hochman@montclairlocal.news Justin Rich grew up in Montclair. And he wants to feel like he belongs here. Rich, who is Black, saw April 20’s conviction of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd as “a small victory.” “But i...

Rep. Donald M. Payne: "It doesn’t make me feel excited. Instead, it makes me angry that another Black man had to die at the hands of the police."

Arabella Egan, a 14-year-old freshman at Montclair High School, performed her original song on "The Today Show."

The “school resource officer” was born in the wake of school shootings in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including the Columbine High School shooting in 1999, after which officers more commonly began being stationed in schools.

Facing an empty nest is always hard, and it's a little trickier during the pandemic, writes Kirsten D. Levingston in "Welcome to Montclair."

Ife Joseph, a 10-year-old rising fifth-grader at Hillside School, has invented an app titled "Mental Health for Social Justice," for the MIT Inventor Hackathon.

On Thursday evening, some of the rally’s student organizers took the next steps, by bringing the demands of the students before the Montclair Board of Education, and called for board members to begin taking formal action on them.

Store windows all over town are displaying art as part of the Fresh Air Montclair, an ongoing public-facing art initiative. A fashion show and parade will be held Sunday, June 28.