Lackawanna Plaza redevelopment

A year after the approval of the new supermarket in the Lackawanna Plaza redevelopment, Fourth Ward residents are wondering when they will see a groundbreaking — and a supermarket. 

The attorney for the Lackawanna Plaza developers has filed a motion to allow his clients to intervene in the suit by a group of residents against the planning board and the township over the project’s approval.

Lackawanna developers have issued a statement on the Lackawanna suit.

BY JAIMIE JULIA WINTERS winters@montclairlocal.news A group of Montclairites has filed a lawsuit against the Montclair Planning Board and the township over its approval of the Lackawanna Plaza redevelopment. The suit was filed today, Friday, June 21, in Essex County Superior Court by A Better Lackawanna, LLC, an entity consisting of Montclair taxpayers and historic preservationists; 11 other resi

Pig & Prince restaurant owner and chef Mike Carrino announced he would be closing down the restaurant on Saturday, June 8.

BY JAIMIE JULIA WINTERS winters@montclairlocal.news While the Lackawanna Plaza train sheds await the wrecking ball, Preservation New Jersey has just declared the entire site as one of 10 on its list of New Jersey’s Most Endangered Historic Places for 2019. S...

BY JAIMIE JULIA WINTERS winters@montclairlocal.news In spite of the developer contending that allowing for left-hand turns in and out of the Lackawanna Plaza supermarket parking lot from Grove Street is the “safest” plan for both motorists and pedestrians, the council said no to the maneuver. On Apri...

Take a walking tour of Lackawanna Plaza this weekend.

An Essex County Superior judge has declined to issue a restraining order to block the demolition of the former Lackawanna Station train platforms.

BY JAIMIE JULIA WINTERS winters@montclairlocal.news At the most recent Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) meeting on March 28, member Caroline Kane Levy referred to a Lackawanna suit, asking if the HPC could join it. The attorney never answered...