Montclair history

Montclair 150: How Montclair’s schools came to be
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Few institutions have been as important to the life of Montclair as its schools. The last 150 years have seen Montclair’s schools change from a collection of modest school houses serving local farming families, and a small handful of private schools for more privileged residents, to a highly acclaimed public school district and five renowned private schools. M
Commission fights to save historic Lackawanna train sheds that could be razed for parking
By Jaimie Julia Winters winters@montclairlocal.news “Montclair joyous in new terminal - Era of better feeling,” the New York Times headline read in 1913 after the opening of Lackawanna Terminal in Montclair. In 1981, railroad historian Mark Corigliano rode the last train to Lackawanna Station before it closed it doors. He still h...