Go to the polls
The League of Women Voters of the Montclair Area urges all registered voters to go to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 5 to exercise their right to vote and have a say in America’s future.
Every vote counts, and our votes make a difference.
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Pat Kenschaft, professor emerita of mathematics at Montclair State University, secretary of the Cornucopia Network of New Jersey, speaks up for nature.
Time for Freeholder action on ICE contract
We hear a lot about the county jails in New Jersey (Essex, Hudson, and Bergen counties) that still have highly profitable contracts with ICE to unethically jail refugees. As a parent I wonder what I should tell my kids about this moment in New Jersey history, when county revenues depend on jailing immigrants who dream of a better life for their own kids i
In support of students’ right to protest
Last Friday, Montclair High School students left their classrooms to gather outside school to protest against those politicians who still refuse to listen to scientists, warnings and avoiding seeing what reality is showing us. Our ...
Israel Cronk for BID Executive Director
Israel Cronk took over the Montclair Center Business Improvement District and totally re-energized it. The BID became a real presence in town, with activities, events, promotions, improved physical space...
Contact your legislators in support of curbing plastics
Two bills pending in the New Jersey legislature deserve our support. They would address the serious problem of plastic pollution by banning the use of plastic straws, plastic shopping bags, and Styrofoam food containers...
A survival guide for Montclair pedestrians
Driving and riding around Montclair repeatedly reminds me of the frightening number of pedestrian deaths recently. I hope folks will forgive me for suggesting ways we can all be safer as we walk about town...