skate park

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news It’s after school hours, but science teacher Jamie Siwinski’s second-floor classroom is a hive of activity, with the sounds of scraping, clanking and grinding. The classroom serves double duty — science room by day and headquarters of Montclair High School’s skate club after school. Last Wednesday, Jan. 2...

After three previous attempts, a movement to get a dedicated place for the skaters, who claim they are harassed out parks and off streets, is now catching momentum. 

The MHS Skate Club and Skate Essex sponsor an "Open Jam' to demonstrate and promote the need for a Montclair skate park facility, building a list of signatures on a petition, and drawing a crowd of about one hundred from the community of enthusiasts, parents and other supporters of the sport, Saturday, October 26...

Local skateboarders from Montclair High School are hoping that a petition they've started can help create a skate park for them to practice at safely.