Skate Essex will move ahead with plans to expand its skate park at Rand Park in Montclair, with the township’s insurance provider having returned a favorable risk analysis and review of insurance costs, according to Councilman Peter Yacobellis.
Skate Essex, a nonprofit organization established to help local communities create safe skateboarding spaces and programs for children, held its first event last week — the Party 4 the Park, in Van Vleck Gardens.
Money raised at the Thursday, Oct. 7 event w...
By JAIMIE JULIA WINTERS
winters@montclairlocal.news
A year after Montclair allowed a temporary skate park to be set up in two of its Rand Park tennis courts, some neighbors say the noise created from the skateboards hitting the temporary structures is “unbearable.”
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Saturday, July 25 saw the opening of the skate park at Rand Park.
The attendees included Mayor Sean Spiller, MHS Skate Club president Antonello Terrana, Councilman Peter Yacobellis, Councilwoman Robin Schlager, and Shred.Co founder Evan Dittig...