Teens

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...

Police are reporting two suspicious incidents of teens being followed, both taking place on the afternoon of Sept. 26.

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Spinners have come to Montclair, and at least one school in town has already banned them. The miniature three-pronged metal and plastic toys — originally marketed as helpers for children with anxiety and attention deficit issues — are becoming a must-have item for kids (and more than a few adults) in Montclair. School ...

Garret Chow, a sophomore at Montclair High School, is a 2017 Scholastic Art & Writing Award National medalist. Chow won a Gold Key at the Montclair Art Museum’s regional awards, announced in February, with his drawing “Nigerian King.” Gold Key w...

Montclair middle school students rocked the stage at the first-ever Succeed2gether/Montclair Literary Festival Poetry Slam and Short Story Contest, which drew some 200 people to Montclair High on March 31. Judges noted the 30 performers’ precise and flavorful language, lively hip-hop rhythms and passionate social idealism. “Th...

Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen invites high school age students from NJ 11 to enter the 2017 District 11 Congressional Art Competition. Each spring, the Congressional Institute sponsors a nationwide high school visual art competition to recognize and encourage artistic talent in the nation and in each congressional district, according to a release from Frelinghuysen’s office. Sinc...

Four Montclair High School students have won national awards in music. Jeremy Stepansky, left, a pianist and composer, was named a 2017 National Young Arts Foundation Merit Winner in jazz composition. Three students were among 32 selected by the Grammy Foundation to participate in the 2017 Grammy Camp Jazz Session in February...

By GWEN OREL orel@montclairlocal.news Just as Ava Scandalios, who plays Tracy Turnblad in Buzz Aldrin’s upcoming production of “Hairspray,” finished the gonzo number “Good Morning Baltimore,” her wig fell off. Oh well. That’s what r...

Two Montclair teens, Garrett Chow, a 10th-grader at Montclair High School, and MHS senior Jacqueline Qiu, won Gold Key awards in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards 2017, the country’s longest-running scholarship and recognition program for creative students in grades seven through 12. Chow’s G...