I’m grateful for honor to Montclair’s immigrant families (Letter)
Writer Thomas J. Russo says designating the intersection of Pine Street and Grant Street Aquilonia Way was a "simple act of kindness."
Thomas J. Russo
Montclair’s early Black police officers left a proud legacy (Letter)
Retired Deputy Chief of Police Roger Terry, a former councilman at large, and I were conversing on Dr. Martin Luther King Day, pertaining to the original Black Montclair police officers who paved the way for those African American officers serving the township today...
Legal marijuana standards need to protect our kids (Letter)
Former Police Chief Thomas J. Russo also says it's important the same standards apply throughout New Jersey.
Recalling the post office shooting, 25 years later
Retired Chief of Police Thomas J. Russo, and broadcaster Carl Kraus, recall+ the shooting at the post office in Watchung Plaza, 25 years later.
Letters to the editor, Oct. 17
Freeholder Brendan Gill responds to letter from constituent
I wanted to take this opportunity to respond to Michael Laser’s letter to the editor published in the Sept. 26 edition of Montclair Local. First and foremost, it has always been my policy to respond to citizens who contact me directly, and to provide answers to questions asked by the public during Freeholder Board meetings.
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Letters to the editor, March 15
Homeowner petitions township
Dear friends and neighbors, my name is Samuel Debnam (age 96), with my wife, Maurice Debnam (age 94) of 73+ years we are lifelong residents and homeowners at 448 Washington Ave, in South End Montclair. I graduated Montclair High in 1939
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Letters to the editor, March 1
Protecting our school children and teachers
Having graduated from both the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia and the U.S. Secret Service Dignitary Protection School in Washington, D.C., I offer the following information.
The U.S. Secret Service is the most prestigious agencies in the concept of providing protection
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Letters to the editor, Feb. 15
Findings: 42 pedestrians injured by vehicles in 2017
Forty-two pedestrians were hit and injured by vehicles in Montclair in 2017, including a fatality on Grove Street. Despite quite a few safety improvements, like Rapid Flashing Beacons at many more crosswalks, that number is in line with previous years
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Letters to the editor, Feb. 1
Who will buy my house?
I’m hoping one of you will buy my house. The appraisers just told me that it’s worth over half a million dollars, and soon I will be paying almost $16,000 taxes on it. It’s worth more than a mansion in Bloomfield.
A realtor offer
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Letters to the editor, Dec. 28
Save the NJ honeybees
I need everyone’s help in saving honey bees in New Jersey. I’m a Montclair beekeeper and if a proposed amendment to NJ’s state law is adopted it will all but eliminate hobbyist beekeeping statewide.
The state’s leading
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