Upper Montclair

According to Chase Sapphire, Montclair Diner fed 1,500 families in need before and during the pandemic.

More than 30 businesses will participate. Montclair Local will be on hand, too.

It’s one of hundreds in the chain shutting their doors

Plans for the renovated Bellevue Theater include six theaters, a restaurant and a bar, but no parking.

Two property owners seeking approvals to subdivide their lots — one on Upper Mountain and the other on High Street — were told to come back to the planning board on Aug. 12.

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news A 15-year-old boy was struck and injured by a train just after midnight Wednesday, May 29, in Upper Montclair. NJ Transit spokesperson Lisa Torbic said the incident happened at 12:30 a.m. at the Jerome Place grade crossing, which is halfway between the Upper Montclair and Mountain Avenue train stations...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Upper Montclair is a favorite after-school hangout spot for generations of Montclair middle-school-age students, especially students from the nearby Buzz Aldrin Middle School and mostly on Fridays...

As promised, the township has installed 30 more Bigbelly garbage receptacles, with them now located in all of Montclair's business districts. The municipality opted to purchase the latest batch of 150-gallon solar-powered trash compactors following the successful rollout of 40 units in the Montclair Center last February...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news The Bellevue Theatre may yet get an encore within the next few months. But that all depends on the outcome of a few meetings with a group of interested business people. Jesse Sayegh, the Bellevue’s owner, has been meeting with movie theater operators and business people to find a new tenant interested in operating the Bellevue as a movie theater. The ... Read