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By JAIMIE JULIA WINTERS winters@montclairlocal.news Since 1993, Van Vleck House and Gardens has served as an arboretum and venue for not-for-profit fundraising and office space. Now, The Montclair Foundation, which owns, maintains and operates the property at 21 Van Vleck Street, wants to open up the mansion and gardens for rentals for profit...

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A man from Denmark, who sprung into action after a 7-year-old boy climbed on top of the greenhouse at Van Vleck House and Gardens and fell through the glass last week, has been awarded the Life Saving Award by the Montclair Police Department.

Van Vleck House & Gardens hosted the 13th annual “Cats in the Garden."

The council approved the installation of a four-way stop at Van Vleck Street and North Mountain Avenue on Feb. 19. Another resolution passed that night declared the need for the stop sign at the intersection an emergency and that placement could by bypass the 20-day waiting period...

By Frank Gerard Godlewski for Montclair Local Montclair is a triumphal legacy of architecture and design, fittingly called in 1922, “the finest suburban town in the United States… the splendid mountainside, which has inspired the architect and the landscape artist to noble effort and glorious achievement.” This patri...