Watchung Field

Parents had worried about expansion of athletic field cutting into playground.

Jack May writes: "Most people of good will are forgiving of mistakes, but not of coverups."

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Watchung Field’s long-anticipated overhaul has been postponed. Due to incomplete paperwork, district officials rejected the only bid received for the Watchung Field construction and expansion. T...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Watchung students need a sufficiently-sized playground, but Montclair’s lacrosse teams also need a regulation-sized field. That is the balance that school district officials are trying to strike. T...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news The fate of the Watchung school playground is still up in the air as the Montclair School District begins the bidding process for the neighboring Watchung Field overhaul and expansion. Plans call for the playground’s square footage to shrink up to 30 feet and possibly result in the removal of two pieces of playground equipment as a result of the field expansio

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Parents are concerned over Watchung Field repairs and its expansion, which may take away a portion of the neighboring school playground. Of Montclair’s priority projects, Watchung Field, used for recreation and scholastic lacrosse and field hockey, will be the single most expensive project. The ...

by Andrew Garda garda@montclairlocal.news Torrential rains exasperated problems at the aging Watchung, Fortunato and Woodman fields during Monday’s storm. The synthetic turf infill was lifted due to the rains and some turf was displaced at Watchung. ...