Watchung Plaza

By DEBORAH ANN TRIPOLDI tripoldi@montclairlocal.news The 12-foot Maypole draped with colorful ribbons stood in the middle of Watchung Plaza while school children, teachers and parents gathered on the lawn. Another May Day celebration kicked off May in Montclair’s month-long activities Wednesday afternoon, May 1. ...

A Park Street commercial building that housed financial and flooring companies was demolished this week to make way for a retail and housing development. The application for the three-story, 11 unit housing and retail development at 256 Park Street in the Watchung Plaza area met with heavy opposition from residential neighbors who cited density and traffic concerns...

The planning board approved a plan for an 11-unit apartment building, although the site plan has been met with heavy opposition from neighboring residents for some time.

By DEBORAH ANN TRIPOLDI tripoldi@montclairlocal.news A 12-foot pole with colorful ribbons flowing from a circle of flowers stood in Watchung Plaza Tuesday, May 1, waiting to kick off the 40th annual opening ceremony for May in Montclair ...

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...

Members of the Township Council and a variety of local emergency responders gathered on Monday for an informal remembrance for 9/11, the terrorist attack that took the live of nine town residents. Mayor Robert Jackson made brief comments at the ceremony at the Montclair 9/11 memorial site at Watchung Plaza...

By GWEN OREL orel@montclairlocal.news Abbot and Costello. Laurel and Hardy. The Blues Brothers. French and Saunders. Parker Bowles and Hall. Who? Luke Parker Bowles, board officer of Montclair Film, and Tom Hall, executive director of Montclair Film, banter and bounce jokes off one another without letting up...