Over the last several days, Montclair residents, civic and faith leaders, business owners and others have been making their appeals for peace in Ukraine, making known their protest of Russia’s invasion and doing what they can to help those suffering through the attack. As attacks on Ukraine increased and more residents fled the country, Councilman …
The Montclair Township Council has approved a resolution endorsing the “New Jersey Reparations Task Force” bill, which if passed will create a committee to conduct research and develop recommendations to address the generational harms caused by New Jersey’s role in slavery and its legacy of systemic racial discrimination. The bill is being sponsored by seven …
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Remember when the Montclair master plan came out and it included a traffic light at Watchung Plaza. That was back in 2013. Fast forward to 2022 and we are still talking about the Montclair intersection we love to avoid, although some experts back in 2007 thought differently. “Something has to change at this treacherous intersection. …
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A landmark school board election is getting closer in Montclair, and the stakes are high, officials say. Montclair voters passed a history-making school referendum in the 2021 general election. The town was one of the last few in New Jersey where mayors appoint members of the local board of education, as opposed to voters electing …
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Montclair and South Orange have become the latest New Jersey municipalities to order indoor mask mandates as COVID-19 omicron cases continue to rise and are expected to soar over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. In Newark on Monday, Mayor Ras Baraka issued an executive order requiring residents and visitors to be masked when in …
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R-21-267 TOWNSHIP OF MONTCLAIR ______________________________________________________________________________ December 21, 2021 WHEREAS, the Township of Montclair has a compelling interest to protect the health, welfare and safety of residents; and WHEREAS, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the emergence of the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, that causes the disease COVID-19, a worldwide pandemic; and WHEREAS, …
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MONTCLAIR, NJ — “Being neighbors is more important than getting everything we want.” That’s the underlying mindset that needs to prevail if Montclair is ever going to find a common pathway forward when it comes to rent control, a councilman says. Recently, Montclair Councilman Peter Yacobellis wrote a blog about the town’s rent control law, …
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We’ve just experienced what I believe to be the most significant flooding event, for our region, in modern history — at least since Hurricane Floyed in 1999. At the present time there is no known loss of life in Montclair, thank goodness. Water is safe to drink. Township staff, who have been working through the …
Lately I’m sure you’ve read about lawsuits and court battles regarding the Rent Control Ordinance that the previous Council passed in spring of 2020. We’ve had our fair share of debates as a community lately and I’m hoping we can avoid another one by finding common ground with all interested parties on how we might …
Fixing And Implementing Rent Stabilization In Montclair Read More »
Montclair’s plan to install kiosk parking payment stations at all surface lots — replacing the meters used for individual spots — is expected to roll out in late December. “All of the pay stations/kiosks will be activated after the free holiday parking period is over, at the end of December,” Communications Director Katya Wowk said. …
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