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Montclair Officials Celebrate Downtown Rebound On Small Business Saturday

What a difference a year makes. Just 12 months ago, there were so many empty storefronts along Bloomfield Avenue in Montclair that the Business Improvement District commissioned artists to install artwork there. This year, those storefronts are filled with merchandise. According to Jason Gleason, executive director of the Business Improvement District, on Church Street for …

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Montclair Officials Celebrate Downtown Rebound On Small Business Saturday

A decade after Montclair officials designated parts of downtown as areas in need of redevelopment and created a master plan for changing the face of Bloomfield Avenue, the 3.25-acre, $135 million Wellmont Arts complex, the final phase of that plan, is complete. The historic Wellmont Theater, now a concert venue, is the centerpiece of the …

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Montclair Library Funding Restored, But Residents Want To Know What Prompted ‘Messy’ Audit

Following a protest and public outcry, Montclair leaders say that overdue funds have been released to the Montclair public library. Still, questions linger over why the money was withheld in the first place; why the council’s finance committee ordered an audit of the library’s finances; and why the committee also proposed an agreement that would …

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For First Time Ever, Montclair Gets Highest Score Possible On LGBTQ Equality Ranking

For the first time, Montclair has received a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign’s Municipal Equality Index — the highest ranking possible from the nation’s largest LGBTQ civil rights organization. The township has seen steady improvement on the index for the last few years, since what Councilman Peter Yacobellis called “abysmal” scores of …

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Parking In Montclair Manifesto – Updated Dec. 10th 2022

Parking in Montclair I’ve been getting a lot of questions and have been doing some thinking and wanted to share some of my thoughts on the challenges with parking in Montclair. With our most acute challenge — parking in/around downtown, I’ll say that governments that have pre-dated this one made the decision to dramatically densify …

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In Overwhelming Vote, Montclair Chooses To Have An Elected School Board

Montclair voters have approved a move to an elected school board — putting aside the municipality’s long-held practice of mayoral appointments and taking on the process seen in 97% of New Jersey school districts. The referendum question before voters Tuesday (and in the weeks leading up to it, through early voting and mail-in balloting) was …

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Halloween Scarecrow Contest In Montclair Is A Hit: See Winners

The Montclair Foundation and Van Vleck House & Gardens were pleased to present each category winner of the Scarecrow Contest with $500 to the nonprofit of their choosing. With 978 votes counted, we could tell the community was passionate about their scarecrows. Councilman Peter Yacobellis was in attendance and was able to meet many of …

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Our Local Government’s Role In Flooding Mitigation

For nearly two months since Ida hit Montclair, I’ve regularly conversed with and visited businesses and residents impacted by the unprecedented flooding. My promise has been to do everything we can locally while beating the drum for more state and national resources. The below are my thoughts on how to move forward, leaning in large …

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