Montclair Councilor-at-Large Peter Yacobellis called on Governor Murphy Monday to take swift action to support the proposed Essex Hudson Greenway which he classified as being on life support and in danger of being divided up and sold off in pieces. Yacobellis had previously advocated for the Greenway in his town hall meeting.
The Montclair Township Council passed a series of laws on Tuesday aimed at protecting the local LGBTQ community. Three new laws were passed. The first is a third-party contracting non-discrimination ordinance. The second law is an employment non-discrimination ordinance. And the third will require a provision for all-gender restrooms in the township. The third Party …
Montclair has joined a small but growing number of New Jersey towns, such as Hoboken, Princeton and Maplewood, that require single-occupancy bathrooms in businesses and municipal buildings to be labeled gender-neutral. On Tuesday, the Town Council passed three new ordinances in support of the LGBTQ+ community — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, non-binary and gender-fluid …
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Out Montclair, a nonprofit, volunteer-run organization established in 2021 to provide community, support, and solidarity for LGBTQ+ people, announced a date and preliminary details for the first-ever Montclair Pride on June 11, 2022.
Hello Montclair, I wanted to share some updates and thoughts with you before we enter the summer season. First, it is a Really Good News Day Today for Montclair! Today we learned that the Shultz House has been saved. It is being purchased by a local family to live in. For the last year, I’ve …
Good News And Updates From Councilor Yacobellis – Spring 2021 Read More »
When Montclair Councilor-at-large Peter Yacobellis was 17 and discovering his identity as a gay man, he got some devastating messages from society.
A petition to have Montclair voters decide whether the township should have an elected school board or continue with its mayor-elected board has been deemed “sufficient,” the group pushing for the vote announced Saturday. “This means that, barring a successful legal challenge or some other unforeseen event, the referendum question will be on the ballot …
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Repairs and renovations at school buildings are an inevitable expense. And it may be a good time to bite the bullet and make an investment in the local public school system, a Montclair council member says. Recently, Montclair Councilman Peter Yacobellis released a statement in response to conversations in Trenton around school construction funding and …
Now’s The Time To Spend On Montclair Schools, Councilman Says Read More »
Montclair’s first annual Disability Pride Parade and rally was such a big success that plans are in the works for next year’s event. “We are so grateful to everyone who came out to support the disability community. The event showed how far we have come but also how much further we need to go as …
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American Express announced Wednesday that Ray’s Luncheonette is a winner of a $40,000 grant. Ray’s Luncheonette is one of 25 historic and culturally significant restaurants in the U.S. owned by underrepresented groups that will receive funding through the “Backing Historic Small Restaurants” Grant Program. Each restaurant will receive $40,000 in grants funded by American Express …
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