Over the last few months, with the Montclair Township Council considering a ban on the sale of dogs and cats at pet stores, a light was placed on a nationwide problem — the mistreatment of animals by large-scale breeders who then sell to retailers in what has been called a puppy mill pipeline. With a …
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Good afternoon, everyone Happy Hanukkah to my Jewish friends and constituents. This has been a difficult year for the Jewish community and I just want you to know that my support for you will never waver. From the awful rhetoric nationally to the antisemitic vandalism locally, I know that we must work harder now than …
The Montclair Township Council took an important step in the long-awaited, much-debated transformation of Lackawanna Plaza on Tuesday night when it voted 6-0 to send the township’s draft redevelopment plan for the 8-acre site to the Planning Board for review. Fourth Ward Councilor David Cummings abstained. The property, owned by David Placek’s BDP Holdings, is …
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Good evening everyone, Last night the Council voted 6-0-1 (one abstention) to formally introduce our Lackawanna Redevelopment Plan. I voted yes because I am in support of starting the formal process. The Plan will now go to the Planning Board for their review with regard to it’s compliance with our Township Master Plan. On a …
More than 200 LGBTQ+ business people and allies gathered in Montclair for a night of celebration and recognition at the New Jersey Pride Chamber of Commerce’s (NJPCC) first gala and awards dinner, which is expected to become an annual event. At the event, on Thursday, Dec. 1, at the MC Hotel, leaders celebrated the accomplishments …
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Happy Sunday, everyone. Just a heads up on what is planned for this week at our Council Meeting. First, we’re starting at 6:15pm so that we can host leaders of non-profit organizations to make presentations to the Council on their applications for Community Development Block Grants for 2023. Regular business for the Council will not …
I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving and got out and shopped and dined in town to support small businesses over the busy weekend. Just a few updates on some things going on: Update on Lackawanna Plaza Redevelopment This week I, along with Mayor Spiller and Councilor Price Abrams, co-hosted a town hall where …
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MONTCLAIR, NJ – A third community meeting on the topic of the redevelopment of Lackawanna Plaza in Montclair was held on November 29 at Hillside School, this one hosted by Mayor Sean Spiller and Councilors Peter Yacobellis (At-Large) and Lori Price Abrams (Third Ward). Fourth Ward Councilor David Cummings, who hosted the previous two meetings, …
Montclair, NJ – Today, The Human Rights Campaign released the 2022 Municipal Equality Index for communities across the United States. Montclair once again stands out as an exception in New Jersey and across the country by achieving a perfect score of 100. “With the changes in law and policy that we enacted at the Council …
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A day after a horrific attack on an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado, the Montclair Interfaith Clergy Association held its sixth annual Transgender Day of Remembrance service on Sunday evening to memorialize individuals who have died because of anti-transgender violence and bigotry. The Transgender Day of Remembrance – which was scheduled before the attack in Colorado …
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