Montclair State faculty member killed in Grove Street accident
By ERIN ROLL
roll@montclairlocal.newsA Montclair State University faculty member was killed in a motor vehicle accident on Grove Street Wednesday night, according to a statement released by the university.Mary DeFilippis, 73, was the academic adviser...
Montclair police blotter: July 22, 2020
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COVID-19: COVID cases on the rise, more money for unemployed
Cases are seeing an uptick, especially in Central Jersey, and so is the number of residents filing for unemployment.
In brief: COVID testing at Wally Choice Center
Montclair will hold COVID-19 testing at the Essex County Glenfield Park Wally Choice Community Center on Nov. 30, Dec. 1, 7 and 8, from 2 to 7 p.m.Insurance is requested but not required. Participants...
Essex County, N.J. have the facilities, but not the doses of COVID-19 vaccine
New Jersey and Essex County has the infrastructure to get Montclairians the vaccine, but supply from the federal government is an issue.
Montclair council puts off renewing Grabowsky’s ‘pocket’ liquor licenses
By LINDA MOSS
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Liquor licenses are a valuable commodity in Montclair, where there are only a dozen of them, and several Township Council members are concerned that two have been inactive, not in use at...
Council committee calls for downsizing of Lackawanna Plaza plan
By LINDA MOSS
moss@montclairlocal.newsAgreeing with many major recommendations made by planners and historic preservationists, a special Township Council committee on Monday night said that the proposed Lackawanna Plaza redevelopment plan should be downsized — to...
Planning Board to review plans for Midtown Parking Deck
BY LINDA MOSS
moss@montclairlocal.newsThe Township Planning Board is scheduled next week to review plans for the Midtown Parking Deck, a four-story facility with 315 parking spaces that will replace an existing municipal surface lot.The deck...
Township weathers ‘bomb cyclone’ storm, mulls homeless
By LINDA MOSS and ERIN ROLL
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In the wake of last week’s “bomb cyclone” winter storm, the township towed dozens of illegally parked vehicles, issued dozens of summonses and had to deal with water-pipe breaks...
Bonsal tree clearing, Clifton sewer relocation begins
By Jaimie Julia Winterswinters@montclairlocal.news
The town of Clifton has begun felling trees on the northern edge of Alonzo F. Bonsal Preserve, beginning a year-long project to replace and relocate a sewer line in the Passaic...