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The group’s proposal states: “Outdoor classrooms are the solution to maintaining the hybrid model initially proposed by Montclair Public Schools. The proposed outdoor classrooms would address the ventilation issues by cutting class size by 50 percent, with an estimated implementation cost of less than $75 per student.” 

Gov. Phil Murphy pleaded with party hosts to be responsible when hosting gatherings, after a graduation party in Middletown is suspected of contributing to a local increase in cases, and after police in Jackson broke up a 700-person party over the weekend. 

Opponents of Montclair’s rent-control ordinance have filed an amended referendum petition with the township after their first petition was rejected by the township clerk in October.

By Kelly Nicholaides for Montclair LocalSeven civic groups and organizations asked Montclair for a combined $221,900 in grant funding for programs aimed at teaching financial literacy, lifting people out of poverty, mentoring, preventing homelessness, helping...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.newsThe Montclair Child Development Center (MCDC) was officially designated as a Head Start center in 1969. Since that time, approximately 10,000 children have graduated from the facility.Today, the center has one of...

Although the curve of new COVID-19 cases remains flat, the curve needs to “bend down and stay down” before the state can begin opening back up, said Gov. Phil Murphy at today’s debriefing. 

Incumbent Essex County Sheriff Armando B. Fontoura has won the Democratic primary for Essex County Sheriff, and will face Republican challenger Nicholas Pansini in the November election.With 503 of the county’s 548 districts reporting...

Montclair High School students have moved out of the trailers, now that construction has been completed on the school’s staircases. 

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.newsWho placed the campaign signs on the Montclair High School Lawn?  No one knows it seems, but it goes against township code.Signs supporting candidate Mikie Sherrill were placed on the Midland Avenue...

By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news An estimated 2,500 Montclair property owners, some waiting on a line that snaked out into the Township Municipal Complex’s parking lot last Saturday, forked over roughly $28 million during the past week...