Montclair Social Club set to open mid-July
By Jaimie Julia Winters
winters@montclairlocal.news
Area foodies, cocktail connoisseurs and jazz lovers will have a new place to listen to live music while dining by mid-July. The Montclair Social Club, located at the former Rascals Comedy...
Film tax incentives could drive up production here
By Jaimie Julia Winters
winters@montclairlocal.news
On any given day up to two films are shot in the hometown of the Montclair Film Festival. A bill encouraging production companies to film in New Jersey with new tax...
Council: Get moving on the supermarket
By Jaimie Julia Winters
winters@montclairlocal.news
The council wants the Lackawanna redevelopment to move along with “dispatch,” and passed a resolution on Tuesday giving its support of the project saying the Fourth Ward is in need of...
Businesses approved for Willow and Walnut
By Tina Pappas
for Montclair Local
The Planning Board approved an expansion to O A Peterson Construction Co. on North Willow Street and the addition of a martial arts studio on Walnut Street.
The properties are owned...
North Korean mix-up in Montclair – Pacifier entrepreneur says sanctions halted business
By Jaimie Julia Winters
winters@montclairlocal.news
Last week Montclair’s posh pacifier entrepreneur was supposed to be launching a new product, but instead Nicki Radzeley’s newly manufactured sun and rain teething rings sat in a shipping container in...
Could saving Lackawanna train sheds derail supermarket?
By Jaimie Julia Winters
winters@montclairlocal.news
The need for a supermarket at the Lackawanna Plaza site, and parking to go with it, was weighed against historical preservation as testimony continued at the May 14 planning board meeting.
Last...
Planning board to hold special meeting on Lackawanna
By Jaimie Julia Winters
winters@montclairlocal.news
Lackawanna Plaza plans proposed by Pinnacle and the Hampshire Real Estate companies for a mixed-use development will be heard by the planning board on Monday, May 14.
The mixed-use project would transform...
Montclair and the locals featured on NJTV’s ‘In Your Neighborhood’
By Tina Pappas
for Montclair Local
The iconic Raymond’s Restaurant was host to the NJTV program “In Your Neighborhood” with a focus on Montclair.
The popular program showcased Montclair on May 3 during the film festival for...
Bnai Keshet Hebrew School student protests at Wendy’s
Students from the Hebrew School of Bnai Keshet in Montclair are protesting the alleged treatment of workers in the fields who pick the tomatoes used in Wendy’s products.
On April 28, 12-year-old Elliott Morley presented...
Mountainside growing in medicine
By Tina Pappas
for Montclair Local
Plans for Hackensack University Medical Center/Mountainside Hospital’s 45,735-square-foot medical office building on Bay Avenue and a parking lot on Walnut Crescent met with the approval of the Montclair and Glen...