Public Safety

No one was reported to be injured when a fire broke out at an Elmwood Avenue residence Monday afternoon.Deputy Chief Robert Duncan said Tuesday that crews had been summoned to Elmwood Avenue at 1:20...

Residents are calling on the Montclair Council to enact a law creating penalties for anyone guilty of making a false police report or calling 911 to make a false claim against a neighbor.

State epidemiologist Christina Tan said it is still too early to tell if the Thanksgiving holiday would result in a spike, since the incubation period for the virus is 14 days. But she said that is a concern that has been on the minds of health officials.

Twelve more Essex County cases of COVID-19 were announced Wednesday, March 18, as the number of statewide cases nearly doubled overnight.

Two more Montclair residents were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus COVID-19, the township announced Friday afternoon.

Montclair is rolling out a plan to make the township's streets safer and more user-friendly, with possibilities of infrastructure upgrades on high-traffic streets and increased education and enforcement.The township has released a draft plan of...

“This is a slap in the face of every governor across the country, Republican and Democrat, who have shouldered the burden of this pandemic,” Murphy said. 

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BURGLARY/THEFT Tuesday, June 4—Theft of the contents of a delivered package containing a baby monitor from Forest Street. Wednesday, June 5—Theft of a bicycle from a garden shed on Orange Road. The shed door was pried...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.newsA Montclair resident has launched a petition to have a traffic light installed at the intersection of Llewellyn Road and Harrison Avenue.In the petition posted on Change.org on Oct. 22, Joni Mintz...