Public Safety

Lead paint, not water, is the leading culprit to the higher levels of lead in some of Montclair’s children.

ROBBERY Thursday, Aug. 29—A pedestrian reported that while walking east on Glenridge Avenue in the area of Baldwin Street, a white sedan with New Jersey plates pulled alongside of him. A male exited the front...

The number of Naloxone deployments used by police and EMS to reverse an overdose is on the rise. 

A fire broke out in the kitchen at Cuban Pete's early Sunday evening, Sept. 1, causing the restaurant to close for the remainder of the day.All of the patrons were evacuated from the restaurant...

Tracy Frazzano, the first woman to be Montclair’s deputy chief of police, is leaving to become the first female chief of the police department in Marco Island, Fla.

VANDALISM Thursday, Aug. 22—The rear window to a vehicle parked on Oxford Street was broken. It is unknown what caused the window to break. Nothing was reported missing from the vehicle. BURGLARY/THEFT Thursday, Aug. 22—An employee of...

BURGLARY/THEFT Wednesday, Aug. 14—An Alexander Avenue resident reports that over an approximate two week period, two signs were stolen from his property. Saturday, Aug. 17—Sometime between 9:15 a.m. and 10:55 a.m., the cover to the passenger’s...

BURGLARY/THEFT Wednesday, Aug. 7—A visitor to the Montclair Public Library, 50 South Fullerton Ave., reported that $105 was removed from his wallet after temporarily leaving it unattended. Thursday, Aug. 8—An employee of Moso Café, 307 Orange...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.newsThree recent mass shootings Texas, Ohio and California are having a resonating effect in Montclair, including among residents advocating for stricter gun control measures and those attempting to memorialize those lost to...

BURGLARY/THEFT Tuesday, July 30—Police responded to a basement apartment on North Fullerton Avenue on a report of a burglary that occurred between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. The resident said $1,700 in cash was missing...