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Watchung Booksellers Hosts Parenting Expert Emily Oster at Temple Ner Tamid
Watchung Booksellers hosts economist and best-selling parenting author Emily Oster to discuss her latest book, The Family Firm. The event will be held at Temple Ner Tamid and tickets are required.
In The Family...
Hilltop Reservation Conservancy Launches Annual Appeal
The Hilltop Reservation Conservancy, Inc. is launching its annual appeal for memberships and donations. The Conservancy, together with its more than 100 volunteers, is dedicated to preserving and caring for the Hilltop Reservation, a...
Montclair Police: 100 Teens Seen Leaving Building Under Construction after Noise Complaint
Montclair, NJ - Montclair Police patrol responded to Glen Willow Lofts on Glenridge Avenue Saturday on a noise complaint. The building is currently under construction and vacant. Upon arrival they observed approximately 100 juveniles...
NJ Attorney General Cracks Down on Businesses That Don’t Accept Cash or Hide Credit...
Newark – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced Tuesday that four businesses throughout the state have been issued notices of violation for either not accepting cash or for charging a credit card...
Montclair NAACP Sponsors Performance of Luna Stage’s ‘Torn Asunder’ For Montclair High School Students
Montclair, NJ - The Montclair NAACP is sponsoring a theatrical event at Montclair High School on Wednesday, February 8. Actors from Luna Stage's Torn Asunder will stage scenes from the play which dramatizes the...
Hope Triumphs in Bloomfield: More Than 1,000 Strong at Interfaith Rally Against Hate
Bloomfield, NJ - On Thursday night, just days after evil visited Bloomfield, more than 1,000 people gathered together at Bloomfield's Temple Ner Tamid in a powerful demonstration of hope, love and unity.
The synagogue's sanctuary...
Will Montclair’s Town Manager Return? Council Responds To Speculation
Montclair, NJ - Montclair residents have been asking about the status of Town Manager Timothy Stafford who was put on administrative leave back in October following reports of a complaint filed by Montclair Chief...
Baristanet Profile: Cyndie Spiegel
Name: Cyndie Spiegel
Where do you live? Montclair
When did you move there? August 2020
Where did you grow up? southern New Jersey
How do you make a living? OR What is your everyday passion? I’m an author, keynote speaker,...
Montclair High School Teacher To Be Honored at Black Educators Summit at MSU
Montclair, NJ - Congratulations to Davida Lindsay-Harewood, a social studies teacher at Montclair Hight School, who will be honored at the Black Educators Summit at Montclair State University this weekend for her achievements in...
Juvenile Charged in Club Way Burglary, Montclair Police Say
Montclair, NJ - On December 5, 2022, Montclair Police responded to a residential burglary on Club Way. The property line of the residence is split between Montclair and Cedar Grove.
The resident reported that he...
Montclair Center BID Report Endorses Lackawanna Redevelopment Plan with Recommendations
Montclair, NJ - The Montclair Center BID, representing over 150 property owners and over 500 businesses in Montclair Center, has thrown its support behind the Lackawanna Plaza Redevelopment Plan, issuing a nine-page report with...
Weekend Family Fun: Performing Arts, Science and More
Happy February! The weekend is here, and we couldn't be more excited. There's plenty of family-friendly fun happening in and around town. Check out some of these activities.
Gas Lamp Teens will present Chicago this...
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The Undoing Racism Team at UUCM Hosts ‘Deconstructing Racism’ Authors Wednesday
Montclair, NJ – Thirty years after the Undoing Racism Team of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair (UUCM) first brought trainers from the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond to address systemic and institutional...
Senior Center, Budget Equity: Residents Want to Make Montclair ‘Age Friendlier’
Montclair, NJ - More than 60 Montclair residents gathered Tuesday afternoon to address issues facing seniors in Montclair. One of the biggest? That Montclair's seniors, or third agers, who make up 26% of the...
The Manor in West Orange To Close In July
West Orange, NJ - Proms, weddings and other memories were made at The Manor, an elegant mansion founded by Harry Knowles back in 1956. This week, The Manor announced "after an immensity of difficult...
MontClairVoyant: Petition Addition Has Different Lackawanna Position
DEAR MONTCLAIRVOYANT,
Remember the 1972 song "Dueling Banjos"? Now, 51 years later, Montclair has dueling Change.org petitions. Can you summarize this situation?
Sincerely,
Dee Liverance
The first petition wants the proposed Lackawanna Plaza redevelopment downsized...
Radio Free Montclair To Interview Placek; Move Montclair Forward Petition Gains Momentum
Montclair, NJ – More than 1,000 residents have signed the Move Montclair Forward petition in support of the Lackawanna Plaza redevelopment plan. The petition was started less than a week ago by a group...
BREAKING: Clifton Man Arrested in Bloomfield Synagogue Firebomb Attempt
Bloomfield, NJ – A Passaic County man was arrested Wednesday for attempting to firebomb Temple Ner Tamid, an Essex County synagogue, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
Nicholas Malindretos, 26, of Clifton, New Jersey, is...
Montclair Planning Board Makes Recommendations for Lackawanna Plaza Redevelopment
Montclair, NJ - Build the supermarket first, include a playground in the open public space and bring building heights down. Those are just some of the recommendations that Montclair Planning Board finalized in a...
Gov. Phil Murphy Visits Temple Ner Tamid, Pledges to ‘Never Relent’
Bloomfield, NJ - Gov. Phil Murphy pledged his unrelenting support at a meeting Tuesday with Rabbi Marc Katz, Cantor Meredith Greenberg and congregants of Temple Ner Tamid. Murphy, joined by Attorney General Matt Platkin...
Montclair NAACP and Montclair Police React to Brutal Beating Death of Tyre Nichols
Montclair, NJ - Around the country, protests over police brutality are taking place in response to the brutal beating death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis.
"With great sadness, I watched the tape of the...
Montclair Crime: Man Assaulted on Hawthorne Place
Montclair, NJ - On January 29, Montclair Police officers responded to Hawthorne Place on a report of a large disturbance. Upon arrival, most of those involved had dispersed or fled the area. Officers located...