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MontClairVoyant: This Column’s On-Ramp Is Lackawanna and DeCamp

Dave Astor -
DEAR MONTCLAIRVOYANT, The Historic Preservation Commission and the Planning Board have some issues with the Lackawanna Plaza redevelopment as currently proposed. Can you name a significant issue? Sincerely, What HPC and PB See Time magazine's January 13, 1947,...
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MontClairVoyant: News About the Town (Ours) That MLK Visited

Dave Astor -
DEAR MONTCLAIRVOYANT, Our town marked Martin Luther King Jr. Day this past Monday in a variety of ways, including recollecting the laudable Dr. King's 1966 appearance at Montclair High. Comment? Sincerely, A Knight to Remember ...
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MontClairVoyant: Petition a Good Addition Against Size of Lackawanna Rendition

Dave Astor -
DEAR MONTCLAIRVOYANT, A petition urging a less tall and less bulky Lackawanna Plaza redevelopment began circulating a few days ago. Glad? Sincerely, Signatures Moment Yes! The proposed LP plan has several good elements, but the buildings...
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MontClairVoyant: A 2023 Wish List Is This Column’s Gist

Dave Astor -
DEAR MONTCLAIRVOYANT, The New Year is in gear. What would you like to see in 2023? Sincerely, Jan U. Ary I'd like livestreaming of ALL Township Council meetings to become a permanent thing. But...
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MontClairVoyant: Hooray! Howe House Has Historical Hope

Dave Astor -
DEAR MONTCLAIRVOYANT, Your reaction to Friends of the Howe House successfully bidding to buy the historic Claremont Avenue home in which freed slave James Howe lived nearly two centuries ago? Sincerely, A Bid for Abode ...
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MontClairVoyant: A Futile Fight to Keep Things Light

Dave Astor -
DEAR MONTCLAIRVOYANT, December is a month filled with holidays -- including Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa -- plus our schools are about to go on winter break. So, can we keep this week's column light for...
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MontClairVoyant: ‘Unofficial Santa Claus’ Was Coming to Town

Dave Astor -
DEAR MONTCLAIRVOYANT, Santa Claus will be traveling around town this Saturday, December 17. What if a different, cynical, unofficial Santa had already done that this month? As in red-suited, white-bearded me! Sincerely, Satan...um...Santa Ooh,...
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MontClairVoyant: Looking at the Latest on LGBTQ+ and Lackawanna

Dave Astor -
DEAR MONTCLAIRVOYANT, Your thoughts on Montclair being one of five New Jersey towns to receive a perfect 100 score -- as a great place for LGBTQ+ people -- in the Human Rights Campaign's...
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MontClairVoyant: It’s a December to Remember When You Shop Local

Dave Astor -
DEAR MONTCLAIRVOYANT, With the Holiday Tree Lighting at Church Street Plaza scheduled for this evening, December 1, it feels like the 2022 holiday season is officially starting. What two festive words come to...
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MontClairVoyant: An Edge-ucation About the Edgemont Bridge Delay

Dave Astor -
DEAR MONTCLAIRVOYANT, I hear the Edgemont Park bridge, closed since Hurricane Ida damaged it during the summer of 2021, might not be replaced until the summer or fall of 2023 -- if then....
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MontClairVoyant: The Midtown Deck and More Council Dreck

Dave Astor -
DEAR MONTCLAIRVOYANT, There's plenty to say about the Township Council's seeming attempt to become even MORE secretive, but can you first discuss the Midtown parking deck being finally in operation -- nine months late....
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MontClairVoyant: School Bond Is Even More Popular Than James Bond

Dave Astor -
. DEAR MONTCLAIRVOYANT, Yay!!! Voters overwhelmingly approved the $187.7-million bond referendum to fix and upgrade our aging schools. How would you rate that much-needed result on a scale of 1-10? Sincerely, The Grateful Gatsby An...
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MontClairVoyant: November 8 Is the Date to Decide Our Schools’ Fate

Dave Astor -
DEAR MONTCLAIRVOYANT, I know you'd like to start this column with more on the township manager who was sued for allegedly creating a hostile workplace for women, AND THEN SUED AGAIN, but... Sincerely, Focus...
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MontClairVoyant: The Crackle of a Governmental Debacle

Dave Astor -
DEAR MONTCLAIRVOYANT, During the placed-on-leave township manager's tenure, Montclair has had a bad renewed fire-services deal with Glen Ridge, allowed unfairness in firefighter-promotion exams, left several important administrative positions unfilled, seen a delay in...
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  • Line for 33 Broad, gate 16, is back to gate 6 and building. (05:48 PM) (sent Tue 01/31/23)
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  • MOBO train #6274, the 10:05 PM arrival into PSNY, is up to 25 mins late due to an earlier mechanical issue. (09:41 PM) (sent Fri 01/27/23)
  • MOBO train #6213, the 6:50 AM departure from PSNY, is up to 20 minutes late due to earlier equipment availability. (07:16 AM) (sent Fri 01/27/23)
  • MOBO train #6293, the 9:27PM arrival into MSU, is up to 15-minutes late due to police activity near Secaucus. (09:11 PM) (sent Thu 01/26/23)
  • Conductor advised that we need to be flagged to cross thru a RR crossing between Bay and Walnut St. (06:22 PM) (sent Thu 01/26/23)
  • The 905 from Watchung Avenue to New York Penn arrived at 9:07. (09:07 AM) (sent Thu 01/26/23)
  • MOBO train #6293, the 9:27 PM arrival into MSU, is up to 20 mins late due to an earlier mechanical issue. (09:16 PM) (sent Wed 01/25/23)
  • 6:41 Montclair train pulled out of station at 6:51. No announcent for delay. (07:00 PM) (sent Wed 01/25/23)
  • Update MOBO train #262, the 7:22 PM Hoboken arrival is operating on or close to schedule following earlier mechanical issues. (06:51 PM) (sent Wed 01/25/23)
  • MOBO train #262, the 6:39 PM departure from MSU, is currently delayed due to mechanical issues. An update will follow. (06:46 PM) (sent Wed 01/25/23)
  • Rail service in out of Penn Station New York is operating on or close to schedule with residual delays to trains al (09:46 AM) (sent Wed 01/25/23)
  • Rail service in and out of Penn Station New York is subject to up to 15-minute delays due to an earlier disabled tr (08:56 AM) (sent Wed 01/25/23)
  • Single decker and probably short a car but still better than pre-covid (08:34 AM) (sent Wed 01/25/23)
  • 9:17 showed up at 9:20 (09:20 AM) (sent Tue 01/24/23)
  • MOBO train #6264, the 8:12 PM arrival into Hoboken, is up to 15 min. late due to mechanical issues. (07:41 PM) (sent Mon 01/23/23)
  • MOBO train #6283, the 7:35 PM arrival into MSU, is up to 15-minutes late due to equipment availability resulting from late train #6662. (07:06 PM) (sent Mon 01/23/23)
  • M and E train #6667, the 8:05 PM departure from PSNY to Dover, is up to 15 min. late following earlier police activity. (08:31 PM) (sent Mon 01/30/23)
  • M and E train #6667, the 8:05 PM departure from PSNY to Dover, is up to 15 min. late following earlier police activity. (08:31 PM) (sent Mon 01/30/23)
  • M and E train #6667, the 8:05 PM departure from PSNY to Dover, is currently delayed due to a police activity. An update will follow. (08:26 PM) (sent Mon 01/30/23)
  • M and E train #6667, the 8:05 PM departure from PSNY to Dover, is currently delayed due to a police activity. An update will follow. (08:26 PM) (sent Mon 01/30/23)
  • M and E train #6648, the 1:58 PM departure from Dover, is up to 20 min. late due to mechanical issues. (02:26 PM) (sent Mon 01/30/23)
  • M and E train #6648, the 1:58 PM departure from Dover, is up to 20 min. late due to mechanical issues. (02:26 PM) (sent Mon 01/30/23)
  • M and E train #6640 the 1:27PM arrival into PSNY is operating up to 15 minutes late due to track maintenance. (01:11 PM) (sent Mon 01/30/23)
  • M and E train #6640 the 1:27PM arrival into PSNY is operating up to 15 minutes late due to track maintenance. (01:11 PM) (sent Mon 01/30/23)
  • M and E train #6621 the 12:13PM arrival into Dover is operating up to 20 minutes late due to mechanical issues. (11:36 AM) (sent Mon 01/30/23)
  • M and E train #6621 the 12:13PM arrival into Dover is operating up to 20 minutes late due to mechanical issues. (11:36 AM) (sent Mon 01/30/23)
  • M and E train #6936, the 8:40 PM arrival into PSNY, is up to 20 min. late due to a signal issue near Morristown. (07:51 PM) (sent Sat 01/28/23)
  • M and E train #6936, the 8:40 PM arrival into PSNY, is up to 20 min. late due to a signal issue near Morristown. (07:51 PM) (sent Sat 01/28/23)
  • M and E train #6921, the 12:54PM Dover arrival is up to 15 min. late due to equipment availability. (11:41 AM) (sent Sat 01/28/23)
  • M and E train #6921, the 12:54PM Dover arrival is up to 15 min. late due to equipment availability. (11:41 AM) (sent Sat 01/28/23)
  • M and E train #6677, the 11:45 PM arrival into Dover, is up to 30 mins late due to earlier equipment availability. (10:46 PM) (sent Fri 01/27/23)
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