6+ hour, 31+ min ago  (463+ words) My first foray into Bloomfield was in 2009 I rented there for 3 years. After I got married, my husband and I rented in Montclair for 3 years, then purchased our home in Bloomfield in 2016. The time flies because I can't believe it's…...

7+ hour, 29+ min ago  (269+ words) Two nights. Two major authors. Both are happening in Montclair. Garden State Author Talks is bringing two of today's most celebrated writers to Montclair this July, further cementing the town's place as a destination for book lovers. Mason, author of…...

14+ hour, 31+ min ago  (669+ words) Superintendent Ruth B. Turner, left, and Montclair Board of Education members at the Wednesday, June 18, 2026 meeting where the board approved a new contract with the food service company Sodexo. (MATT KADOSH/MONTCLAIR LOCAL) The Montclair Board of Education on Wednesday approved…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (291+ words) It winds through Essex County. You have a chance to help to name it. New Jersey's newest state park " a nearly nine-mile-long former rail line that connects eight communities across Essex and Hudson Counties " is getting a new name. It's…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (898+ words) The Montclair Board of Education on Wednesday faced criticism over the school district's use of a controversial definition of antisemitism, something the superintendent said was because of a federal legal settlement resolving claims that a now-former teacher discriminated against Jewish…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (472+ words) Chef Meni Vaknin, a longtime fixture in the Montclair food scene, sold his longtime Marcel Bakery and Kitchen in May 2025. This fall, he returns to the Montclair food scene. Together with Montclair residents Hila Avivi-Eshel and Keren Fathi-Poor, he's launching…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (520+ words) A frequent visitor to Church Street, Graham Hill looks forward to an upcoming "pedestrianization" that will close the thoroughfare to vehicle traffic for certain summer weekends starting Friday. Hill, a Montclair resident found strolling with his two-week old newborn strapped…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (540+ words) The Montclair boys tennis team had a season of "almosts" as the Mounties fell two wins short of winning a state sectional championship. The fourth-seeded Mounties fell just short of upsetting top-seeded Ridgewood, 3-2, on May 28 in the North 1 Group 4 state…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (954+ words) Montclair's two library branches are set for transformative upgrades after the New Jersey Economic Development Authority approved $36. 7 million in transferable tax credits in what officials said is the largest public investment ever made in the township's library system. The funding…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (380+ words) For years, Montclair has been quietly shedding its tree canopy. I know this not because it was tracked by our town, but from painstakingly examining tree removal and planting records obtained by OPRA. Between 2020 and 2025, at least 4, 786 trees came down'a…...