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| | Montclair has lowest number of foreclosures since 2004
11/13/2008
In 2008, 527 more properties throughout Essex County were foreclosed and sold at auction than in 2004. But so far this year, Montclair has seen its lowest number of foreclosures within that same period.
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| | Resident to be resource for struggling families
11/13/2008
Simone Spence has been tapped by 4th Ward Councilwoman Renee Baskerville to lead the Commission for Women’s and Children’s Affairs, a newly formed group that the two women hope will put Montclair residents in touch with various support service
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| | Too young to vote, old enough to help
11/06/2008
More than 100 Montclair students took part in the townships iVote initiative, which began in October in hopes of increasing voter turnout in Montclair
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| | Really coming together
11/06/2008
A caravan of flatbed tractor trailers drove into Montclair Friday evening, bearing six 7,000-pound, pre-made units that would form the bare bones of a new train station.
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| | Crew works over weekend on new train stations shell
11/06/2008
After making the three-and-a-half-hour trip from Pennsylvania, a caravan of flatbed tractor trailers drove into Montclair with a police escort last Friday evening, bearing six 7,000-pound, pre-made units that would, after being pieced together over this p
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| | New museum director coming home to NJ
11/06/2008
When Lora Urbanelli takes the reins of MAM on Jan. 12, she will become the ninth director in the museum’s 95-year history.
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| | Yes, he did
11/06/2008
Montclair goes big for Barack Obama.
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| | Montclair declared Fair Trade Town
11/06/2008
There are places in the world where people grow food for a living, yet they are the ones who go hungry.
But when sustainable Fair Trade foods are purchased here in the United States, the benefits also go back to farm-ers and artisans who oftentimes make
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| | A tree grows in Montclair
11/06/2008
As the elm leaves turned copper under Mondays noon sun, Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. joined local officials to announce the planting of about 120 new trees along county roads in Montclair this past week.
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| | State: Montclair needs 296 more affordable housing units
11/06/2008
If you see a guy who works for the municipality standing on the sidewalk outside your house, gazing at your home intently, casting his eyes down momentarily at a clipboard while he checks off a box, then looking back up again, he might be parttime Buildin
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| | NJ Transit reworks train schedules
11/06/2008
Some departures and arrivals during peak hours were eliminated starting this past Sunday, Oct. 26, from the schedule of NJ Transits Montclair-Boonton Rail Line, while the times of some other trains were adjusted to cover the resulting gaps.
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| | DCH enters parking agreement with Wellmont
10/30/2008
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| | Baskerville calls for Community Policing Bureau
10/30/2008
Despite the rain and chilly winds, nearly 100 residents turned out for the Oct. 28 4th Ward community meeting sponsored by Fourth Ward Councilwoman Renee Baskerville.
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| | Wellmont opens to rave reviews
10/30/2008
It was a day late, but still great.
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| | Montclairs oldest church reflects on 180 years
10/30/2008
During the time when horses and buggies transported the faithful to Sunday worship in Montclair, the townships first church was born.
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| | Beloved priest dies during pilgrimage to Turkey
10/30/2008
About 10 years ago, when the Montclair chapter of the NAACP struggled to find a home for its meetings, the Rev. John Nickas opened the doors of St. Peter Claver Roman Catholic Church.
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| | MHS student: parking is too pricey
10/30/2008
MHS student Julie Yermack, 17, says students are unhappy with last year’s decision by the Township Council to institute parking permits for MHS seniors. The permits are too expensive, and students who don’t buy them are punished with excessive
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| | NJ voting machines vulnerable, report says
10/30/2008
With only five days until the Nov. 4 General Election, the integrity of New Jersey’s voting machines has been called into question by a Princeton University professor who alleges in a recently-released report that the machines are vulnerable to hack
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| | Is site getting overloaded with telecom equipment?
10/30/2008
As the Zoning Board debated allowing a fifth wireless communications provider to plant antennas on a Bloomfield Avenue building, some board members began wondering if a legal limit needs to be imposed on how many providers â or how much of their hardwar
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| | Commission offers initiatives to council
10/23/2008
Members of the Montclair Environmental Commission (MEC) intend to fill a commissioner slot, left vacant when resident Cary Africk became the 2nd Ward Township Council member earlier this year, with BlueWaveNJ member Michael Yellin.
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| | Putting conserve in conservancy
10/23/2008
The Brookdale Park Conservancy was formed in November 2007, with planning and advocating for the future of the 121-acre park at the core of its mission.
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| | The people, not the party
10/23/2008
Similar to a scene out of a 1950s neighborhood campaign, Roland Straten last Friday walked down Valley Road behind his balloon-festooned jeep, blaring the song Rawhide, to let people know that he is running for Congress against incumbent Rep. Bill Pascr
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| | Presby on the precipice
10/23/2008
The Wall Street meltdown has claimed a number of towering giants of the financial industry. The ensuing economic crisis may bring down a more humble organization closer to home: the Presby Memorial Iris Gardens.
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| | More political signs are swiped
10/23/2008
With Montclair residents putting their political convictions on display more than any time in recent memory via campaign signs, there have been several reports of stolen, stomped on, and soiled signs as the presidential race nears its finale.
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| | Candid candidates grasp shaky fiscal future
10/16/2008
Every month, breast cancer survivor Sally Sarah Maynard pays about $200 out of her own pocket for a bottle of pills that can help prevent a recurrence.
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| | Decades of divine dedication: Montclair church reflects on past,
10/16/2008
They can put new stained glass inside the old sanctuary.
But the same spiritual light still shines through.
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| | Flu clinics scheduled
10/16/2008
The Montclair Health Department will be offering the influenza vaccine residents who are 18 years of age and older. Women who are pregnant during the influenza season must have a doctorâs note to be inoculated.
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| | Mountainside Hospital names chief executive officer
10/16/2008
Mountainside Hospital has announced that John Fromhold has been named chief executive officer of the hospital, effective immediately, replacing Barry Dykes, who led the hospital since 2007.
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| | Columbus: Hero, or Slave Trader?
10/15/2008
Isy Abraham-Raveson, 15, a Montclair High School student, led approximately a half-dozen students at the intersection of Church Street and Bloomfield Avenue this past Monday as they asked passersby and other area pedestrians to sign their petition decryin
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| | Immaculate hopes to build new field house
10/14/2008
Immaculate Conception High Schoolâs football players may no longer need to cross two wooden footbridges spanning Nishuane Brook to reach their field house, if municipal officials approve plans presented by the school.
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| | Local officials are taking property tax precautions
10/09/2008
Four years ago, Montclair and several other disgruntled communities sought to secede from Essex County to re-duce homeowners ever-increasing tax burdens.
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| | Counseling councilor
10/09/2008
His phone is ringing off the hook.
Not with residents questions about the privatization of Clary Anderson Arena or Belgian block curbs, as 1st Ward Councilman Rich Murnick is used to.
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| | Agreement with Colombia worries residents
10/09/2008
A few hours after nail-biting American investors watched stocks plunge this past Monday, a Montclair church attempted to shift peoples attention toward another potential international crisis.
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| | Free trade or trade farce? Agreement with Colombia worries resid
10/09/2008
A few hours after nail-biting American investors watched stocks plunge this past Monday, a Montclair church attempted to shift peopleâs attention toward another potential international crisis.
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| | Counseling councilor: Murnick gives expertise on how to cope dur
10/09/2008
His phone is ringing off the hook.
Not with residentsâ questions about the privatization of Clary Anderson Arena or Belgian block curbs, as 1st Ward Councilman Rich Murnick is used to.
The financial planner has been forced to shift his focus amid the
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| | Pit bull abducted from PAWS
10/09/2008
Two days before a family was set to take her in, a pit bull named Ruby was stolen from the Pound Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) shelter on North Willow Street.
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| | Breaking down borrowing, sharing during economic crisis
10/09/2008
The greatest concern to all municipalities is the freezing up of their credit markets, Township Manager Joseph Hartnett said.
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| | Honoring Montclairs leaders, then and now
10/09/2008
Rachel Bradford and Phoebe Lytle are just teenagers, but already theyve shown such selflessness that they are being honored for following in the footsteps of a pair of legendary Montclair residents.
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| | Are four-way stops on their way to Montclair?
10/08/2008
The Township Council is investigating the possibility of adding multi-way stop signs to several Montclair inter-sections.
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| | County could owe Montclair big bucks
10/02/2008
What started as a property acquisition has become a complicated tax squabble between Montclair and Essex County.
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| | Making the case for dense housing
10/02/2008
Among the possible solutions to the shortage of "workforce housing" in Montclair, expert panelists who spoke at HOMECorpâs recent annual meeting suggested adding more high-density residential developments to the landscape.
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| | Councilwoman urges residents to vote, upgrades to Glenfield Park
10/02/2008
During her third community meeting Tuesday night, Fourth Ward Councilwoman Dr. Renée Baskerville gave nearly 100 people inside the Montclair Fire Headquarters a crash course on the importance of voting on Election Day, Nov. 4.
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| | Activists urge residents to vote
10/02/2008
During her third community meeting Tuesday night, Fourth Ward Councilwoman Dr. Renée Baskerville gave nearly 100 people inside the Montclair Fire Headquarters a crash course on the importance of voting on Election Day, Nov. 4.
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| | Emergency services director saves a life on his family vacation
10/02/2008
John Kocotos is the emergency services director for the Montclair-Glen Ridge-Nutley chapter of the American Red Cross. He is a certified instructor trainer in CPR and responds to local emergencies whenever they occur. But Kocotosâ expertise does not end
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| | Obama sign defaced in Montclair
10/02/2008
A Montclair woman woke up Sunday morning to find that her Barack Obama lawn placard was spread across her car and defaced with a pile of dog feces.
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| | Community meeting to be held on Sept. 30
09/26/2008
Fourth Ward Township Councilwoman Dr. Renee Baskerville will host a community meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 30, from 7 to 9 p.m., in the second floor training room of the Montclair Fire Headquarters, 1 Pine St.
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| | Together in Montclair: Local clergy gather to address issues suc
09/25/2008
For Rabbi Elliott Tepperman, praying for people without health care is not enough.
âI want to be able to say, âLetâs do something about that,ââ Tepperman told a group of 120 representatives from Montclair churches and synagogues and other area
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| | Officials test out barricading Lorraine Avenue crossing
09/25/2008
An experiment began this past Monday to find out how traffic would be impacted when Lorraine Avenueâs intersection with the railroad tracks was closed off to cars.
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| | Crises, costs, concerns and confidence
09/25/2008
With the nations financial industry reeling from financial concerns, Gov. Jon Corzine this past Monday convened an economic roundtable of fiscal and business experts.
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| | Want to be a landlord?
09/25/2008
Some single-family homeowners in Montclair could gain the legal right to rent out apartments inside their homes.
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| | Pumping station to be rebuilt
09/18/2008
A 76-year-old water pumping station is being gutted to improve its efficiency and capability, said Gary Obszarny, the township superintendent of water operations.
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| | Residents, merchants question use of ambulance sirens
09/18/2008
Some inhabitants, shopkeepers and landowners in the extended neighborhood along Bloomfield Avenue have had it with the frequent, eardrum-rattling sirens of passing ambulances.
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| | State misinforms longtime voters
09/11/2008
This past Monday, John Curtis Jr. of Montclair was golfing with some friends. One buddy from Irvington noted heâd just received a letter from the state, informing him that he was not registered to vote. Another member of the golfing group, hailing from
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| | MAC, MEDC respond to Mattox v. Montclair decision
09/11/2008
The nonprofits named in the Mattox v. Montclair lawsuit have responded to the judgeâs verdict.
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| | Montclair messages to soldiers overseas
09/11/2008
American soldiers stationed overseas will soon receive video greetings from their Montclair friends.
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| | Private firm to run arena
09/11/2008
After weeks of intense discussion, the majority of Township Council members voted to hire United Skates of America Inc. to manage the Montclair Clary Anderson Arena for $349,500 in the 2008-2009 season.
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| | PAWS a hot topic for council
09/11/2008
The unclear financial relationship between Montclair and the Pound Animal Welfare Shelter (PAWS) was con-tinually raised during the Township Council meeting this past Tuesday.
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| | Fire Dept. gets grant to improve crisis preparedness
09/11/2008
The Montclair Fire Department has received a $68,000 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to pay for 10 laptops that will provide, in a matter of 10 to 15 seconds, a wealth of data to firefighters rushing to an emergency.
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| | Two-for-one deal
09/11/2008
A âdilapidatedâ house that has sat vacant for two years on Rosedale Avenue is ready to be ripped to the ground, after the Planning Board on Monday approved the building of two new homes on the 105-foot-wide lot.
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| | Hanna breaks rainfall record
09/11/2008
What would normally be almost a monthâs worth of rain was dumped on Essex County from this past Friday into Saturday courtesy of Tropical Storm Hanna, and some of Montclairâs usual flooding hotspots again found them-selves underwater.
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| | Montclair messages to soldiers overseas
09/11/2008
American soldiers stationed overseas will soon receive video greetings from their Montclair friends.
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| | Private driveway runs through Edgemont Park
09/04/2008
For decades, residents of three homes along Edgemont Memorial Parkâs southern edge have pulled their cars into a shared driveway that, municipal officials just learned, is not on private property, but inside the park.
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| | Rage against the machine
09/04/2008
Schoolâs back in session, and students have returned from their idyllic days of vacation, busily if somewhat begrudgingly gearing up for the fall term.
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| | Sept. 11 ceremony
09/04/2008
The Township of Montclair will hold its annual ceremony of remembrance Thursday, Sept. 11, to observe the 7th anniversary of the World Trade Center attack.
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| | Georgian Inn, 323 Claremont Ave. might be historic sites
08/28/2008
Against the ownerâs will, Montclairâs Historic Preservation Commission recommended that an 111-year-old house on Claremont Avenue, slated for demolition and replacement with 10 townhouses, be declared a local his-toric landmark last Thursday.
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| | Officials mull bringing back shuttle to Bay Street deck
08/28/2008
A recently suspended shuttle-bus service, which formerly transported residents to and from the Bay Street Train Station, might make a comeback.
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| | Thousands of faithful flock to St. Sebastian Feast
08/28/2008
The members of the Society of Saint Sebastian of Montclair watched Sunday as people packed Pine Street like a Sicilian street market.
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| | Rollin, Rollin, Roland
08/28/2008
Roland Straten is taking his clarion call for lower taxes and school choice to the streets, but hes putting a twist on the press-the-flesh campaign approach.
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| | Shuttle to Bay Street station might be revived
08/28/2008
A recently suspended shuttle-bus service, which formerly transported residents to and from the Bay Street Train Station, might make a comeback.
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| | Officials offer safety, scholastic tips for students, parents
08/28/2008
Safety and security dominated the discussion during 4th Ward Township Councilwoman RenĂ©e Baskervilleâs âBack to School Community Convocation,â on Tuesday.
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| | Conditions set for cellular transceiver on town land
08/22/2008
The conditions for installation of a cell transmission facility on municipal property have become more stringent in Montclair.
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| | Running campaigns into the ground
08/21/2008
The day after the American Civil Liberties Union and the borough of Hawthorne in Passaic County settled a law-suit last week over an ordinance that restricts political signs, resulting in its repeal, some Montclair residents began pushing to rescind Montc
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| | Deaf rabbi brings dynamic voice to Montclair synagogue
08/21/2008
Rabbi Darby Leigh wanted to make sure of one thing before he led his first service this past Saturday in Bnai Ke-shet Reconstructionist Synagogue.
âCan you hear me?â he asked congregants.
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| | Train signals downed and fried
08/21/2008
NJ Transit workers believe an unknown driver tried to beat a train at Walnut Street and smacked a railroad crossing gate, causing it to fly into overhead wires and fry the intersectionâs rail control system.
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| | New Jesus movement sounds off
08/21/2008
When the Jesus People Movement of the late 1960s ushered in waves of college hippies and young evangelical Americans who spawned a revival in the contemporary Christian church, musicians discovered the sanctuary as a channel of expressing renewed spiritua
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| | The saint of soldiers
08/21/2008
When word spread during the Korean War that a command center sheltering Montclair resident U.S. Army Sgt. Carl Moschella was attacked by mortars, Michael Moschella prayed to Saint Sebastian for his brotherâs life.
âWe were all praying for him,â Mic
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| | Woman loses home, but not heart
08/14/2008
The house where she resided for 44 years was recently torn down, after a fire engulfed it just before 9 a.m. on Nov. 1, 2007. Still, Pearl Anderson considers herself blessed.
"Surrounded with so much love, you couldnât be sad," she said of the outpou
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| | Whole Foods recalls meat
08/14/2008
Whole Foods Market last week yanked fresh ground beef from its stores in New Jersey and several other states over concerns of E. coli contamination.
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| | Work to soon begin on Bellevue Station
08/14/2008
Restoration of the Bellevue Avenue Train Station could start by September, according to Ralph Nuzzo, who is developing the site with his brotherm, Charles.
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| | Mayor: Montclair could rival European cities
08/07/2008
Montclairâs Central Business District could take on the appearance of a European-styled pedestrian mall if the townshipâs planners have their way.
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| | Restrictions may ease congestion at Woodman
08/07/2008
Restrictions may ease congestion at Woodman
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| | New council lugs old baggage
08/07/2008
Former At-Large Councilman Ted Mattox is alleging that the former Township Council membersâ approval of funds for the Montclair Arts Council (MAC) and the Montclair Economic Development Corp. (MEDC) on their last day in office was an âillegalâ decis
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| | Praising God resounds with lots of
sounds
08/07/2008
Shortly after 8 p.m. this past Tuesday night, worshippers transformed a stone parking lot on Fulton Street into a jubilant, Southern-style tent revival of biblical proportions.
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| | More needy, less parking
07/31/2008
The number of people below the poverty line who have been turning to the Human Needs Food Pantry for something to put in their refrigerators has been on the upswing the past couple of months.
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| | Excellence is a project
07/31/2008
Heading into his sophomore year at Montclair High School, Julian Smith is too young to get a permanent job, but heâs already ahead of the game.
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| | Housing, asbestos on the front burner
07/24/2008
HOMECorp, a local nonprofit, requested the Township Council approve $100,000 for the acquisition and development of a property on Elmwood Avenue.
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| | Montclair woman and accomplice sentenced to prison
07/24/2008
Montclair resident Brenda Rickard, 54, and Jamila Baker, aka Jamila Davis, 31, of Queens Village, NY, were each sentenced to long terms in federal prison after orchestrating a $29 million mortgage fraud scheme, according to U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Ch
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| | Worshipful walk of ages
07/24/2008
Nearly 7,000 people from Montclair, and as far as Pennsylvania and Brooklyn, came out for the three-day Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. It was the second annual held by Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church since reviving the celebration last July after 36 y
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| | Abuse awareness essential
07/24/2008
Local domestic violence service providers agree the murder of Montclair mother Monica Paul last month proved, once again, that there are major failures in the system.
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| | Paving on Walnut Street and Roswell Terrace begins Tuesday, July
07/21/2008
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| | Seeking a shade tree plan with all the trimmings
07/17/2008
The development of an official shade tree ordinance is still a work in progress and one of the biggest priorities for the Montclair Environmental Commission (MEC).
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| | Superior Court judge tosses out lawsuit against board
07/17/2008
A lawsuit filed against the Planning Board, accusing its members of improperly approving plans for an art gallery that fell 18 spaces short of the parking requirement, was dismissed last week, Planning Board Attorney Ira Karasick said.
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| | NJ Transit/Montclair master lease under review
07/17/2008
A 20-year master lease between NJ Transit and the municipality expired in 2003. however, the terms of the lease have remained in use on a month-to-month basis until both entities discuss terms of a new agreement, according to Montclair and NJ Transit offi
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| | Town considers owning cell transmission facility
07/17/2008
Municipal officials are considering the possible installation of a cell transmission facility in the Department of Community Services Yard on North Fullerton Avenue, between Essex Way and Chestnut Street, and the NJ Transit railroad crossing nearby, accor
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| | Together to celebrate life
07/10/2008
It was a time for closure.
And under dark clouds and pouring rain in Glenfield Park, friends and family of Monica Paul, a Montclair mother who was gunned down on June 26, still intended to release four white doves into a lamenting sky in honor of the wom
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| | A place for triumph after tragedy
07/10/2008
Shortly after 8:30 a.m. this past Monday, inside the Helen & Bill Geyer YMCA Family Center, children laughed again.
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| | No hedging tree removal during street sprucing
07/10/2008
As a safety precaution, 24 trees on Lorraine Avenue are slated to be hewn as part of the roadâs imminent reconstruction that includes repairing deteriorating concrete curbs, the degraded road surface and potholes.
But some residents have been taking is
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| | Advocates seek to cap handgun purchases to one per month
07/10/2008
As a schoolbus pulled up and children in swim trunks filed into the recreation center where a mother of two was shot and killed two weeks ago, gun control activists and local political leaders gathered to push for a new limit on gun sales.
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| | All aboard for new council
07/10/2008
According to Montclairâs municipal Web site, www.montclairnjusa.org, all seven new council members have been appointed to serve on or act as liaisons to a bevy of organizations in town.
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| | Council to ask BOE for asbestos timeline
07/10/2008
Mayor Jerry Fried said that he would request the Board of Education submit to the council a report with a time-line of asbestos being in the school, where many of the parents claim their children could have been exposed to the potentially hazardous minera
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| | Bringing fourth
07/02/2008
Gov. Jon S. Corzine is expected to march tomorrow morning in Montclairâs 4th of July Parade, joining hundreds of fellow participants and thousands of spectators savoring one of New Jerseyâs most eclectic annual processions.
Rain or shine, the parade
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| | Economic stimulus checks in the tank
07/03/2008
Nineteen weeks after the economic stimulus bill was signed into law, many American households have spent the entirety of their federal checks on gasoline, according to a report conducted by the New Jersey Public Interest Re-search Group (NJPIRG) Law & Pol
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| | Katrina kids back in Montclair
07/03/2008
For the second year, St. Paul Baptist Church is hosting 20 children affected by Hurricane Katrina for a two-week summer vacation.
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| | Transitioning from crime scene back to family center
07/03/2008
In preparation for its reopening this coming Monday morning, The Helen & Bill Geyer YMCA Family Center on Glenridge Avenue is being cleaned and âminor damageâ caused during the shooting of Monica Paul is being re-paired, said Thomas Boyton, president
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| | In with the new
07/03/2008
Flanked by an exuberant crowd of friends, relatives, officials, public employees and well-wishers, Montclairâs seven new Township Council members were officially inaugurated into office this past Tuesday, July 1.
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| | Monica Paul remembered as a 'loving mother'
06/27/2008
As a child growing up in Montclairâs 4th Ward, Monica Paul was a bright student, full of life, and delightfully polite, remembers the Rev. Clenard Childress, of The New Calvary Baptist Deliverance Outreach Church on Maple Avenue, near Paulâs residence
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| | Schuckman appointed to serve as consultant in arborist role
06/26/2008
After several months without a Montclair arborist since Kevin Ward left, New Jersey State Certified Tree Expert Stephen M. Schuckman, of Caldwell, has been appointed to serve in the position as a consultant, Township Manager Joseph Hartnett announced toda
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| | Economic stimulus checks in the tank
06/25/2008
Nineteen weeks after the economic stimulus bill was signed into law, many American households have spent the entirety of their federal checks on gasoline, according to a report conducted by the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group (NJPIRG) Law & Poli
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| | Fun for all: All-Childrens Playground on its way
06/19/2008
With a radiant smile sweeping across her face, Lily Vakili rejoiced: Its just blossomed.
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| | All children's playground on it's way
06/19/2008
With a radiant smile sweeping across her face, Lily Vakili rejoiced: âItâs just blossomed.â
Vakiliâs joyous demeanor was shared by three women who joined her in Edgemont Memorial Park, aglow at the promise of the âAll-Childrenâs Playgroundâ
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| | Storms financial impact not yet assessed
06/19/2008
Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G) has not yet calculated the monetary damages or overtime costs from last Tuesdays severe storm, said Karen Johnson, a spokesperson for the utility.
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| | Supporters: Keep control of Clary Anderson Arena
06/18/2008
Droves of residents opposed to a planned privatization of the municipally owned Clary Anderson Arena turned up to the Township Council meeting this past Tuesday to voice their protest.
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| | Children speak out: Parents civil unions not enough
06/12/2008
Ten-year-old Emily Pollack and her twin brother, Adam, took hold of the blue vinyl banner that stated Bnai Keshet Supports Marriage Equality, and helped place it into the earth on the synagogues front lawn last Friday evening.
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| | Motivating Montclair women
06/12/2008
For Nancy Gentile last Thursday morning, being among a group of women who serve The Salvation Army Montclair Citadel triggered a memory.
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| | Grants awarded to schools for healthy living
06/12/2008
The 6-year-olds dropped their corn and bran muffins and raised their hands to applaud when it was announced last Thursday that their school, Forest Avenue Elementary School in Glen Ridge, would be among 12 to receive grants to fight childhood obesity and
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| | Second outage follows storm that approaches hurricane speeds
06/11/2008
Just about 24 hours after Montclair shook off the effects of an almost township-wide power outage Monday, a potent thunder and hailstorm rumbled through the skies Tuesday night, toppling trees, ripping down power lines and cutting electricity to thousands
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| | Montclair walloped by wide-reaching outage
06/11/2008
The traffic signals had gone dark. Lines of cars were backing up for blocks, as drivers inched anxiously through busy intersections, unsure who had the right-of-way.
Phones went dead and elevators jammed. People streamed outside into choking, 96-degree h
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| | Slicing, dicing town's budget
06/11/2008
Substantial measures are being taken to trim Montclairâs introductory budget, which reveals a 6.32 percent hike from last yearâs final financial plan.
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| | All-access playground close to construction
06/11/2008
A universal playground in Montclair will soon be built.
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| | Correction
06/06/2008
An article appearing on page A4 of the May 29th edition of The Montclair Times incorrectly indicated that five juveniles and two 18-year-olds, Jerell Moss and Francis Peretti, were arrested in connection with charges of under-age possession of alcoholic b
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| | Russo loses tight race, Vorbach crushed
06/05/2008
In a hotly contested race for the Democratic nod, former Montclair Mayor Robert Russo lost his bid for the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders 5th District seat by 317 votes, according to primary election results released by County Clerk Christopher
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| | A new, healthy start
06/05/2008
It was three months ago when the Rev. Edward Clydesdale, former director of Mountainside Hospitalâs Presbyterian Chaplaincy Program, wondered how much longer he could visit ailing and recovering patients.
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| | Hurricane victims aided
06/05/2008
Margaret Tribble was stunned to see that the white oleanders she grew outside her New Orleans home 30 years ago had withstood Hurricane Katrinaâs ravages.
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| | Take your cars elsewhere: Inspection station closing
06/04/2008
The state is shutting the motor vehicle inspection station at the corner of Label and Forest streets later this month partly since it is not heavily trafficked, but thatâs exactly why some people like it.
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| | Olympic has an offer
06/04/2008
The building at 622 Valley Road, which was home to The Olympic Shop for over 60 years, and which has been vacant for about a year and a half, could have a new owner as of next month.
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| | Re-aligned residents to remain in 4th Ward
06/04/2008
One hundred and sixty-four voters who, days prior to May 13âs municipal election had been alerted to their never-before enforced status as 3rd Ward residents, will remain in the 4th Ward until data is collected from the next Census in 2010.
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| | Station construction to commence
06/04/2008
The developers of the Upper Montclair Train Station site are eager to begin rejuvenation of the site.
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| | Montclair honors its heroes
05/28/2008
Hundreds of Montclair residents took time out on a spectacular spring day to join their neighbors and friends at Edgemont Memorial Park to honor the nationâs veterans.
Township residents gathered at Montclairâs landmark war memorial for brief but mov
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| | Community defends colleagues arrested in Iran
05/29/2008
When BahĂĄâĂ faith member Behzad heard about the May 14 arrests of six leaders of the outlawed BahĂĄâĂ community in Iran, he was reminded of the execution of his cousins in 1980.
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| | DeCamp to get terror defenses
05/29/2008
Using the global positioning systems slated for installation on all DeCamp Bus Linesâ coaches, authorities could slow down a hijacked bus, without using the brakes, by remotely manipulating the transmission.
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| | Developer's fees could get heftier
05/29/2008
Following the stateâs lead, Montclair might increase the fees it charges real estate developers when they put shovels into the ground.
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| | Sushi bar angling for 50 more seats
05/29/2008
The Upper Montclair Historic Business Districtâs veteran sushi restaurant announced expansion plans last week amid its 20-year anniversary celebration.
Representatives of Dai-Kichi, located at 608 Valley Road between Lorraine and Bellevue avenues, appe
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| | Police Blotter 5.29
05/29/2008
Cops: Liquor-filled limo pulls up to prom
The stench of alcohol and burnt marijuana wafted from one of the limousines as its passengers stepped out: 17- and 18-year-olds heading to the Montclair High School Junior Prom on May 21 at Mayfair Farms i
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| | A sweet soiree to honor exiting mayor
05/28/2008
If you like chocolate and Mayor Ed Remsen, then youâre in for a treat.
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| | Mayor-elect focuses on Master Plan, citizen groups
05/28/2008
There are many ways to connect with constituents, and perhaps none is as popular as good old-fashioned potluck dinners. Thatâs what Mayor-elect Jerry Fried is banking on.
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| | Shhh: Quiet zone plan on the horizon
05/28/2008
A 12-hour train-whistle ban on the Montclair-Boonton Line likely will be continued.
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| | Homeowners confront 6 percent increase in local taxes
05/21/2008
Township Manager Joseph Hartnettâs introductory budget for the 2008 Fiscal Year reveals a 6.26 percent hike from last yearâs final financial plan.
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| | Small snafus at the polls during council election
05/21/2008
Yes, there were two reports about electioneering too close to polling sites, and the voting-machine mechanic did get a handful of phone calls.
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| | Wild for Wildwood
05/21/2008
When Pat Kenschaft began gardening about 30 years ago, birthing an organic vegetable garden in her backyard that now has 45 different edibles, she started to collect compost from huge piles in a planterâs paradise, now known as the Wildwood tract.
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| | Settlement, anyone?
05/21/2008
At-Large Township Councilman Ted Mattox may have lost the mayoral race, but he has no intention of losing his own lawsuit.
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| | Mesmerized by the Madonna
05/21/2008
It was shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday, May showers splashing against the brick walls of St. Peter Claver Church.
Inside, a statue, famous for shedding tears, made believers weep.
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| | Calls for equality
05/21/2008
Tuesday night, just days after the California Supreme Court overturned a ban on gay marriage, scores of Montclair residents and fellow New Jerseyans simultaneously hit their cell phones and flooded state legislators with calls requesting them to pass the
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| | Out with the old
05/21/2008
Montclair voters last week flocked to the polls with a purpose: to institute change.
Their efforts were evident and effective. None of the Township Council incumbents were reelected.
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| | Council focuses on finale of its term
05/21/2008
With mere weeks left before they pass the gavel to newly elected officials, the outgoing Township Council members are following through on several initiatives, such as creating a âPODâ ordinance, and increasing affordable housing units in town.
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| | Hot new ride: Pump truck officially sworn in
05/14/2008
The Montclair Fire Departments new 25-ton fire engine is designed to suppress fires, but it also automatically starts them when necessary in its own exhaust system.
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| | (A)pathetic turnout: Few exercise their right to vote
05/14/2008
Despite its field of 20-plus candidates, the reported blitzkrieg of election-related phone calls and the gamut of candidatesâ forums in the run-up to the big day, this Township Council election saw voter turnout decline percentage-wise from the previous
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| | Judge rules realigned residents to remain voters in 4th Ward
05/14/2008
One hundred and sixty-four voters â recently alerted to their never-enforced longtime status as 3rd Ward resi-dents â were allowed to remain in the 4th Ward in this past Tuesdayâs Township Council race.
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| | Our Lady of Fatima statue will stop in Montclair
05/14/2008
After touring the world for nearly 61 years, one of the most famous statues in Catholicism will arrive in Montclair.
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| | Fried finishes first
05/14/2008
All incumbents are out.
Seven fresh faces will lead Montclair for the next four years, with new Mayor Jerry Fried at the helm.
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| | Taking a glimpse of the communitys future
05/14/2008
As last Thursday afternoon crept toward dusk, Major Alastair Bate stepped into a bare-boned church under construction, leaned against a steel frame and imagined a completed, grand Citadel.
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| | 164 voters moved out of bounds
05/08/2008
A ward that has had its boundary lines redrawn is garnering political attention from candidates, residents and state officials.
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 | 72-hour-notice for overnight parking being reexamined
05/08/2008
It was âeasy come, easy goâ for a new, less-user-friendly way for residents to be excused from Montclairâs overnight parking rules. But this proposal did not make it from the idea to the implementation stage, and never moved beyond the confines of c
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| | The big announcement
05/07/2008
Roland Straten didnât have to wait until everyone showed up.
The clues that the Montclair Republican would be seeking to oust Democratic incumbent Bill Pascrell Jr. from his 8th District congressional seat had been surfacing since February, when Strate
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| | Montclair mans big vision for small congregation
05/07/2008
Moments before Montclair resident Kevin Buckley was elected president of Veronas Congregation Beth Ahm Tuesday night, he already had his successor in mind.
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| | A silent witness
05/07/2008
Sami Adelsheimer. Five years old.
Martha Spiegel. Ten years old.
Albert Bulka. Four years old.
The names and ages of these children, separated from their families and murdered in the Holocaust, echoed in-side Bnai Keshet Synagogue last Wednesday night.
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| | Aldrin and Berra inducted into hall of Jersey legends
05/02/2008
It goes without saying that Buzz Aldrin has been places, and during his travels he has accrued the keys to many cities and plenteous other honors â not to mention 46 pounds of lunar rock.
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| | The great awakening of Montclair
05/02/2008
The Rev. Michael Cox was determined to give the people an old-fashioned Southern revival.
He delivered.
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| | Soaring oil costs squeezing local government
04/24/2008
The soaring cost of oil is wreaking havoc with municipal budgets and could lead to cuts in basic services, including staff layoffs if they continue to climb, local officials warned.
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| | Field house project is fraying neighbors nerves
04/24/2008
A new construction project next door can strain even the best friendships. Just ask the residents who live around the Montclair Board of Educations sports complex at Woodman Field.
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| | Montclair nurses aid Honduras
04/24/2008
For the past five years, Nicole Armeno served as a member of House of Friendship, an organization operated by private donations with the primary mission of aiding orphaned children in Honduras.
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| | More than 1,000 walk in Darfur event
04/18/2008
Born and raised in a region neglected by the government and transformed into a killing zone, Sumiea Eltayeb knows she is one of the fortunate.
But because she escaped the genocide in Darfur that continues to claim the lives of so many of her countrymen
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| | Childcare center eyes Bay Street facility
04/18/2008
The Neighborhood Childcare Center made a presentation to the Township Council on its intent to occupy space in a Bay Street facility that had been intended for the now-defunct Day Nurseries.
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| | Candidates discuss green issues
04/10/2008
Open space, recycling and conservation were hot topics posed to Township Council hopefuls during the âEnvironmental Forum 2008.â
The two-hour discussion, held this past Sunday, April 6, in Bnai Keshet Synagogue and co-sponsored by the Interfaith Envi
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| | Council candidates positions on the ballot determined
04/03/2008
Municipal Clerk Linda Wanat shook a large blue wooden box back and forth as numerous political hopefuls stood silent waiting for their names to be procured, another step in their quest for the Township Council dais.
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| | Five years too many since U.S. invaded Iraq
03/27/2008
The flame from Madelyn Hoffmanâs candle lacked the flare of last weekâs bomb blasts in Iraq.
On a street corner in Montclair last Wednesday, her flame glowed through the evening rain and haze, and no less commanded attention to a war that many Ame
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| | On the forefront, or front lawn, of politics
03/20/2008
Supporters of presidential candidates have been jabbing campaign signs on their front lawns, but there are 169 days to go before it is legal to display political placards in Montclair.
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| | UnityMontclair slate joins the race
03/20/2008
Gerald Tobin has announced his aspiration for the upcoming May 13 Township Council election, and itâs not running for mayor.
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| | Dog tales of Brookdale Park
03/13/2008
Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. doesnât mind the controversy over a 1.2-acre hound haven on the west side of Brookdale Park.
It seems to have prompted the creation of two groups: The dog owners who love it, and the parkâs neighbors who
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| | Green is lean in big blue bastion
03/06/2008
Launching his fourth bid for presidency of the United States, Ralph Nader is no major worry to Montclair Democrats, who say the perennial candidate will not split the liberal and left-wing vote in New Jersey.
However, both local Democrats and Green Party
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