Domestic workers in New Jersey are celebrating the recent signing of the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights Act. Proponents of this historic legislature talked to Montclair Local.
Behind closed doors, the role of domestic workers and their substantial contributions to families across the state often remains overlooked. (Image by WangXiNa on Freepik)
New Jersey’s increasing diversity – it is the seventh most diverse state – contrasts with legislative representation.
Take a video trip to the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Community Garden on Pine Street, a community garden supplying food to Toni’s Kitchen and MESH.
Despite supporting accessible Pre-K, preschool directors feel unheard and left out by the district and its implementation of the program
Montclair’s Grace Presbyterian Church is looking ahead, with plans to rebuild, after the historic church suffered significant damage from a fire Tuesday, said Pastor Robin Miller Currás at a press […]
Montclair residents brought questions about gentrification, housing, and traffic and pedestrian to a community meeting held on Tuesday, August 8th, regarding the Lackawanna Plaza Redevelopment Plan. Dozens attended the meeting […]
U.S. Rep Mikie Sherrill discussed gun violence, immigration and the economy at a town hall Monday evening at Montclair State University’s Alexander Kasser Theater. “Discussions like these are critical to […]
An ordinance authorizing the Township to purchase the property at 34 Union to create permanent affordable housing is now on hold. The ordinance (O-23-22) was up for a second reading […]
Residents who live in — and near — 34 Union Street raised concerns about a plan by Montclair Township to purchase their building, at a community meeting at Bullock School […]
The love a pet gives is priceless, but the cost to have one can sometimes be a barrier. Montclair Township Animal Shelter workers and volunteers have noticed that besides the […]
A world in which the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol succeeds is an alternate reality that Montclair resident Alan Jenkins is relieved to present only as fiction in “1/6” […]
On a day when early cloudy uncertainty gave way to a clear blue sky, the members of the Montclair High School Class of 2023 received their diplomas and became graduates. […]
Members of the community and officials of Montclair Public Schools celebrated teacher Dan Gill on Saturday, June 17, as he retired after 53 years of teaching. Generations of Gill’s students, […]
Dozens of local parents and public school students gathered on Tuesday, June 13, at the Montclair Municipal Building to demand that the township share some of its revenue with Montclair […]
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