By DEBORAH ANN TRIPOLDI tripoldi@montclairlocal.news Bruce Goldstein, 74, of Montclair, volunteers five hours a day on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., to help at HackensackUMC Mountainside, […]
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Survey asks, should Montclair implement rent control?
By Jaimie Julia Winters winters@montclairlocal.news A survey launched in December on whether Montclair should implement rent control will remain open until the end of the year as the NAACP seeks […]
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Town at odds with parking over green space
By Jaimie Julia Winters winters@montclairlocal.news Paving over paradise is the debate in Montclair over the renovations to Edgemont Park. Seniors want more parking outside Edgemont House, the facility they are […]
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Edgemont house parking plans hit snafu
By Jaimie Julia Winters winters@montclairlocal.news Portions of the $900,000 Edgemont Park upgrade are not meeting with the approval of seniors who frequent the park house. Along with other improvements planned […]
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Montclair Advisory Committee seeks your input on future senior housing
By Jaimie Julia Winters winters@montclairlocal.news At the most recent Montclair Planning Board meeting, 96-year-old Samuel Debnam’s plan to subdivide his lot where he has had a home for 73 […]
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Montclair’s Bob Perdue celebrates 100th
By DEBORAH ANN TRIPOLDI tripoldi@montclairlocal.news Good friends and a five o’clock scotch and soda are centenarian Bob Perdue’s secret to long and celebrated life, he says. On Feb. 22, Perdue’s […]
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Developers: no quick fix to increase senior housing in Montclair
By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news There is no easy, “silver bullet” solution to creating more affordable housing for seniors and retirees in Montclair, a panel of local real estate developers said […]
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Culture in brief: local artists’ work available on notecards
Paintings by five local artists have been reproduced on notecards and are being sold through the Montclair Art Museum to raise money for future programming of the Montclair Institute for […]
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Montclair coalition tackles food-access issue
By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news Coming up on the second anniversary of the Pathmark at Lackawanna Plaza closing, a coalition of Montclair organizations is exploring ways to help local senior citizens, […]
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Montclair senior Ben Ali takes home gold medal
At National Night Out, on Tuesday, Aug. 1, Ben Ali of Montclair demonstrated his karate skills on Church Street. They are impressive. In January, Ali, 71, won the Ambassador Award […]
