‘Mitzvahpalooza’ Saturday, Oct. 7 Studio Playhouse 14 Alvin Place studioplayhouse.org By ROSEMARIE SALVATORE For Montclair Local Music means a lot to Glenfield Middle School seventh-grader Ella Freund, because she has […]
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Montclair-area groups collecting school supplies for children in need
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news August is zipping by, which means the start of back-to-school shopping for many families. According to the National Retail Federation, a retail trade association, the average […]
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Unpaid school lunch balances add up to more than $100,000
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news More than 1,500 students in the Montclair Public Schools had unpaid school lunch balances at the end of the 2016-17 school year totaling more than $100,000, […]
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Montclair gets state grant to explore idea of microgrid
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Imagine if there were another Sandy-sized power outage in Montclair. It will probably happen. But what if there was a small energy grid, separate from the […]
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Glenfield students urge BOE to keep math teacher’s job
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Concerns over staff cuts in the Montclair Public Schools continued at Monday night’s Board Of Education meeting, as Glenfield Middle School students and parents turned out […]
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Ramadan: Montclair Muslims celebrate ‘an ongoing Thanksgiving’
By GWEN OREL and ANTOINETTE MARTIN orel@montclairlocal.news It’s very hot on the third floor of Glenfield Middle School. That makes the fast of Ramadan just that little bit harder for […]
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Fidget spinners popular in Montclair, but one school bans them
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Spinners have come to Montclair, and at least one school in town has already banned them. The miniature three-pronged metal and plastic toys — originally marketed […]
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It’s an artsy week in Montclair: the Art Walk is on Friday
By GWEN OREL orel@montclairlocal.news Montclair is known as an artsy town. This week Montclair shows its bona fides with the town turning itself into art: Matisse Week started on Saturday, […]
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Matisse Week begins in Montclair
From Saturday, May 13 to Saturday, May 20, inspired by the “Matisse and American Art Exhibition” at the Montclair Art Museum, 3 South Mountain Ave., Montclair is holding Matisse Week. […]
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Sex ed talk takes center stage at BOE meeting
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news The controversy over an abstinence-leaning sexual health presentation for middle school students continued at the May 3 Board of Education meeting, in which voices remained calm but […]
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‘The Music Man’ at Glenfield
Glenfield Middle School presents “The Music Man,” with music by Meredith Willson and book by Willson and Franklin Lacey, on Friday, May 5, and Saturday, May 6, at 7 p.m. […]
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Sex education talk raises concerns among Glenfield parents
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news A planned talk at Glenfield Middle School about sex and puberty was canceled after parents protested over what were perceived to be abstinence-only leanings by the […]
