Montclair Local

We are a new, independent weekly newspaper that focuses on Montclair, aiming to “Encourage conversation, provide unbiased information, and strengthen our community.” We believe it’s essential to offer thorough and quality coverage of local events and issues. Our dedicated team of journalists is committed to ensuring that: A wide range of subjects is addressed, including city government, education, sports, arts, and community matters. Our reporting is comprehensive, giving readers a clear insight into the happenings in our town.

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‘Montclair Pizza Mural Gate’: Restaurateur Defends New Design

6 days ago | montclairlocal.news | Matt Kadosh

The owner of an upscale pizza restaurant in Montclair stands by the mural he commissioned for his shop after TikTokers slammed the business for painting over an evocative illustration he had installed at the corner of Frink and Walnut streets four years ago. The original mural at Brick + Dough: A Wood Fired Eatery, “The Curse of Socrates,” by street artist Jayemaich, illustrates in grayscale two female faces – one dark-skinned and one light-skinned.
Shopkeepers Speak on What’s Next for Montclair’s Shuttered Saunders Hardware

1 week ago | montclairlocal.news | Matt Kadosh

Sheets of brown paper cover a portion of the storefront window on Montclair’s Valley Road and an historic print of a horse-drawn apparatus covers another part of the storefront where Saunders Hardware operated for over a century before it closed last year.
Montclair Township to Host Free Rabies Clinic

1 week ago | montclairlocal.news | Matt Kadosh

The Montclair Animal Shelter and Health Department will host a free rabies vaccination clinic from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Monday, April 21, the township announced. Dogs will be vaccinated 6 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.Cats will be vaccinated 6:45 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. The clinic is planned to be held at the Montclair Township Animal Shelter, 77 North Willow St., officials said. Anyone is welcome to attend. Registration is not necessary.
Montclair Schools Withhold Budget Doc in Pattern of OPRA Denials

1 week ago | montclairlocal.news | Matt Kadosh

A hearing on the Montclair Public Schools’ 2025-26 budget is scheduled for May 7, but the public may not see a copy of the $170.2 million preliminary spending plan before then, despite efforts to pry the document from district administrators. Montclair Public Schools failed to respond to Montclair Local’s New Jersey Open Public Records Act request 16 business days after after the filing. And on Wednesday evening, the district said it requires an extension until April 25.
Montclair Neighbors’ Concerns Over Field Play Out in Court

1 week ago | montclairlocal.news | Matt Kadosh

A Superior Court judge on Tuesday heard a Montclair resident’s arguments to reopen a lawsuit over the school district’s improvements to a baseball field. Neighbors have said the changes erode their quality of life. Erin Bullen told Judge Stephen Petrillo she seeks to intervene in the previously settled lawsuit between the township and the Board of Education over improvements to Woodman Field.
‘Driven to Quantify’: Crash Tracker Keeps Watch in Montclair

1 week ago | montclairlocal.news | Matt Kadosh

A mother with two children, Montclair resident Sheena Livingston witnessed a pedestrian hit by a driver while in a Grove Street cross walk last December. Livingston moved to town in 2021. She said she regularly sees “awful driving” but seeing the crash up close was different. “This incident really rattled me,” said Livingston, 39, of Grove Street. “The person was on the ground, bleeding from the head, saying ‘I don’t want to die.’ I was the first person to call 911.
Grand Jury Indicts Montclair Teacher in School Threat. Here's What's Next

1 week ago | montclairlocal.news | Matt Kadosh

A suspended Montclair Public Schools teacher charged in connection with threats that caused the school district to close all buildings Jan. 13 is scheduled to be arraigned on May 2 in Superior Court in Newark after an Essex County grand jury returned an indictment against him earlier this month, authorities said. WHATâ€™S NEW: The grand jury indicted Northeast Elementary School teacher Amir S.
Watchung Booksellers Podcast Celebrates First Anniversary with Alice Elliott Dark and Dagmara Domińczyk

1 week ago | montclairlocal.news | Georgette Gilmore

When Watchung Booksellers launched its podcast last year, I told you it was one to listen to. Now, with over 40 episodes, the podcast is celebrating its first anniversary with a live book discussion featuring author Alice Elliott Dark and author/actor Dagmara Domińczyk. The event will take place Thursday, April 24, at 7 p.m. in the Kids’ Room at Watchung Booksellers (44 Fairfield Street).
Driver Hits Montclair Woman in Glen Ridge Crosswalk, Police Say

1 week ago | montclairlocal.news | Matt Kadosh

First responders took a 57-year-old Montclair woman to the hospital after a driver struck her while she was crossing in Glen Ridge Thursday afternoon, according to police. The driver, a 64-year-old man from Glen Ridge, told police he was turning left from Ridgewood Avenue onto Watchung Avenue when he hit the pedestrian who was crossing in the marked crosswalk, police Lt. Timothy Faranda said. The pedestrian confirmed she was in the crosswalk, Faranda said.
Montclair State Student Journalists Earn National Honors for ‘Arizona Stories’

1 week ago | montclairlocal.news | Matt Kadosh

Documenting the crisis at southern border in Arizona was emotional for Montclair State University students Jennifer Sanchez and Aylin Alvarez Santiago. Sanchez’s parents immigrated from Ecuador and Santiago’s parents are from a small town near Oaxaca, Mexico. After seeing the barrier at Arizona’s border with Mexico and speaking to migrants, including while some were being processed by immigration officials, both Sanchez and Santiago called their parents.