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A All across Montclair, local business owners are fine-tuning plans for the township's Restaurant Week, scheduled forA March 20 through April 1, 2012.

Dr. Maria Pane of Lutherville with her yearbook from Mount Saint Dominic Academy.

A What's the most romantic movie of all time? For this Patch editor, it's Notting Hill.

When Gov. Chris Christie took a moment during the introduction of his two nominees to the state Supreme Court to discuss the new residence of Christopher Cerf, his acting commissioner of education, there was an audible chuckle from the gathered.

Somewhere near the start of "Vertical Road" - the ponderous, spiritual exercise that Akram Khan's British company brought to Montclair on Wednesday - a hand becomes visible pressing against the plastic back-cloth. We see a blurred figure on the far side, like a fish darting beneath the frozen surface of a pond.

With the Obama administration waiving New Jersey from No Child Left Behind, the state was in effect given the green light for its own plan for how public schools will be monitored, assisted, and in the case of those that don't improve, overhauled and potentially shut down.

One of the highlights of Josephine Banda's day was accompanying her daughter, Karen, to the John A. Bukowski Animal Shelter in Bloomfield , where Karen has been a volunteer for about 15 years.

The TD Bank on Bloomfield Avenue in Montclair was robbed this morning, but the bank robber didn't get very far.

Carolyn A. Murray, Acting Essex County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent . According to the State's proofs, at 4:10 a.m. on November 6, 2009, Officer Dean Berardi of the Montclair Police Department was dispatched to Valley Road on a report of a suspicious vehicle parked there for over an hour with its hazard lights on.

A Deryn Mierlak, an 8th grader at Mount Hebron Middle School, has won a Gold Key award in the 2012 Scholastic Art & Writing Contest.

Although the Essex County Homicide Task force has released the body of Verona woman Kellie Ann Swanstrom, the investigation surrounding her death continues, Essex County Prosecutor's Office spokesperson Kathy Carter said Thursday.

A Thursday was a very special day at Demarest Elementary School in Bloomfield, when Miss New Jersey USA herself, Michelle Leonardo, came to visit.

Frisee, that delicate tangle of greens and air, is quite the darling of the fine-dining chef.

It was so dark on Mission Street that police didn't immediately see fatally wounded Ibn Futrell lying on the sidewalk Tuesday night, even though residents have long complained - to no avail - about the lack of lighting in Montclair 's 4th Ward, according to a witness who discovered the victim.

South Jersey could be the second site approved for a medical marijuana dispensary, after a warehouse location was given the green light in Egg Harbor Township.

A Just two days after the shooting death of a Bloomfield man on Mission Street, 4th Ward Councilor Renee Baskerville said that Thursday night's community meeting must be about so much more than community policing.

A memorial to Ibn Futrell has formed outside the Mission Mini Market, where the victim was found shot and dying this past Tuesday night, Feb.

A memorial to Ibn Futrell has formed outside the Mission Mini Market, where the victim was found shot and dying this past Tuesday night, Feb.

"People who don't have personal agendas but are more interested in the overall well-being of Montclair" might soon be throwing their hats into the increasingly crowded township council election ring, according to candidateA Karen Turner.