Montclair News

Antonio Labarrere of Montclair plays at a benefit Monday to help LaMonica Carter and her family, who lost their Belleville home in a fire.

The new school report cards from the state Department of Education show that Montclair High School students have demonstrated improvement in their standardized test scores.

Fans in Canada and select cities in the northern part of the U.S. will finally have a chance to see what reviewers have called "the best metal tour of the year" when co-headliners ANTHRAX and TESTAMENT , joined by DEATH ANGEL , kick off a late-summer trek on September 14.

Skylar Podvey of Montclair will become the fourth generation of Podvey women to become bat mitzvah at Temple Sholom of West Essex, this Saturday, June 2, at 10 a.m. Skylar Podvey will read from the same Torah scroll that her mother Marcia, grandmother Sybil, and great-grandmother Hazel used for their own bnot mitzvah, when she becomes a bat mitzvah ... (more)

Winners of the 13th Annual Gaelen Juried Art Show & Sale, sponsored by Audrey and Norbert Gaelen of Short Hills , were announced at the opening reception on May 20.

Medical science's advances save, enrich and prolong lives. These achievements include organ transplants that can replace failed hearts with good hearts, and nonfunctioning kidneys and livers with functional ones.

There are still spots remaining for students in grades six through 12 for an educational filmmaking program called the Multimedia Academy, run by the Presbytery of Newark, and by Trinity Presbyterian Church, 5 High St., where local classes will be held.

At the end of two days of competition at last weekend's Scholastic National Rowing Championships on the Cooper River in Camden, Montclair High School stood tall, winning two national championships and one silver medal.

Montclair resident Betsy Niles sails during a trip to the Caribbean. Niles was the victim of a deadly motor-vehicle accident while walking in Montclair in March 2011, and her family decided to donate her organs for transplant.

Montclair resident Betsy Niles sails during a trip to the Caribbean. Niles was the victim of a deadly motor-vehicle accident while walking in Montclair in March 2011, and her family decided to donate her organs for transplant.

The redrawing of Congressional District lines in Montclair is now complete, and Republican U.S. Rep.

Sometimes it's hard to believe that New Jersey is known as the Garden State when you live in the middle of an urban jungle.

A If Valley Road in Montclair starts to resemble the serene landscape of the Appian Way any time soon, don't be surprised.

A There are lots of tree-lined streets filled with friendly people in Montclair.

This illustration depicts the proposed third building, at the corner of Orange Road and Bloomfield Avenue, in CentroVerde.

That's the thinking of the Environmental Commission, which voted recently to recommend that the Township Council support the Safe Playing Fields Act, which was reintroduced to the state Senate floor in February.

Burglars stole a safe containing $25,000 out of a convenience store in Montclair , a driver who was allegedly intoxicated was involved in a head-on collision, and a man walking on Elm Street was robbed at gunpoint, according to the latest blotter from the Montclair police.

Burglars stole a safe containing $25,000 out of a convenience store in Montclair , a driver who was allegedly intoxicated was involved in a head-on collision, and a man walking on Elm Street was robbed at gunpoint, according to the latest blotter from the Montclair police.

A A lot of Montclair residents have expressed a bit of confusion over pool fees and hours this year.

They wrote about their parents, their lives and shared memories from their pasts for this year's Senior Citizen Legacies Writing Contest.