Montclair News

Carol Kearney, left, program assistant at the YMCA of Montclair, and Pat Brechka, director of recreation & cultural affairs for the township of Montclair, are the co-organizers of the 31st Annual Montclair Run taking place Sunday, June 2. Organizers are expecting that as many as 1,400 people could be walking and running together in the 31st annual ... (more)

Here are some of the stories we're working on and what's happening this week in Montclair.

The cicadas are coming. The cicadas are coming - and in anticipation of their arrival adventurous chefs are digging up recipes for cicada dishes, snacks and cocktails and cicada trivia is all the buzz.

Lisanne Renner, the historian for the Friends of Anderson Park, will present "Olmsted's Anderson Park and How it Helped Shape Montclair " at the Wednesday, May 22 meeting of the Cedar Grove Historical Society.

A Montclair man shot his girlfriend several times in the head before turning the gun on himself in a Montclair park Thursday night, according to Essex County Acting Prosecutor Carolyn Murray.

The second annual Montclair Food and Wine Festival will once again team up the area's top chefs to create the ultimate meal.

As scandals from Benghazigate to the IRS-targeting of conservative groups shake our country, I think it's important for us to periodically re-focus on the beauty of America; the beauty of humanity and the beauty of life.

Mommies 24/7, the online community that has reached thousands of moms in just four New Jersey towns, is expanding to meet moms throughout the region.

Kenneth Miscia Jr. looked just like another suburban guy on a Saturday morning stroll, cradling a cigar in his fingers and clad in a button-down blue-and-white checked shirt and baggy cargo pants while waiting in a crosswalk for cars on Bloomfield Avenue to stop for him.

General Manager Meredith Ladov, left, Program and Operations Manager Dana Krieger, and Vice Chairman of the Board Warren Ross in the MFF office on Bloomfield Avenue.

Bayonne Medical Center charges the most expensive prices in the nation, according to information from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

The Church of the Immaculate Conception in Montclair will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Fr.

During last week's parent meetings with Schools Superintendent Penny MacCormack, it was made clear that former Glenfield Middle School Principal Charlie Miller still has many backers within the Montclair School District.

The scene of the shooting in Canterbury Park, in Montclair's South End, where law enforcement officials comfort a woman earlier this morning after she discovered who was killed last night.

Montclair native Aidan Feliciano is a member of two Indie bands looking to make their shared tour van vegan.

Officials say the shooting appears to be isolated and doesn't pose a threat to the community.

The Montclair Community Pre-K will be able to enroll more students for the upcoming school year thanks to a bump in funding from the township, Executive Director Eve Robinson said at Tuesday night's council meeting.

Artist Bayard will give Montclair its answer to the New York Public Library's lions, Patience and Fortitude, on Friday.

May 16, 2013 - RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Bergen & Essex County - The New Jersey Choral Society concludes its 2012-13 season with "Mass," a program of reflective and inspirational music on Friday, May 31 at 8:00 pm at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, 30 North Fullerton Ave., Montclair.

Authorities say a shooting that left two people dead in a northern New Jersey park appears to be isolated and doesn't pose a threat to the community.