On March 31- April 1, The Montclair Literary Festival will host a variety of speakers at many panels, workshops and events throughout town.
Montclair Literary Festival is open to everyone, with authors covering many different topics throughout the event. The Montclair Literary Festival is made up of panels and events that cover a wide variety of topics from politics in the news, photography and sports to memoirs, cooking and young adult literature, in addition to so much more. […]
Montclair High School Dance Company shows their talent at three shows over the weekend for the 2017 Spring Concert, “Where to Begin.”
Montclair High School showcases true talent at their 2017 Spring Dance Concert. This is a photojournalistic article and a gallery is attached to this article. All readers should click through the gallery to view the entire set. The Montclair High School Dance Company showed us their moves this past weekend at the 2017 Spring Concert, putting […]
UMBA generates essential relationships between businesses and promotes town relations in the thriving hub of Upper Montclair.
Join UMBA to help your business stay connected in Upper Montclair. The Upper Montclair Business Association (UMBA) started as a coalition of businesses to collaborate with the town. Before UMBA, there was no way to gather individual business’s perspectives and input. Its start gave the town’s individual businesses, property owners and merchants a direct means of […]
Montclair’s YMCA opens its doors to athletes, family members and friends in a positive and motivating environment in order to support the Special Olympics.
The community comes together for YMCA’s Special Olympics Swim meet. On Saturday, March 19, Montclair’s YMCA hosted athletes from surrounding townships including Livingston, Caldwell and Wayne. As the YMCA hosted the Special Olympics swim meet, young athletes were able to show off their accomplishments. Members of surrounding communities came together to support thriving athletes. This friendly […]
Courtney Hartman and Robert Ellis bring a little bit of country and a little bit of rock and roll to Montclair audiences at Outpost in the Burbs.
Outpost Celebrates 29 years of bringing communities together through music with Robert Ellis. Robert Ellis hit the stage at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Montclair this past Saturday, Feb. 25, for one of Outpost in the Burbs‘ latest events. Fast-approaching their 30th anniversary, Outpost has been working hard as a non-profit organization for 29 years […]
On Feb. 24 at the Buzz Aldrin Middle School auditorium, Bradford’s students received the opportunity to shine at their talent show, Night of Stars.
Talent was in the air at Bradford’s Night of Stars. Bradford Elementary School’s biennial talent show Night of Stars exceeded PTA member Luisa Esposito’s expectations. This year, the show was run by Stacia Thiel, Stephanie Haberle-Roth and Esposito, allowing each of them to take turns hosting the show on stage, as well as helping out […]
Envy Fashion Boutique by Melissa Gorga offers an intimate shopping experience, along with their quality, high end clothing to the citizens of Montclair.
Envy Fashion Boutique makes other stores envious. Envy Fashion Boutique, owned by The Real Housewives of New Jersey star Melissa Gorga, opened in December of 2015 and is located at 609 Bloomfield Ave. Envy offers clothing suitable for all ages from teens to adults. They carry a vast variety of clothing, such as elegant dresses […]
Join ‘The Montclair Dispatch’ in giving our fledgling, the weekly ‘Montclair Local News,’ a warm and hearty Montclair welcome.
‘Montclair Local News’ will initially be delivered to every Montclair mailbox. Montclair Local News officially started on Jan. 3, 2017. After two months of hard work, preparation and dedication, they will at last publish their first issue ever on March 2, 2017. Be sure to check in your mailbox for this new printed publication. Montclair […]
Maya Stein and Amy Tingle created Creativity Caravan, a studio, gallery and imaginarium with the belief that everyone can be and is creative.
Creativity Caravan focuses on creativity, collaboration and community. Maya Stein and Amy Tingle of Nutley, N.J. founded Creativity Caravan as a mobile business nearly four years ago. As they purchased and refurbished a vintage trailer (a 1965 Covered Wagon), they envisioned that their company would spark, engage and nourish creativity in communities everywhere. “We believe creativity […]
Maureen Edelson reflects on what it was like running for the Montclair Council and her work with Montclair Physical Therapy.
Former Third Ward Council Candidate, Maureen Edelson, Heavily Involved in Montclair Community. Maureen Edelson, former third ward council candidate, took the time to describe her experience of running for public office. She is heavily involved with Montclair Physical Therapy and is an active member of her community. Edelson participates in several organizations including Redeemer Montclair […]
