Queen Beans look forward to kicking it into high gear at the Montclair Fund for Educational Excellence's Amazing Fundracer 2017.
The Queen Beans team is full of caffeine and ready to race. Queen Beans takes their passion for coffee and positive attitude to the MFEE’s Amazing Fundracer. Jodie Dawson and Kristine Ellis-Petrik are excited to support the Montclair community. “Since we have two children in Montclair schools, we have been aware of and involved with MFEE for […]
Bassist Dave Lockhart and Architect Courtney Rombough work tirelessly in their respective professions. Now, they are getting ready to embark on a new project: raising their child together.
Learn how to play like a professional with new-to-Montclair musician Dave Lockhart. Dave Lockhart and Courtney Rombough, Montclair’s newest residents, bring a little bit of west-coast life to our town. The couple was living in South Lake Tahoe, California before they moved to Montclair. Rombough was born and raised in Montclair, and some of her […]
UMBA helps members network through events held once a month in various locations across town including Designer Appliances and Montclair Culinary Academy.
Designer Appliances and Montclair Culinary Academy teamed up to host UMBA event. Once a month, UMBA gives its members the opportunity to host a networking event. Members without a storefront can co-host with members who have a physical space. The networking events allow retailers to see other spaces in the community and highlight their own […]
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 […]
Stellabird Creative, a Montclair design studio specializing in hand lettered signage for weddings and businesses, serves with enthusiasm and grace.
Customary lettering, hand-crafted by Stellabird Creative. Stella Tambone, founder of Stellabird Creative, has been surrounded by letters her whole life. She grew up around a freelance calligrapher and a musician – she called them Mom and Dad – that shaped her love of the arts and appreciation for creation. Tambone studied psychology and theatre through […]
Montclair’s coffee shops are well known to be casual meeting points for morning conversation, but none in Montclair have had as big an impact as Upper Montclair’s Java Love.
Coffee selections from Java Love. Coffee Connoisseur’s Jodie Dawson and Kristine Petrik seem to have mastered the complex demands of a great coffee spot, something that is revered throughout an early-morning town like Montclair. Java Love was born when, In 2011, Dawson and Petrik started their mission for a good cup of coffee in their […]