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GENTRIFICATION
INSIDE
Pine Street renewal?
Residents trying
to hang on to
BOE: Stairwell
repairs could cost
neighborhood
up to $1 million they call home
Education • Page 6
BY KELLY NICHOLAIDES
for Montclair Local

The Pine Street Historic District

contains a blend of early-19th-century
brick apartment buildings, multiple
one- and two-family houses in dis-
repair, and residents who include the
working poor and people on the skids
MKA edges MHS of society.
to reach county Most of the small businesses that
built the neighborhood a century ago
field hockey final
are gone. A mix of Italians who escaped
Sports • Page 17 economic depression in the 1870s and
African Americans who came during
the Great Migration planted the area’s
middle class economic and social roots,
bringing in craftsmanship and culture.
As luxury housing redevelopment
takes shape around the area where few
mom-and-pop shops and eateries re-
main, residents say it will come at a cost
of Montclair’s identity by pricing out
Celebrating the most vulnerable residents.
Pine, Baldwin, Bay, Grant and Sher-
the vision of
man streets and Glenridge Avenue
artist Ben Jones KELLY NICHOLAIDES/ FOR MONTCLAIR LOCAL
make up the one-mile historic area.
Culture • Page 24 The Pine Street neighborhood was built by Italians and African Americans, and centered around
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Page 2 Municipal Thursday, October 18, 2018

MUNICIPAL CALENDAR Fashion through the ages

Municipal Meetings
CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION
Thursday, Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m. Second-floor conference
room, Municipal Building, 205 Claremont Ave.
MONTCLAIR PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUSTEES
Monday, Oct. 22, 7:30 p.m. Auditorium, Main Library, 50
South Fullerton Ave.
TOWNSHIP COUNCIL
Tuesday, Oct. 23, 7 p.m. Council Chambers, Municipal
Building
HOUSING COMMISSION
Wednesday, Oct. 24, 7 p.m. Fire Headquarters, 1 Pine St.
ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
Wednesday, Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m. Council Chambers
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
Thursday, Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m. Council Chambers

Refuse & Recycling

KATE ALBRIGHT/FOR MONTCLAIR LOCAL
REFUSE Recycling may be dropped off
The Montclair BID Fashion Show came to the Wellmont Theater Sunday night, Oct. 14. Organized by
Sect. I (Thursday/Monday): at the DCS yard on Wednes- the Montclair Center BID, the runway show included minishows from leading Montclair boutiques,
Oct. 18, Oct. 22 days and Fridays from 2 to 4 designers and beauty salons. But the highlight of the evening was a vintage fashion walk to celebrate
p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 the 150th anniversary of the Township of Montclair. “Montclair has always been in fashion, and this
a.m. to 4 p.m. year, our audience gets to celebrate our stylish past and get a glimpse of our exciting tomorrows,”
Sect. II (Friday/Tuesday): said BID executive director Israel Cronk. The vintage fashion walk was organized by costume histo-
Oct. 19, Oct. 23 Bulk waste is limited to three rian and fashion designer Julia Sharp.
items; no item may weigh
RECYCLING more than 50 pounds. No
Area A (Thurs.): Oct. 18
Area B (Mon.): Oct. 22
cardboard, Styrofoam, or
plastic bags will be collected POLICE BLOTTER
Area C (Tues.): Oct. 23 with bulk waste.
Area D (Wed.): Oct. 24 BURGLARY/THEFT cellphones were taken from Bellevue
For maps showing refuse
Tuesday, Oct. 9—Theft of an unat- Avenue apartment. There were no signs of
BULK WASTE PICKUP and recycling zones go to the
Community Services section tended pocketbook from inside Noches forced entry.
Section I: De Columbia, 19 Elm St. The suspect is
of montclairnjusa.org, where
Wednesday, Nov. 7 you will also find the A to Z described as a heavy-set African American ARRESTS
Disposal Guide, with compre- female wearing a beige baseball hat, gray Sunday, Oct. 14—A 21-year-old woman
Section II: hensive information on how sweater, and blue jeans. from Montclair, was arrested on Mission
Wednesday, Oct. 24 to dispose of anything. Wednesday, Oct. Street for an open warrant
10—Burglary to a out of the Essex County
For more info, call the Dept. of Community Services at 973-509-5711. Midland Avenue garage. A Sheriff’s Office.
vehicle inside the garage
was entered and a gift MISCELLANEOUS
card stolen. Access to Thursday, Oct.
PROPERTY SALES the garage was gained by 14—The front windshield
smashing a window. of a parked vehicle was
The following Montclair properties were reported sold during the week Wednesday, Oct. smashed with a rock in the
of Oct. 7- 13, according to Zillow: 10—Approximately Plymouth Street Lot.
$1,200 in cash was stolen from Balonze,
Oct. 9—83 N. Fullerton Ave. (4 bed, 4 bath), $625,000 1420, 616 Valley Road. in this incident. Entry The police blotter is provided to the Montclair
Oct. 10—87 Beverly Road (4 bed, 4 bath), $771,000 was gained through a rear door. Local at the discretion of the Montclair Police
Oct. 10—115 Undercliff Road (3 bed, 3 bath), $4,300 Wednesday, Oct. 10—Numerous power Department, and may not reflect the complete
tools were taken from a shed in the rear of a scope of police activity. Any incidents described are
Midland Avenue residence. merely allegations, and any persons mentioned
CORRECTIONS Sunday, Oct. 14—Theft of an envelope in the blotter are presumed innocent until proven
from St Luke's Episcopal Church, 73 S. guilty in a court of law. The MPD encourages
An entry in the Oct. 11 Local Listings conflated two events spon- Fullerton Ave. The envelope contained anyone who wishes to report criminal or suspicious
sored by Pedal Montclair. The bike registration event takes place this approximately $106 in proceeds from their activity, or who has information pertaining to an
Saturday, Oct. 20, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. , at Pedal Montclair, 15 pumpkin sale. ongoing investigation, to call 973-744-1234. In an
Midland Ave. For information, go to pedalmontclair.com. Monday, Oct. 15—A wallet and two emergency, residents are urged to call 911.

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Thursday, October 18, 2018
Leash law relief
Owners want
time in park to
unleash dogs
BY JAIMIE JULIA WINTERS
winters@montclairlocal.news
Cary Chevat told the Township
Council that for years he’s been do-
ing something illegal. Chevat and
a group of dog owners have been
meeting up at Edgemont Memo-
rial Park late at night, he said, to do
something illicit: letting their dogs
off the leash to socialize as a pack.
“We’ve been meeting for years,”
Chevat told the council last Tuesday,
Oct. 12. “There’s been no problems.”
But now, he and his fellow dog
owners want to be on the up-and-
up.
Montclair has a leash law for dogs
for all public places, with violations
punishable up to 90 days in jail and
or $2,000 in fines.
The law reads: “No person own-
ing or having the control, custody
or possession of a dog shall permit
or suffer such dog to run at large or
to go or be upon the public streets,
sidewalks or other public places
within the Township unless said
dog shall be on a leash and in the
custody of some person or persons
capable of controlling such dog.”
Chevat and his fellow off-leash
advocates — they call their group
“Montclair PUPs (Park Users and
Pets)” — are proposing that des-
ignated areas in some town parks,
during designated hours, be open
to dog owners and their unleashed
pups to meet, exercise and socialize.
“We are requesting that the town
council and Parks and Recreation
Committee work to develop a set of
rules defining recommended hours
and places where Dog owners may
safely allow their pets to exercise
without displacing other residents’
use of the parks,” he said.
The group proposed a pilot pro-
gram of six months designating a
portion of Edgemont Park for off-
leash activities twice a day, from 6 to
9 a.m. and 8 to 10 p.m.
Montclair PUPs would foster a
sense of community among like-
minded folks with their “Yappy
Hours” in the park.
“We share information on dog
health, social behavior and such,”
Chevat said.
They would also push for all dogs
to be registered with the town, which
Municipal
DOGS
Montclair PUPS is a new group of a few hundred responsible Montclair dog owners
who use the town’s parks on a regular basis. The group is suggesting that a thought-
fully designed off-leash program for Montclair Parks might allow dog owners the
freedom to take advantage of the Montclair Parks at selected off-peak hours in areas
designated by the township.
would promote dog health and resi-
dent safety, as registered dogs need
to be up-to-date on their shots. Cur-
rently there are about 1,200 dogs
registered, Chevat said, adding that
he believes there are more dogs liv-
ing in town that are unregistered.
Cities like New York began allow-
ing dogs off-leash in certain parks
in the evenings where no dog parks
existed about 20 years ago, said resi-
dent and dog owner Leland Mont-
gomery, adding that the city attri-
butes lower-crime rates in the parks
partly to the increased after-hours
pedestrian presence in the parks.
“It has worked swimmingly in
the largest city,” Montgomery said.
“It can work well here.”
But concerned members of the
Parks and Recreation Committee
attended the council meeting after
seeing the “proposal” listed on the
agenda.
Member William Scott said the
committee was unaware of any such
proposal. He added that the com-
mittee should have the opportunity
to weigh in on the plans and then
report back to the council either in
support or against, he said.
“We need to look at the current
ordinace, how it could be changed
and the liability. We want to make
sure that a quality of life is main-
tained for all park users,” he said.
COURTESY CARY CHEVAT
The Parks and Recreation Com-
mittee will be making recommenda-
tions to the council on the proposal.
Even for a pilot program, the
current leash law would have to be
changed. Under New Jersey state
law, dog owners would be held to
any liability.
Second Ward Councilwoman
Robin Schlagler, whose ward in-
cludes Edgemont Park, suggested an
enclosed area using temporary fenc-
ing that could be taken up and down.
“Dogs are social animals and do
well in packs. Studies show that
dogs are more sociable calmer in the
pack, and they stick together,” said
Montgomery.
The group said that there would
be six simple rules to follow:
• Owners must take responsibil-
ity for your dog's actions, and only
responsible dog ownership will en-
sure continued off-leash time;
• Off-leash hours must strictly be
followed;
• Owners must remain with or
near their dog when off-leash;
• Don’t allow a dog off-leash un-
less they have been trained to come
when called;
• Clean up after your dog and gen-
tly let someone know if their dog
pooped and they did not see it; and
• Dogs are not permitted in play-
grounds or in-use playing fields.
Page 3
NEWS IN BRIEF
4th Ward meeting
Tuesday, Oct. 30
Fourth Ward Councilwoman
Renée Baskerville invites the public
to celebrate the first annual Hispanic
Heritage Month program on Tuesday,
Oct. 30, 6:30 p.m. at the Montclair
Fire Department Headquarters, 1
Pine St.
“We recognize the
contributions made
and the important
presence of Hispanic
and Latino Ameri-
cans to Montclair,”
said Councilwoman
Baskerville. “We RENÉE
take this occasion BASKERVILLE
to celebrate their
heritage and culture.”
A reception with light refresh-
ments begins at 6:30 p.m. Commen-
dations and recognition of contri-
butions by outstanding Hispanic
American individuals will begin at 7
p.m. A translator will be available.
The reception will be followed by
a regular meeting with a community
update and a question/answer period.
MEC recommends
tree watering service
The Montclair Environmental
Commission is suggesting a proposal
for watering services for newly
planted trees for next season.
The commission is recommending
the services of Richard Wolowicz,
Municipal Arborist of Glen Ridge
and Morristown, who has a 100
gallon watering truck. He estimates
he is able to water 10 trees per hour
with two operators for $60 and hour.
The cost would be $600 a week. If
four weeks is needed, the cost will be
$2,400.
The commission is also recom-
mending the option of using gator
bags, as well as the distribution of
house and tree tags to request resi-
dents water their street trees.
Essex County hosts
dog costume contest
The annual Strut Your Mutt Canine
Halloween Costume Contest is set for
Oct. 20 at the Essex County Brookdale
Park Dog Park, located off of Grove
Street in Montclair.
The contest has become a popular
event for dog owners to show off their
creative talents, celebrate their pets,
and share a happy event with other
dog owners. Registration starts at 9:15
a.m. with a 10 a.m. parade kickoff.
Entry is free and prizes will be
awarded to the winners.
Page 4
SEYMOUR STREET
Parking saga
continues
After two lots closed to make way for the Seymour Street development, resi-
dents say parking is hard to come by.
Residents say parking more
competitive than ever
BY JAIMIE JULIA WINTERS
winters@montclairlocal.news
More parking options may be
offered to relieve parking woes in
the Third Ward being caused by
the Seymour Street Redevelop-
ment Project.
An ordinance, expected to be
introduced at the Oct. 23 township
council meeting, will create more
‘N’ parking permits, which allow
for overnight parking in metered
spots.
“An overnight off-street night
permit shall entitle the holder
thereof to park a designated pas-
senger motor vehicle (not includ-
ing a bus) in any available metered
parking space or in any available
parking space within a permit
area of any public parking lot be-
tween the hours of 5 p.m. and 8
a.m. Sunday through Saturday,
inclusive during the entire period
for which the permit is issued,”
reads the ordinance.
Area residents claim their
$1,200 yearly parking permits
have been rendered almost useless
after the South Willow and South
Fullerton parking lots closed in
August and September to make
for the development. The two lots
contained a combined 100 me-
tered and permit parking spaces.
Now, residents are forced to
park several blocks away at the
Crescent Deck. But parking is now
more competitive than ever in the
already well-used lot, especially
when concerts are held at the
nearby Wellmont Theater. Some
said they are wary of running er-
rands on the weekends for fear of
Pumpkin patch
ADAM ANIK/FOR MONTCLAIR LOCAL
losing their parking spots.
Officials are attempting to
lessen the impact. In September,
the council removed the meters
from the Plymouth parking lot at
41 South Fullerton Ave. and made
it permit-parking only. Parking is
now allowed on the eastern side of
Seymour Street as well.
But residents attending the
Third Ward meeting on Wednes-
day, Oct. 10, said parking issues
remain a constant burden. Many
cars are parked illegally with little
or no enforcement, they said.
The council may also create a
Red Zone in the area. Parking vio-
lation tickets in that area would be
doubled.
The council is also considering
$2 hourly parking at some decks.
The cost to park in the North Ful-
lerton Deck will go from $.75 per
hour to $2, while the Crescent
Deck will go from $1 an hour to $2.
A change to Bay Street Deck pric-
ing will see a $2 hour charge from
6 p.m. to 7 a.m. Monday through
Friday, as well as all day Saturday
and Sunday.
The Seymour Street develop-
ment approved last year will con-
sist of two buildings when com-
pleted in 2019. The first structure
will have 200 residential units,
232 parking spaces, 10,000 square
feet dedicated to arts and enter-
tainment and 30,000 square feet
of retail space facing Bloomfield
Avenue and Seymour Street. The
second building will feature two
stories of office space and five
floors of municipal parking that
will eventually help alleviate the
area’s parking woes.
News Thursday, October 18, 2018
ADAM ANIK/FOR MONTCLAIR LOCAL
Josiah Jules and Amber Toribio peruse which pumpkin to pick St. Luke’s Episcopal Church annual
pumpkin sale, this year’s starting out with 1,900 pumpkins, and gourds, on sale until Oct. 31. The
proceeds to go to the Children and Youth Programming at St. Luke’s, and the growers at Navajo
Nation.
VALLEY ROAD
Firefighter hurt in fire
at vacant bank
BY ERIN ROLL
roll@montclairlocal.news
A firefighter was injured as crews re-
sponded to a fire at a vacant bank build-
ing on Valley Road near the intersection
with Bellevue Avenue.
The fire was reported at the building at
8 p.m. Tuesday night, Oct. 9, Deputy Fire
Chief Robert Duncan said. Firefighters
responded and saw that the building was
full of smoke.
The fire had started at a wall-mounted
safe inside the bank.
The bank safe was constructed with
ERIN ROLL/STAFF
wooden doors clad in steel, with a wood-
This vacant bank building near the corner of
en frame, Duncan said. It was the frame Valley Road and Bellevue Avenue caught fire
that had caught fire. Firefighters were on the evening of Oct. 9. The fire was deter-
forced to use power saws to open up the mined to have started near a wood-framed
safe and extinguish the fire. bank safe.
One firefighter sustained a minor in-
jury, but Duncan would not comment on minor smoke damage, Duncan said.
the nature of the injury, citing patient- The cause of the fire was still under
privacy guidelines. investigation.
The bank safe sustained major dam- The township issued a construction
age, while the rest of the building sus- permit for the building in September, for
tained smoke damage. Some of the ad- the demolition of some of the interior
jacent businesses to the bank sustained walls.
Thursday, October 18, 2018 Page 5

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>>> roll@montclairlocal.news
Staircase repair costs climb
Montclair seeks
to approve
$1 million for
staircase repairs
BY ERIN ROLL
roll@montclairlocal.news
The district will withdraw $1 mil-
lion to cover costs to replace four stair-
wells at Montclair High School and to
provide temporary trailers for high
school students to use as classroom
during construction.
In addition, the district now expects
work will not start until May on the re-
moval of recently discovered asbestos
and the rebuilding of the staircases.
On Monday, the BOE approved the
withdrawal of $1 million in emergen-
cy funds from the district’s capital re-
serve fund to cover the costs.
All four staircases in the original
1914 section of the high school have
been closed since September, after a
basement-level section of the Park
Street staircase collapsed. The closing
of the staircases required the schools
to close off 31 second and third-floor
classrooms, requiring many classes to
be moved to other areas of the cam-
pus.
The timeline for the staircase re-
pairs was pushed back after traces of
asbestos were found in the wall and
ceiling plaster in all four staircases.
No asbestos was found in the damaged
section of the staircase.
The insurance carrier has pushed
back on covering the damage, citing
the building’s age. After the meeting,
Superintendent Kendra Johnson said
the district was still negotiating for at
least partial coverage, hopeful to get
reimbursed for some of the repairs,
or at least the repairs on the damaged
Park Street staircase.
Board President Laura Hertzog said
the BOE would meet with the Board of
School Estimate if it was determined
that the district needed more capital
funding for the stairwell project.
After May 20, crews will start as-
bestos removal work. Once completed,
work will start on demolishing and re-
building the staircases, which are ex-
pected to take eight weeks and be com-
pleted by the end of June or early July.
The stairwells remain sealed off.
Montclair Local’s request to see the
Education
MONTCLAIR HIGH SCHOOL
Superintendent Kendra Johnson, center, addresses the subject of staircase repairs during the Monday, Oct. 15 BOE meeting. Also pictured
are Board Vice President Joe Kavesh, left, and Board President Laura Hertzog, right
stairwells and to take photos inside the
building were denied by Johnson.
TRAILERS
The district has contracted with
Vanguard Modular Building Systems
to deliver and install four classroom
trailers, each one containing two
classrooms.
The installation and delivery of the
trailers is expected to cost $232,378,
and the installation of decking and
ADA ramps is expected to cost another
$50,000.
The district has also contracted
with Sal Electric, Inc. , to do electrical
upgrades on the trailers. That work is
expected to cost $116,695.
The trailers are expected to arrive
on Oct. 24, and will be set up in the
parking lot at the George Inness An-
nex.
STAIRWELLS
The Oct. 15 agenda included bids
and contracts for the staircase work,
adding up to $590,633.
Architectural firm Parette Somjen
will provide architectural and engi-
neering services for the stairwell work,
at a cost not to exceed $100,000.
The district will hire Fredon Weld-
ing and Iron Works to demolish the
damaged section of stairs, at a cost of
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$2,160. Mangiro Contracting Co. , Inc,
will remove the concrete stair treads,
at a cost of $7,120.
Both companies will also do demo-
lition work on all four stairwell tow-
ers, with an expected cost of $10,280
for Fredon, and $72,000 for Mangiro.
Due to the construction was consid-
ered emergency work, the district was
not required to go out to bid.
SHORTER DAYS AND HOLIDAYS?
At the Oct. 15 BOE meeting, Johnson
said the school will switch to an abbre-
viated-day schedule for students on
May 20. That date was chosen because
FILE PHOTO
most of the seniors will be taking AP
tests or be off on college visits or work- Montclair High School.
study programs, and will therefore be
out of the building. hour abbreviated shifts would work.
Under the abbreviated schedule, “I haven’t figured it out yet,” said
students will show up for classes ei- Johnson, adding she is working with
ther during a four-hour morning shift the school faculty on how to arrange
or during a four-hour afternoon shift. the schedules for those days.
Montclair will also have to make Board Vice President Joe Kavesh
up the two missed days from Septem- said that he was opposed to the idea of
ber due to the staircase collapse. One holding make-up classes on the week-
hope is that Montclair will not have ends, since many families need that
to use all of its snow days this winter, time for religious observances as well
but Johnson said other options be- as time to spend together. Additional-
ing mulled include the possibility of ly, he said, many families make travel
holding classes on a weekend or taking plans during the holiday periods, so
back days from a holiday period. that needed to be taken into consider-
Parents questioned how the four- ation.
Thursday, October 18, 2018
State announces plan to phase out PARCC
BY ERIN ROLL
roll@montclairlocal.news
New Jersey will be phasing
out two PARCC tests this year.
The announcement came
just as the Montclair schools
released some preliminary data
on the spring 2018 PARCC test
results on Oct. 3.
The State Board of Education
voted to eliminate some of the
PARCC requirements for high
school students, and to allow
students to pursue alternate
assessments for graduation.
Alternative pathways include
assessments other than the
PARCC tests, such as the SATs
and ACTs, or a portfolio of work
turned in at the end of the year.
At the high school level, only
freshmen and sophomores will
be required to take the English
and math PARCC tests.
The revised requirements
will be in effect until the Class
of 2025 - today’s sixth-graders
- graduates from high school.
BOE REACTIONS
Last year, Montclair saw
fewer students opt out of taking
the tests, with an additional 478
students taking the test.
Gov. Phil Murphy made it a
campaign promise to eliminate
PARCC tests as a graduation re-
quirement in New Jersey.
Montclair High School tends
to see a lower participation rate
in the PARCC tests than do the
other schools in the district.
The district has explained in
the past that many juniors and
seniors choose not to take the
PARCC test because they have
nearly met their graduation re-
quirements.
Board member Anne
Mernin also wondered if there
was a connection between
standardized test performance
and the under-identification
of children eligible for free and
reduced-price lunch; she also
asked if the achievement gap
would be narrowed if more eli-
gible children were identified
and sign up. Johnson said she
expected that it would.
“Lots of students are just
not interested in state assess-
ments,” board member Jes-
sica de Koninck said. Many
students, she said, came to the
test with the attitude of “What
are you bothering me with this
test for.”
Education Page 7
STANDARDIZED TESTING
MCAS REACTIONS ages ranged from 63 percent at 31 percent of black students and disadvantaged backgrounds
The PARCC tests have been Bradford to 83 percent at Watc- 48 percent of Latino students also lagged behind the rest of
controversial in Montclair, hung. met or exceeded expectations the student body. At the high
with many families opting their At the middle school level, 64 on the PARCC language and lit- school, 21 percent of econom-
children out of taking the tests. percent of students met expec- eracy test, compared to 77 per- ically-disadvantaged students
Beth Albert, a spokesperson tations, while at the high school cent of white students and 75 met expectations on the lan-
for the Montclair Education level, the rate was 60 percent. percent of Asian students. guage and literacy test, com-
Association, did not return a On the math test, only 16 pared to 66 percent of students
request for comment Monday. ACHIEVEMENT GAP percent of black students and not economically disadvan-
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tion requirement said the state test performances. For exam- of Asian students. of students not economically
BOE’s vote was a good first step, ple, at Montclair High School, Students from economically disadvantaged.
but much more needs to be
done.
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in Montclair had not diverted
so much money to testing. . .
what we could be doing in our
schools,” Tuma said.
Parents are frustrated that
PARCC is not completely out
yet, she said.
Requiring students in sub-
sequent graduating classes to
continue taking a test that was
going to eventually be phased
out isn’t fair, she said.
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Fortunato Field overhaul moves ahead
BY ERIN ROLL
roll@montclairlocal.news
The district approved a
construction contract for For-
tunato Field during Monday
night’s BOE meeting, but only
after a prolonged discussion
among board members about
whether its infill choice for the
field was the right one.
The contract was awarded
to Grade Construction, based
in Paterson and includes a to-
tal sum of $1,319,203: a base
bid of $653,107, and two al-
ternates, or possible addi-
tional costs, for $444,962 and
$221,113, depending on mate-
rials used.
BOARD OF EDUCATION
After much discussion on
what type of infill to use, the
district has settled on ther-
moplastic elastomer (TPE), a
type of infill with small gran-
ules. Business Administrator
D’Andrea said the variety met
the district’s specifications;
it is safe and fits the district’s
budget.
Board member Eve Robin-
son said that she was uncer-
tain about voting. “We’re de-
ciding on the turf now? I don’t
feel that I’ve been informed on
some of these things. ”
She conducted her own in-
fill research after not being
given enough information
from the facilities committee,
Education
she said. “Maybe it’s me, but
I don’t feel I’ve been given in-
formation from this commit-
tee. I thought we were going to
have a process.”
The Environmental Com-
mission had recommended a
brand called Envirofill, an or-
ganic infill comprised of coco-
nut, peat and cork.
However, D’Andrea said En-
virofill would be more costly,
and since it was an organic in-
fill, there was the likelihood of
weeds sprouting from it.
Another brand considered,
known as “Nike Grind,” is
made from recycled athletic
shoe materials.
“I’m going to tell you, I’ve
Fortunato Field.
learned a lot about infill, and
you’re going to probably sit
here for a few days, going back
and forth, deciding which is
the best one,” D’Andrea said.
Board member Priscilla
Church was also doubtful
about taking a vote.
“So basically you’re say-
ing that this is what the ad-
min is comfortable with,” said
Church, adding she was un-
comfortable with choosing a
variety of infill based on the
district’s budget. In response,
Board President Laura Hertz-
og said the decision was not
made solely on budget. The
district sent out specifica-
tions to different companies
months in advance, she said.
“I will not sit here and say, as
an admin, that this is the best
thing over all the others,” she
said. But the district has done
its due diligence, she said.
D’Andrea said the district
was at a time-sensitive point,
and that the district needed
to make a decision very soon.
“And I can tell you that the lon-
ger this prolongs, the chances
of getting this field done and
ready for the spring season…
Is dead.”
The entire board voted to
move forward with the field
renovations. Board members
Anne Mernin and Jessica de
Koninck were both absent
from the meeting.
SPECIAL EDUCATION
The meeting included a
presentation from Tom Santa-
gato, the district’s director of
pupil services, concerning an
ongoing review of the special
education program.
Santagato’s presentation
was a review of what services
the district offers.
“We should be proud as a
Thursday, October 18, 2018
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school district that we have
such a rich number of pro-
grams to meet students’
needs,” Santagato said.
The in-district programs
include programs for autism,
behavioral issues, learning
disabilities, and multiple dis-
abilities.
Santagato said many fami-
lies with special-needs chil-
dren move to Montclair to take
advantage of the services the
district offers. “It’s kind of a
double-edged sword,” Santa-
gato said. “I think it’s impor-
tant to recognize that we are
successful, and with continued
oversight we will get stronger.”
At the start of the school
year, teachers are required to
read and sign off on the in-
dividualized education plans
(IEPs) for special needs chil-
dren in their classes. As of
Monday, Santagato said, 89.5
percent of the district faculty
had done so.
However, Johnson said the
number needed to be clari-
fied. She said the number did
not take into consideration
faculty who did not yet have
special needs children in their
classes. “I don’t want people to
walk out of here thinking, our
teachers are not reading IEPs.”
Among the behavioral is-
sues that the district sees
in children, Santagato said,
are anxiety, school refusal or
school phobia: being too afraid
to go to school.
Robinson said she was es-
pecially troubled about these
issues. She said the district
needed to ask when a child was
too afraid to come to school,
if the problem was with the
school environment. “There’s
a lot of kids who don’t want to
come to school, and we need to
figure this out,” Robinson said.
Thursday, October 18, 2018
DEVELOPMENT
Planning board eyes
no-demolition rule
for older homes
BY JAIMIE JULIA WINTERS
winters@montclairlocal.news
In response to a recent in-
crease in home demolitions,
the planning board is inves-
tigating bringing back a no-
knock down ordinance.
Following the demolition
of the Marlboro Inn, in 2007
Montclair created “time-of-
application rule” or a waiting
period of one year for de-
molition permits of homes
75 years or older. The period
was given to derail developers
from razing older homes and
to allow the permit to be de-
ferred until the Historic Pres-
ervation Commission (HPC)
could investigate the history
of the building, analyze its
architectural features and
consider whether it should be
an official, protected historic
landmark. In 2012, planner
Janice Talley suggested it be
pulled due to changes to the
municipal land use regula-
tions, which she said made the
local law moot.
“Our planner, rushing the
council to change a law that no
one contested and with no at-
tempts to even modify it to be
in compliance with land use
laws, has unnecessarily put
the entire old housing stock
at risk,” said planning board
member Martin Schwartz.
Earlier this month, an ap-
plication was filed with the
planning department to de-
molish two homes on 28 acres
of land on Undercliff and
Lloyd roads to make way for
“Lloyd Estate.” Both homes
would have fallen under the
75 year rule.
In May, the Aubrey Lewis
Estate was demolished. In
June 2017, BNE Real Estate
received the planning board’s
approval to subdivide the
Lewis Estate’s site and build
eight houses on the 2.7 acres.
A condition of that approval
was that the real estate com-
pany had to offer up the sale
of the Lewis house to anyone
who could move it. BNE of-
fered $10,000 for relocation
costs. Even with a sale price of
$10, no one took the developer
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DEER
Numbers on the rise
MEC tackles deer control with count
BY JAIMIE JULIA WINTERS
winters@montclairlocal.news
The Montclair Environ-
mental Commission is recom-
mending that a deer count be
conducted to assess the num-
ber of deer and their locations.
Members also want the town to
pursue vaccination birth con-
trol and, if all else fails, hunt-
ing.
Over the past year, the
township has received nu-
merous deer complaints from
residents, including damage to
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residential property in terms
As deer complaints are on the rise, the Montclair Environment Commis- of shrubs and plantings. Other
sion wants to conduct a count to ascertain numbers and locations.
concerns are lyme disease and
motor vehicle accidents.
Essex County conducts deer
hunts at South Mountain and
Hilltop reservations. The last
deer hunt at Eagle Rock in 2012
resulted in 23 deer being culled.
The county then decided the
numbers were low enough not
warrant the cost and manpow-
er to continue hunting at Eagle
Rock.
No hunts have ever been
held around the Mills Reser-
vation, which straddles Mont-
clair’s northwestern border
with Cedar Grove. Anecdotal
evidence suggests that deer
tend to gather around Mills and
adjacent properties and other
parks in town as well as along
Toney’s Brook, according to
Montclair Environment Com-
mission members.
The costs per deer range
from hunting at $500, an im-
munocontraception vaccine
delivered to female deer by a
dart gun at $1,200 and male va-
sectomies at $2,778.
Theresa Trapp, treasurer
for the Hilltop Conservancy,
agrees that many of Mont-
clair’s deer are heading from
Mills, but said darting would be
impossible there due to a law
which prohibits darting within
2,000 feet of a structure.
“Neither surgical steriliza-
tion nor immuno-contracep-
tive programs can be effective-
ly implemented in suburbia
without changing the mobile
dart gun rule of 2,000 feet,”
said Trapp, who has researched
wildlife management pro-
grams. “Until that regulation is
changed or modified, any non-
lethal programs have to rely on
box or net traps, which are very
inefficient or labor intensive,
can be vandalized, and can re-
sult in trauma and injury to the
deer.”
The innoculations also re-
quire boosters after three
years, meaning the same deer
would have to be identified and
darted again.
Whether Montclair pur-
sues innoculations or hunting,
there’s a lengthy process of re-
quired approvals from both the
county and the state.
“DEP's Community Based
Deer Management Program
permitting process requires
that proposals be submitted
Thursday, October 18, 2018
and approved the summer be-
fore any proposed hunt,” Trapp
said. “Meaning, Essex County
has already submitted and ob-
tained approval for its January-
February 2019 program, which
cannot be altered at this late
date. So if Montclair decides
to go that route, the first time a
program could be implement-
ed at Mills and Eagle Rock is
January-February 2020.”
She suggested the town re-
quest that Essex County extend
their lethal program to Mills
Reservation and renew it in
Eagle Rock.
Experts say the deer popula-
tion has boomed because they
have no natural predators.
Wildlife managers seek to
maintain natural behavior and
that's why they support hunt-
ing and other lethal methods.
In a balanced ecosystem, one
with large predators, death
would be a natural force, as
predators kill and consume
prey, keeping the population in
check.
“People tend to forget that
death is a natural part of any
ecosystem, especially subur-
banites,” Trapp said. “Someone
who doesn't blink an eye at
digging into a bucket of extra
crispy [chicken], or slapping a
big juicy steak on the grill, sud-
denly gets squeamish about
shooting deer. The only differ-
ence between the two is that
the former is death by cash
register, the latter is death by
shotgun slug.”
For years, Saddle River has
appealed to the state to allow
non-lethal deer management
within its borders. After being
turned down, officials there
have requested to join the hunt.
The Montclair Environmen-
tal Commission announced
three recommendations for the
town at their Oct. 10 meeting:
• To conduct a deer count and
find out main locations where
deer gather;
• If deer are populations are
concentrated near Mills or oth-
er parks, perhaps sharpshoot-
ing tranquilizers followed by
vaccinations is an option; and
• To reassess if that is work-
ing and if not, extend the
sharpshooting program to
Mills every two years, or when-
ever necessary.
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Pine
from page 1
Businesses dotting the area include Nico-
lo’s Italian Bakery, which has been there
since the 1960s, Urban Chicken, Bivio
Panificio, Diesel & Duke burgers and a li-
quor store.
Picking up a friend in the Pine Street
area across the street from Our Lady of
Mt. Carmel Church, Fourth Ward resident
Ciara Butler, 18, acknowledged that some
of the housing stock needs maintenance,
but not replacement.
“People come here to live because of
the diversity. If you take this part of town
out and replace it with something more
like Upper Montclair, then you push out
middle-class families. Montclair loses
part of its identity and what it stands for,
which is having communities that are dif-
ferent than other parts of Montclair. The
buildings, the corner stores, the pizza
place and the church all bring people to-
gether,” said Butler.
Fatimah Leftwich, 37, has lived at the
end of Pine Street above a liquor store on
Glenridge Avenue, since 2013 with her
two children. A crossing guard, Leftwich
rents a three-bedroom unit for which
she gets a housing voucher to help with
payments. The property was sold in May
2017, and she was informed that her lease
was being terminated. But she is deter-
mined to stay.
“They’re trying to get us all out of here.
The new management company wants to
renovate. They’ll probably charge $2,000
a month or more for rent. You can’t get
housing when rent goes up past what the
voucher will cover. I may have to move to
West Orange. We should be able to stay
here. But they want to make room for the
train people,” Leftwich said, referring to
commuters who rent upscale units.
Although she admits that she has been
in trouble with the law last year after
punching a police officer who responded
to a disturbance on Pine Street, Leftwich
said the matter was resolved to her satis-
faction. She says that she has stayed out
of trouble since then, and indicated that
she cares about the people who live in her
community.
In a walkway behind her residence, De-
shon Samuel, a 61-year-old unemployed
African-American, is seated and contem-
plating where he will go when the weather
turns colder. He is homeless. A former
auto technician, Samuel, was born and
raised in Montclair. He says he lived in
housing on Pine, Walnut and Forest. For
at least the past five years, he estimates,
he has been living on the streets — after
a combination of lack of work and rental
increases.
“I live outside now,” Samuel said. “I had
jobs but sometimes the work dried up.
Landlords kept selling the buildings and
raising the rent. You get some assistance,
but if they want you out, they find ways,
like coming in and redoing [renovating]
everything.”
Unmarried and with no children, Sam-
News
Fatimah Leftwich lives at the end of Pine Street above a liquor store on Glenridge Avenue
since 2013 with her two children. She fears the her landlord will force her out.
uel moved to Georgia and lived with his
sister until her death, later returning to
Montclair and back to life on the streets.
The liquor store below Leftwich’s resi-
dence is one block from Our Lady of Mt.
Carmel Church. Several residents and
parishioners expressed concerns that the
church property will be the next place to
disappear along with affordable hous-
ing. At the Sept. 25 Mayor and Council
meeting, former Montclair Police Chief
Tom Russo reminisced about the parish’s
history through his childhood when the
streets were lined with Italian and Ameri-
can flags, fig trees and grapevines, and
the area was steeped in the Catholic faith.
He rattled off dozens of names of small
businesses from delis to butchers, a gas
station, cobbler and more.
“The site of my first homicide investi-
gation was at a butcher shop,” Russo said.
“All of these businesses in a six-block area
are gone, except for Our Lady of Mt. Car-
mel church, which is an anchor.”
Historic Preservation Commission
member Kathleen Bennett said the
church represents the only Romanesque
Gothic architecture in Montclair.
“It’s a key piece of history in the Pine
Street Historic district. I want everyone
to know the significance of this building,”
Bennett said.
She added that despite the church be-
ing on state and national historic regis-
ters, it’s up to local historians to protect it.
“If someone buys it and proposes to
knock the buildings down, the Arch-
diocese can sell, although any site plan
changes would need town approval.
These buildings are important because of
the people in the community they serve.”
Bennett said.
Raffaele Marzullo, President of the
church’s St. Sebastian Society, said that
immigrants from hundreds of Italian
villages came to Montclair and settled in
the Fourth Ward. “The church ran com-
munity outreach programs and funded
restoration. It’s now a racially, ethnically,
economically diverse community, with
112 years of accomplishments. But every-
thing is going away. At what point do we
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value money more than people’s needs?
We have worked to bring other programs
to Mt. Carmel like Spanish mass. Any-
thing to keep the community going,”
Marzullo said.
Reverend Michael Spievy of Citadel of
Hope Church in Bloomfield told the coun-
cil at the meeting, he doesn’t think enough
attention is placed on what a building does
in community. “It’s not a church thing,
but a people thing. It would behoove you
to get in partnership with more than 50
ministries of Montclair which are the
lifeblood of this township. I see an influx
of people coming in. We can move ahead
with the times, but I don’t want to lose the
flavor of the community. We will partner,
gather clergy to protect the legacy of the
Pine Street historic area,” Spievy said.
In 2016, Mt. Carmel merged with St.
Teresa of Calcutta to improve fundraising
through tricky trays, Toys for Tots, Italian
feasts and renting out parking to pay for
maintenance and capital improvements.
Newark Archdiocese spokesperson Jim
Goodness said the church will stay. “The
Archdiocese is definitely not selling the
property,” Goodness said.
However, the Archdiocese sold proper-
ty at 147 Bloomfield Ave. to make way for
the Vestry, a five-story upscale apartment
building with 46 units, of which eight are
earmarked as affordable housing. Mont-
clair has 3,000 people throughout the
state on a waiting list for affordable hous-
ing, the township planner confirmed.
In the historic Pine Street area, con-
struction is underway for 110 luxury
housing units on Baldwin Street in Glen
Ridge—half a block from Nicolo’s Ital-
ian Bakery in Montclair. Other high-end
housing includes the Montclarion at Bay
Street.
Alisyn Gay, 37, said she grew up in the
Pine Street historic area and moved back
five years ago. “It has changed, but my
kids love it. The church is a good place. I
think it will stay in the area,” Gay said.
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel is the anchor
of the Pine Street Historic District, but
many people who live around it need
more than faith to be able to stay.
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NEWS
IN BRIEF
Montclair
Design Week
begins Oct. 20
From Saturday, Oct. 20
through Sunday, Oct. 28,
Montclair will hold talks, studio
crawls, workshops, panels, kids’
activities, and design challenges
in different venues around
town as part of the inaugural
“Montclair Design Week.”
There are more than 60
events. All are free, but registra-
tion strongly recommend at
montclairdesignweek.org.
The theme is “The Year of
Mess Design.” Founder Petia
Morozov said the week was born
“out of a curiosity to inspire and
activate community engage-
ment by believing that we are
all designers of a better, bolder
future.”
The week will kick off during
the Montclair Art Walk this
Friday, Oct. 19.
Resident
awarded for
achievement
Montclair resident Roosevelt
Weaver received the “Green
Light Award” from Henry
MacNeil Turner High School
in Atlanta, an honor given
out to alumni of the school in
recognition of outstanding
achievement.
A native of Macon, Ga. ,
Weaver attended Turner High
and graduated in 1957 as a
decorated student-athlete,
helping lead the school to the
Atlanta city championship in
football. He went on to become
the first African American
graduate from Yankton College
in South Dakota, followed by
a long career in athletics and
education. He was the coach and
trainer for the Senegalese Olym-
pic track team from 1962 to
1965, and he continues to train
runners of all ages. He is also a
medal-winning 60-meter dash
runner in Masters-age competi-
tions along the East Coast.
Weaver received a doctorate
in Educational Administration
from Harvard in 1975, and
went on to be a consultant on
President Carter’s transition
team. He worked in East Orange
for nearly 30 years and has lived
in Montclair since 1980.

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A new kid in town at Crane Park
BY JOSE GERMAN
Special to Montclair Local
Montclair has a reputation of as green town with
the privilege of having great parks and wonderful
open spaces. Montclair also has a group of well-known
gardens that are part of the town culture and history,
such as Presby Memorial Iris Garden, Van Vleck
Garden, and the Avis Campbell Gardens, to name a
few.
But there is a new kid in this garden league: the
Crane Park Demonstration Garden, located in Crane
Park, formerly known as Lackawanna Plaza Park. This
pocket park of a third of an acre has something unique
to offer. As the only park in downtown Montclair, it
has a special location. The triangular shape of the park
includes six triangular blue stone raised beds. It has
mature Sycamore trees that have probably been there
for around a century. In the center, there is a modern
sculpture. The park is located across the street from
the original location of the Crane family house before
it was moved to its current Orange Road location. In
the past year, the six beds have been repurposed as a
pollinator and bird garden, serving environmental and
educational purposes.
What is a “demonstration garden?” Demonstration
gardens utilize public spaces to illustrate approaches
to gardening. In this case, we have created a pollinator
and bird garden integrating edible plants to educate
the community about the relationship between
pollinators and food production. At the same time, it is
an example of a sustainable, eco-friendly garden that
visitors can replicate at home.
More than 400 native plants have been planted in
the garden. These native plant species provide nectar
and host plants for pollinators and food for birds,
plus shelter from weather and predators. These plants
belong to this climate and so are low maintenance once
they are established.
The garden includes over 50 different species of
plants native to the Northeast, including host plants
for butterflies. Crane Park Demonstration Garden is
a certified Monarch Butterfly Waystation. It has been
also certified by the National Wildlife Federation and
New Jersey Audubon Society as a wildlife habitat and
has certification as a Pollinator Garden by The Xerxes
Society.
It is a four-season garden designed to provide
nectar and host plants for pollinators from spring
to fall, berries and seeds for birds in all seasons, and
year-round visual interest. Edible plants have been
incorporated in the landscape design to provide
additional interest.
The Demonstration Garden is part of the Envi-
ronmental Initiative Program of the NEEC, a local
non-profit organization that works at the community
level to protect the environment and promote local
sustainability and food security, and Montclair resi-
dents funded the project and organized the neighbors
to create a group to continue the work at Crane Park in
the long term. The garden was designed by myself, in
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Flowers grow in the Crane Park’s demonstration garden.
collaboration with David Wasmuth, an environmen-
talist and wildlife habitat expert.
The Friends of Crane Park are an organization of
neighborhood residents concerned with enhancing the
appearance and use of this small jewel of a park. They
have helped with the planting and maintenance of the
demonstration garden to provide a beautiful, inviting
space where visitors can see firsthand strategies for
gardening in harmony with nature. In coordination
with the NEEC, they will be offering gardening and
environmental workshops as well as guided tours
for visitors interested in learning about using native
plants, creating pollinator gardens, gardening for
birds, integrating food production into flower gardens,
and developing backyard habitats.
Even with its small size, the park has risen from a
largely overlooked park to become the most beautiful
pocket park in Montclair. The collection of native
plants, most of them endemic to New Jersey, Penn-
sylvania, and New York, is very extensive, making the
garden a botanical treasure. Guided tours for groups
are available upon request.
This garden is a community project with the
support of the township, Mayor Robert L. Jackson,
and council members, with particular support from
council members Dr. Renee Baskerville and Robert
Russo, as well as the Director of Community Depart-
ment, Steve Wood, Marcia Almeida, Member of Parks
and Recreation Advisory Board, David Wasmuth from
Friends of Crane Park, and garden leader.
All of these qualities are making Crane Park
Demonstration Garden the new garden destination in
Montclair.
Jose German is a New Jersey environmental activist, Essex
County certified master gardener and Montclair resident. He
is the founder of the Northeast Earth Coalition (neearth.org), a
nonprofit environmental organization.
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
On plastic bags
I saw your recent coverage on Mont-
clair’s plastic bag use and wanted to share
two new studies with results that may
surprise you: two governments — Que-
bec and Denmark — recently completed
life cycle assessment research of all
grocery bags and found that the common
plastic grocery bag has the least environ-
mental impact. For example, the Quebec
study found that “reusable” bags must
be used at least 35 to 75 times for their
life cycle impacts to be equivalent to that
of a plastic bag. Meanwhile, the Danish
report found that cotton or canvas bags
must be reused at least 52 times to offset
their climate change impacts. These two
studies are a good reminder to take a
close look at the alternatives and how
they truly stack up on sustainability.
As the discussion continues, sharing
these findings will help inform readers
on the science behind the products they
use every day — and how they ultimately
impact the environment. If you’re inter-
ested in learning more, connect with
the American Progressive Bag Alliance
(APBA). The APBA promotes sustain-
ability in the American-made plastic
products industry, and has worked all
across the country to offer insight into
the results (economic, environmental
and more) of bag bans and taxes.
KEELY SULLIVAN
Washington, D.C.
Why are we saving deer?
Let's see if I have this right: Because of
escalating problems with deer stripping
the forest understory and consuming the
next generation of native trees, shrubs
and wildflowers, crashing into moving
cars with dire consequences to humans,
eating precious flower gardens, spread-
ing Lyme disease, and dropping feces
on lawns, the Montclair Environmental
Commission proposes to tackle the
problems by trapping and temporarily
neutering the deer, at an average cost
of $2,000 each, then setting them free
to continue escalating the very same
problems? Only in America!
AL RICHTER
Woodland Park
Let’s enforce
dog-leash ordinances
My family and I love dogs, cats,
horses, and virtually every other pet. We
currently have two Golden Retrievers,
but have always had dogs ever since
moving to Montclair in 1984.
But the one thing we have against
See LETTERS, page 11
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Letters
from page 10
dog owners is their reluctance, and sometimes
deliberate actions to let their dogs off-leash
whenever they feel like. Some have told us it’s
“cruel” to keep a dog on a leash.
But here’s the deal, I can’t tell you just how
many stories where off leash dog owners have
told others, including children, that the dog
is friendly, but the dog bites the adult or child
anyway.
My dogs are always on a leash. I, my family,
and others have been knocked off their feet or
dragged and hurt when I hold on with dear life
while my dog lunges or runs after unleashed dogs.
Eventually, your off-leash dog is going to run
into the street. When that happens either the
dog will be injured (and if you’ve ever had to
bring your dog off hours to a hospital you’ll also
remember the cost.), or there will be an accident,
which damage and injuries, as a cars swerves to
avoid the off leash dog.
It is wrong to not keep your dog on a leash at
all times when you’re in public. It is illegal to not
keep your dog on a leash at all times when you’re
in public. Look at this from Montclair’s Code
82-13: “No person owning or having the control,
custody or possession of a dog shall permit or
suffer such dog to run at large or to go or be upon
the public streets, sidewalks or other public places
within the Township unless said dog shall be
on a leash and in the custody of some person or
persons capable of controlling such dog.”
“Any person who violates any provision of §
82-13 or 82-18 shall, upon conviction thereof,
be punished by a fine not exceeding $2,000,
imprisonment in the county/municipal jail for
a term not exceeding 90 days, or a period of
community service not exceeding 90 days, or
any combination thereof as determined by the
Municipal Court Judge. Each day on which a viola-
tion of an ordinance exists shall be considered a
separate and distinct violation and shall be subject
to imposition of a separate penalty for each day
of the violation as the Municipal Court Judge may
determine.”
I think Robin Schlager’s suggestion of a fenced
in and controlled dog park in Edgemont is excel-
lent. But I think the public should be demanding
that the current law should be enforced with zero
tolerance.
In my own experience, Montclair has many
good ordinances to protect its residents. Now all
that needs to be done is for the Town to enforce
these ordinances.
CARY AFRICK
Montclair
Township to blame
for rent increases
Good job on your Oct. 11 article about increased
rents (“Stay or go?”, page 1). I am the tenant whose
rent got raised $800. I am also friends with one of
the renters at 39-41 North Fullerton whose rent
also got raised. Like my neighbor Angela DeCosta
said, we didn't want to sign a new lease but felt like
“our backs were against the wall.”
Our landlords gave us the lease right before
school started, and I am a single mom of three
kids (ninth, eighth and seventh grades) who have
been in Montclair's schools all their lives and
the oldest was looking forward to playing MHS
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And unless you’re a fervent Trump supporter,
that’s not something you want to do. Right now,
the polls show the candidates in a very tight race.
Many of us consider Republican control of
all three branches of government a disaster.
We’re hoping — and working to ensure — that in
November, Democrats will regain control of both
houses of Congress, and put a brake on at least
some of the Trump Administration’s destructive
behavior.
If we lose this Senate seat, that hope will
almost certainly be lost.
The differences between the two candidates
could hardly be more dramatic.
On healthcare: Menendez helped fight for pas-
sage of the Affordable Care Act. Hugin supports
Trump’s efforts to dismantle it.
On abortion: Menendez gets a 100 percent rat-
ing from Planned Parenthood, and voted against
Kavanaugh’s confirmation. Hugin supports
Trump, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh — all hostile to
Roe v. Wade and abortion rights in general.
On guns: Menendez strongly supports com-
mon sense gun safety measures, and is endorsed
by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
Hugin has contributed generously to right-wing
groups that oppose these same measures.
If you care about these issues — as well as
climate change, immigration, and education —
you should vote for Menendez. Unless, that is, you
heartily support everything our president wants
to do.
This is not the time to abstain in protest.
MICHAEL LASER
Montclair
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Joseph Anthony Maffongelli Jr.

Joseph Anthony Maffon-
gelli Jr. of Montclair died on
Oct. 3, 2018.
Born on Nov. 3, 1944, the
son of Joseph A. Maffongelli
Sr. MD and Joy (Viviano)
Maffongelli, he attended
Lacordaire Academy, St.
Cassian Grammar School, St.
Benedict’s Preparatory School
and received a bachelor’s
degree from Villanova Uni-
versity. After earning his doc-
tor of jurisprudence degree
from Seton Hall University
in 1969, he joined the law
firm of Judge Frank Brunetto
and eventually took over the
practice. Mr. Maffongelli was
an attorney at law for almost
50 years, serving clients until
the time of his death.
As a member of the Ameri-
can Bar Association and the
New Jersey Bar Association
Mr. Maffongelli was licensed
to practice in New Jersey and
New York. He was a member
of the Montclair YMCA, the
Bradford Bath and Tennis
Club, the Mercier Club, served
on the board of directors of
the YMCA and Lacordaire
Academy, and was active in St.
Cassian Church in Montclair.
He was predeceased by his
parents and brother-in-law
Warren W. Umholtz.
Mr. Maffongelli is survived
by his sister, Joan M. Umholtz
of Tewksbury; his brother,
Ralph and wife Alice Maf-
fongelli of Sheboygan, WI;
his niece Lynne (Maffongelli)
Christopher and husband
Jim of Chicago, IL; great-
niece and nephew Anna and
Andrew Christopher; numer-
ous cousins and his friend,
Angel Cosgrove.
Visitation was held at the
Hugh M. Moriarty Funeral
Home, 76 Park St. , Montclair,
on Thursday, Oct. 11, and
Friday, Oct. 12. A Mass of
Christian Burial was offered
by The Rev. Marc Vicari at St.
Cassian Church, 187 Bellevue
Ave. , Montclair.
In lieu of flowers, dona-
tions can be made to the
American Heart Association,
8 Rohrbach Memorial Way,
Wayne, NJ 07470 or by visit-
ing donatenow.heart.org.

Hugh Moriarty Jr.

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Georgianna ‘Georgi’ Murphy
Georgianna “Georgi” Montclair along with her Susan Murphy. Mrs. Murphy
Murphy, 94 of Montclair and husband Dick Murphy. They is survived by her daughter
Glen Ridge, died at her home on raised their children in Glen Pam Patton, and her sons
Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, with Ridge, moving to Montclair Richard and Dan Murphy;
her family close beside her. later in her life. grandchildren Shannon
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The Community Since 1946 and was an artist who taught Glen Ridge Country Jacqueline Murphy
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Montclair. She was a co-owner golfer. It was at the III and four great
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of Murph’s Sport Shop in Glen Ridge Country grandchildren. She is
Club that she met her also survived by her
husband when she brother Tom Paugh and
was 16, they married GEORGIANNA her sister Alice Carol.
three years later. Mrs. MURPHY Visitation was Tuesday,
Murphy also loved the Oct. 9 at Caggiano
Jersey shore where she enjoyed Memorial Home in Montclair,
sharing her beach house with a service followed at at the
her children and grandchildren, funeral home. Interment was
going on long walks on the at Immaculate Conception
beach, collecting shells and sea Cemetery.
glass. In lieu of flowers donations
She was predeceased by in her memory can be made
her husband Richard “Dick” to the Lupus Foundation of
Murphy and her daughter America at lupus.org.

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Mr. Winston moved to
Montclair at a young
age. After graduating
from Montclair High
School in 1936, he held
various jobs in town
prior to becoming a
substitute postal letter
carrier. He was drafted
into the United States VAN B.
Army in 1941 and WILSON SR.
served in the South
Pacific Theater, Guadalcanal.
Mr. Winston met his wife of
66 years, Catherine, while
preparing for deployment
in World War II. After being
honorably discharged as a
staff sergeant he returned to
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1973. Upon retirement, he
worked as a school crossing
guard until 1987.
He is survived by
his children Shirley
Winston Satterwhite,
Sylvia Winston Green,
Michael Winston and
Van Buren Winston
Jr. , and by 11 grand-
children, and a host of
great-grandchildren
and great-great
grandchildren. He
is predeceased by his wife
Catherine Winston, and by his
daughters, Joyce Middleton,
and Jo-Ann Winston.
Visitation was held Tuesday,
Oct. 16, at Caggiano Memorial
in Montclair. Entombment
followed at Glendale Cem-
etery in Bloomfield.
Thursday, October 18, 2018 Obituaries Page 15

Michael F. Quinn, a long-
time resident of Montclair,
died on Sept. 24, 2018, at
home surrounded by his wife
of 39 years, Kathy, his son,
Michael Paul and his brother,
Kevin.
Mr. Quinn was born July 31,
1953 in Camden, to Cathryne
and John Quinn. He spent his
childhood years growing up
in White Plains, NY, where he
formed many lifelong friends.
He was an outstanding
quarterback at White Plains
High School and was awarded
a college scholarship.
He received his bachelor of
arts degree from the Univer-
sity of Delaware. During his
tenure there, he switched
sports, becoming captain of
the Men’s Lacrosse Team.
While at UD, he met his
lifelong soulmate, Kathleen
McCormack, whom he
affectionately called,
“Mac.” They married
on Aug. 4, 1979 after
Michael completed
his first year of law
school.
Mr. Quinn earned
his J.D. from Seton
Hall School of Law, MICHAEL F.
where he served on QUINN
the Editorial Board
of the Seton Hall Law Review
(1980-1981). He garnered top
honors, graduating fourth in
his class in 1981. After com-
pleting a prestigious Federal
Court Clerkship, Mr. Quinn
spent his entire legal career
at Gibbons P.C. in Newark.
In his 35 years at the firm, he tive Committee.
was instrumental in growing
Gibbons into a powerhouse,
Michael F. Quinn
one of New Jersey’s most
prestigious and largest firms.
He served as lead
counsel in numerous
trials and complex
litigation in state and
federal courts and
arbitrations in New
Jersey and throughout
the United States.
In 2000, Gibbons
appointed Mr. Quinn
the firm’s general
counsel. In his role as “the
lawyers’ lawyer,” Mr. Quinn
oversaw the firm’s ethics
compliance measures, loss
prevention activities and
conflicts management
process. He also served as a
member of the firm’s Execu-
Mr. Quinn was an avid
reader and engaging conver-
sationalist who welcomed
spending time with family
and friends. He appreciated
being in nature, bicycle rid-
ing, hiking the Appalachian
Trail with his son, brother
and friends, and family beach
vacations and loved going to
the theater and museums.
In March, 2008, he was
diagnosed with stage four
stomach cancer. He was
determined to continue living
life as normally as possible
despite a rigorous treatment
schedule. In 2013, he received
a clean bill of health. Unfor-
tunately, he was diagnosed
with a glioblastoma in May
2017.
He was predeceased by his
mother, Cathryne Quinn and
his older brother, John Quinn.
Mr. Quinn is survived by his
wife, Kathy, son, Michael
Paul, his father, John Quinn,
younger brother, Kevin
Quinn and his wife, Lloyde
Scott, brother-in-law Sean
McCormack and his wife,
Martha and many nieces and
nephews.
A memorial service will be
held 12:45 p.m. Wednesday,
Oct. 17, at The Church of the
Immaculate Conception, 30
North Fullerton Ave. , Mont-
clair. Arrangements provided
by Hugh M. Moriarty Funeral
Home.
In lieu of flowers, please
consider a donation in
Michael Quinn’s honor to St.
Jude’s Research Hospital in
Memphis, TN (st.jude.org) or
to Atlantic Hospice, 465 South
St. #100b, Morristown, NJ,
07960.

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ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Montclair Public Library will accept sealed bid proposals for Elevator Maintenance and Repair Services
on Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 10:15 a.m. prevailing time, in the Auditorium of the Montclair Public
Library, 50 South Fullerton Avenue, Montclair, Essex County New Jersey 07042.
A copy of t e Bid instr ctions, Bid forms and Specifications for t e proposed ork a e een filed in t e
office of t e Montclair lic i rary, located at 50 So t llerton A en e, Montclair, sse o nty,
New Jersey, and may be inspected by prospective bidders during regular business hours (10:00 A.M.
5:00 .M. . Bidders can do nload Bid Specifications from t e i rary s e site ttp:// .montclair-
li rary.org/ ids , or ill e f rnis ed it a copy of Bid Specifications pon re est.
Inspection. Any party interested in inspecting the elevators prior to submitting a bid, please contact Tim
Flowers, Facilities and Security Supervisor, 50 South Fullerton Avenue, Montclair, New Jersey 07042,
73 744 0500 e tension 2231, tim. o ers@montclair. ccls.org for arrangements.

All ids s mitted m st e made on standard proposal forms in t e manner designated and re ired y t e
specifications. Bids m st e enclosed in sealed en elopes and m st ear t e name and address of t e id-
MONTCLAIR PUBLIC LIBRARY der on the outside and envelopes shall be labeled “Montclair Public Library Elevator Maintenance and
Repair Services”.
NOTICE TO BIDDERS ADDENDUM TO BID
All bids must be accompanied by satisfactory proof that the bidder maintains comprehensive general
The Montclair Public Library has issued liability insurance covering its actions in the amount of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 in the
aggregate and orkers compensation ins rance co ering its employees as re ired y state la , and
Addendum No. 18-01A in association with the any ot er ins rance re ired y applica le la .
public bid advertised on September 10, 2018 for
CUSTODIAL AND JANITORIAL SERVICES All ids m st e accompanied y a ertified eck, as ier s eck or Bid Bond for not less t an ten
percent (10%) of the bid amount, not to exceed $20,000.00, and a Consent of Surety Statement in the
in order to address questions form provided from a Surety Company stating it will provide the bidder with a bond for 100% of the Con-
from prospective bidders. tract amount in the event that the Contract is awarded to the bidder.

In addition, please note that the
bid due date is changed to
Friday, October 26, 2018 at 10:15 AM.
The addendum is available for public
inspection at the Montclair Public Library,
50 South Fullerton Avenue, Montclair, Essex
County, NJ, during regular business hours
(10:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.) 8 AM and 4 PM,
Monday through Friday and through the
i rary s e site .montclairli rary.org/ ids .
Peter Coyl, Library Director
Montclair Public Library, coyl@montclair.bccls.org
Bidding shall be in conformance with all applicable federal, state and municipal laws including the Lo-
cal lic ontracts a of t e State of Ne Jersey, N.J.S.A. 40A:11 1 et se . Bidders are re ired to
comply it re irements of N.J.S.A. 10:5 31, et se . and N.J.A. . 17:27 Affirmati e Action N.J.S.A.
34:11 56.25, et se . re ailing age act . Bidders m st s mit a Statement of O ners ip s o ing all
o ners of ten percent 10 or more of its stock if a corporation or ten percent 10 or more interest if
a partners ip. Bidders are re ired to s mit it t eir id proof of registration in accordance it . .
2004, c.57 and a Non oll sion Affida it.
No bid may be withdrawn for sixty (60) days after the opening of bids. A Contract will be
awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, or all proposals will be rejected, within sixty (60)
days after the opening of bids.
The Library reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to reject unbalanced bids, and to
waive any informality in any bid.
Peter Coyl, Library Director
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MHS/MKA FIELD HOCKEY

INSIDE
Hard work pays off

In honor
of a legend
The name of MHS
legend Aubrey Lewis
will forever grace
Montclair High School’s
athletics complex after
a dedication ceremony
Saturday morning.

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Football: Mounties
zip past Bloomfield
Crawford, Matthews
shine as MHS runs up
565 rushing yards in
a 51-14 rivalry game
win. The Mounties host
Livingston in a key divi-
sion game this Saturday.
ANDREW GARDA/STAFF
MKA’s Steph Vencalkova fires off a shot in the second overtime to propel the MKA Cougars to their first ECT finals appearance since 2009. Page 20-21

MKA knocks off MHS to reach first county final since ‘09
BY ANDREW GARDA
garda@montclairlocal.news
Last time the Montclair Kimberley
Academy field hockey team met their
opposite numbers on Montclair High
School’s team, they came up just short in
regulation, losing 2-1. This time the Cou-
gars came out on top, with a 2-1 win in
double overtime to advance to the Essex
County Tournament finals where they
will face the top seeded and defending
champion West Essex Knights.
The Cougars were propelled by a
Steph Vencalkova goal, a shot which beat
Mounties goaltender Amanda Murnick
low to the stick side.
Cougars head coach Gia Nappi said it
was the first time MKA had made the fi-
nals since 2009.
Nappi also said that despite how effec-
tive the Knights were this season, com-
piling a 12-1-1 record, her team isn’t in-
timidated.
“Actually, for them, they feel more
pressure in this game, because it’s a ri-
valry, than going to play West Essex,” she
said after the win. “So, it’ll definitely be a
more relaxed game for us and they might
feel less nerves.”
There was an element of revenge to
their win over the Mounties last Satur-
day, and that’s there with West Essex as
well.
“I think our last game against West Es-
sex was questionable,” Nappi said. “We
definitely had the upper hand, and they
know that going in, so they’re pumped
about getting a rematch.”
Saturday’s semi-final match was a
back-and-forth affair, with both teams
playing aggressive offense and tough
defense. The Mounties again focused a
lot in containing sophomore Lindsey
Yu, while the Cougars worked to disrupt
MHS’ passing lanes and push the ball up
the field. Both teams spent a lot of time in
the opposition’s offensive zone, and both
Murnick and Cougars goalie GiGi Jacob- Athlete Spotlight:
son had to come up big in net. Mason Davisson
The Mounties scored first, though,
as senior Sophie Pisano beat Jacobson. With the unbeaten
MHS boys soccer team
She was assisted by Fiona Campbell and aiming for county and
Grace Crandall. state titles, the senior
MKA responded, nearly evening midfielder talks about
things up several times during the re- his role and much more
maining 16:45 of the first half, their of- in this week’s Q&A.
fense putting Montclair’s defense on its
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COLLEGE CORNER PHOTO OF THE WEEK

MSU Boys Soccer

Freshman midfielder Bro- but a Stockton goal with less
gan Quigley, of Scotch than two minutes to go
Plains, scored his first forced them to settle
goal of the season as for a draw.
Montclair State earned Top scorers thus far
a 1-1 draw with Richard this season for MSU are
Stockton on the road Jose Huerta (10 goals,
Saturday. 3 assists), Rafael Terci
It was a rare setback (7-8), Chaz Burnett
for the Red Hawks (13- BROGAN (9-3) and Nixon Soglo
1-2), who are ranked QUIGLEY (9-2).
No. 16 in the latest The Red Hawks
D3soccer.com national poll. return to the MSU Soccer Park
MSU had won 10 consecutive this Saturday, Oct. 20, for a 6
games dating back to Sept. 8, p.m. kickoff against TCNJ.

MSU Field Hockey

Senior forward Victoria regulation and 17-9 overall.
Rossi, of Parsippany, scored a Andriana’s final save of
pair of goals, including the day came in OT
COURTESY JESS MICHAUD
the game-winner five and set up Rossi’s
minutes into overtime, breakaway game- The Montclair High School girls cross country team gets ready at the starting line of the Greystone Invi-
as Montclair State winner, her seventh tational’s large school race this past weekend. The Mounties, led by Meghan Hessler’s fifth-place finish,
would go on to place third overall. Montclair’s boys team also placed third in the large-school division.
edged The College of tally of the season.
New Jersey, 2-1, in a Ranked No. 7 in
battle of top-10 teams the national D3 field
Saturday in Ewing.
Goalkeeper Nicole VICTORIA
hockey poll, MSU is
back home at Sprague
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saves to help the Red night at 5 p.m. to face SFC FOOTBALL SEC GIRLS SOCCER
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SCORES ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT SCHEDULES

Games at 4 p.m. unless noted.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10
Schedules subject to change.
BOYS SOCCER
Montclair 2, MKA 1 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18
FIELD HOCKEY BOYS SOCCER
MKA 3, Westfield 0 Essex County Tournament - 1st Round
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL 16Nutley at 1Montclair, 2 p.m.

Montclair 2, Livingston 0 GIRLS SOCCER

(25-18, 25-22) Essex County Tournament - 1st Round
MKA 2, Orange 0 14Caldwell at 3Montclair
(25-15, 25-11) GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Benedictine 2, Immaculate 0 Caldwell at Montclair
(25-15, 25-11)
GIRLS TENNIS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11 Caldwell at MKA
GIRLS SOCCER FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19
Montclair 2, Caldwell 0
FOOTBALL
MKA 1, Newark Academy 0
Immaculate at Sussex Tech, 7 p.m.
GYMNASTICS
GIRLS TENNIS
Montclair 99.0, Passaic Valley 94.7
Montclair at Newark Academy
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20
FOOTBALL
FOOTBALL
Pingry 20, MKA 0
Livingston at Montclair, 1 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER Morristown-Beard at MKA, 1:30 p.m.
Montclair 3, Caldwell 1
BOYS SOCCER
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Essex County Tournament - Quarterfinals
Immaculate 2, Golda Och 1 Matchups, times and sites TBD
(15-25, 25-22, 25-23)
GIRLS SOCCER
GIRLS TENNIS Essex County Tournament - Quarterfinals
NJSIAA North, Non-Public B - Semifinal Matchups, times and sites TBD
2Gill St. Bernard’s 5, 3MKA 0
ANDREW GARDA/STAFF FIELD HOCKEY
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 Essex County Tournament - Final
FOOTBALL
Mason Davisson, MHS boys soccer
at Watchung Field, Montclair
Montclair 51, Bloomfield 14 1West Essex vs. 2MKA, 2:30 p.m.

Immaculate 25, Glen Ridge 21 GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

FIELD HOCKEY Essex County Tournament - 1st Round
Essex County Tournament - Semifinal BY ANDREW GARDA just make sure my mentality is always 11Cedar Grove at 6MKA, 11 a.m.

2MKA 2, 3Montclair 1 (OT) garda@montclairlocal.news good and I’m always mentally prepared 10Newark Acad. at 7Montclair, time TBD

for whatever happens. CROSS COUNTRY

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14
The Montclair High School boys soc-
BOYS SOCCER
Montclair 2, Bloomfield 0
cer team wrapped up their regular sea-
son this past weekend with a 2-0 win
MONDAY, OCTOBER 15 over Bloomfield High School. Prior to
BOYS SOCCER that, the Mounties were focused on
MKA 3, Columbia 1 beating Caldwell 3-1, and then execut-
FIELD HOCKEY ing a 2-1 win over Montclair Kimberley
Chatham 2, Montclair 1 Academy on Wednesday, October 10.
MKA 8, Columbia 1
For senior Mason Davisson, the latter
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL was a bigger deal.
Prep Tournament - Semifinal
“That could possibly be our most
1Kent Place 2, 4MKA 0
important game every season,” he said
(25-20, 25-20)
after the win. “Because no matter what,
Regular season
Montclair 2, McNair 0 we want to defend the Cage, defend the
(25-19, 25-18) town and let people know whose town it
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16 is.”
Davisson, who switched from de-
GIRLS SOCCER
Essex County Tournament - 1st Round fender to midfielder for the game,
4MKA 3, 13Newark Academy 2 thinks the Mounties are building some-
thing special off last season’s success.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Newark Academy 2, MKA 0 “I feel like we’ve taken what the se-
(25-19, 25-23) niors gave us last year, in terms of not
GIRLS TENNIS just on the field, but off of it, and used it
Montclair 5, Cedar Grove 0 to add to this team and kind of push us
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17 the extra step we didn’t have [in 2017].”
Davisson and Mounties know an un-
BOYS SOCCER
Union City at Montclair, late
defeated regular season is nice, but as
they head to the Essex County Tourna-
FIELD HOCKEY
Oak Knoll at Montclair, late ment, there’s more work to be done. Da-
visson took a few minutes to chat with
MKA at Scotch Plains, late
GIRLS TENNIS us for this week’s Athlete Spotlight:
Verona at Montclair, late
How do you handle a switch from
playing defender to midfield?
I just make sure I’m ready for any-
thing that happens. We’ve had injuries
and everything that you can name so I
Have you decided on a college? MHS, MKA at SEC All-Class Meet (at
Branch Brook Park, Newark), 9 a.m.
I don’t like to name schools because
of superstition, but I’m down to a couple MONDAY, OCTOBER 22
of schools. I’m very excited and blessed GIRLS SOCCER
to have that opportunity Prep B Tournament
What will you study? Semifinal at MKA, opponent TBD
Two things I’m interested in business FIELD HOCKEY
and something kid of new, Sports Man- Montclair at Newark Academy
agement. Not every school has that, but GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
I’m looking at a couple of schools that West Orange at Montclair
Nutley at MKA
do.
What do you love about soccer? GIRLS TENNIS
Obviously it’s a team sport, and most West Orange at MKA
of the kids I’m on the team with I’ve TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23
played with since I was younger. That BOYS SOCCER
bond we have in unbreakable and I Prep B Tournament
love that feeling. Going against the op- Semifinal at MKA, opponent TBD
position with 10 brothers you have and GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
anything can happen, but you stay to- Essex County Tournament - Quarterfinals
gether and there’s just a bond nobody Matchups, times and sites TBD
can break. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24
You’ve been doing some off- GIRLS SOCCER
field care, acupuncture and physi- Essex County Tournament
cal therapy. What led you to that? Semifinals at Belleville HS, 5 p.m.
Earlier in the season I had calf cramps FIELD HOCKEY
on multiple occasions. I don’t want to Prep Tournament - Semifinal
Opponent TBD at MKA, 3:30 p.m.
have to be subbed off during the game,
I want to play as much. So, I talked with Regular season
West Essex at Montclair
Coach Weaver and my dad and was like
what can I do? [I tried] acupuncture, GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
MKA at Montclair (Dig Pink), 7 p.m.
massage and physical therapy to try and
keep my body at peak performance be- THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25
cause we have soccer every day. I feel like BOYS SOCCER
anything I can do extra that can help me Essex County Tournament
is good, and it’s definitely helped so far. Semifinals at Livingston HS, 5 p.m.
My body’s been in pristine shape and I FIELD HOCKEY
haven’t experienced any injuries. Livingston at MKA
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Senior steps up in big moment
Mounties prep
for surprising
Livingston in
home finale
BY ANDREW GARDA
garda@montclairlocal.news
The Montclair High School
football coaching staff always
preaches to their team that no
matter what your role is, you
have to treat it like it is the
most critical role on the team,
because you never know when
that role will actually become
just that.
Defensive coordinator Pete
Ramiccio, who also handles
special teams play, is espe-
cially adamant about that on
kickoff and punt returns.That
turned out to be vital Saturday
late in the game when Bloom-
field High School had to punt
the ball late in the game. Ste-
ven Rose was back to receive
the ball, but it deflected and
was loose.
Enter senior Tychanne
Palmer in his very first game
as a member of the varsity
team.
Palmer had one thought go
through his mind when the
ball bounced away from Rose
and a pair of Bengals defend-
ers.
“This is my chance. Get it.”
Palmer dropped and cov-
ered the ball with his body, and
the Mounties retained posses-
sion.
After the game, head coach
John Fiore said that Palmer
had no idea how big a moment
that was for the team.
“If they get that and they
[score], that could hurt our
Born, which can knock us
down,” Fiore explained. A
team’s Born ranking is one of
the ways the NJSIAA ranks
where a team lands in the play-
offs. There are certain mea-
surements, including margin
of victory and expected point
totals, which move a team up
or down.
The Mounties were looking
to win by 35 points. With a top
seed and home field in the bal-
ance, Bloomfield touchdown
would have brought them be-
low that 35 mark and really
hurt MHS’ standing in the poll
MHS FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK
MHS senior Tychanne Palmer (68) has worked hard to get on the field for the Mounties, and made a huge contri-
bution in his first game.
“We don’t get that fumble
there – if he doesn’t get it –
instead of running the clock
out, if they put one back in,
then I’m between a rock and
a hard place,” Fuore saind. “I
can’t go back down and score
at that point because we’re go-
ing to have to take some knees.
I know [BHS] Coach Carter and
I’m not trying to run it up, be-
cause I don’t believe in that. So,
that was a big play.”
The journey to that moment
wasn’t easy for Palmer, who
faced a lot of challenges off
the field.
“I’ve been through a lot over
the years,” he said. “First year,
I went through a bunch of
bullcrap and didn’t even want
to play. Second year, I got in-
jured.”
And then he was out of the
program.
Nobody gave up on Palmer,
though, and many — includ-
ing former principal James
Earle — worked hard and long
to help him find his path.
Eventually, that path led to
rejoining the team this sum-
mer for training camp. It
Sports
wasn’t easy — his first day in-
volved running gassers, which
he struggled to finish. But as
was often the case the last few
years, people around him —
in this case his teammates —
stepped up to encourage him
and keep him going.
To get from there to here,
according to Palmer, feels
amazing.
“I’m glad I had this opportu-
nity to do this with my team,”
he said. “Now that I’m back, I
feel better and we’re just going
to keep winning.”
The team continues to sup-
port Palmer, and as he does
with all of his team Fiore is
making sure the senior is exe-
cuting in the classroom as well
as on the field.
“Ty has promised me that
he’s going to do everything
right so he can be on the field
more and more each week.”
Things continue to look up
for Palmer as well, and his as-
pirations continue to build.
During the trip to Massillon,
Ohio, the team toured the Uni-
versity of Akron. Palmer came
away thinking it was a place he
ANDREW GARDA/STAFF
could see himself attending.
He has had a taste of success
now, on and off the field. And
now that he has had a taste?
“I want the whole spoonful.”
LOOKING AT THE LANCERS
There’s a lot on the line
when the Mounties welcome
the Livingston High School
Lancers to Woodman Field on
Saturday, Oct. 20. While both
sides of the ball played well
against Bloomfield, Livingston
brings a new set of challenges.
“Livingston is going to be a
different animal,” Fiore said.
“They’re 4-2, they’re not a
patsy. We have to really have
our gameplan on point. We
get Murphy back, that helps.
I’m not rushing Patty Barr or
Bigelow back, but if they’re
healthy, that just gets us stron-
ger, because now we’re seven
deep on the offensive line.”
They might need all of the
help they can get this week.
After having a four game
win streak snapped by East
Orange last week, the Lancers
are sure to come into the Au-
brey Lewis Athletic Complex
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Opponent watch
How Montclair’s 2018 regular-season
opponents fared in Week 6:
WEST ORANGE (2-4)
Last: L, 6-12 vs. Passaic Tech (1-5)
Next: Friday at Bloomfield
NUTLEY (1-6)
Last: L, 16-48 at Lincoln (5-2)
Next: Friday at Snyder (1-6)
MASSILLON, OHIO (7-0)
Last week: W, 101-6 vs. Sun Valley, Pa. (3-5)
Next: Friday at Louisville, Ky. (5-3)
EAST ORANGE (4-2)
Last: W, 18-7 vs. Livingston
Next: Saturday at Columbia
COLUMBIA (2-5)
Last: L, 28-36 vs. Bayonne (5-2)
Next: Saturday vs. East Orange
SETON HALL PREP (4-3)
Last: L, 17-34 at Delbarton (4-3)
Next: Sat. at St. Joe’s Montvale (5-2)
BLOOMFIELD (2-5)
Last: L, 14-51 at Montclair (4-3)
Next: Friday at West Orange
LIVINGSTON (4-2)
Last: L, 7-18 vs. East Orange
Next: Saturday at Montclair
IRVINGTON (4-3)
Last: W, 38-0 at Ferris (0-7)
Next: Friday vs. Barringer (4-2)
hungry.
Offensively, the Lancers
have shown they can move
the ball well both through the
air and on the ground. Joe Cul-
len leads the backfield with
109 carries for 615 yards and 3
touchdowns, with Brian Russo
not far behind with 410 yards
and 4 touchdowns on just 50
carries. Both can also catch
the ball out of the backfield as
well, with 24 catches for 303
yards and two touchdowns be-
tween them.
They aren’t the only two
options for quarterback Jack
Ernst, who has 1,142 yards, 13
touchdowns and just a pair of
interceptions this year.
The Mounties secondary
has struggled at times this
season, and Ernst is probably
going to test them early and
often on Saturday.
With Murphy back, the
Mounties will do their own
testing of the Lancers second-
ary. However, given the suc-
cess they had on the ground
this past weekend, expect a
healthy dose of rushing yards
from Montclair as well.
Josh Crawford is red-hot
and Willie Matthews will
abuse a defensive front with
his physical running style. Add
in Murphy’s athleticism and
a sharp offensive line and the
Mounties have the ability to
run over, around and through
the Lancers if they choose.
Thursday, October 18, 2018
4-3 OVERALL (3-1 SFC)
Ground and pound
Mounties pile up
565 rushing yards
in Bloomfield rout
BY ANDREW GARDA
garda@montclairlocal.news
The Montclair High School football
team looked like its old self in their 51-14
defeat of Bloomfield Saturday at Wood-
man Field dominating on both sides of
the ball, while scoring early and often
against their rivals.
The Mounties (4-3, 3-1) were able to
rout the Bengals despite the absence of
senior quarterback Charles Murphy Jr. ,
as well as both interior guards on the of-
fensive line, senior Bo Bigelow and junior
Patrick Barr.
With Murphy out, the Mounties con-
centrated on the ground game, and they
absolutely overmatched the Bengals,
rushing for 565 yards in total, led by se-
nior tailback Josh Crawford’s 316 yards
and four touchdowns.
Montclair marched down the field eas-
ily on their first possession, Crawford
kicking off the scoring with a 41-yard
run. After a Bloomfield three-and-out —
one of five in the first half — Crawford
capped off the next MHS drive with a
3-yard TD plunge.
The Central Michigan commit, who
scored twice more in the second half,
credited his offensive line with the career
day.
“I’m proud of my teammates, proud
of my offensive line. Having two starting
guards out is kind of tough,” said Craw-
ford, who leads the Mounties with 654
rushing yards and 11 touchdowns this
season. “But all game long our trap blocks
were working great. My guards, trapping
the way they did, it was crazy. Them open-
ing the holes for me made it a successful
day for me. So, I thank my O-line because
without them I wouldn’t have had the day
I had today.”
Head coach John Fiore echoed Craw-
ford’s thoughts, in particular about the
guards.
“First off, for [Sebastian] Garda and
Alejandro [Dagnino] to pick up the pieces
on the O-line, that was one of the better
games we’ve played all year,” Fiore said.
“What’s funny is, the guys making the
mistakes were the veterans. No, [the line]
did a great job.”
Another big cog in the backfield Satur-
day was senior linebacker/running back
Willie Matthews, who totalled 118 yards
and a touchdown on 15 carries. Matthews,
who has battled injuries all season and
played just his second complete game of
the season, wasn’t shocked by the play of
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51 • 14
MHS senior and Central Michigan commit Josh Crawford bursts through a hole for a big gain
against Bloomfield Saturday. Crawford credited his offensive line with his 316-yard day.
the offensive line.
“I expected that fully,” Matthews said.
Matthews also didn’t bat an eye at
Crawford’s big day.
“Josh has that potential every game. It’s
just a matter of when he decides to put his
head down and run through people, not
just around them. Josh can really do both.”
Helping the Mounties’ offensive line
perform was new starters junior center
Sebastian Fortune and senior tackle Gary
Robinson.
Robinson, who also plays defensive
end, was pleased to see his linemates step
up when they got the chance, though he
knew they could.
“I feel really positive about that, and
even when we had injuries before I was
saying “Next man up,”” he said after the
game. “We’re Montclair, I feel like we’ve
got the best guys in the state. And we
stayed positive and just held the rope to-
gether, and came together as a team and
blew them out.”
Fortune agreed.
“We just worked hard the whole time.
We had two O-lineman go down, so the
team just had to step up and they did it
today. And it shows a lot in practice, how
we work,” he said. “It’s just like brother-
hood, to be honest. We’ve been practicing
together, having fun all the time, we’ve
definitely been spending some bonding
time and stuff. It’s just a bond we have
that can’t be broken.”
Fortune said that the strength of the
offensive line also comes from the coach-
ing.
“We’re definitely getting better every
day,” he said. “That’s Coach Kline, our o-
line coach, doing a helluva job coaching
us up and teaching us what we need to do.”
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WEEK SEVEN
Montclair 51,
Bloomfield 14
Bloomfield 0 7 7 0 - 14
Montclair 14
SCORING SUMMARY
9 21 7 - 51
First Quarter
MHS—Josh Crawford 41 run (Jacob Manthey kick), 9:39
MHS—Crawford 3 run (Manthey kick), 5:25
Second Quarter
MHS—Manthey 27 field goal, 5:28
BLM—#2 23 pass from #14 (#17 kick), 3:12
MHS—Walter King 10 pass from Wade Korbel (kick missed),
0:48
Third Quarter
MHS—Crawford 5 run (Manthey kick), 10:14
MHS—Willie Matthews 1 run (Manthey kick), 5:40
BLM—#5 1 run (#17 kick), 3:33
MHS—Crawford 32 run (Manthey kick), 1:40
Fourth Quarter
MHS—Nate Bryan 27 run (Manthey kick), 9:57
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Passing C-A Pct. Yds TD
A.J. Zaccareo (MHS) 1-4 25.0 32 0
J. Crawford (MHS)
W. Korbel (MHS)
1-1
1-1
100.0
100.0
14
10
0
1
Rushing Att Yds Avg TD
J. Crawford (MHS) 32 316 9.9 4
ANDREW GARDA/STAFF W. Matthews (MHS) 15 118 7.9 1
N. Bryan (MHS) 4 70 17.5 1
J. Diggs (MHS) 7 58 8.2 0
Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD
S. Collins (MHS) 1 32 32.0 0
S. Rose (MHS) 1 14 14.0 0
W. King (MHS) 1 10 10.0 1
Next man up also described the quar-
terback position, as junior A.J. Zaccareo TEAM RECORDS
MHS: 4-3 (4-1) BLM: 2-5 (2-2)
stepped in for the injured Murphy. While
he threw just four passes, Zaccareo led the
offense well and made sure plays were set but for the most part the team executed
up properly, and ensured clean handoffs well.
to Crawford, Matthews and backups Nate It certainly helped to welcome back
Bryan (4-70-1) and Jordan Diggs (7-58). Matthews, the All-State linebacker who
Fiore and offensive coordinator Pat averaged 18 tackles per game last season.
Leonardis also pulled out a few new plays “[Their offensive totals] were really
from their bag of tricks, running a wild- two big plays,” Fiore said. “That’s what
cat formation with Crawford under cen- we expect. Willie’s that good. He gets ev-
ter and scoring a touchdown out of their erybody in the right place, that’s the big
“muddle” formation on Wade Korbel’s 10- thing.”
yard touchdown pass to Walter King just The Mounties are now set up for their
before halftime, extending Montclair’s most important game of the season thus
lead to 23-7. far, as they will welcome Livingston to
“It was something we had to figure out Woodman Field this Saturday, Oct. 20, at
during the week that we had to do,” Fiore 1 p.m. , with the Super Football Confer-
explained. “With [backup quarterback] ence-Liberty Blue title up for grabs.
Michael [Robinson] being hurt also, Josh This will be the final division game for
had to take a quarterback role, because I both MHS and Livingston, who are both
wasn’t bringing a freshman up. So, we had 4-1 in the division, while East Orange (3-
to do that and that spurred on the wildcat.” 1) still has to play Columbia and Bloom-
Fiore felt that having Crawford and field. The Montclair-Livingston winner
Matthews in the backfield is not a wrinkle will either win the division outright with
any team wants to see. another East Orange loss, or will tie East
“I think the change of pace with Josh Orange for the title; the Mounties would
at quarterback, and the two-headed win the tiebreaker by virtue of their 28-27
monster there, you’ve got to stop, [that’s win over the Jaguars last month.
tough]. And Willie is a beast, people don’t Saturday’s game is also Senior Day and
want to tackle him because it hurts,” Fiore the final regular-season home game.
said, laughing. Matthews said the team is focused, but
Defensively, the Mounties allowed just as long getting Murphy back will spur this
148 yards of total offense, and Bloomfield ground attack on to even greater heights.
managed only one drive of note, a 56- “When Murphy’s back, I guarantee ev-
yard scoring march in the third quarter; erybody is going to be over 1,000 yards,”
the Bengals’ first scoring drive was just he said, looking towards the end of year
29 yards, set up by a muffed punt. There totals. “Murphy’s going to have over
were a few hiccups, such as the coverage 1,000 yards, Josh is going to have over
on a 23-yard touchdown pass from BHS 1,000 yards, I might have 500. It’s gonna
quarterback Brandon Holt to Kyle Tice, be a big season.”
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SPORTS IN BRIEF
Boys soccer: MHS stays perfect,
gears up for county tournament
Phillip Cubeddu and Will
Moore each tallied a goal as the
Montclair High School boys
soccer team stayed perfect
by defeating Bloomfield, 2-0,
Sunday afternoon at Montclair
State University.
Ben Middlemiss made four
saves for the Mounties (13-0),
who have only allowed six
goals all season.
On Friday, two goals and
an assist from Cubbedu help
lifted Montclair to a 3-1 win
over Caldwell in the Mounties’
final SEC-American Division
game. Matthew Ceccio had
Girls soccer: MHS shuts down
Caldwell in ECT tune-up
Jillian O’Toole scored a pair
of goals in the Montclair High
School girls soccer team’s
2-0 win over Caldwell last
Thursday, Oct. 18, in a possible
preview of the teams’ Essex
County Tournament Round of
16 matchup.
Claire Manning and
Sydney Masur each assisted on
O’Toole’s goals in the win.
Boys soccer: MKA knocks off
American Division’s Columbia
Zach Wheeler scored a goal
and assisted on two others
as the Montclair Kimberley
Academy boys soccer team
defeated Columbia, 3-1,
Monday in Maplewood.
The Cougars (7-5-1) also
received goals from Dylan
Ladda and Will Horn in the
victory, their third in four
games.
Andrew Garofalo made
seven saves in goal to preserve
the win.
Girls tennis: MHS sweeps
Cedar Grove, 5-0
The Montclair High School
girls tennis team cruised to a
5-0 victory over Cedar Grove
Monday.
All three MHS singles
players picked up straight-set,
6-0, 6-0 wins in the match.
Maddie Schanen defeated
Cedar Grove’s Sofia LaFiorgia
at first singles, Sam Nochim-
son took care of Panagiota
Perdikis at second singles, and
a goal and an assist as MHS
clinched a perfect 7-0 record in
the league.
Montclair is the No. 1 seed in
the Essex County Tournament,
and will play their Round of 16
game against Irvington today,
Oct. 18, at Fortunato Field at
2 p.m. They would also host
a quarterfinal game, against
either Glen Ridge or Columbia,
Saturday if they advance.
The Mounties are favored to
reach next Thursday’s semifi-
nals at Belleville High School.
The final is slated for Oct. 27 at
Millburn.
That county tournament
game will be played today,
Thursday, Oct. 18, at Fortunato
Field. Kickoff is slated for 4
p.m. Montclair (10-3) is the
No. 3 seed in the tournament,
while Caldwell is No. 14.
The winner will advance to
Saturday’s quarterfinal round
to face either No. 6 Mount St.
Dominic or No. 11 Glen Ridge.
MKA kicks off Essex
County Tournament action
today, Oct. 18, as the seventh-
seeded Cougars welcome No.
10 Bloomfield to Van Brunt
Field.
The winner will likely
advance to play second-
seeded Millburn in the
quarterfinals this Saturday,
Oct. 20.
MKA will also begin Prep B
Tournament play this Thurs-
day, Oct. 25.
Lily McDonald beat Ariana
Welling at No. 3.
The doubles teams also
made quick work, as the first
doubles team of Yael Gelman
and Lola Kapila defeated
Brianna Fox and Christa Fox,
6-1, 6-1, while the second
doubles team of Zoe Rosen-
berg and Jordan White won
their match, 6-0, 6-1.
Sports
MONTCLAIR HIGH SCHOOL
About time
The Lewis family poses for pictures in front of the new sign marking the Aubrey Lewis Sports Com-
plex sign Saturday morning.
District honors Mountie legend with
dedication of Aubrey Lewis Sports Complex
BY ANDREW GARDA
garda@montclairlocal.news
This past Saturday, the Montclair school
district honored legendary town athlete Au-
brey Lewis with the dedication of the Au-
brey Lewis Athletic Complex. The complex
combines both Fortunato and Woodman
Fields, as well as the Furlong Field House.
Speakers at the ceremony, held in front
of the field house, included Montclair Su-
perintendent of Schools Dr. Kendra John-
son, Board of Education president Laura
Hertzog, Mayor Robert Jackson, former
New York Giants receiver David Tyree (who
is Lewis’ nephew), and current Mountie
Willie Matthews.
Lewis’ son, John E. Lewis, Sr. represented
the family at the podium and Aubrey Lewis
Jr. , Aubrey Lewis III and Dasia Alona Lewis
helped unveil the new signage.
Lewis was born and raised in Montclair,
and under coaches Clary Anderson and
Angelo “Butch” Fortunato, helped guide
Montclair High School to two state champi-
onships. Lewis rushed for over 4,500 yards
and 49 touchdowns during his football ca-
reer, but also set state records as a sprinter
in the 100 and 220-yard dashes, and as a
discus thrower, helping win MHS track
championships in back-to-back years. He
was also a member of MHS’ only unbeaten
championship basketball team in the 1953-
54 season.
The Newark Star-Ledger named Lewis
the Offensive Player of the Century as well.
Lewis attended the University of Notre
Dame where he again played football and
was named captain of the track team, the
first African-American ever named as cap-
tain of a Notre Dame athletic team. It was
as a track athlete that he won the collegiate
400-meter hurdles championship in 1956.
Lewis was also nearly an Olympian, just
missing out on the slot on that 1956 team
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when his foot hit the final hurdle and he
stumbled.
He accomplished all this despite having
a heart murmur, which he concealed so he
could compete.
After a brief stint with the Chicago Bears,
which ended prematurely due to an ankle
injury, Lewis continued to break ground
as one of the first two African-Americans
to complete Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion training at Quantico, VA and when
he served as a special agent under J. Edgar
Hoover.
Lewis went on to work for Woolworth
as an executive recruiter. As commissioner
of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition
Authority, he helped develop the Meadow-
lands Sports Complex where the New york
Jets and Giants still play.
Lewis’ impact continues to be felt today,
both by those in the sports community and
throughout the township.
“The Aubrey Lewis Sports Complex, it’s
well overdue and a great story,” head foot-
ball coach John Fiore said after the Mount-
ies beat Bloomfield 51-14 in a game attended
by much of Lewis’ family. “I’m happy we
won… you can’t screw up a dedication day.”
“He was definitely a GOAT [Greatest of
All Time] for Montclair, as you can see. [His
number] 17 up on the press box. It’s a bless-
ing just to witness something like that,” se-
nior running back Josh Crawford said.
Crawford is also coached by Lewis’
grandson, Aubrey Lewis III.
“To have [Lewis] do what he did in Mont-
clair and then have his grandson coach me
and make me a better running back, it’s a
blessing to have everyday,” Crawford said.
Lewis, who died on Dec. 10, 2001 at the
age of 66, has inspired many generations of
student-athletes at Montclair High School,
and will continue to do so every time they
enter the athletics complex bearing his
name.
Thursday, October 18, 2018
SPORTS
IN BRIEF
XC: Locals
run well at
Greystone Invt’l
The Montclair High School
and Montclair Kimberley Acad-
emy cross country teams both
had tremendous success in the
recent Greystone Invitational
Friday in Morris Township.
The MKA girls and boys both
finished second, with the boys
landing just behind Metuchen
and the girls behind Verona in
the small-school categories.
Anna Schaller finished first
overall for the girls with a time
of 19:23.39, with Anna Bradley
finishing seventh in 20:43.31.
For the boys, both Charlie
Koenig (2nd, 16.53.23) and Jack
Wilkin (5th, 17:34.69) finished in
the top 10.
Meanwhile, the MHS boys
and girls teams both finished
third in the large school groups,
with the boys just behind
Morristown and the girls behind
Randolph. Top competitors were
Stefan Urquidi (3rd, 16:25.15) and
Aidan Ward (10th, 16:55.09) on
the boys’ side, while Meghan
Hessler (5th, 19:54.86) and
Eleanor Keating (7th, 20:06.97)
were the Mounties’ top female
runners.
Dig pink with
MHS volleyball
The Montclair High School
girls volleyball team will host
its ninth-annual Dig Pink
game to battle breast cancer
this Wednesday, Oct. 24,
against crosstown rival MKA.
Tip-off is 7 p.m. , an
admission is $5 for adults,
$3 for students, and free for
fans purchasing a Dig Pink
T-shirt. The shirts are for
sale at All Lacrosse on Valley
Road, selling for $15 (short-
sleeve) and $20 (long-sleeve).
All ticket, T-shirt, raffle
and food proceeds from this
game will go to the Side Out
Foundation, a non-profit
breast cancer charity which
raises funds and awareness
for the treatment of breast
cancer, mainly through
volleyball related events
More information on the
organization can be found at
www.side-out.org. Last year’s
the event raised $6,579, which
is the goal to beat for 2018.
Hockey
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heels several times.
It wasn’t until the second
half that MKA struck gold,
however.
Junior Amanda Mack nor-
mally stays on defense, but
Nappi chose to move her up
to take a corner shot. A big
hitter by nature, it wasn’t
clear why Mack was tak-
ing the inbound shot, which
often is done with more fi-
nesse.
It quickly made sense,
though, when Mack redirect-
ed a pass from Yu past Mur-
nick with a big hit.
“She’s just a gamer all
around,” Nappi said of the
two-sport athlete. “So, if I
put her at forward, midfield,
defense — in fact, if I put
her in goal, she’s just one of
those kids that she makes it
happen and wants to win for
the team. Kids like that al-
ways deserve to be rewarded,
so I’m so happy for her.”
Mack continued to do ex-
cellent work on defense as
well, stealing the ball from
Mounties forwards several
time and intercepting passes.
She also did a good job
feeding Yu the ball, though
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calkova’s game winning goal as the Mounties look on. MKA will face
West Essex in their first ECT final appearance since 2009.
bottle the Cougars forward
up much of the day.
Despite that, Nappi was
pleased with Mack and Yu’s
effort, as well as that of Ja-
cobson, and how it translat-
ed to the rest of the team.
“Having those key girls in
each line — Amanda [Mack].
Lindsey [Yu] and GiGi [Ja-
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neither one able to convert
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Regulation ran out and
they went into overtime.
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began, it looked very much
like the game could be decid-
ed by overtime strokes.
Then, with just a couple
of minutes remaining, Mack
stepped up again, finding
Vencalkova with a pass in the
box.
Vencalkova beat Murnick,
and the Cougars punched
their ticket to the ECT finals.
Mounties coach Mary Pat
Mercuro was disappointed
with the loss, but not with
her team’s effort.
“I don’t see this as a loss,
a setback,” she said after the
game. “We played a good
team, with an elite player,
and we did a fantastic job. So,
I don’t see this as a setback, I
see this as a stepping stone
where we can learn and we
will improve.”
While the Mounties wait
to hear about their seeding in
the NJSIAA tournament, the
Cougars live to play another
day.
“They played their hearts
out,” Nappi said. “They de-
serve it more than anybody
and to have revenge, to come
back and play Montclair
again and get the win to go to
the county final is amazing.”
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ART

Ben Jones’ spiritual

INSIDE

MAM African
American Cultural
Committee
A 10th presents
birthday party ‘All About Ben’
The Wellmont Theater
celebrates 10 years
since its reopening
BY GWEN OREL
after extensive renova- orel@montclairlocal.news
tions on Oct. 27, when
it hosts a special open When you first see Ben Jones’ large
house event. installation, “Envision Empower Em-
brace” at the Montclair Art Museum’s
Page 26 Laurie Arts Stairway, you see blue, a feel-
ing of water, with words, and lots of dis-
crete images floating.
Gradually you realize you recognize
some faces: there’s Nina Simone. Donald
Trump, upside down. Trayvon Martin.
Maybe you recognize the Shango sym-
bol, Yin and Yang, the symbol for Exxon
and BP. You read the words “Thank you.”
And you might notice the picture of a
black chair.
For Jones, the chair represents that
work should be pondered, contemplat-
Don’t be ed. “I like my work to be like good clas-
dead right sical work. You always see something
different in it,” he said by phone from his
In this month’s install- home in Jersey City.
ment of ‘Dot’s Desk’,
bestselling author Doro- He had returned from London just
thea Benton Frank begs two days earlier, arranging a show there
pedestrians to look for the following year.
“Envision Empower Embrace” is on exhibit in MAM’s Laurie Arts Stairway.
up when crossing the MAM is celebrating his work on Oct.
street. 25 with “All About Ben,” showing the
film “Resistance,” about the artist’s work
Page 27 in Cuba, a country he has visited more
than 80 times. On Nov. 17, Jones will hold
a day-long master class. Jones, born in
1941, is originally from Paterson.
“All About Ben” is presented by Mam’s
African American Cultural Committee
(AACC), an organization Jones helped to
found 30 years ago.

‘I AM A SOCIALIST’
Not all of the members of AACC are
African American; its mission is not
only to “sustain and maintain the legacy
A moving of artists of the African Diaspora,” but
message also to be a “bridge between the Museum
and various communities,” according to
David Gow shines in its description on the museum’s website,
J.Stephen Brantley’s
“Pirira,” set in New York montclairartmuseum.org.
COURTESY MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM
and Malawi, a new play And, said AACC Chair William Ben Jones.
helmed by Luna Stage’s Jiggetts, the committee also interests
new director, Ari Laura collectors of African American art, who
Kreith. are not necessarily African American. “We march in the African American cial activism over the decades has made
Jiggetts and AACC Public Relations parade and say, ‘Hey we're here, this is him an important leader, teacher and
Page 28 Chair Casey Carpenter spoke in a joint your museum too,’” Carpenter said. mentor to so many,” MAM Director Lora
interview earlier in the week. “Ben’s artistic life and his civic and so- Urbanelli said in an email.
Thursday, October 18, 2018
vision
Despite his fame and the schedule
that comes with international shows,
Jones is very much an active member
of AACC: he was at a monthly commit-
tee meeting this month, Jiggetts said.
“I’m a Socialist,” Jones said. “I be-
lieve as a socialist I must be active in
my community, and be of service. It’s a
responsibility as far as I’m concerned.”
As a child, Jones thought he might
become a foreign language interpreter,
but as one of 15 children hadn’t thought
he could apply to college. An art teach-
er encouraged him to apply. After tak-
ing night classes for a year, he needed
to declare a major before applying be-
fore applying to Paterson College.
“The only thing I could think of was
art,” he said with a laugh.
He became interested in African
culture when he worked as a dancer
with the Chuck Davis company in New
York. Davis taught the dancers about
the Yoruba religion, often called Sante-
ria here, and its rituals, he said.
In Cuba, practicing Yoruba is as
Culture
common as practicing Christianity
or Islam, he said. He has been visiting
Cuba since 1977.
“By our standards, Cuba is a poor
country. By cultural standards and ed-
ucation, Cuba is an ideal country. Edu-
cation is free. The culture that people
have access to is of a very high quality.
People don’t pay hardly anything to ex-
perience culture. The common people
have a much higher level of culture
than in our country.”
‘I’M A SPIRITUAL PERSON’
One of the things that Jiggetts ap-
preciates about Jones’ work is that it is
positive. “The message is always uplift-
ing, but still acknowledges what’s hap-
pening currently, politically, economi-
cally,” he said.
In addition to the commissioned
installation “Envision Empower Em-
brace,” Jones’ work “Juxtapositions
#11,” 1989, is part of the exhibition
“Constructing Identity in America
(1766-2017), through Jan. 5. It is a
COURTESY MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM
polyptych (four-part) mixed-media on
canvas. The four panels include geom-
etry as well as pure expressionism, and
a self portrait.
For Carpenter, the socially con-
scious messages come with a sense of
power. The blending of different media
and ideas excites her. “It’s not the same
old, same old. I love his treatment of
different events.”
“Envision Empower Embrace” is a
MAM commission, made of selected
imagery from his recent paintings.
The central image of a fish, accord-
ing to MAM label copy, is from a 2010
painting, with Denise Tansley’s poem
“Mother Earth” in the surrounding
space. Excerpts from Jones’ 2012 paint-
ing “Thank You BP (Wall Paper), which
explores the 2010 BP Deepwater Hori-
zon oil spill on the gulf of Mexico, and
the poem “Are You Fit?” by Basanta
Lohani, are on one side of the fish. Ex-
cerpts from Jones’ 2017 painting “De-
struction” (2017), which includes an im-
age of a bird covered in oil, surrounded
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“Juxtapositions
#11” is part of
“Constructing
Identity in Amer-
ica” at MAM.
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FOR MONTCLAIR
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All about Ben
A Celebration of Ben Jones
Includes showing of the film “Resistance.”
Thursday, Oct. 25, 7-9 p.m., Free
Master Class with Ben Jones
Saturday, Nov. 17. 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Registration required, fee.
Montclair Art Museum, Leir Hall,
3 South Mountain Ave.
973-746-5555, montclairartmuseum.org
by a yellow frame, are on the other. The
work was created with Montclair pho-
tographer Peter Jacobs.
It would be easy to read the repeated
“Thank You” in the mural as sardonic.
It is that. But it also is not, Jones said.
He recalled a memorial for the ac-
tress Ruby Dee, and how her daughter
said you should always say thank you
to people. “In the black church, a lot of
songs are saying thank you to God for
good things happening,” he said. “In
black churches with Southern roots,
you can hear people saying, ‘Thank you
Jesus, Thank you Lord.’”
He does also have a painting titled
“Thank you BP.”
The mural is “dealing with oppo-
sites. On the one hand, we don’t want
pollution in the environment.
“On the other hand, we’re getting it.
One side is the negatives we have, the
other side is peace and clarity, the plan-
et the way we wish it would be.”
Faith is a foundation of his work:
“I’m a spiritual person,” he said. He
wants his art to go to a spiritual level
that goes beyond religion. He uses Af-
rican symbols, such as Shango, a god
of power in Yoruba mythology, and he
uses colors that represent the Orishas,
different deities in Yoruba.
“Now, a lot of my work focuses on
ecology. I’m trying to deal with the fact
of the destruction to the planet. Rac-
ism, climate change: I’m trying to con-
nect those kinds of things, with a spiri-
tual base,” he said.
Carpenter had suggested the yel-
low frame around the bird stuck in oil
was exactly the color of National Geo-
graphic.
Jones said that in fact, he painted the
frame yellow “to make you look at it,”
the placement of the bird was making
it blend in. But he likes that different
people will see different things in the
many different elements of “Envision
Empower Embrace”: that’s the way it is
supposed to work.
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CULTURE IN BRIEF
Open Book/Open Mind at
Central Presbyterian
On Sat-
urday, Oct.
20, 5 p.m. ,
at Central
Presbyterian
Church, 46
Park St. , the
Montclair
TAYARI
Public Library JONES
and Central
Pres host Open Book/Open
Mind with novelist Tayari
Jones in conversation with
artist/historian Nell Irvin
Painter. The event will be at
Central pres to accommodate
a larger crowd. Jones will
Thomas L. Friedman to speak
New York Times columnist
and bestselling author
Thomas L. Friedman will
speak at
The Sanctuary at the First
Congregational Church,
40 South Fullerton Ave. ,
on Tuesday, Oct. 23, at 6:30
pm. , as a fundraiser for
Succeed2gether. Friedman,
a three-time Pulitzer Prize
winner, will be in conversa-
Montclair Film announces
community partner screenings
Screenings in partnership
with The Nature Conservancy,
Hackensack Meridian Health
Mountainside Medical, NJ
Sharing Network, bevival, and
Montclair Design Week are all
scheduled at Montclair Film
for October and November.
The Nature Conservancy’s
mission is to protect lands and
waters. NJ Sharing Network’s
mission is to save lives through
organ and tissue donation.
Learning to die well is the mis-
sion of bevival, and Montclair
Design Week, Oct. 20-28, will
include talks, workshops, film
series and more.
“Brewmaster”, Oct. 24, 6
p.m. , is a partnership with
The Nature Conservancy.
“Brewmaster” is a film about
the rise of microwbreweries.
Deadlines for Culture section
To be included in the
Culture section of Montclair
Local: please send listings one
week in advance and story
ideas at least two weeks ahead
of time in word or body of
discuss “the
struggles
tied to love,
loyalty, justice
race and
incarceration
from her
smash hit
NELL IRVIN
PAINTER novel ‘An
American
Marriage,’ according to
a release. Each $26 ticket
includes a copy of the book.
For tickets and information,
visit tinyurl.com/ybgyz5hn or
call 973-744-0500 ext. 2222.
tion with Andrew Rosenthal,
a columnist and former
editorial page editor for The
New York Times. Tickets are
$40, and include a paperback
copy of Friedman’s latest
book, provided by Watchung
Booksellers.
Tickets are on sale at bit.
ly/2xBYLyK or at the door.
For more information visit
Succeed2gether.org.
For Montclair Design Week
and its theme of #The-
YearOfMessyDesign, MF will
show a week of film focused
on “the art of cinematic
design and the messy human
emotions that follow.” Among
the films to be screened are
“Mahogany,” Thursday, Oct.
25, 7:30 p.m. and “The Velvet
Goldmine” on Sunday, Oct. 28,
7:30 p.m.
In keeping with the Hal-
loween season, MF will screen
the film “Warm Bodies” on
Sunday, Oct. 21, 3 p.m. , in
conjunction with their special
effects make-up workshop.
This year, the focus will be
on creating zombie make-up
effects. For more information
and a full line-up, visit mont-
clairfilm.org.
email (not in jpeg or pdf) to
culture@montclairlocal.news.
Send photographs, at least 1
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Culture
WELLMONT THEATER
‘OkTENberfest’
marks 10 years
Theater reopened
as live venue
in 2008
BY GWEN OREL
orel@montclairlocal.news
The Wellmont Theater has been a fix-
ture in Montclair for a long, long time.
So when you say it is hosting a 10-year
anniversary on Oct. 27, you might get a
raised eyebrow.
But it was on Oct. 27, 2008 that the ven-
ue reopened, following a multimillion dol-
lar renovation, as a live venue. This Oct. 27,
the Wellmont will host OkTENberfest, a
free open house, to celebrate.
The venue first opened in 1922 as a home
for vaudeville acts and live theater. Charlie
Chaplin performed there. Thomas Edison
attended movies there.
It was named for the theater manager,
H.H. Wellenbrick, and the town of Mont-
clair.
Eventually, live acts and live music
stopped performing there. “I’ve lived in
Montclair since 2002, and the first time I
went to the Wellmont it was still a multi-
plex movie house with sticky floors,” said
Montclair Film Founder and Chairman of
the Board Bob Feinberg.
Today it is a 2,500-seat live event venue.
“OkTENberfest” will be a party with
food, beer, photo booths, backstage tours
and games. Many upcoming acts are also
releasing tickets for $10 in celebration of
the Wellmont’s anniversary.
“The party is for everyone that's really
supported us over the last 10 years as a
venue,” said Wellmont General Manager
Anthony J. Morrison.
While he spoke, a stage crew set up for
the Alt Rock band Modest Mouse. The ven-
ue hosts classic rock, rap, children’s acts,
comedy, and also hosts rentals, including
Montclair Film Festival.
A non-denominational church, Hill-
song, meets at the venue every Sunday.
The Wellmont is “so much of the fabric
of the community,” Feinberg said.
He pointed out that Montclair Film was
at the Wellmont even before the launch
of the festival. Jonathan Alter was in con-
versation with Stephen Colbert in the
autumn of 2011. “[Colbert] was still do-
ing the Colbert Report,” Feinberg said. “It
was a unique opportunity to see not only
the character [Stephen played on Comedy
Central], but Stephen Colbert. The pro-
ceeds from that first event gave us the op-
portunity to launch.” MFF launched in the
spring of 2012.
Today, the MFF fundraisers are too big
Thursday, October 18, 2018
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Fans at a rock concert at the Wellmont.
OkTENberfest
Saturday, Oct. 27, 1-6 p.m., free
Food, more than 40 beers and brews, photo
booth, and more.
The Wellmont encourages attendees to bring
a non-perishable food donation to benefit the
Human Needs Food Pantry of Montclair. With each
bag of five items donated, patrons will receive a
free ticket to an upcoming Wellmont show. Dona-
tions of more than 20 items will enter guests into
a raffle for two tickets to a show of choice.
The Wellmont is releasing a portion of tickets for
its remaining 2018 shows for just $10.
The Wellmont Theater
5 Seymour St.
Wellmonttheater.com
for the Wellmont, and are held at the New
Jersey Performing Arts Center.
But MFF opening nights outgrew the
Kasser Theater and are held at the Well-
mont now, Feinberg said.
And Feinberg has made note of the
renovations that the Wellmont’s owners
have continued to make. This past winter,
the Wellmont opened a restaurant, with a
liquor licence, called the Pharmacie, offer-
ing handcrafted cocktails.
The original Wellmont also had a Phar-
macie which was not a prescription drug
shop, but a soda parlor, Morrison said.
The new restaurant has a vintage, art
deco feel to it, with black and white tiles
and fixtures.
“I have to say there’s a majesty, gravi-
tas, sense of history at the Wellmont that I
think is fantastic,” Feinberg said.
But a real thrill is when he walks on-
stage to welcome the audience to the open-
ing of the Montclair Film Festival. “When
I look out and see that incredible balcony,
and orchestra, that’s always filled… it’s
majestic.”
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me, I digress.
Then we were in awe of Montclair’s aging
population. There were scores of seniors out
walking, driving and just living their lives,
a sea of white hair that didn’t move to Boca.
They seemed to run the town. The women’s
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But people, we’ve got to talk about cross-
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THEATER REVIEW

Hearing about Malawi

Flawed but
compassionate
‘Pirira’
BY GWEN OREL
orel@montclairlocal.news
Wow wow wow David Gow.
The man is a treasure. As
Chad, a flamboyant, bored gay
man working in a flower shop
alongside a colleague from
Malawi, Gow’s comic inven-
tion is endless.
You won’t see a funnier per-
formance on Broadway. On TV.
On earth.
THIS FALL
TURN SOME HEADS
Director Ari Kreith has di-
rected him perfectly. He’s nev-
At one point, Chad takes a
broom and uses it as a baseball
er hammy, just hilarious. bat to hit a roll of colored tape.
From the first moment we His straight man, Gilbert, foils
see him lying on the work- him perfectly with suppressed
table, eating a bagel obscenely irritation and bafflement.
(there’s no other way to de- But the flower shop is only
scribe it), he cracks the audi- half of the story.
ence up. In the same room, using the
Playwright J.Stephen Brant- same table, NGO (non-govern-
ley has written him belly- mental organization) worker,
laugh zingers: “Is it weird for Ericka (Naja Selby-Morton)
you that my name is Chad? … interacting with colleague
Cause it’s a country in Africa?” Jack (John P. Keller) in a locked
When his colleague Gilbert store room. They have to run
(Kevis Hillocks) agrees that in to escape soldiers, and are
there are many orphans in now trapped.
Malawi, he says, “Yes, I saw a This half of the story is
documentary.” heavy on exposition, light on
drama, and unfortunately not
acted as well.
The conceit of the play-
wright, executed by set de-
signers Christopher and Justin
Swader, is that the characters
use the same playing space,
but it represents two spaces.
They do not interact. Lights
and acting make the device in-
COURTESY STEVEN LAWLER
stantly clear.
Ericka complains about Chad (David Gow) boogies down in NY, while Ericka (Naja Selby-Morton)
waits to get out of a storeroom in Malawi.
horrible things going on in
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Malawi, and in Brooklyn. Jack

tells her how Malawi people
dig up the pipe they lay to sell,
which turns the water off, and
they have to lay it again. The
play has important things to
tell us about Malawi, but that’s
the problem, we’re being told,
not shown, these important
things.
Clearly, at opening night,
many people were very moved
by this play, making its re-
gional premiere at Luna Stage.
That’s no small thing; connec-
tions among the audience and
new ways of thinking about
things are part of new Artis-
tic Director Ari Laura Kreith’s
mission for the theater. This
play fits that bill.
Brantley, according to press
materials, worked for Malawi
NGOs himself. He knows this
Fashions of Distinction territory.
But it’s asking a lot of the
audience for us to care about
Ericka and her panic attacks
and temper. She seems woe-
fully unprepared for Africa
(her stolen bag was a Louis
Vuitton). Hearing two NGO
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973-226-6800 or the situation in Malawi. It’s
more like Lawrence O’Donnell
than “Ruined.” (Lynn Nottage’s
2009 Pulitzer Prize-winning
play about women in the civil
war-torn Domincan Republic
of Congo).
Ultimately, the play is un-
balanced. Chad gets to say
things like “Yo, chatterbox, got
a girlfriend?”
Ericka yells at Jack in public-
ity materials: ”Leverage your
resources by partnering with
the business community here
in Lilongwe to create a replica-
ble model for water treatment
with a vocational component
that involves the communities
you’re serving.”
And action in the storeroom
moves forward with lines like
“So what inspired you to come
to Africa?”
I get that she and Jack are
trapped. But it doesn’t make
for high stakes. The stakes in
the flower shop are low, too —
will these two guys ever learn
to understand one another is
not “All My Sons” — but it’s
funny, and fresh, and does dra-
matize different attitudes.
Some late reveals that go by
too quickly would lend weight
to the play if given earlier.
Selby-Morton’s Ericka plays
Ericka with mostly one angry/
Pirira
By J.Stephen Brantley
Directed by Ari Laura Kreith
Oct. 4-28
Luna Stage Theatre Company
555 Valley Road, West Orange
Lunastage.org/Pirira
973-395-5551
panicked note.
Hillocks’ Jack nicely under-
states a long-suffering gentle
person. And, as noted Gow is
a pure revelation, and Keller
nicely soft-sells. Kreith’s di-
rection is tight.
Luna Stage’s mission under
new artistic director Ari Laura
Kreith is one of inclusivity.
But there is much to ponder
in these stories of Malawi. The
stories are shocking and sad.
They are worth the hearing.
Lawrence O’Donnell is not a
bad thing. Along with the ac-
tion onstage, a lobby display
on Malawi had many in the
audience reading and talk-
ing. Despite the play’s flawed
dramaturgy, when it comes to
sharing heart and purpose, it
sticks the landing.
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Getting your garden ready for winter

echinacea, which will help feed birds your yard will emerge from their long
Gardening through the fall and winter. winter nap.

for Life
2. Relocate (or remove) voluntary When cleaning your yard, instead
plants that emerged over the summer. of using a leaf blower use a rake. If
Jose German 3. Organize the flower beds and you don’t have the energy to rake your
apply a layer of mulch. It is OK, and yard, you can use your mower as a
good for the environment, to leave vacuum machine and leaf shredder.
Jose German is a New Jersey environ- fallen leaves in your garden beds. You The shredded leaves make excellent
mental activist, Essex County certified can add a thin layer of mulch to hold mulch. Also, rather than bagging
master gardener and Montclair resident. the leaves in place and give it a neat your collected leaves and disposing of
He is the founder of the Northeast Earth look. Edging around the garden beds them, add them to your compost pile
Coalition (neearth.org), a nonprofit will also provide that “fresh garden for use in fertilizing your beds in the
environmental organization. look”. spring.
4. Feed your lawn with organic Remember that some cool-weather
The summer is over and the start fertilizer and seed it. crops, such a kale and collard greens,
of fall is bringing cooler weather. 5. Planning a new garden for next frequently survive over the winter.
Our gardens are losing some of their season? The timing is perfect.Plant Instead of pulling them out during
midsummer exuberance. It is time to bulbs for spring flowers. October is the fall clean up, leave them in place.
retake the garden by pruning, dead- also the time to plant next year’s garlic You’re likely to have one last bountiful
heading, and planting something new crop. harvest in the spring.
for the season to enhance the beauty 6. Adding new trees to your yard? It is time to give back to your
of the garden. If you are into vegetable This is the perfect time to plant new garden. During the year, your garden
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gardening, you have time to grow deciduous trees (but not evergreens). has nurtured you and your family
more veggies until the first heavy Your garden is a wildlife habitat Prune, deadhead and leave mulch to keep with beautiful colors and shapes,
your garden healthy.
frosts, likely in November. even if you did not plan it that way. exotic fragrances, nice and delicious
During the winter, beneficial insects produce. Let’s put our love and energy
FALL GARDENING TASKS: and other creatures are hibernating. If disturbing their fragile habitat with into feeding and preparing the garden
1. Deadhead flowering plants and you delay your garden clean up until a major garden cleanup, wait until for the winter while we dream about
shrubs, but remember to leave in place the spring, it will be a boon for all next April. When the weather warms the beauty and bounty of next year’s
seed heads of some flowers, such as the creatures living there. Instead of up, the beneficial critters hiding in season.

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Cameron Animal Hospital honored National Refugee

Shabbat
at Bnai Keshet
Dr. George Bnai Keshet, 99 South Fullerton Ave. ,
Cameron, Dr. Eliza-
beth Houston, and
will hold National Refugee Shabbat
Michael Martinez, this weekend, Friday, Oct. 19, through
hospital manager. Sunday, Oct. 21. The weekend is part
The Friends of the of a nationwide effort by the Hebrew
Montclair Town-
ship Animal Shelter
Immigrant Aid Society, or HIAS, to train
(FOMTAS) will participants on ways to help detained
honor Cameron An- immigrants and asylum seekers. It
imal Hospital. 417 includes speakers, Shabbat dinner, and a
Bloomfield Ave.,
for its outstanding
benefit concert.
contributions to the The weekend kicks off on Friday, Oct.
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by a forum on refugee issues. Speakers
at its upcoming include Abdul Alargha, Ivan Grosz,
Gimme Shelter Bnyad Sharef and Lori Nessel. Dinner is
fundraiser on $20; the talk at 7:15 p.m. is free. To sign
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For families
See also Montclair Art Museum, Montclair
Public Library, Montclair History Center list-
ings, below
Pumpkin Fest: Saturday, Oct. 20, 11 a.m.-4
p.m., rain or shine. Pumpkin painting, kid-
friendly spooky movies, photo booth, crafts
and games. Tickets $5, includes a hotdog.
Shop the Giant Pumpkin Patch, with over
1,000 pumpkins. Pumpkins sold daily 10
a.m.-7 p.m. through Halloween; proceeds
support the Navajo Nation and children/
youth programs. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church,
73 South Fullerton Ave. Information: sle.org,
info@sle.org, 973-744-6220
“Exciting Middle School Students about
Science.” Montclair Society of Engineers’
Oct. 19 meeting is for educators, parents
and students. PRISM (Professional
Resources in Science & Mathematics) at
Montclair State serves NJ school districts
by improving the way science and
mathematics are taught. PRISM scientists,
educators, and classroom teachers are
content-area specialists in curriculum,
professional development, and pedagogy.
PRISM programs emphasize inquiry-based
knowledge development, effective curriculum
planning, and instructional technology
to improve learning outcomes in science
and mathematics. Jacalyn Giacalone Willis,
Ph.D., founding director of MSU’s PRISM
science education center, will share how
her long-term interest in bringing scientists
to K-12 classrooms resulted in creating the
Rainforest Connection Live! videoconference
program that has connected children and
scientists for conversations about research
methods since 2003. Friday, Oct. 19, dessert
and beverages at 7:30 p.m., meeting at
8. Union Congregational Church, 176
Cooper Ave. (MSE meetings are open to the
public. See listing in Clubs & Organizations,
below.) Information: 973-932-0MSE (0673),
montclairengineer@yahoo.com
You Got This!: Conference for families with
young children, offered by Montclair Fund
for Educational Excellence, Montclair Public
Schools, and Montclair Community Council
for Young Children. Tools for confidently
parenting the whole child. Workshop
offerings will connect parents to parenting
resources in Montclair and Essex County.
Sunday, Oct. 28, 1:30-5:30 p.m. Nishuane
Elementary School, 32 Cedar Ave. Free;
educational childcare, transportation, and
dinner provided. Register at MFEE.org.
For kids and teenagers
Bike registration event: Registering bicycles
makes it possible for the MPD to return lost
or stolen bikes. For all ages. Saturday, Oct.
20, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Co-sponsored by
Pedal Montclair, Montclair Police Department
Community Service Unit and Tracey Diamond
Designs. At Pedal Montclair, 15 Midland Ave.
Information: pedalmontclair.com, 973-746-
3200
STEM Club: For girls in grades 4-6: Club
will explore concepts essential to building
an understanding of STEM through hands-
on, independent learning, with focus on
thinking creatively and critically about STEM,
envisioning futures in the STEM fields, and
having fun at the same time. Each class
independently themed. Four-week class,
Tuesdays 4:30-6 p.m. Succeed2gether, 11
Pine St. $40; sliding-scale fee for children
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The Writers Circle Creative Writing
Workshops for Kids and Teens: Saturdays,
Oct. 20-Dec. 15. Story Magic for grades 3-5,
1:15-2:30 p.m. Teen Writers Circle for middle/
high school students, 2:30-4 p.m. At Creativity
Caravan, 28 South Fullerton Ave. Info and
registration: writerscircleworkshops.com
Van Vleck House & Gardens: 21 Van
Vleck St. vanvleck.org. Monthly programs
for little kids. • Garden Discoveries Pre-K:
ages 3 to 5. A new topic each time. Each
Wednesday afternoon session includes a
story, a hike, and hands-on activities. Oct.
24: Bats. Registration for each is separate;
write education@vanvleck.org. • Outdoor
Adventures: Saturday-morning drop-in
program for ages 4 and up. Environmental
educator, self-guided activities on the
property. Oct. 27: Trees. Information/
registration: education@vanvleck.org or call
973-744-4752, ext. 3
The Little Read: 10th anniversary of the
children’s read-aloud marathon, a townwide
celebration of literacy and community.
Through Oct. 20, several locations, all events
free. Funds raised through sponsorships
support Montclair Public Library’s children’s
department and summer reading program.
Details at montclairlibrary.org/?s=little+read.
Public events:
• Friday, Oct. 19, 7-8 p.m.: Mayor Robert
Jackson and Peter Coyl, MPL director, will
read bedtime stories, auditorium
• Saturday, Oct. 20, 11-noon: Firefighters will
read at the Montclair Fire Department, 588
Valley Road
• Oct. 20, 11:30-12:30 p.m.: Wally Choice
Community Center, 115 Bloomfield Ave.  Used Book & Music Sale: Sponsored
• Oct. 20, noon-1: An inclusive community
read for children of all abilities at
Cornerstone Montclair, 198 Bellevue Ave.  CDs, DVDs, audio- & videotapes, sheet music,
• Oct. 20, 1-2 p.m.: Museum staff will read at
the Montclair Art Museum, 3 South Mountain
Ave.
The 1 for All Project: Workshop for
4th- and 5th-grade boys meets once a
month. Workshops focus on friendships,
school expectations, navigating complex
relationships, but all roads lead to emotional
literacy, self awareness, empathy for others
and empowerment. Second Tuesday of
every month: Nov. 13, Dec. 11, Jan. 8, 7-8:30
p.m. Register at the1forallproject.com.
Information: info@the1forallproject.com
Side Door: Free drop-in program; all
middle school students invited. Staffed by
volunteers from MSU and MHS. Activities
include basketball, ping pong, air hockey,
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MAM Art Truck, yoga, movies, games and
quiet spaces. Free food. Open 2:15-5 p.m.
most Fridays after school: Oct. 19, 26. Nov.
2, 16, 30. Dec. 14. Closed when Montclair
Public Schools are closed, or close early in
bad weather. Not open on holidays or early
release days. Sponsored by and held at
Union Congregational Church, 176 Cooper
Ave. Information: sidedoorucc@gmail.com
GENERAL INTEREST
March and Discussion: Sponsored by
the Undoing Racism Committee of the
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of
Montclair. Speaker Ron Pierce, Democracy
and Social Justice Fellow of NJ Institute for
Social Justice, formerly incarcerated for 30
years, will answer questions about: voter
disenfranchisement, systemic push to
curtail voting rights, impact on individuals, NJ
legislative actions. Today, Oct. 18. Rally: 5-6
p.m. at Church Street plaza. March: 6-6:15
p.m. Discussion: 6:15-7:30 p.m., Peierls
Room, Unitarian Universalist Congregation,
67 Church St. RSVP: https://urc_uucmoct18.
eventbrite.com
Montclair Design Week: Oct. 20-28,
Montclair’s official celebration of design.
Talks, studio tours, workshops, films,
festivities. Details at montclairdesignweek.org
S.O.F.I.A. Candlelight Vigil: In honor of
loved ones lost and to support survivors,
and in observance of Domestic Violence
Awareness Month. Monday, Oct. 29, 6:30-
7:30 p.m. Crane Park, at Glenridge Avenue
& Lackawanna Plaza. Battery-operated
purple candle lights will be provided to
all participants. Free and open to the
community. Information: supportsofia.org
Spiritual Drumming: 20th year of
workshops led by Richard Reiter, Emmy-
winning composer and jazz musician.
For adults and mature teenagers. $10;
refreshments provided. Bring drums and
percussion instruments; some drums
provided. Sundays, Oct. 21, Nov 18, Dec. 16,
3-5 p.m. First Congregational Church, 40
South Fullerton Ave. (enter via ramp facing
Plymouth Street.) Sponsored by Outpost in
the Burbs. Information: 973-744-6560 or
outpostintheburbs.org; RichardReiter.com
Plant Tulips in Anderson Park: Help
plant 600 tulip and daffodil bulbs, courtesy
of May in Montclair. Bring shovel, trowel
or tulip digger if you have them. Gloves
available for volunteers. Students can bring
community-service forms. Reservations
required by Oct. 28. For reservations/
time/location: GraceRenner@verizon.net,
973-477-7207. Rain date: Sunday, Nov.
4. Information: Friends of Anderson Park,
973-495-9056, montclairtrees@aol.com,
FriendsOfAndersonPark.com
by College Women’s Club of Montclair.
Thousands of books and paperbacks, LPs,
software, ephemera. Proceeds go to college
scholarship awards for girls in Montclair and
neighboring towns. This sale has an especially
large collection of Civil War, World War II, and
transportation-related books. Thursday, Nov.
9, 9:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Admission $20 till noon,
free thereafter. Friday, Nov. 9: 9:30-9 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 10: 9:30-7 p.m. Sunday, Nov.
11: 1-6 p.m. Fall sale has no half-price or bag
days. Credit cards accepted; scanner use
restricted. Booksale Headquarters, opposite
YMCA, 26 Park St. Enter on left. Information:
cwcbooksale@gmail.com, cwcmontclair.com
First Friends of NJ & NY International
Luncheon: First Friends serves immigrants
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and asylum seekers held in detention in the
Elizabeth Detention Center, Essex County
Correctional Facility, Bergen County Jail and
Hudson County Correction & Rehabilitation
Center, hosts a day to celebrate, respect,
accept and appreciate immigrant cultures.
International Luncheon, Saturday, Nov.
3, noon-3. St. Teresa Parish/Immaculate
Conception Church, 30 North Fullerton
Ave. Tickets $25 till Oct. 30, $30 at door.
Information: https://firstfriendsnjny.org, click
on “Get involved” and “donate.” Add special
instructions to the seller: “International
Luncheon.” Or send check to First Friends of
NJ & NY, 53 South Hackensack Ave., Kearny,
NJ 07032.
Montclair Hawk Watch: Daily through Nov.
30. Maintained by New Jersey Audubon. Take
Edgecliff Road off Bradford Avenue and go .2
miles. Park on shoulder, look for the path to
the lookout on south side of the road. Bring
binoculars. Information: https://tinyurl.com/
y8w3guc6.
Stargazing: North Jersey Astronomical Group
holds weekly Public Telescope Nights during
the fall and spring semesters at Montclair
State U. 8 p.m. on clear Thursdays through
Dec. 13, except for Nov. 22 (Thanksgiving).
Young kids invited to see the first-quarter
moon at 7:30 on Oct. 18, Nov. 15, and Dec.
13. Telescopes set up in front of Richardson
Hall and CELS on the Science Quad, just east
of the Student Center. Canceled if cloudy or
below 20 degrees F. Cancellation messages
at 973-594-6524. Information: montclair.edu,
search for Stargazing
Strut Your Mutt: Essex County’s annual
Canine Halloween Costume Contest.
Brookdale Park, Saturday, Oct. 20.
Registration at 9:15 a.m., parade at 10.
Free; prizes awarded. Rain date Oct. 27.
Information: essexcountynj.org
Essex County Computer & Electronics
Recycling Day: Saturday, Oct. 20, 9-3,
125 Fairview Ave., Cedar Grove. No smoke
detectors or carbon monoxide alarms. Must
provide proof of residency. Information:
ecuanj.com
The ChangingAging Tour: Dr. Bill Thomas,
geriatrician, author, entrepreneur, musician,
teacher and farmer, will be in Montclair Nov.
8 with two theatrical programs blending
medical science, storytelling, and live music.
• “Disrupt Dementia,” a positive look at living
well with dementia while challenging its
stigma, 2:30-4 p.m., Montclair High School
auditorium. • Montclair Senior Citizens
Advisory Committee’s Seniorama Vendor
Expo, 4-6 p.m. • “Life’s Most Dangerous
Game,” which explores aging as a form of
continued growth instead of a process of
decline. 6-7:30 p.m. Presented by Lifelong
Montclair and Valley Hospital. Tickets/show
info: https://changingaging.org/nj. Use
discount code LLM to save 50 percent. Info
on Bill Thomas and ChangingAging, including
Nov. 7 programs in Ridgewood: https://
changingaging.org/
Bernard King in Conversation with Ira
Berkow: Basketball Hall-of-Famer and New
York Knicks great King speaks one-on-one
with Berkow, the Pulitzer-prize-winning
sports journalist. Cocktail reception and
preview of Yogi Berra Museum’s new
exhibition, “Dunk! The Science of Basketball.”
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 6:30-9 p.m. Evening
includes autographed copy of King’s 2017
book, “Game Face: A Lifetime of Hard-Earned
Lessons On and Off the Basketball Court.”
Ticket info/RSVP: 973-655-2378. Yogi Berra
Museum & Learning Center, 8 Yogi Berra
Drive, Little Falls.
Montclair Farmers’ Market: Saturdays, 8
a.m.-2 p.m. until Thanksgiving. Family farms
and specialty food artisans. Walnut Street
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Train Station parking lot. SNAP, WIC, and
Seniors Farmers Market Nutrition Program
participants receive double coupon value.
Information: Township Sustainability Officer
Gray Russell, 973-509-5721
Montclair Community Farms mobile farm
stand: Affordable produce for Montclair
seniors and residents. HOMECorp Pop
Up Stand, corner of Woodland & Maple
avenues: Saturday, Oct. 27, noon. Pine Ridge,
60 Glenridge Ave.: Fridays through Oct. 26,
12:30 p.m. First Montclair House: 56 Walnut
St.: Fridays through Oct. 26, 1:30 p.m.
Defending Democracy Part 3: Art as
an Agent of Change: NJ 11th for Change
presents a conversation with Cuban
American artist Edel Rodriguez, creator of
iconic magazine covers depicting Donald
Trump. Moderated by Peabody Award-
winning radio producer Julie Burstein.
Thursday, Oct. 25, 7-9 p.m. Free, but
reservations required. At Center for Spiritual
Living, 331 Mount Kemble Ave., Morristown.
Tickets at https://democracyandart.
eventbrite.com
Holly Berry Craft and Gift Show: Woman’s
Club of Upper Montclair’s 29th annual.
Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 3-4. Over 40 artisans
and vendors with hand-crafted items.
Refreshments available at Berry Patch
Cafe. Hours: Saturday 10-5; Sunday 11-4.
Admission $2 for adults (under 12 free).
Event benefits club’s philanthropic efforts.
Woman’s Club, 200 Cooper Ave. Information:
973-744-9138.
BENEFITS, GALAS &
FUNDRAISERS
“Table Talk with P.O.P.”: 17th annual buffet
dinner fundraiser for People’s Organization
for Progress. Friday, Oct. 19, 7-9:30 p.m. St.
Peter Claver Roman Catholic Church, 56
Elmwood Ave. Topic: “Why We Must Vote.”
People’s Organization for Progress works for
social, economic and racial justice. Tickets
$15, at door. Information: 973-801-0001
HOMECorp’s 30 Most Memorable
Montclair Moments: 30th-anniversary
celebration: Oct. 30, 6-9 p.m., Mayfair
Farms, 481 Eagle Rock Ave., West Orange.
Cocktails, dinner, silent auction. Business
attire. Keynote speaker: Lt. Gov. Sheila
Oliver. Honorees: Pamela S. Scott, executive
director, Partners for Health Foundation;
William Scott, co-chair, Montclair Housing
Commission and chair, Montclair NAACP
Housing Committee; Paul Sionas, principal,
Sionas Architecture. Tickets: bit.ly/
HOMECorpTurns30. Information: homecorp.
org
Succeed2gether fundraiser: An Evening
with Thomas L. Friedman. Pulitzer-Prizer
winner and bestselling author in conversation
with Andrew Rosenthal, columnist and
former editorial page editor for The New York
Times, discussing Friedman’s latest book,
“Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist’s
Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations,”
as well as Trump and the political climate
in the U.S. Tickets $40, includes book.
https://bit.ly/2xBYLyK. Tuesday, Oct. 23,
6:30 p.m. First Congregational Church, 40
South Fullerton Ave. Succeed2gether is
Montclair-based nonprofit that works to end
the achievement gap for students in Essex
County.
YMCA of Montclair 1891 Gala: This year’s
honorees: McMullen Family Foundation and
Kate Stanton-Paule and Leslie Wallace of
Montclair Public Schools Transition Program.
Black-and-white ball, black tie optional.
Emcee Amy Scott. All proceeds benefit the
Y’s financial assistance program. Friday, Oct.
26, 7 p.m. Valley Regency, 1129 Valley Road,
Clifton. Tickets, sponsorship opportunities, to
make donation: montclairymca.org/gala or
973-415-6125.
Gimme Shelter: Friends of the Montclair
Township Animal Shelter (FOMTAS) honor
Cameron Animal Hospital. Proceeds help the
shelter continue to provide care and shelter
for homeless animals from the Montclair
area. Thursday, Nov. 1. Tickets or to donate:
www.501auctions/fomtas
Vanguard Theater Company Black
& White Gala: Honoring TeeRico by
Lin Manuel Miranda, Montclair Film,
GrassROOTS Community Foundation, the
First Congregational Church and Nassan’s
Place. Funds raised will be used to address
the lack of diversity in traditional theater
casting and training by producing original
and reimagined theater driven by D.R.E.A.M.:
Diversity, Reciprocity, Education, Awareness
and Mentorship. Saturday, Nov. 3, 7 p.m.
Cocktails, dinner, performances, auctions,
dance party. The Loft, 8 Lackawanna
Plaza. Tickets, information: 973-632-2523,
vanguardtheatercompany.sporn@gmail.com
College Women’s Club Used Book &
Music Sale: Nov. 8-11. Supports college
scholarship awards for girls from Montclair
and neighboring towns. See details under
General Interest, above.
Montclair Branch NAACP Thurgood
Marshall Dinner: 102nd annual dinner.
Theme: “Face the Hate — Vote.” Keynote
speaker: Imani R. Oakley, graduate of
Howard University School of Law, and a
constituent advocate for Sen. Cory Booker.
Kendra Johnson, superintendent of schools,
will receive the Thurgood Marshall Award.
Awards ceremony will also include tributes
to Brendan Gill, co-chair of the Montclair
Democratic Committee; Eve Robinson, John
Farrell, Mary Bentley-Lamar, Matilda Williams,
Bernadette Glover, Russell Robinson, Shante
Palmer, Lynne Williams, James Harris, Shakira
Pelham, Layla Al-Misri, Maia Wallace, and
Mechi Brown. Friday, Nov. 2, 6:30-11 p.m.
Hanover Manor, 16 Eagle Rock Ave., East
Hanover. Tickets: montclairnaacp.org, or call
Beverly Bussey, event chairperson, at 862-
600-5037.
Montclair Film: Stephen Colbert, host of
CBS’ “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,”
will host an evening with Meryl Streep, on
stage at NJPAC. Saturday, Dec. 1, 8 p.m.
Tickets at 888-466-5722, NJPAC box office
and njpac.org. All proceeds benefit Montclair
Film, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that hosts the
annual Montclair Film Festival (May 3-12,
2019), and year-round film education,
cinema, and community programs.
VOLUNTEERS/DONATIONS
Little Read: Volunteer readers needed for
10th anniversary of free townwide read-
aloud marathon, underway through Oct.
20. (See listing in General Interest, above.)
Each participant reads aloud for 10 minutes
in slots scheduled throughout the five-day
event, which is geared to children in pre-
school through grade three. Readings at
different locations, with a wide variety of
books for readers to choose from. Details at
montclairlibrary.org/?s=little+read
Outpost in the Burbs: Open House
for Prospective Volunteers. Learn about
concert and community service volunteering
opportunities. Light refreshments served.
Monday, Nov. 5, 7 p.m. First Congregational
Church (Guild Room), 40 South Fullerton Ave.
Information: outpostintheburbs.org
Coat drive: Annual drive sponsored by
Montclair Fire Department and St. James
Episcopal Church. Drop off new or clean,
gently used coats at the church, 581 Valley
Road, through Nov. 18.
Boy Scouts in Montclair’s South End:
Volunteer recruitment meeting Wednesday,
Oct. 24, 8 p.m. 4 North Brookwood
Drive. Men welcome with sons (grade 4
through age 17). RSVP/information, email
montclairscoutinstitute@gmail.com or
go to https://montclairscoutinstitute.
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would like to support? Donate at: https://
montclairscoutinstitute.wordpress.com/
donate/
Food drive by New Jersey Realtors: Sixth
annual drive by Prominent Properties
Sotheby’s International Realty, in partnership
with Move For Hunger, national nonprofit
based in Red Bank. Collecting nonperishable
food items, such as peanut butter, tuna,
pasta rice, beans, cereal, and canned soup/
fruits/vegetables. Donate at 32 Valley Road;
Montclair donations will go to the Community
FoodBank of New Jersey. Through Dec. 15.
Information: Dan Beam, Move For Hunger,
dan@moveforhunger.org or 732-774-0521,
ext. 109
Human Needs Food Pantry: 9 Label St.
humanneedsfoodpantry.org; 973-746-
4669. Open for client pickup Tuesdays and
Thursdays noon-2:30 p.m., and Thursdays
5:30-6:30 p.m. Regular donation times:
Tuesdays and Thursdays 8 a.m.-noon.
Donate healthy nonperishable food that has
not passed its sell-by date. Also needed: tall
paper grocery bags with handles; diapers/
pull-ups (open packs OK, size 4, 5, and
pull-ups most needed) and baby wipes;
unopened toiletries and personal-care items
(full- or hotel-size); clean, like-new blankets,
towels, and sheets; pet food; Ensure/
Glucerna for the ill or elderly; new socks and
underwear. Accepting clean clothing, in like-
new condition only; all sizes welcome, adult
XXL most needed.
CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
Garden Habitats: Learn about attracting
birds, butterflies and pollinators to your yard.
A healthy and ecological backyard habitat is
a great way to help get our planet back to
health. Saturday, Oct. 20, 9-11 a.m. Van Vleck
House & Gardens, 21 Van Vleck St. Register:
email education@vanvleck.org or call 973-
744-4752, ext. 3. $15.
Let’s Grow Montclair Workshops:
Montclair Health and Human Services
Dept., HOMECorp, and Montclair
Community Farms co-sponsor series of
free workshops. Upcoming: • Putting the
Garden to Bed. Saturday, Oct. 27, 1:30-
3:30 p.m. Montclair Community Farms, 108
Orange Road. • Drying Herbs & Vegetables.
Saturday, Nov. 17, 1:30-3:30 p.m. In the
hearth kitchen at 110 Orange Road. •
Healthy Holiday Party (Demonstrations
and Gathering). Saturday, Dec. 15, location
to be announced. Montclair Community
Farms serve as hands-on resources that
engage and educate the community and
youth farmers in urban farming, sustainable
agriculture, affordable food access, and
healthy food and lifestyle choices. Register
at https://tinyurl.com/y8pyf8t5. Information:
montclaircommunityfarms@gmail.com.
Creativity Caravan: 28 South Fullerton Ave.
201-259-9801; thecreativitycaravan.com.
Fall programs in creative writing, modern
calligraphy, bookbinding. Others listed in Arts,
below. Details on the website.
Writing workshop: Create Your Family
Cookbook Mini-Workshop. The Writers Circle,
Thursdays, Oct. 25-Nov. 15. These cookbooks
can be holiday gifts, wedding presents or
family reunion keepsakes. Information/
registration: writerscircleworkshops.com
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
List your club meetings or activities that are
open to the public by emailing the informa-
tion to listings@montclairlocal.news.
College Women’s Club of Montclair:
Monthly programs and interest groups.
Sponsors two used-book sales a year to
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generate college scholarships for area
girls. Information: cwcmontclair.com. Book
donations suspended until after the fall sale
(Nov. 8-11). Booksale Headquarters, 26 Park
St., opposite the YMCA.
Dunworkin Club of Montclair: Second
and fourth Friday. Social time at 10:30 a.m.,
speaker at 11. Presentation followed by lunch
and conversation. Meeting place for Oct. 26
and Nov. 9: Union Congregational Church,
176 Cooper Ave. Information: Jean Bendel,
973-429-9529
Essex Toastmasters: Meets at Bloomfield
Civic Center, 84 Broad St., Bloomfield, second
and fourth Thursdays, 7-8:30 p.m. Members
work on overcoming fear of public speaking
while learning listening, team-playing and
leadership skills. Open to public; guests
welcome. Information: essextoastmasters.org
Garden Club of Montclair: Monthly meeting
and tea. United Way Building Auditorium, 60
South Fullerton Ave. $5 suggested donation
for nonmembers. Information: 973-857-
2662. • “All the Presidents’ Gardens,” by
author and horticulturist Marta McDowell.
Inside scoop about the White House gardens
and the contributions of the many first
families who graced this iconic American
treasure. Book available for purchase. All
welcome. Monday, Oct. 22, 1-3 p.m. Tea and
flower design and horticulture competition
entries after the presentation.
Montclair Bird Club: Meets second
Wednesday of the month, September-
June (except December), 7:30 p.m. Union
Congregational Church, 176 Cooper Ave.
montclairbirdclub.org. Public welcome;
free. Nov. 14: Program on the Shawangunk
Grasslands, by Ken Witkowski, a biological
science technician with the US Fish & Wildlife
Service.
Montclair Chess Club: Meets Wednesdays,
6:30-9:30 p.m., 73 See Gallery & Design
Studio, 73 Pine St. Free. Information:
Daniel Cruz at cruz.daniel.u@gmail.com or
facebook.com/montclairchessclub/
Montclair Community Band: Meets
Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m. Montclair High School
Band Room. Information: Barbara Rudy, 973-
202-3233
Montclair Knitting Circle: Meets
Tuesdays, 9-11 a.m. Edgemont Park House.
Information: Barbara Rudy, 973-202-3233
Montclair Music Club: Nonprofit
organization gives classically trained
musicians an opportunity to get to know
each other through conversation and
performance. Awards a yearly scholarship
by audition to a local graduating high
school senior who plans to continue with
the study of music. Meets second Monday
of the month through May. Follow MMC at
facebook.com/montclairmusicclub/
Montclair Recorder Society: Meets
Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. St. Luke’s Episcopal
Church, 73 South Fullerton Ave. Open to
anyone, regardless of musical training.
Playing Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque
music, and occasionally more modern
music in small group consorts. Information:
montclairEarlyMusic.org, call Julienne at 845-
943-0610, or juliennepape@gmail.com
Montclair Republicans: Founded ca. 1880,
meets regularly for a sociable, family-style
dinner at Greek Taverna, 292 Bloomfield Ave.,
and at other venues. montclairrepublicans.
com
Montclair Society of Engineers: Meetings
are open to the public. Desserts and
beverages at 6:30 p.m., meeting at 7. Free.
Union Congregational Church, 176 Cooper
Ave. Information: 973-932-0MSE (0673) or
montclairengineer@yahoo.com. Follow MSE
on Facebook or LinkedIn. Oct. 19 meeting
Local Listings
Montclair’s first brewery opens
Christine Lyons and Zoe Zellers taste-test Leo Sawadogo’s creations in Montclair Brewery on
opening day. Co-owners Denise Ford Sawadogo and her husband, Leo, opened the taps for
the crowd flowing in this past Saturday, Oct. 13.
details in General Interest, above.
Montclair Women’s Club: A cultural and
service organization; programs open to the
public every other Friday. Special evening and
weekend events. 82 Union St. Information:
montclairwomensclub.org. • Today, Oct. 18,
7-9 p.m. “Breast Cancer Myths: What’s fact?
What’s fiction?” Speakers: Breast oncologist
Priya Jadeja, M.D.; and Karen Loewen, R.N.
Refreshments served. • Wednesday, Oct.
24, 7:30 p.m.: Lawrence Hamm, chairman of
People’s Organization for Progress, will speak
on “The Historical Significance of Voting
(and Non-voting) on Abolition, Suffrage,
Civil Rights, Workers Rights...” $5 at door.
Refreshments served.
National Council of Negro Women,
Montclair Section: Annual membership
open house. Saturday, Oct. 27, 1-4 p.m.
Women’s Community Circle, 33 Woodland
Ave. RSVP to Sandra Cook McKnight,
smckni7035@aol.com
Rotary Club of Montclair: Organization
of business and professional people with
common objective of serving the community.
Weekly meetings with guest presentations,
Tuesdays at 12:15 p.m., Greek Taverna, 292
Bloomfield Ave. Lunch available, $20. Public
welcome at open meetings. Information:
montclairrotaryclub@gmail.com. Follow on
Facebook and at montclairrotaryclub.com.
Victorian Society in America, Northern
New Jersey Chapter: Public welcome to
monthly meetings with presentations by
guest speakers. $10 nonmembers, members
free. Held at Montclair Women’s Club, 82
Union St. Refreshments served. Information:
victoriansannj.org. • Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m.:
“Historic Upper Montclair Business District,
Then and Now.” Slide show chronicling
development of the area from a rural
settlement in the 1880s to a burgeoning
suburban town in the 1930s. Historical facts,
some architectural notes, neighborhood
lore, and “then and now” comparison photos.
Program developed by Helen Fallon, trustee
of the Montclair History Center, and Lisanne
Renner, historian of Friends of Anderson
Park, and presented by Fallon. Information:
christinapmayer@gmail.com or 973-744-
5916
Woman’s Club of Upper Montclair: 200
Cooper Ave. • Annual Fall Benefit Luncheon,
Wednesday, Oct. 24, 11:30 a.m. Supporting
ADA ANIK/FOR MONTCLAIR LOCAL
Human Needs Food Pantry. Luncheon,
poetry reading, raffles. $30. RSVP by Oct.
17 to 973-744-9138, or Woman’s Club
of Upper Montclair, 200 Cooper Ave.,
Montclair, NJ 07043. • Holly Berry Craft and
Gift Show: Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 3-4. Over
40 artisans and vendors with hand-crafted
items. Refreshments available at Berry
Patch Cafe. Hours: Saturday 10-5; Sunday
11-4. Admission $2 for adults (under 12
free). Event benefits club’s philanthropic
efforts. Information: 973-744-9138. • Musical
Afternoon: Wednesday, Nov. 7, 1:30 p.m.
Sharman Nittoli, singer and pianist, will
present a program of music and stories.
Nittoli has performed at Madison Square
Garden, Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music
Hall and with the Duprees. Free for club
members; open to the public for $5.
WILPF: Women’s International League for
Peace and Freedom, Essex County Branch:
Founded in 1915, it is the oldest peace group
in the world and second-oldest women’s
group. Newcomers welcome. Information:
Fran Gardella, 848-448-4335 or fgardella@
hotmail.com
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
If your church, synagogue, mosque or other
religious institution holds events that are open
to the public, list them here by emailing the
information to listings@montclairlocal.news.
Trinity Presbyterian Church: Orange Road
& High Street. 973-744-3396. The Rev. Anita
R. Wright, pastor. • The 105th Anniversary
Celebration, Saturday, Oct. 20, noon-4. Valley
Regency, 1129 Valley Road, Clifton. Guest
preacher the Rev. Maria Crompton, pastor of
Elmwood Presbyterian Church, East Orange.
Tickets $85, $40 for 12 years and under.
Central Presbyterian Church: 46
Park St. centralpresbyterian.net; Office.
CentralPresbyterian@gmail.com. 973-
744-5340. • Second Saturdays programs
for young children. Nov. 10: Montclair Art
Museum community art project. Dec. 8:
Ariel Rivka Dance presents interactive dance
performance. Information: secondsaturdays.
central@gmail.com
St. James Episcopal Church: 581 Valley
Road, stjamesepiscopal.org • The Sky’s the
Limit thrift shop, open Tuesdays 11 a.m.-3
Thursday, October 18, 2018
p.m. and Saturdays 9-3; now also Fridays
10-2. Donations accepted Tuesdays and
Saturdays during shop hours. Clothing for
men, women, and children; household items,
toys, knickknacks, etc. Information: 973-744-
0270
Bnai Keshet: 99 South Fullerton Ave.
bnaikeshet.org; bnaikeshet@bnaikeshet.
org; 973-746-4889. • Bnai Keshet’s National
Refugee Shabbat Oct. 19-21: Activities for
National Refugee Shabbat, part of nationwide
effort by Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society to
educate and train participants on issues
and ways to help detained immigrants
and asylum seekers. • Friday, Oct. 19, 6:30
p.m. Shabbat dinner prepared by Syrian
refugees, followed by forum on refugee
issues with experts and recent and former
refugees. • Saturday, Oct. 20, 7:30-10 p.m.,
a youth-directed benefit concert for Make
the Road New Jersey. • Sunday, Oct. 21, 2
p.m., 90-minute presentation by the Newark
nonprofit First Friends, for those who’d like to
learn how to help detained immigrants and
asylum seekers with visitations, resettlement
assistance and advocacy. • BK’s Roving
Havdalah Café: A night of music celebrating
creativity of neighbors from various parts
of the world. Guests: Aelita, a citizen of
the world reinterpreting songs in Russian,
French, Yiddish and many other languages;
Yazan Al-Harai, an artist, composer, singer-
song writer; John Ehlis, composer and
multi-instrumentalist creating his own
technique of blending sounds from around
the world. Saturday, Oct. 20, 7 p.m. LeSouk,
51 Watchung Plaza. Free, all welcome. Light
snacks—Syrian savory and dessert snacks, as
well as tea—will be available. Havdalah Café
is a roving monthly gathering to celebrate
Havdalah in a public space.
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church: 73 South
Fullerton Ave. slechurch.org. • Weekly service
for children ages 2-7, Sundays at 9. Last
Sunday of month, children participate in Kids
in the Kitchen to make a dessert for guests
of Toni’s Kitchen, St. Luke’s food ministry.
Childcare available for parents who wish
to stay for later service. Info: Kathy DeWalt,
director of family ministries, at dewalt@
slechurch.org. • Community Youth Choir: for
kids in grades 2-8. Rehearsals Wednesdays,
beginning with simple supper. Choir
performs once a month at 10 a.m. service.
Information: Peter Tamburro, choir director,
at tamburro@slechurch.org
Congregation Shomrei Emunah: 67 Park
St. 973-746-5031. • As part of the ongoing
series @nourish, Matthew Purdy, New York
Times deputy managing editor, will speak on
Saturday, Nov. 3, 10:30 a.m. Focus is on the
current state of the news today, and how
journalists and readers deal with a 24-hour-
a-day news cycle. Free, open to public.
Information: contact synagogue office
SENIORS
See also Montclair Public Library, Montclair
Art Museum listings, below
Senior programs at Edgemont Park
House: Hosted by Township of Montclair
through Lifelong Montclair. MILL classes
require registration. • Today at 12:15: Lunch
Learn Ask, with speaker from the clerk’s
office. Sign-up required. • Tomorrow, Oct. 19:
Meditation group at 10 a.m. Game club at
11:30 a.m. (note change in time). No signup
required. • Montclair Public Library eLibrary
support (for cell phone, iPad, computer,
e-reader, etc.): Thursday, Oct. 25, 10:30 a.m.
MILL: Montclair Institute of Lifelong
Learning, administered through Montclair
Township and Partners for Health.
Online registration only; set up account
at lifelongmontclair.org/MILL. Assistance
available at Montclair Public Library second-
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floor reference desk or 973-744-0500, ext.
2235.
Celebrating Aging in Film Series: “Finding
Your Feet” (2017). After the screening,
educator, author, and aging expert Mario
Garrett, Ph.D., will lead a discussion
about inclusiveness, individualism, and
the importance of creativity for an aging
population. Program offered in partnership
with Bevival and Aging in Montclair. Sunday,
Nov. 4, 2:30 p.m. Montclair Art Museum, 3
South Mountain Ave. Tickets $10 advance,
$12 at door. Tickets/series information:
bevival.com
Free Montclair Senior Bus: Taking residents
55+ or with disabilities from their homes
to Bay Street Station, Montclair History
Center, Brookdale ShopRite, Montclair Public
Library, Mountainside Medical Center, YMCA,
Edgemont Park, Wally Choice Community
Center, and more. Bus returns you to your
home. Information/scheduling: EZ Ride,
Montclair Senior Bus operator, 201-939-
4242, ext. 1
Aging in Montclair: AIM Hub, second floor,
Salvation Army, 13 Trinity Place. Information:
973-707-5088 or aginginmontclairAIM@
gmail.com; aginginmontclair.org
• October Saturday Social: Oct. 27, 2-4 p.m.
in the AIM Senior Hub. All welcome. Guest
speaker: Jessica Serdikoff, RDN CPT, dietician,
who will talk about the therapeutic potential
of herbs and spices as she provides nutrition
advice. She’ll speak about the ingredients that
have been used for centuries by different
cultures and medicine practices across the
world, as well as current research. Serdikoff
is in-store dietician at Brookdale ShopRite,
certified personal trainer, and recently
completed chef training program at National
Gourmet Institute of New York City. Park in
garage under the Salvation Army Building
(outside doors are locked on the weekend).
Enter through garage elevator. Call 973-707-
5088 if you need a ride.
• Conversations on Aging in Community:
First Thursdays, 10-noon. A small confidential
facilitated group. Topics include: housing
options, how to improve feelings and
benefits of community and mutual support,
and coping with health concerns and loss
of mobility and engagement. AIM Hub.
Refreshments. RSVP to Patriziaci@aol.com or
just come.
• Widows & Widowers Connection: New
group forming; first meeting Oct. 18. To
join, call number above. Support group
meets third Thursdays, helps those who
have lost spouses navigate their “new
normal.” An opportunity to meet new friends
who understand your loss and to share
experiences and resources for continuing
support. AIM Hub.
• AIM’s Caregivers Support Group: Free and
confidential support group for caregivers of
all ages. Meets fourth Tuesday of the month,
at AIM Hub. Call AIM if you need a ride.
Senior Home Repair Program: Essex
County program helps senior homeowners
and their caregivers secure their homes for
the weather ahead. Life Management Inc., a
nonprofit, offers services to Essex seniors,
funded by county Division of Senior Services.
Information: 973-655-0300
The ChangingAging Tour: Dr. Bill Thomas,
geriatrician, author, entrepreneur, musician,
teacher and farmer, will be in Montclair on
Nov. 8 with two theatrical programs blending
medical science, storytelling, and live music.
(See listing in General Interest, above.) •
“Disrupt Dementia,” 2:30-4 p.m., Montclair
High School auditorium. • Montclair Senior
Citizens Advisory Committee’s Seniorama
Vendor Expo, 4-6 p.m. • “Life’s Most
Dangerous Game,” 6-7:30 p.m. Presented
Local Listings
Biking ‘round town
Glenridge Avenue fills with the bicyclists of the 13th Tour de Montclair, attracting about 500
riders to the long (12-mile) and short (6-mile) courses through town. Sunday morning, Oct. 7.
by Lifelong Montclair and Valley Hospital.
Tickets/show info: https://changingaging.
org/nj. Use discount code LLM to save 50
percent. Info on ChangingAging, including
Nov. 7 programs in Ridgewood: https://
changingaging.org/
Clara Maass Medical Center Monthly
Supper Club: Series for seniors offers
an evening of food, games, prizes and
conversation with a health expert. 4:30-6
p.m. Hospital Cafeteria, 1 Clara Maass Drive,
Belleville. Free; register at 888-724-7123.
Parking will be validated. Nov. 5: lung cancer
prevention. Dec. 3: healthy holidays.
Mountainside Medical Center 24/7 Senior
Intervention Helpline: To address the
behavioral health concerns of area residents
age 65 and older. Seniors in distress, along
with authorized caregivers for the elderly
who aren’t sure where to turn for help, can
call 973-429-6073 whenever assistance
from the hospital’s team of specially trained
geriatric mental health professionals is
needed.
Looking Together: Montclair Art Museum
invites people living with dementia and their
care partners to explore art together. A
free, interactive gallery program led by MAM
docents and educators. Engage with current
exhibitions through gallery conversations and
hands-on activities. First Wednesday of the
month; reserve at 973-259-5136 or contact
tours@montclairartmuseum.org. MAM, 3
South Mountain Ave. Offered in partnership
with Montclair Institute for Lifelong Learning
(MILL), an initiative of Lifelong Montclair.
Information: montclairartmuseum.org
State Health Insurance Assistance
Program: SHIP provides free help to
Medicare beneficiaries who have problems
with, or questions about their health
insurance. Statewide program administered
by the NJ Dept. of Human Services with
financial assistance through a grant from
the U.S. Administration for Community
Living. Trained volunteer counselors
provide information and assistance for
dealing with claims and in evaluating health
insurance options; they do not provide
ADAM ANIK/FOR MONTCLAIR LOCAL
legal advice, sell, recommend, or endorse
any specific insurance product, agent,
insurance company or plan. Free. Sessions
usually scheduled for Wednesdays, 1-3
p.m., Montclair Public Library. Information,
appointments: call Essex County SHIP office,
973-637-1717; or MPL, 973-744-0500
HEALTH PROGRAMS
Montclair Health Dept.: 973-509-4970,
third floor, Municipal Building, 205 Claremont
Ave.
• Immunization Clinics. Held first and
third Tuesday of the month, 9-noon. For
adults and adolescents. Vaccines offered
include: Measles, mumps, rubella; Tdap
(tetanus), polio, meningococcal, Hepatitis A
and Hepatitis B, flu and pneumococcal, HPV
(human papilloma virus) and shingles.
• Free blood pressure screenings:
First Wednesday of the month (except
holidays), 9:30-11 a.m. Municipal Building,
205 Claremont Ave. Also, screenings at:
First Montclair House, 56 Walnut St., first
Thursday, 10-noon; South End Gardens, 340
Orange Road, third Tuesday, 10-noon; Pine
Ridge of Montclair, 60 Glenridge Ave., fourth
Tuesday, 10-noon
Blood Drives
American Red Cross holds monthly drive,
usually second Thursdays, 1:30-6:30 p.m.,
at Central Presbyterian Church, 46 Park St.
Walk-ins accepted, appointments preferred.
800-RED-CROSS or redcrossblood.org.
MONTCLAIR HISTORY CENTER
Note: see also children’s programming under
Families and Kids, above
110 Orange Road (Crane House & Historic
YWCA) and 30 North Mountain Ave. (Shultz
House). montclairhistory.org; 973-744-1796;
mail@montclairhistorical.org
Note: Museum will be closed Nov. 28.
• Bike Tour of the Montclair Art Colony:
By the late 1800s, many artists had flocked
to Montclair. The most famous was George
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Inness Sr., but he was soon joined by
painters like Lawrence Carmichael Earle,
sculptors William Couper and Jonathan
Scott Hartley, stained glass artists Emilie
and Walter Greenough, and engraver Harry
Fenn. Eight-mile ride (about two hours) goes
past many of their homes and studios. More
recent artists such as civil rights muralist
Don Miller will also be discussed. Saturday,
Nov. 3, 10 a.m. $10; registration required at
montclairhistory.org. Offered in partnership
with Bike Walk Montclair and the Montclair
Art Museum. After tour, visit MAM to see
works by Inness (admission additional, free
for MAM members). Starting location: Crane
House & Historic YWCA
• Hometown History Bus Tour: Two-
hour bus ride is fast-paced tour through
Montclair’s history looking at its architecture,
businesses and people. Led by Helen Fallon,
trustee, and Jane Eliasof, executive director.
Saturday, Nov. 17, 10 a.m. Registration
required by Nov. 10. Members $25,
nonmembers $30. Bus leaves 10 a.m. from
110 Orange Road.
• House tours: Sunday, Oct. 21 and Nov.
18, 1-4 p.m. The Crane House and Historic
YWCA is a window on to the history of our
nation from its early years as an independent
country to a country embroiled in the civil
rights struggle, as it is interpreted from 1796
to 1965. The 1896 Shultz House (Evergreens)
takes you back to life in early 20th-century
Montclair. Tours of Crane House on the hour,
last tour at 3. Tours of Shultz House on the
half hour, last tour 3:30. Admission $6; $5/
student/senior with ID; $4/child; under 2 free,
good for both sites.
• Weekday Tours of the Crane House &
Historic YWCA: Wednesdays at 1 p.m. See
admission prices above. 
• MHC tour booklet: Self-guided walking
and biking tour booklet highlights some of
Montclair’s historic districts. Includes six
tours; five are less than 2 miles. Available in
print and at montclairhistory.org
MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM
Note: see also children’s programming under
Families and Kids, above
3 South Mountain Ave.; open Wednesdays
through Sundays. For hours, admission fees
and discounts, go to montclairartmuseum.
org or call 973-746-5555. Exhibitions free
with regular admission unless otherwise
specified.
• “Kara Walker: Virginia’s Lynch Mob and
Other Works”: Through Jan. 6.
• “Constructing Identity in America (1766–
2017),” through January 2020.
• “Envision Empower Embrace,” through sum-
mer 2019.
• Drop-in Studio: Every Sunday, 1-4 p.m.
Drop by Helen & Bill Geyer Art Studio to ex-
plore a range of art materials and processes
based on artwork on view in the galleries.
Open-ended activities are designed to spark
creativity in artists of all ages and abilities.
MAM studio instructors provide assistance
and technical advice. Included in museum
admission.
• Free First Thursday: Held October through
June, with free admission, art activities, tours,
live music, full-service bar. 5-9 p.m. Info:
montclairartmuseum.org/thursdays
• “All About Ben: A Celebration of Ben Jones”:
New Jersey-born artist, mentor, teacher and
activist Ben Jones uses his art to bring aware-
ness to the plight of people throughout the
world. Originally from Paterson, his artistic
journey through social activism began during
the Civil Rights Movement. An installation
of his work, “Ben Jones: Envision Empower
Embrace” is on exhibit on MAM’s Laurie Arts
Stairway, and his work is included in MAM’s
exhibition “Constructing Identity in America
(1766-2017)”. Thursday, Oct. 25, 7 p.m. Free.
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MONTCLAIR PUBLIC LIBRARY
Main Library: 50 South Fullerton Ave., 973-744-
0500, montclairlibrary.org
Bellevue Avenue Branch: 185 Bellevue Ave., 973-
744-0500, ext. 2285
The Every Wednesday Matinée: 2 p.m.,
film series presented in the auditorium. Free.
This month, classic horror films: Oct. 24:
“Frankenstein.” Oct. 31: “Dracula”
Sankofa Genealogy Group: Third Saturday
of the month, 2-4 p.m. Information: gubaby@
earthlink.net
Bridge Group: Tuesdays noon-4 p.m. All
ages and skill levels welcome.
Yoga on the Plaza: Fridays 9 a.m. Open-
level class presented by Misha Hajj, yoga
instructor at Montclair YMCA. Hourlong
alignment based on vinyasa practice. No
registration required.
English Conversation Group: A class that
encourages speakers of other languages
to practice their English speaking skills,
to increase their vocabulary, to improve
pronunciation, and gain confidence in
their English ability. Unaffiliated with LVA.
Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Information: 973-
746-4319 or email lwhite9187@verizon.net.
Current Events Discussion Group:
Wednesdays, 11-1 p.m., Main Library, Isabel
Rose Café. All ages and beliefs welcome.
Just Walk! fitness class: Tuesdays at noon
through October. Mild- to moderate-intensity
indoor cardiovascular walking class.
Essential Oils 101: Natural Solutions for
Healthy Living through Fall & Winter. Today,
Oct. 18, 6 p.m.
Let’s Listen to Jazz: BYOV: Bring Your Own
Vinyl! Friday, Oct. 19, 6 p.m. Monthly listening
session with Seed Artists.
“The Spanish Tragedy”: Live performance
by Hudson Shakespeare Co. Tuesday, Oct.
23, 7 p.m. A lesser-known Elizabethan drama,
by Thomas Kyd. Written sometime between
1582 and 1592. Later versions of the play
have largely included additional scenes and
bits of dialogue which have been attributed
to William Shakespeare. The Spanish
Tragedy was popular in its day and even was
responsible for establishing a new type of
drama called the revenge tragedy.
Children’s activities and events
Registration required for all children’s pro-
grams unless otherwise indicated. Children of
all abilities welcome. MPL Youth Department
is on third floor of the Main Library. Events at
Bellevue Avenue Branch will be noted.
Storytimes for young children: Babies in
the Library, for newborns-23 months. Tod-
dler Time, for 2-year-olds. Mother Goose, for
ages 3-6. Different days and times; registra-
tion required. Details on the website.
Family Storytime @ Bellevue Avenue
Branch: For newborns-age 5. Different days
and times; details on the website.
Book Buddies: Volunteers from Friends of
the Montclair Public Library (Big Buddies) will
be paired with children in grades 2-4 (Little
Buddies) for 45 minutes of shared reading.
Registration required. Main Library, third
floor. Friday, Oct. 26, 4-5 p.m.
Game On: Wii & Board Games: All ages; no
registration required. Friday, Oct. 19, 3-5 p.m.
Therapy Dog Visit: Cruz is a retired racing
greyhound. Greyhounds are the second
fastest land animal (behind the cheetah)
and can run up to 45 miles an hour. Cruz
lived in Florida, ran 104 races and won 17
of them. Now that he’s retired (at age 5),
he enjoys walks, car rides, lots of naps, and
reading in the nice quiet library. Ages 5 and
up; registration required. Saturday, Oct. 20,
11-noon.
Passport to Flavor: For United Nations Day,
we’ll be making and/or sampling a bite from
each continent (except Antarctica). Please
advise of food allergies. Grades 6 and up;
registration required. In the cafe, Wednesday,
Oct. 24, 4:30 p.m.
The Ballot League: Teen Voting Info
Group: How can you influence politicians and
voters, even if you yourself aren’t old enough
to vote? What are your rights as a young
voter, and how can these rights be used
to maximize your vote’s impact? What do
confident voters know and do, before, during,
and after an election? This activity-based
workshop will introduce library resources
and historical examples to encourage
thoughtful citizenship. Presented jointly with
Montclair Parents for Change. Ages 11 &
up; registration recommended. Third floor.
Sunday, Oct. 28, 3 p.m. and Thursday, Nov. 1,
6:30 p.m.
Teen Halloween Movie: “Mystery Science
Theater 3000: The Movie.” A takedown of the
1955 alien invasion flick “This Island Earth.” In
his quest for world domination, evil scientist
Dr. Clayton Forrester plans to subject the
human race to the worst movies of all time.
He tests his plan on Mike Nelson, the only
human aboard a space station. However,
Mike and his two robot sidekicks flip the
script by heaping “This Island Earth” with
quips, razzing, and general silliness. Light
refreshments. Rated PG-13. No registration
required, but please advise of food allergies.
Auditorium. Tuesday, Oct. 30, 6 p.m.
TAB Meeting: Teen Advisory Board meets
first Wednesday of month, October-May. TAB
members receive community service hours
for participating. Meetings conclude with DIY
craft.
Montclair Adult School
The Adult School Department of the Mont-
clair Library. Third floor, Main Library. Fall 1
classes underway. Montclair residents may
purchase a 2018 membership for $25 and
attend classes tuition-free when they take
place at either the Main or Bellevue branch-
es. Information/registration: adultschool.
org or 973-744-0500, ext. 2224. Upcoming
classes, lectures:
• Trump Foreign Policy at Mid-term: $20. Reg-
istration required. Thursday, Oct. 18, 7 p.m.
Bellevue Avenue Branch
• Art Nouveau: Humanity in Harmony with
the Natural World: $20. Registration required.
Thursday, Oct. 25, 7 p.m. Auditorium
ARTS
Concerts & live music
Serendipity Café: The Montclair Student
Café Project. Information: Facebook, search
for Terry’s Serendipity Café
Montclair Community Band Autumn
Concert: Conducted by Jim Wasko. Marches,
show tunes and light classics. Sunday, Nov.
18, 3 p.m. Montclair High School auditorium,
Park St. Free. Sponsored by Dept. of
Recreation and Cultural Affairs. Information:
973-744-1454, MontclairCommunityBand.org
Outpost in the Burbs: All shows 8 p.m.,
at First Congregational Church, 40 South
Fullerton Ave., unless otherwise indicated.
Ticket info: outpostintheburbs.org or 973-
744-6560. Nov. 3: The Lone Bellow (Naia
Izumi opening). Nov. 9: Willie Nile and Band
(Eric Ambel opening). Nov. 16: Lucy Kaplansky
(The End of America opening). Nov. 23:
Pinegrove. Dec. 8: Larry Campbell and Teresa
Williams (Leslie Mendelson opening). Dec. 15:
Ryley Walker
DLV Lounge: 300 Bloomfield Ave. TASE
Q-TET performs third Friday of the month
(Oct. 19), 9-midnight. 300 Bloomfield Ave.
Personnel: Eddie Brown, Wendy Brown, Mike
Hogan, Gary Schaeffer.
Tierney’s Tavern: 138 Valley Road:
Halloween Bash, with the You & Eyes,
Porchistas, Defending Champions. Classic
horror costume contest. Saturday, Oct. 27,
8:30 p.m. $10. Tickets online and at bar.
Van Vleck Second Sundays: Concert series
with chamber performances from MSU’s
Cali School of Music, Montclair Opera and
Montclair Orchestra, as well as jazz, gospel,
and storytelling. Free; donations accepted.
Nov. 4: One Fine Tapestry, A Carole King
Tribute. Dec. 9: Jazz saxophonist Albert
G. Johnson Jr. Jan. 13, 2019: Gospel choir,
First Baptist Church of South Orange. Van
Vleck House & Gardens, 21 Van Vleck St.
Information: vanvleck.org
Opera and Classical
“Bountiful Brass”: The Montclair Chamber
Brass, conducted by Don Batchelder. In the
year of Leonard Bernstein’s centennial, the
music will include composers from Bach to
Bernstein, plus works by Gabrieli, Brahms,
Berlin and Gershwin. Sunday, Nov. 4, 4 p.m.
Congregation Shomrei Emunah, 67 Park St.
Tickets $15; under 18 and college students
with ID admitted free; to purchase: Shomrei.
org/brass or 800-838-3006. Sponsored
by Shomrei Emunah and the Eric Singer
Charitable Fund; this is the second concert
in memory of Eric Singer, a longtime active
member of the congregation. Information:
973-746-5031
“Digby”: World premiere of cantata
composed by Edward Alstrom, with words by
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Digby Mackworth Dolben (1848-67). Music
for choir and jazz Band. Diane Moser (piano),
Mike Richmond (bass), Don Guinta (drums),
Frank Elmo (saxophones), Patty Lazzara
(flute), Dave Arndt (trumpet), and Beth
Adelman and Joshua Frisch (percussion),
directed and accompanied by Alstrom.
Sunday, Nov. 11, 6 p.m. Central Presbyterian
Church, 46 Park St. Free; a freewill offering
will be taken. Information: edalstrom.com;
centralpresbyterian.net
Montclair Orchestra: The 2018-19 season:
Chiaroscuro, Nov. 18, St. Luke’s Episcopal
Church. Children’s Concert, Jan. 13, Central
Presbyterian Church. Lyric, in memory
of George Walker, March 10, Central
Presbyterian Church. French Connection,
April 28, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church.
Information/tickets: montclairorchestra.org
Art exhibits
“Varsity: Portraits of Young Athletes”:
James Lattanzio, Montclair artist and
photographer, showing culmination of three-
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year project. Gallery space, Montclair Public
Library, 50 South Fullerton Ave. Through Oct.
30. Information: montclairlibrary.org
“Points of View: Works on Paper”: The
sixth in a series at Prominent Properties
Sotheby’s International Realty, 32 Valley Road.
Exhibition of work by Lori Field, Linda Ippolito,
Monica Janes, Jennifer Levine, Sharon Pitts
and Barbara Wisoff, with works on paper in
a variety of mediums, including silverpoint
drawings, oil and watercolor on paper, and
collage. Information: 973-783-6900
“Where Spirits Speak”: Photographs
by Ellen Denuto, vice president of N.J.
Chapter of the American Society of Media
Photographers, and a regular juror, guest
speaker, and workshop leader for ASMP,
Professional Photographers of America,
Professional Woman Photographers, SOHO
Photo. On view through Oct. 31. Creativity
Caravan, 28 South Fullerton Ave. Information:
201-259-9801 or hello@thecreativitycaravan.
com
“A Climate of Hopefulness”: Work by Elina
Sosta, Robin Vitullo, Laurie Waite-Fellner,
Janette Brossard, Nancy Arny Pi-Sunyer,
Sharon Pitts. At offices of Ashenfelter, Slous,
Trembulak, McDonough, Golia & Trevenen,
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Film
Montclair Film’s Cinema 505: 505
Bloomfield Ave. 973-783-6433. Tickets,
showtimes: montclairfilm.org. Partnerships
with The Nature Conservancy, NJ Sharing
Network, bevival, and Montclair Design Week
will feature films and conversation, with
programs scheduled throughout October
and November. Details on the website. •
“Warm Bodies,” directed by Jonathan Levine,
screens Sunday, Oct. 21, at 1 and 3 p.m. in
conjunction with MF’s annual Special Effects
Make-Up Workshop. A ticket to “Warm
Bodies” is included with each workshop
registration. Details on web. Tickets also
available to the public. • “The Shining,”
directed by Stanley Kubrick. Screening
Sunday, Oct. 21, 7 p.m.
Theater
Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey:
“Charley’s Aunt,” the much-revived 1892
classic farce. Directed by Joseph Discher.
Performances begin Oct. 24. Tickets at
The F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, 36
Madison Ave., Madison, at 973-408-5600 or
at ShakespeareNJ.org. Details about student
rush tickets, pay-what-you-can tickets, STNJ’s
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Symposium Series, pre-show talks, captioned
performances, and audio-described
performances on the website.
NJPAC
One Center St., Newark. Tickets and
information: njpac.org; 888-GO-NJPAC
• Eric Johnson and his band. Friday, Oct. 20,
Victoria Theater
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Live in
Concert, Saturday, Oct. 27, Prudential Hall
• The Mariinsky Orchestra, conducted by
Valery Gergiev. Nov. 3, Victoria Theater
• TD James Moody Jazz Festival, Nov. 4-18.
Books & Spoken Word
Montclair Public Library’s Open Book/
Open Mind: Tayari Jones in conversation
with Nell Irvin Painter, on Jones’ novel “An
American Marriage.” Registration required:
montclairlibrary.org/openbook or call 973-
744-0500, ext. 2222. Each ticket admits one
person and includes a hardcover copy of
the book. Saturday, Oct. 20, 5 p.m. Central
Presbyterian Church, 46 Park St.
Montclair Film StorySLAM 2018-19:
Monthly storytelling through March, with
showcase in May at the Montclair Film
Festival. Hosted by Risa Barash, with live
music from StorySLAM house band The
Tall Pines. Themes: Oct. 20: Spooky stories.
Nov. 17: Home for the holidays. Dec. 15:
The power of giving. Jan. 19: Resolutions.
Feb. 9: Love stories. Writers and storytellers
encouraged to prepare a 5-minute story
around the evening’s theme and to purchase
specially designated Storyteller tickets. Tickets
at montclairfilm.org for both storytellers and
general audience members. At Cinema505,
505 Bloomfield Ave.
Watchung Booksellers, 54 Fairfield St. 973-
744-7177; watchungbooksellers.com
• Frances Bartkowski, “An Afterlife.” Thursday,
Oct. 18, 7 p.m.
• Saturday morning storytime: Ethan Berlin,
“The Hugely-Wugely Spider.” Saturday, Oct.
20, 10:30 a.m.
• Karuna Savoie, “The Lore of Ramridge,”
Thursday, Oct. 25, 7 p.m. Montclair High
School senior Maya Karuna Savoie celebrates
the publication of her thriller just in time
for Halloween. A donation from the sale
of books will benefit the MFEE. The author
will be available for book signing after the
presentation. Free. Refreshments served.
Montclair author reading: Wheeler
Antabanez will read from his work “Words of
Overbrook.” West Caldwell Library, Sunday,
Oct. 21, 2 p.m. Free; registration requested:
973-226-5441 or ethan.galvin@westcaldwell.
bccls.org. Info: WAntabanez@gmail.com
Creativity Caravan: 28 South Fullerton Ave.
thecreativitycaravan.com; 201-259-9801. •
StoryBowl, fourth Wednesday of the month,
7-9 p.m. An evening of storytelling and
community. $20. • Poetry Open Mic Nights,
second Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m. Hosted by
Charles Joseph and Joseph Quinones, with
two headlining poets and an open mic. Free,
open to all readers.
Memoir Writing Event: Culmination of
eight-week memoir-writing program for older
adults by JFS Clifton’s Club Sequoia. Readings
by several group members. Attendees will
receive a publication featuring many of the
stories produced during the eight-week
series. Also, author and professor Deborah
O’Keefe will discuss memoir writing in
her own works. Jewish Family Service and
Children’s Center of Clifton-Passaic, 110
Main Ave. Passaic. Sunday, Oct. 21, at 2
p.m. Free, open to the public. Information:
s.bodenheim@jfsclifton.org
Participatory
Creativity Caravan: 28 South Fullerton Ave.
thecreativitycaravan.com; 201-259-9801. •
Montclair Collage Nights. Third Wednesdays,
6:30-8:30 p.m. Free.
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