BY Debbie Galant | Friday, Mar 25, 2011 11:50am | COMMENTS (44)
Tallmadge Cheese Market, which opened up two years ago, is marking down cheese prices for a weekend sale, and will decide at the end of the weekend whether it will stay open.
All cheeses will sell for $15.99. They normally sell for $18.99 to $35. Tallmadge is not honoring any discount coupons during the sale.
BY Erika Bleiberg | Friday, Mar 25, 2011 10:30am | COMMENTS (4)
While the sun won’t actually be shining any brighter than usual over Montclair State University’s New Jersey School of Conservation (NJSOC) Sussex County campus, in the near future its energy will be collected by a 300,000-watt solar farm and used to power the school. Additional energy will be added to the grid for use by local utilities.
Funding for the project comes from a $2.65 million New Jersey Board of Public Utilities grant for innovative energy efficiency and renewable energy projects at state facilities. The farm is expected to be operational in late 2011, and will be comprised of 1,400 200-watt modules on a half-acre tract site within the NJSOC. According to a press release from the school, the solar arrays will feed into a bank of 24 Solectric inverters that will convert the DC electricity into AC electricity and feed into the facility’s main circuit breaker panels. In addition to energy cost savings, the U.S. EPA estimates the facility’s clean electricity solar system will reduce atmospheric emissions of 3,938 tons of CO2, 22,859 tons of NOx, and 14,730 pounds of SO2 over a 30-year period. Continue Reading
BY Heather McCutcheon, Hollie Reddington | Friday, Mar 25, 2011 9:22am | COMMENTS (48)
This is the latest installment in a series of stories about the Montclair budget, by the Concerned Citizens of Montclair.
At the Town Council meeting last Tuesday night, Marc Dashield gave us the “good news.” The municipal budget would contribute only a 4.3% increase to property taxes. Combined with a 1.4% decrease in the BOE budget and a 2.5% increase in the county budget, he said that the overall increase in property taxes would be 1.3%.
But if you get out your calculator, the numbers don’t work……. Continue Reading
BY Noah Levinson | Thursday, Mar 24, 2011 6:37pm | COMMENTS (0)
“Hola, ¿como esta?”
A man walked into Seton Hall’s Jubilee Auditorium wearing a big poncho and an even bigger smile. “Hola, ¿como esta? Hola, ¿como esta?” He greeted each individual member of the press as they undoubtedly thought back to their high school Spanish days and mumbled an answer back, not sure if the correct reply was “muy bien” or “muy bueno.” The man greeting them was Mario Sepulveda—often referred to by colleagues as Super Mario—one of the 33 Chilean miners trapped in the San Jose mine in Copiapo last year.
BY Erika Bleiberg | Thursday, Mar 24, 2011 3:30pm | COMMENTS (21)
Peace activists are wanted to help promote a serene coexistence between human residents and the Essex County Canada Goose population. Volunteers will be trained to assist community schools, private property owners, golf course managers, public works officials and others who need help managing geese who have taken up residence on their grounds. The county-wide program utilizes humane methods of population control, focused on limiting the birth of goslings and has been endorsed by the Humane Society of the United States. Continue Reading
BY Georgette Gilmore | Thursday, Mar 24, 2011 2:00pm | COMMENTS (2)
The Swales
Despite the high taxes, we know that Baristaville is a pretty cool place to live. In case you forgot (those damn taxes have a way of doing that), get out this weekend and be reminded of the plethora of art, music and dance opportunities in our area.
Fusing jazz with urban folk, KJ Denhert performs at Maplewood’s Highland Place Bar & Grill on Saturday night. If you weren’t a lucky winner in our ticket giveaway, you can check out the show for just $10. Continue Reading
BY Carolyn Maynard-Parisi | Thursday, Mar 24, 2011 1:00pm | COMMENTS (2)
By the end of next week, South Orange will move one step closer toward realizing a key component of its downtown revitalization plan.
March 31 is the deadline for private developers to respond to the township’s Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to turn a municipally-owned parcel of land into a mixed-use site consisting of residential units, retail space and a parking deck. Located at Valley Street and 3rd Street – a stone’s throw from the NJ Transit train station and SOPAC – the 2.7-acre site currently houses a parking lot and the South Orange Rescue Squad.
The project is an important part of the town’s ambitious 20-year Vision Plan, which was released in 2009. Continue Reading
BY Carolyn Maynard-Parisi | Thursday, Mar 24, 2011 12:59pm | COMMENTS (0)
South Orange’s municipal elections will proceed with one fewer name on the ballot than was originally expected. The petition of first-time Board of Trustee candidate Alyssa Aronson was declared incomplete. Aronson had seven signatures short of the required 123 of registered voters.
The petitions of the other three trustee candidates, incumbents Howard Levison, Mark Rosner and Deborah Davis-Ford, all were certified. The two Village President candidates, Janine Bauer and Alex Torpey, also were cleared to be placed on the May 10 ballot.
Village Administrator John Gross said he could not recall a potential candidate’s petition being invalidated “since I’ve been here.”
BY Laurie Lico Albanese | Thursday, Mar 24, 2011 11:30am | COMMENTS (2)
In Arthur Levine’s bright new picture book, Monday is One Day, parents and children hug goodbye before going their separate ways each morning…and mark off the days until Saturday. Already a best-seller in Austin, Texas (read on to discover why), Levine’s book is dedicated to “my only Max Emilio, from whom my heart is never parted,” and will have its official launch – including a reading, author talk, and signing — this Saturday, March 26th, 2 p.m. at the Montclair Public Library.
Rendered in cheerful primary colors, the book’s illustrations of love-imbued home life reflect a diversity of families and environs that Levine likens to the neighbors and friends he and his family have found in Montclair. A long-time children’s book editor and the author of seven picture books, Levine took the time to talk with me over sparkling water (not coffee!) about his family, his writing career, being J.K. Rowling’s American publisher, and what he likes best about living in Montclair. Continue Reading
BY Martin Schwartz | Thursday, Mar 24, 2011 10:11am | COMMENTS (35)
This op ed submission is from Montclair resident Martin Schwartz, Principal, Urbane Construction – Textured Home Finishing Group Restoration and Building Contractors.
4th Ward Councilor Rene Baskerville has raised serious concerns that a census directed ward redistricting might dilute the political power of Montclair’s now contracting African-American community. Statistics show an 18% loss in the African American population here over the past ten years. Unfortunately, Baskerville’s views on “cracking the black vote” if her 4th Ward district is redrawn are a throwback to the more racially divisive politics that have plagued Montclair in the past. Continue Reading
