MONTCLAIR, NJ - Recently, the Junior League of Montclair-Newark (JLMN) gifted a local non-profit with a grant award totaling $12,500.

Education, advocacy, stability, productivity and supporting foster youth are all hallmarks of the JLMN, according to leaders.

"This year, to honor and celebrate the League’s history of service to women, children and the Essex County community, ...

MONTCLAIR, NJ - Montclair resident Zane Keyes has returned to his Montclair roots as one of the newest business owners in town.

Born and raised in Montclair, the 27-year-old Keyes celebrated the grand opening of Keycuts Barbershop on January 11. Located at 39 Glenridge Ave. Suite B., Keycuts is both a barbershop and braid bar.

After cutting hair for 12 years and becoming a ...

NEW JERSEY -- The newly issued guidelines on Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) lending overseen by the SBA and the U.S. Treasury Department will better target New Jersey's small businesses, especially those owned by minorities or located in low income areas.

The Economic Aid Act makes it possible for hard-hit businesses to get second loans from the PPP lending ...

MONTCLAIR, NJ - Recently, the Junior League of Montclair-Newark (JLMN) gifted a local non-profit with a grant award totaling $12,500.

Education, advocacy, stability, productivity and supporting foster youth are all hallmarks of the JLMN, according to leaders.

"This year, to honor and celebrate the League’s history of service to women, children and the Essex County community, ...

SOUTH RIVER, NJ -- A GoFundMe page set up for the family of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick has raised more that $545,000 as of Sunday evening, Jan. 10, 2021. To contribute to the page, click here. 

Officer Brian D. Sicknick tragically lost his life on January 7th, 2021 following injuries sustained during the events at the United States Capitol on Wednesday, January 6th.

AAngelsNJ, a grassroots nonprofit in Montclair/East Orange, was not going to allow Covid-19 to take away the smiles of those they help every year during this Christmas holiday. 

With donations at an all-time low and know fundraisers to make up the difference, AAngelsNJ believed in each other, and decided that it was time that the membership make sacrifices not under normal ...

TRENTON, NJ -- Individuals ages 65 years and older and those between the ages of 16-64 with medical conditions (defined by the CDC) that increase the risk of severe illness from the virus are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccination beginning Thursday, Jan. 14, according to Gov. Phil Murphy, who shared the news at his COVID-19 press briefing on Wednesday. The governor also announced ...

MONTCLAIR, NJ - The Montclair Planning Board reviewed a two-part application at its first meeting of 2021 on January 11. 

The Montclair Medical Property Association applied for a 21½-foot-wide one-way connecting drive in front of its medical office building at 70 Park Street from the driveway along the southern side of the building, which provides access to the rear parking lot, to ...

SOUTH RIVER, NJ -- Congresswoman U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, who represents Michigan’s 8th Congressional District, has contacted senior military leaders to request that U.S. Capitol Officer Brian Sicknick be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. The 42-year-old South River, NJ, native was killed during the siege on the Capitol Building on Wednesday, Jan. 6, when a pro-Trump mob ...

Montclair, NJ, - (January 13, 2021) – Mountainside Medical Group announced today that Rosemarie Arena, M.D., has joined the practice, expanding their gastroenterology group.

Rosemarie Arena, M.D., is board certified in Internal Medicine and specializes in Gastroenterology. Dr. Arena values getting to know her patients as people first and foremost. “Taking the time to ...

BLOOMFIELD, NJ – New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy paid an afternoon visit to Bloomfield on Thursday to meet members of the Bloomfield Public Safety Department who were receiving COVID-19 vaccinations at Riverside Urgent Care.

“I am going around the state today trying to highlight the types of facilities that are offering the vaccination, as there is more than one type of venue ...

TRENTON, NJ -- Gov. Phil Murphy and the NJ Department of Health are taking heat for putting smokers in the 1B category for people registering to receive the coronavirus vaccine. 

On Wednesday, the governor announced that all residents over age 65, not just those in long-term care facilities, would be the next in line to get the vaccine, along with people who have conditions that ...

NEWARK — South Orange resident Carl Dorsey III, 39, has been identified as the victim in the fatal officer-involved shooting by the Newark Police Department that occurred just after midnight on Jan. 1, 2021.

The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office is investigating.

According to the preliminary investigation, the shooting occurred at approximately 12:03 ...

MONTCLAIR, NJ - Montclair Police officials have confirmed that they are investigating a report of shots fired on Mission Street.

According to reports, police officials responded at 5:21PM on January 8 to a report of shots fired. When officers arrived, they found three spent shell casings in the street, but no victims. In an attempt to gather additional information, officers were not ...

NEW JERSEY — The threat of Trenton protests on Jan. 17 looms, following a massive insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. last week.

Gov. Phil Murphy and Colonel Pat Callahan, Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police, said Monday that NJ authorities are prepared and on high alert.

“We need to bat 1,000 every day. To the governor's point [we] will be ...

NEW JERSEY -- Gov. Phil Murphy has ordered that all U.S. and New Jersey flags be flown at half-staff on Monday, Jan 11, 2021, in honor of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick of South River, who died following injuries sustained while defending the U.S. Capitol when it was under siege on Jan. 6.

In a statement, Murphy said: 

“United States Capitol Police Officer ...