These were the most read articles posted on Montclair Patch this month.
A Montclair man shot his girlfriend several times in the head before turning the gun on himself in a Montclair park. An investigation into a student found with a BB gun at Glenfield Middle School led to the resignation of the school's principal. A Montclair man was hit by car on Valley Road and died. The 75-year-old man was identified as John Donovan by Katherine Carter, a spokesperson for the Essex County Prosecutor's Office. A man who stopped to ask for directions was beaten and robbed, according to Montclair Police Det. Lt. Angel Roman. A doctor from Montclair was found guilty Wednesday of writing illegal prescriptions that put an estimated 70,000 oxycodone pills on the street for resale, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. …
Here is a look back at the stories that made the biggest splash this year in Montclair.
There were a lot of articles posted on the Montclair Patch in 2012, but these stories were the elite. When it came to the numbers, these were the most read stories of the year. Montclair Patch formally wrote about the frenzy surrounding New York Times bestseller "Fifty Shades of Grey" at Watchung Booksellers and elsewhere. The continued interest surrounding the steamy trilogy penned by British author E. L. James has been strong enough to keep us wondering what's next. Now that the movie rights have been sold to Universal Pictures and Focus Features, debates have broken out over who should play the main two characters capturing the imaginations of millions of readers around the world. Brian Schiavetti, 21, was shot and killed in what …
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