Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Salary set at $44,944 and the closing date for the position is Friday, May 17.
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Tuesday, May 7
Montclair Township has an open position for an administrative assistant to the director of Montlcair Planning and Community Development Department. The administrative assistant will provide assistance to the director, in addition to managing the office. Responsibilities include processing Planning Board and Zoning Board of Adjustment applications, maintaining a monthly calendar to ensure deadlines for notices are addressed, preparing and mailing packets to board and commission members, providing welcome letters to new members, maintaining meeting schedules, publishing notice of decisions, maintaining application files, maintaining financial accounts, processing invoices and keeping track of vacation/sick/personal time for all department …
Monday, April 15, 2013
Watch the entire meeting live from your computer here on Montclair Patch.
The Montclair Council will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the municipal building, at 205 Claremont Ave. The council will vote on spending $174,567 for improvement to Glenridge Avenue from Pine Street to Bay Street, and a $2,900.000 bonding ordinance for various improvements to school buildings and grounds, among other things. The final departmental budget hearings will also be presented to the council Tuesday. The budget presentations on the agenda are for the Department of Community Services, Health Department and capital budget The meeting will televised live on TV34 and streaming above online. The full agenda can be found in the photo gallery of this article. Last week, Montclair Police Chief David Sabagh presented a $13.6 million …
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Fundraiser to aid Independence Day event will feature beefsteak dinner on Friday, April 19.
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Sunday, April 14
A community-based organization is raising funds to preserve Montclair's 4th of July celebration. Montclair Celebrates will hold a Beefsteak Dinner fundraiser on Friday, April 19, at 7 p.m. at the Commonwealth Club, located at 26 Northview Ave. The event will be catered by the Brownstone and the meal includes cold anitpasto, pasta, beefsteak, french fries, dessert, beer, wine and soda. Tickets will be $60. They can be purchased in the Montclair Recreation Department office in the municipal building, located at 205 Claremont Ave., or through PayPal at Montclaircelebrates@gmail.com. Make checks payable to "Montclair Celebrates." You can get more information on the Montclair Celebrates Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/Montclair4th.
Monday, April 8, 2013
The Montclair Township Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the municipal building.
The Montclair Township Council will introduce an ordinance governing community gardens, chicken coops and beehives at its Tuesday council meeting, at 7 p.m. in the municipal chambers, at 205 Claremont Ave. The full council agenda can be found in the photo gallery of this article. The council will also continue its departmental budget hearings at its meeting on Tuesday. The Montclair Public Library and Montclair Police Department are scheduled to present their budget requests. The meetings will be televised live on TV34 and streaming live at http://montclair.peg.tv. On April 2, Montclair Township Manager Marc Dashield unveiled the new framework for how the council and departments will analyze their budgets. The system breaks down the …
Friday, February 22, 2013
Township Manager Marc Dashield and Township Planner Janice Talley talk about the Master Plan and future development on Tuesday.
Imagine driving into Montclair and passing by 10-story buildings on Bloomfield Avenue, or walking past five-story buildings overlooking the Upper Montclair train station and Watchung Plaza. While these monoliths may be a foreign sight in Montclair in the present, they may become a reality within the next 30 years as the township determines how best to balance long-term growth with sustainability. Recommendations for how best to utilize Montclair’s land and housing resources, known as the unified land-use element of the township’s Master Plan, was unveiled Tuesday at a 4th Ward community meeting where about 60 residents turned out. However, unlike traditional land-use plans, the township is also including a never-before used …
Mike D'Onofrio
4:22 pm on Monday, April 1, 2013
@ Rachel Feddersen Yes! After funding for the annual celebration was cut a few years ago, these fundraising events are the only thing keeping it alive. Without local support, there will be no 4th of July celebration. -- MCD more ›