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Montclair VBM turnout at 24%

May 12, 2020 10:36 am

Turnout in today’s mayor and council races in Montclair is high, with 24% of all voters already returning mail-in in a race that is all-VBM. That means a 285% increase over the 2016 in-person election, with more ballots expected to...

Montclair turnout low, but outpaces 2016 race

May 7, 2020 12:40 pm

Turnout in Montclair for the May 12 non-partisan mayoral and council elections remains light with six days of voting still remaining in a local election being conducted entirely by mail, but it’s already outpaced the last election four years ago....

Spiller announces Montclair running mates

February 24, 2020 9:57 amFebruary 24, 2020 1:04 pm

Montclair mayoral candidate Sean Spiller today announced his slate of council candidates to run with him in the May non-partisan municipal elections The incumbent, Robert Jackson, is not seeking re-election. Robert Russo, a former mayor, is seeking re-election to his...

Embattled NAACP leader resigns state post, at Murphy’s urging

January 10, 2020 3:53 pm

Montclair NAACP vice president James Harris, under fire for making anti-Semitic statements at a local community forum late last month, has resigned his post on an unpaid state board at the request of Gov. Phil Murphy. Today, Governor Murphy accepted...

Montclair mayor to bring Jewish, African American clergy together to discuss Harris indident

January 4, 2020 7:51 pm

Montclair Mayor Robert Jackson says he will bring Rabbis and African American clergy together within the next 48 hours to discuss an incident at a local community forum earlier this week where Montclair NAACP vice president James Harris launched a...

Sherrill tells Montclair NAACP leader to apologize for anti-Semitic comments

January 3, 2020 5:16 pmJanuary 3, 2020 11:14 pm

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) today slammed Montclair NAACP vice president James Harris for a tirade aimed at Hasidic Jews and for claiming that poor people are being priced out of Montclair during a local community forum on Monday. “It’s always...