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Montclair VBM turnout at 25%

May 12, 2020 4:28 pm

Slightly more than 25% of Montclair voters have returned their vote-by-mail ballots for today’s non-partisan municipal races, a 310% increase over the 2016 elections for mayor and township council. As of late afternoon, 8,460 ballots had been returned out of...

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....

Working Families backs Kennedy, Kreibich, Spiller

March 27, 2020 12:14 pmMarch 27, 2020 12:21 pm

New Jersey Working Families has announced three endorsements in upcoming elections in what was described on social media as their first wave of candidates for May and June elections. The progressive grassroots group is backing Amy Kennedy for Conrgess in...

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...

Montclair mayor mourns BOE member’s resignation

January 10, 2020 4:24 pm

Montclair Mayor Robert Jackson mourned over School Board member Anne Marnin’s resignation Friday. “Residents overwhelmingly consider Anne as the ‘Mother Teresa’ of Montclair. The innovative Montclair Bounce Festival that Anne spearheaded was a smashing success, as it brought residents together...

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...