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Table of Contents History of Montclair.............................................................Page 5 Municipal Government .................................................................9 Schools.......................................................................................11 Sports Organizations..................................................................16 Business Organizations ..............................................................18 Arts & Entertainment ..................................................................20 Art ........................................................................................20 Dance...................................................................................20 Township..............................................................................20 Music ...................................................................................20 Theater.................................................................................22 Religious Institutions ..................................................................26 Community .................................................................................34 Advocacy Groups ................................................................34 Charitable Organizations .....................................................34 For Children & Youth............................................................35 Cultural Organizations .........................................................35 Montclair Annual Events ......................................................36 Political Groups ...................................................................37 Service Clubs.......................................................................37 Sister City Organizations .....................................................38 Social Agencies ...................................................................38 Special Interest Clubs..........................................................40 Veterans’ Organizations .......................................................43 Women’s Clubs ....................................................................40 Montclair Townscape is a publication of

The Montclair Times thanks Montclair artist PJ Carlino, a member of Studio Montclair, for allowing us to reproduce his work, “Edgemont Park,” on Montclair Townscape’s cover. Carlino can be reached at [email protected], or visit his Web site at www.pjcarlino.com. The Times would also like to thank Montclair Township Historian Michael Farrelly for providing “A History of Montclair.” The Times has made every effort to compile the listings included in this edition of Townscape. If your group is not listed, please submit the information to Managing Editor Lillian Aleman, [email protected], to be included in the next publication of Townscape.

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Andrea Bondy Pagination Holly Stewart Ad Layout and Cover Design Paul Wood Map Design

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A History of Montclair I

t is impossible to sum Montclair up in a few words. It’s hard not to love the place. I have been asked to outline the history of Montclair for Townscape. I will start with the history of our town in ancient times, the times I find most interesting. If I am invited back in the future, I will be proud to share more recent history. The Unami Delaware Indians — who called themselves the Lenape or Lenni Lenape, which means “original people” — did not have permanent villages on our mountain. They traveled through Montclair to get to their winter camps in the West and to their summer camps in the East. They didn’t have a name for what is now Montclair; it was simply part of Scheyichbi, “long water land,” which is what they called New Jersey. They called the mountain “Watchung.” They had names for the brooks that flow through the area: Nishuane, Yanticaw, Watsessing. They called the Europeans Swannuken, “salt water people.” The first Swannuken were the Dutch, who claimed New Jersey as part of New Netherland in 1609. They didn’t settle here. either. Their first towns were on Manhattan Island and in Jersey City. In 1664, the English captured the Dutch capital on Manhattan. James, the Duke of York, gave New Jersey to his friends John Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret. Sir George’s nephew, Philip Carteret, became the first proprietary governor of New Jersey. The new owners wanted to sell as much land as they could as fast as they could. A group of English settlers from the New Haven area, who were unhappy with politics in their colony, and a group of 14 Dutchmen took advantage of the cheap land prices. The English bought a tract called New Ark, or Newark, along the Passaic River in 1666, which ended up being the size of present-day Essex County. The Dutch in 1679 bought 10,000 acres, which today comprise most of Little Falls,

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Clifton, Passaic and Paterson. They had to pay a quitrent of 50 English pounds a year plus “one fatt hen.” In 1694 Jasper Crane, one of the English settlers in Newark, bought 150 acres “at the foot of the mountain” for his son Azariah and 150 acres for his son Jasper. These lots were the beginning of Cranetown, which later came to be known as Montclair. Azariah, his wife, Mary, and their son Nathaniel built the first house in Montclair, near the corner of Myrtle Avenue and Orange Road. It was torn down about 100 years ago. John Hendrick Speer was one of the 14 Dutchmen. His share of the purchase was what became Little Falls. His great-grandson, Reynier, built a home on Upper Mountain Avenue in 1788, which still stands. That house, at 612 Upper Mountain, became the heart of Speertown, as Upper Montclair was called. Abraham Van Gieson took advantage of cheap land prices and in 1700 bought a small lot in what is now Nutley. The Dutch reckoned land value by access to water. Abraham’s lot was considered small because it had only about a quarter-mile of frontage along the Yantacaw River, but it extended all the way back to the top of the mountain. Continued on Page 8

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The Van Gieson family owned everything between Bellevue Avenue and Watchung Avenue from Nutley to Cedar Grove. Abraham’s house is still in Nutley, on Chestnut Street. The Van Giesons became prominent in Upper Montclair history. Abraham’s grandson, also named Abraham, was a captain during the Revolution. He and his wife, Fytje, inherited 66 acres at the corner of Valley Road and Watchung Avenue and built a house there in 1778. It was rebuilt and changed in the early 20th century, but still stands at 76 Watchung Ave. Rynier I. VanGieson built 346 North Mountain Ave. in approximately 1827. Augustus Theodore VanGieson, grandson of Isaac R. VanGieson, built 439 Valley Road in the 1840s. All of Montclair’s original homes have been demolished. Three existing houses are believed to have been built in the 1740s: 771 Valley Road, 149 Watchung Ave., and 136 Union St. Because the records are sketchy, the dates could be off by as much as 50 years. All three houses have been altered and remodeled extensively and do not look like the colonial houses they once were. One house that looks much as it did is 471 Valley Road, built about 1786 by Daniel and Jane Sigler. Also retaining much of their character are the houses at 128 North Mountain, built by Walling Egbert in 1786; 50 North Mountain, built by Josiah Crane in 1796; and 369 Claremont, built in the 1790s by Nathaniel Crane for his freed slave, James Howe. No major Revolutionary War battles took place in Montclair, although there were patrols and foraging parties from both sides here. On Sept. 23, 1780, the Marquis de Lafayette and George Washington brought their armies to Montclair to stage an attack on Hessian supply depots on Staten Island. The attack was to have taken place on a moonless night, Sept. 26, but the boats Lafayette needed to cross the Kill Van Kull

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never showed up, and when dawn arrived, the element of surprise was gone. Lafayette returned to Montclair, and the armies remained here for three weeks. Washington stayed in a house at the corner of Valley Road and Claremont Avenue. The house is gone, but a plaque — on a boulder that was always at the site — commemorates the place. The house Lafayette stayed in is also gone, but, for some reason, its doorstep remains. It had been the house of Isaac R. and Mary Van Gieson. A plaque and a tiny park mark the spot, next to Photo Cullen at 551 Valley Road. Montclair remained part of Newark until 1812, when Bloomfield, of which Cranetown was a part, split away from Newark and became West Bloomfield. The first railroad was built in the 1850s, and with it came access to New York. New York businessmen brought their families to breathe the fresh air. Many stayed. They started to buy the farmers out. What really started modern Montclair was the second railroad. When the citizens of Bloomfield refused to bond the second railroad in 1868, the citizens of West Bloomfield voted to secede. Julius H. Pratt, who was to become the president of the second railroad, suggested the name Montclair. His home, built in 1857, was on Elm Street. It is now Martin’s Funeral Home. Rich businessmen poured into the town and bought lots to develop and large lots on the hill for their own grand houses. Many of the old farmhouses were altered and used as temporary houses while the huge Victorians went up. Most of the houses that we think of as huge today were actually small to these “newcomers.” The really big houses, situated on enormous lots, were torn down in the early 20th century. The “small” Victorians survived. Many of the houses that we admire today on Upper Mountain Avenue and similar streets were built in the first quarter of the 20th century. Mike Farrelly Township Historian, 2005

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Municipal Government Municipal Government Building

Montclair Parking Authority

205 Claremont Ave. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/509-4900 or 973/744-1400

John D. Teubner, executive director 973/509-4997

Township Clerk Linda Wanat 973/509-4901

Community Development Section 8 Housing Yvette Richardson, assistant to the housing officer 973/509-4959

Township Manager Joseph M. Hartnett 973/509-4926

Building Department

Chief Financial Officer

Construction

Gordon Stelter 973/509-4964

Robert McLoughlin, official/electrical subcode official 973/509-4949

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Dept. of Community Services Stephen Wood, director 973/509-5701

Health & Human Services Sue Portuese, acting director 973/509-4970 Erica Abbruzzese, health educator 973/509-4969 Also Community Nursing and Air, Noise, & Water Pollution concerns

Township Engineer Kimberli Craft 973/509-5707

Public Works Rob Bianco, superintendent 973/509-5711

Housing Inspections

Administration, Code Enforcement & Environmental Affairs

Human Resources

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Frank Leslie, director 973/509-5703

Katherine Dougher Berning, director 973/509-4937

Municipal Court

Environmental Affairs Gray Russell, environmental coordinator 973/509-5721

Ernest Booker, municipal judge Joyce Hayes, court administrator 973/509-4774, 4985

Recreation & Cultural Affairs Dept. Pat Brechka, director 973/509-4915

Animal Control 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays 973/509-4970 weekends 973/744-1234

PAWS Pound Animal Welfare Society 77 North Willow St. Carole Michaels, president 973/746-5212

Planning & Community Development Karen Kadus, director 973/509-4954 Staff photo by Adam Anik

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Public Library David Hinkley, director Main - 50 South Fullerton Ave. 973/744-0500 Branch - 185 Bellevue Ave. 973/744-2468

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Township Council Municipal Building 973/509-4900

Mayor Jerry Fried 177 Union St. 201/463-4708

Purchasing Edward Cho, township purchasing agent 973/509-4982

Solid Waste - Recycling Craig Brandon, supervisor 973/509-5716

Town Arborist Steve Schuckman 973/509-4912

Social Services Bebe Landis, program administrator 973/509-4906

Tax Assessor Joan Kozeniesky 973/509-4920

Tax Collector Maureen Montesano 973/509-4921

Township Attorney Alan Trembulak 973/509-4932

Cultural Affairs Eileen Sheehan, coordinator 973/509-4910

Councilman-at-Large Roger Terry 140 High St. 973/509-4929

Councilwoman-At-Large Kathryn Weller 6 Pierson Place 973/454-4506

1st Ward Councilman Rich Murnick 141 Gordonhurst Ave. 973/744-0755

2nd Ward Councilman Cary Africk 2 Erwin Park 973/746-3445

3rd Ward Councilman Nick Lewis 71 S. Mountain Ave. 973/509-2359

Water Bureau 205 Claremont Ave. Payments: 973/509-4925 Billing: 973/509-4924

Emergency Services Police Department 647 Bloomfield Ave. Police Chief David Sabagh Dial 911 for emergency 973/744-1234

Fire Department 1 Pine St. Fire Chief Kevin Allen Dial 911 for emergency 973/744-5000

4th Ward Councilwoman Renée Baskerville PO Box 141 Montclair, NJ 07042 973/509-4989 Ex.6933

Montclair Volunteer Ambulance Unit 95 Walnut St. Dial 911 for emergency Public non-emergency line: 973-783-7624 973/744-1234 - non-emergencies Montclair Police Dept.

Mountainside Hospital 1 Bay Ave. Montclair, NJ 07042 General information: 973/429-6000 Patient calls and info: 973/429-6600 Emergency: 973/429-6200 Poison Control Center: 800/222-1222

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Schools Board of Education John Carlton, president 168 Alexander Ave. Montclair, NJ 07043 973/783-2603

Timothy Barr, vice president 32 Windmere Road Montclair, NJ 07042 973/746-0320

Shirley Grill 11 Prescott Ave. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-5669

Robert Kautz 28 Marion Rd. Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 973/746-4049

Shelly Lombard 42 Llewellyn Road, Montclair, NJ 07042 973/233-0130

Ron Riddick 65 Christopher St. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/783-7826

Carmen Taylor 14 Irving St. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/783-5624

School District School District Central Office 22 Valley Road Montclair, NJ 07042 Superintendent Frank Alvarez 973/509-4010 General Information: 973/509-4000 Buildings and Grounds: 973/509-4044 Business Office: Dana Sullivan 973/509-4050 Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Assessment: Terry Trigg-Scales 973/509-4030 Personnel Dept: James Patterson 973/509-4005 Pupil Services: 973/509-4022 Registration: 973/509-4017 Transportation: 973/509-4062

Montclair Education Association PO Box 1332 Montclair, 07042 973/783-6052 President: Dennis Murray

Montclair Fund for Educational Excellence 22 Valley Road and 100 Chestnut St. Montclair, 07042 973/509-4021 Executive Director: Lois Whipple Associate Director: Robin Schlager Founder: Joyce Michaelson President: Julie Jackson

Public Schools Bradford Academy Elementary School 87 Mt. Hebron Road Upper Montclair, 07043 973/509-4155 http://www.bradfordpta.org/ Principal: Catherine Vitone

Edgemont Montessori Elementary School 20 Edgemont Road Montclair, 07042 973/509-4162 http://www.edgemontpta.org/ Principal: Adunni Anderson

Glenfield Middle School 25 Maple Ave. Montclair, 07042 973/509-4171 http://www.glenfieldpta.org/ Principal: Alex Anemone

Hillside Elementary School 54 Orange Road Montclair, 07042 973/509-4200 www.hillsidepta.org Principal: Michael Chiles

Montclair High School 100 Chestnut St. Montclair, 07042 Main Office 973/509-4100 [email protected] Acting Principal: Judith Weiss Assistant Principals: Francine Bonczkowski, Theodore Lawrence, Ed Lebida, Shirlene Powell-Sanders, John Porcelli (Athletics and Student Activities) Athletic Director: 973/509-4072 Adult School: 973/746-6636

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Mt. Hebron Middle School 173 Bellevue Ave. Upper Montclair, 07043 973/509-4220 http://mthebronpta.org/ Principal: Mark Jennings

Nishuane Elementary School 32 Cedar Ave. Montclair, 07042 973/509-4222 www.nishuanepta.org Principal: Gail Clarke

Northeast Elementary School 603 Grove St. Upper Montclair, 07043 973/509-4242 www.northeastpta.org Principal: Kathleen Lindsay

Rand Elementary School 176 North Fullerton Ave. Montclair, 07042 973/509-4255 www.randpta.org Principal: Barbara Weller

Renaissance Middle School 17 Munn St. Montclair, 07042 973/509-5741 http://www.renaissancepta.org/ Principal: Charles Cobb

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Lacordaire Academy 155 Lorraine Ave. Upper Montclair, 07043 Elementary School: 973/746-2660 Principal: Mary Anne Ford Secondary School: 973/744-1156 Principal: Sister Suzanne McCaffrey www.lacordaire.net

Montclair Cooperative School 65 Chestnut St. Montclair, 07042 973/783-4955 Head of School: Bruce Kanze

The Montclair Kimberley Academy General Information: 973/746-9800 www.mka.org Headmaster: Thomas W. Nammack Director of Admissions: John Zurcher Board of Trustees President: Alice M. Hirsh Parents’ Association President: Alexandra K. Nolan Campus Vice Presidents: Upper School: Gail Kingsley Middle School: Marla Higgenbotham-Nelson Primary School: Valerie Roseboro

Upper School Campus 6 Lloyd Road Montclair, 07042 Head of Campus: David Flocco

Middle School Campus 201 Valley Road Montclair, 07042 Head of Campus: Randy Kleinman

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Primary School Campus

14 Garden St. Montclair, 07042 973/509-4259 http://www.watchungpta.org/ Principal: Marcus Rhaney

224 Orange Road Montclair, 07042 Head of Campus: Ginger Kriegel

Private Schools Deron School 130 Grove St. Montclair, 07042 973/509-2777 www.deronschool.org Principal: Marsha Rein Executive Director: Ron Alter

Immaculate Conception High School 18 Cottage Place Montclair, 07042 973/744-7445 Principal: JoAnn Degnan Head of School: Brian F. Morgan

Sawtelle Learning Center 208 South Mountain Ave. Montclair, 07042 973/744-0615 Web: ycs.org Principal: Leisa Tomchek

St. Cassian School 190 Lorraine Ave. Upper Montclair, 07043 973/746-1636 www.stcassianschool.org Principal: Mary Cassels

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Pre-Kindergarten Schools, Day Care Centers & Nursery Schools Celebration of Life Day Care Center 72 Maple Ave. Montclair, 07042 973/783-5858 Director: Clenard Childress

Childrens’ Studio 289 Park St. Montclair, 07043 973/746-6455 Director: Jane Carr

Congregation Shomrei Emunah Preschool 67 Park St. Montclair, 07042 973/746-5031 [email protected] Director: Abbe Zaer

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Over the Rainbow Nursery Inc. 32 Pleasant Ave. Montclair, 07042 973/744-5905 www.otrkidz.com Director: Lorraine Grasso-Confair

Parkside Montessori School 53 Norwood Ave. Montclair, 07043 973/509-7379

Park Street Academy 46 Park St. Montclair, 07042 973/783-1900 www.parkstreetacademy.com Director: Lisa Raphael

Pillsbury School 433 Park St. Montclair, 07043 973/746-2135

Kelly’s Kids Day Care Center

Play ’n Learn Day Care

213 Glenridge Ave. Montclair, 07042 973/509-1171 www.kellyskidsdc.com Director: Loretta Harris

7 Laurel Pl. Montclair, 07043 973/744-5575 Director: Sally Kelly

Hollow Day Care Center

581 Valley Road Montclair, 07043 973/744-0105 Director: Sarah Eggleston

17 Talbot St. Montclair, 07042 973/783-5580 Director: Stephanie Coleman

Montclair Child Development Center 33 Fulton Street Montclair, 07042 973/783-0220, 973/748-5901 Director: Katherine Nicholas

Montclair Community Pre-K 49 Orange Road Montclair, 07042 973/509-4500 www.montclairprek.org Director: Eve Robinson

MMO Programs 40 South Fullerton Ave. Montclair, 07042 www.firstcongmontclair.org 973/744-6521 Director: Wendy Westock

Neighborhood Childcare Center Inc. 30 Maple Ave. Montclair, 07042 www.montclairteam.org 973/744-4228 Director: Avissa Beek

St. James Preschool Program

Trinity Academy 68 Church Street Montclair, NJ 07042 973/783-1010 Ext.279

Toddlers in Motion 67 Church Street Montclair, 07042 973/783-1537 www.toddlersinmotion.com

Union Congregational Weekday Nursery School 176 Cooper Ave. Montclair, 07043 973/744-9069 www.unioncongnursery.org

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Colleges & Universities Montclair State University 1 Normal Ave. Montclair, 07043 973/655-4000 or 800-624-7780 President: Susan Cole Dean of Students: 973/655-4118 Financial Aid Office: 973/655-4461 Registrar’s Office: 973/655-4376 Residence Life Office: 973/655-5188

Snow closing procedures In the event of an emergency school closing, five five-second blasts of civil defense sirens with five five-second no sound intervals between blasts will be heard at 6:30 a.m. and then again at 7 a.m. You can call your school office after 7 a.m. to receive a message informing you whether schools are closed or operating on a delayed schedule. News of closing or delayed openings will also be broadcast on WINS 1010 AM beginning at 6 a.m. Parents may call the WOR Radio Station School Closing Hotline at 877-871-9208 or visit their Web site at www.wor710.com

General Campus Phone Numbers Academic Advising: 973/655-7068 Admissions Office: 973/655-5116 Graduate School: 973/655-5147 Athletic Office: 973/655-5234 Bookstore: 973/655-5460 Business Office: 973/655-4105 College Store: 973/655-5383 Library: 973/655-4291 Media Center: 973/655-7042 Services for Students w/Disabilities: 973/655-5431 Auditorium Box Office: 973/655-5112 Shuttle Bus System: 973/655-4316 Panzer Gym: 973/655-5253

Field House: 973/655-7494 Drop-In Center: 973/655-5271 University Police and Security: 973/655-5222

Continuing Education Adult School of Montclair Volunteer-driven organization offering classes, lectures and trips each semester. 100 Chestnut St. 973/746-6636 www.adultschool.org Executive Director: Suzy Kass

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Sports Organizations Municipal Recreation and Cultural Affairs Office 205 Claremont Ave. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/509-4915 Pat Brechka, director

Swimming YMCA Dolphins 25 Park St. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-3400 Jon Siegel, director

Cougar Aquatics

Athletic Programs Montclair YMCA 25 Park St. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-3400 Paul Mickiewicz, senior programs dir.-fitness James Goodger, senior programs director

Baseball Montclair Baseball Club P.O. Box 43642 Montclair, NJ 07043 Jim O’Brien, president [email protected]

Bowling Survivors Bowling League 46 Willowdale Ave. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-0860 Margaret Stewart, president Joanne Futrell, secretary

Figure Skating Inside Edge Skating Club 21 Crossbrook Lane West Caldwell, NJ 07006 973/226-2416 Robert Crisso, founder

Gymnastics YMCA Starlettes 25 Park St. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-3400 Paul Mickiewicz, director

Rugby Montclair Rugby Club P.O. Box 153 Verona, NJ 07044 973/857-8532 Ralph Von Rosendahl, coach

Softball Friends of Montclair Softball 25 Fairway Montclair, NJ 07042 973/509-8204 Jack Bowers

973/857-8089 Judy Montalbano

Tennis Bill Wing’s Tennis Academy at The Montclair Kimberley Academy 163 East Main St. P.O. Box 190 Little Falls, NJ 07424 973/256-0818 Bill Wing, director

Youth Football Montclair Cobras Junior Program 19 Parkway Montclair, NJ 07042 973/746-2712 Howard Finney, president

Youth Hockey Montclair Hockey Club P.O. Box 43302 Montclair, NJ 07043 www.montclairhockeyclub.com Craig Buermann, president

Youth Lacrosse Montclair Girls Junior Lacrosse Program 95 Summit Ave. Montclair, NJ 07043 973/868-5162 [email protected] Ann Jennings, director Montclair Boys Junior Lacrosse Program 973/783-0880 Tom Schmitt Montclair Fall-Winter Indoor Lacrosse 33 Lloyd Road Montclair, NJ 07042 973/686-9500 Steve Ferretti

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Hockey Rinks

Montclair United Soccer Club

Clary Anderson Arena

P.O. Box 1204 Montclair, NJ 07042 973/783-MUSC www.montclairsoccer.com [email protected] Alison Maguire, president

Community Organizations True Blue Spirit Initiative to improve Montclair High School athletics. c-o Montclair Fund for Educational Excellence 22 Valley Road Montclair, NJ 07042 973/509-4021

Golf Courses The Montclair Golf Club 25 Prospect Ave. West Orange, NJ 07052 973/239-1800

The Upper Montclair Country Club 177 Hepburn Road Clifton, NJ 973/779-7505

High Schools Immaculate Conception High School 33 Cottage Place Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-7445 Sean Morris, athletic director

Lacordaire Academy 155 Lorraine Ave. Montclair, NJ 07043 973/744-1156 Kathleen Mewhiney, athletic director

Montclair High School 100 Chestnut St. Montclair, NJ 07042 John Porcelli, vice principal-athletics 973/509-4102

The Montclair Kimberley Academy 201 Valley Road Montclair, NJ 07042 973/783-8785 Todd Smith, athletic director

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41 Chestnut St. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-6088

Floyd Hall Arena Montclair State University 1 Hall Drive Little Falls, NJ 07424 973/746-7744 Brian Miller, general manager

Indoor Soccer Facilities Soccer Domain 14 Depot Square Montclair, NJ 07042 973/746-6887 Ashley Hammond, manager

Museums The Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center Montclair State University 8 Quarry Road Little Falls, NJ 07424 973/655-2378 Dave Kaplan, director

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Business Organizations North Essex Chamber of Commerce 3 Fairfield Ave. West Caldwell, NJ, 07006 973/226-5500 [email protected] www.northessexchamber.com Meryl Layton, executive director Marlene J. Waldock, president

Montclair Economic Development Corp. (MEDC) 50 Church St., lower level Montclair, NJ 07042 973/509-1188 [email protected] www.montclair-medc.org Dale Jacobs, president Eva-Marie Santiago, executive director

Montclair Center

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Business Improvement District (BID) 7 North Willow St., Suite 4A Montclair, NJ 07042 973/509-3820 [email protected] www.montclaircenter.com Tom Lonergan, executive director Erik Maran, president

Upper Montclair Business Association

South End Business Association

The Rotary Club of Montclair

Dr. Alfred Davis Jr., co-president 309 Orange Road Montclair, NJ 07042 973/783-3606 www.healthyadjustments.com

P.O. Box 1746 Montclair, NJ 07042 www.montclairrotary.com Beverly Sullivant, president 973/746-2656 (o) 973/783-9721 (h) Stuart Keil, 973/744-2113

Walnut Street Association Roger Kling 973/746-6800 [email protected] Bill Murrell 973/655-9190

Watchung Plaza Business Association Camille Kessler, president 54 Fairfield St. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/783-9243 [email protected]

Bookmark this The Montclair Times Web site: www.montclairtimes.com

Holly Felber, president PO Box 43275 Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 973/744-1217 [email protected]

Business Service Clubs

Speertown Kiwanis Club Joyce M. Hill, president [email protected] Michael Koehnlein, vice president [email protected] Luz romero, secretary [email protected]

Montclair Kiwanis Club 82 Valley Road Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-0454 John Heyrich, president

New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners (NJAWBO) Essex Chapters Holly Kaplansky, president 973/624-6907 973/746-4404 (hotline) [email protected]

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Arts & Entertainment Art

Dance

George Segal Gallery

Swinging with Simone

Montclair State University 1 Normal Ave. Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 973/655-3382 Fax: 973/655-7665 www.montclair.edu/segalgallery Teresa Rodriguez, director [email protected]

(swing dance classes) Commonwealth Club 26 Northview Ave. Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Tuesdays (swing, salsa, ballroom)

Montclair Art Museum 3 S. Mountain Ave. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/746-5555 Fax: 973/746-9118 www.montclairartmuseum.org Patterson Sims, director

Studio Montclair A non-profit organization of visual artists. 108 Orange Road Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-1818 [email protected] www.studiomontclair.org Phoebe Pollinger, president

Montclair Women’s Club 82 Union St. Montclair, NJ 07042 Fridays (social dancing) 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. on the first and third Fridays of the month 973/746-6631 www.swingingwithsimone.com Simone Coonrod, director

Donna Scro Gentile/Freespace Dance P.O. Box 43657 Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 973/743-8078 www.freespacedance.com Donna Scro Gentile, artistic director Lisa Grimes, managing director

Township Montclair Public Library 50 S. Fullerton Ave. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-0500 Fax: 973/744-5268 www.montlib.com Linda Welch, Arts Coordinator, ext. 2221 [email protected]

Office of Cultural Affairs Montclair Municipal Building 205 Claremont Ave. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/509-4915 Fax: 973/744-1947 Pat Brechka, director

Music Montclair Chamber Ensemble 183 South Mountain Ave. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-7716 Oscar Ravina, musical director Dr. Kenneth S. Bannerman, president Staff photo by Adam Anik

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Dapper Dans of Harmony The singing chorus of the Montclair Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society. c/o 9 Taylor Drive West Caldwell, NJ 07006-6901 973/226-9414 E-mail: [email protected] www.dapperdansofharmony.com Greg Kent, president B. May, membership chairman

Oratorio Society of New Jersey P.O. Box 1872 Montclair, NJ 07042 Phone: 973/783-3837 E-mail: [email protected] Donald Moore, president Sandor Szabo, music director

Outpost in the Burbs First Congregational Church 40 South Fullerton Ave. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-6560 Fax: 973/744-0940 www.outpostintheburbs.org Steve Cutaia, executive director Performance venues: Unitarian Universalist Congregation 67 Church St. Montclair High School Auditorium 100 Park St.

Theater African Violet Repertory Theatre Company 37 Draper Terrace Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-5399 [email protected] Bobby Reilly, artistic director

Luna Stage 695 Bloomfield Ave. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-3309 Fax: 973/509-2388 [email protected] www.lunastage.org Jane Mandel, artistic director Charlotte McKim, development director Mona Hennessy, managing director

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Staff photo by George Wirt

(MOC) Musical Theatre 494 Valley Road Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 973/744-3133 (studio) 973/773-9933 (box office) www.mocmusicals.org Richard O’Connor, president

Montclair State University Arts and Cultural Programming 1 Normal Ave. Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 973/655-5112 (box office) Fax: 973/655-4008 [email protected] www.peakperfs.org Jedediah Wheeler, executive director Venues: Alexander Kasser Theater, Memorial Auditorium, and the L. Howard Fox Studio Theatre, all on campus

Running Rabbit Family Theatre In-residence at Luna Stage 695 Bloomfield Ave. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-3309 Fax: 973/509-2388 [email protected] www.rrfamilytheatre.org Paul Whelihan and Ellen Beattie, co-producers

Studio Players Studio Playhouse 14 Alvin Place Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 973/744-9752 [email protected] www.studioplayhouse.org Spencer Fox, president

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Religious Institutions African Methodist Episcopal

Baptist

Emmanuel

Bright Hope

15 Hartley St. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-5144 The Rev. Mary White Williams

6 Mission St. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-1475 The Rev. Charles Kelly

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Community

Bahá’í Community of Montclair Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Montclair P.O. Box 43488 Montclair, NJ 07043 973/783-4317 Call for location of regular meetings Ollie Hartsfield, assembly secretary 973/985-8113 Pamela Zivari, assembly member 973/668-8332

Bookmark this www.montclairnjusa.org

42 A Maple Ave. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/746-5312 The Rev. Larry D. Hawkins

Emanuel Hope 18-20 Washington St. (temporary location) Montclair, NJ 07042 732/928-4986 The Rev. Sturley Brooks

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Christian Science Reading Room

Rising Mt. Zion

Church of Christ 74 Church St. 973/744-3366

27 Monroe Place Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-3012 The Rev. Elizabeth Campbell

St. Paul Baptist Church 119 Elm St. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/746-8338 The Rev. Michael Cox Union Baptist Church 12 Midland Ave. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/746-3270 The Rev. Walter L. Parrish III

Christian Science First Church of Christ, Scientist 8 Hillside Ave. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-1280

Montclair Church of Christ 175 Glenridge Ave. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/746-6799 The Rev. Ray Rice, minister

Episcopal St. James 581 Valley Road Montclair, NJ 07043 Phone: 973/744-0270 The Rev. John Perris, senior pastor The Rev. Audrey Hasselbrook The Rev. Walter Lewis

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St. Luke’s 73 South Fullerton Ave. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-6220 The Rev. John Mennell

Evangelical The Covenant Church 17 Valley Road Montclair, NJ 07042 973/746-8688 The Rev. Daniel Shaw

Montclair Community Church 143 Watchung Ave. Montclair, NJ 07043 973/746-0042 www.mccministries.org The Rev. Edward Banghart

Jewish

Salvation Army Montclair Citadel

Bnai Keshet (Reconstructionist)

13 Trinity Place Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-3312 [email protected] Captains Alastair and Carole Bate, pastors

Friends (Quaker) Religious Society of Friends The Friends Meeting House 289 Park St., at the corner of Gordonhurst Avenue and Park Street Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-8320 www.friends.montclair.nj.us

Interdenominational Antioch Church of Excellence 15 Hartley St. Montclair, NJ 07042 PO Box 1712 Morristown, NJ 07962 888/276-9397

Islam

Staff photo by Adam Anik

99 South Fullerton Ave. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/746-4889 973/746-4963 Fax www.bnaikeshet.org [email protected] Rabbi Elliott Tepperman Assistant Rabbi Darby Leigh

Shomrei Emunah (Conservative) 67 Park St. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/746-5031 Rabbi Noach Shapiro Cantor Ben Rosner

Lutheran First Lutheran 153 Park St. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-6043 www.firstlutheranmontclair.org The Rev. William C. Moser

Masjid Ul Wadud

Methodist

698 Bloomfield Ave. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/746-0005 Kevin Dawud Amin, imam

First United Methodist

Jehovah’s Witness Congregation of Montclair 330 Orange Rd. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/783-7522

24 North Fullerton Ave. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-4086 [email protected] www.gbgm-umc.org/firstmontclair The Rev. Franck Aguilh

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Praise, Power and Prayer Temple

St. Mark’s United Methodist Church

7 Oak Place Montclair, NJ 07042 973/783-9033 The Rev. Martha P. Davis

51 Elm St. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-2345 The Rev. Michael Harriott

Nondenominational Calvary Chapel Services held at Montclair High School 100 Chestnut St., P.O. Box 43386 Montclair, NJ 07043 973/783-6001 The Rev. George Hillman [email protected] calvarymontclair.org

Christ Church 68 Church St. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/783-1010 Web site www.christchurchUSA.org The Rev. David D. Ireland, senior pastor

The Theatre Church A Ministry of The Sword of the Spirit Christian Church Ministries, Inc. The Bellevue Cinema 260 Bellevue Ave. Montclair, NJ 07043 973/744-5130 The Rev. Elbert L. Maxwell

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Presbyterian Church of Upper Montclair

Mt. Carmel Holy Church, UHC

53 Norwood Ave. Montclair, NJ 07043 973/746-3854 The Rev. Robert Pryor, interim minister

147-155 Bloomfield Ave. Montclair, NJ 07042 [p] 973/746-7616 [f] 973/746-5622 [email protected] The Rev. Eversel Griffith

Trinity Presbyterian Church

New Jerusalem Holiness Church 61 New St. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/783-4541 Elder Ann Dieujuste

5 High St. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-3396 The Rev. Allen Shelton

Reformed Montclair Heights Reformed Church

Trinity Temple Church of God in Christ 115 Greenwood Ave. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/746-8796 Fax: 973-509-1103 www.trinitytemplecogic.org Bishop Norman L. Prescott

71 Mt. Hebron Rd. Montclair, NJ 07043 973/746-2656 [email protected] The Rev. Beverly B. Sullivant

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Presbyterian

Immaculate Conception

46 Park St. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-5340 The Rev. Laurie A. McNeill

30 North Fullerton Ave. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-5650 Monsignor Timothy Shugrue The Rev. Frank Burla The Rev. Arokiasamy Irudayanathan

Grace Presbyterian

Our Lady of Mount Carmel

153 Grove St. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-2565 [email protected] www.gracemontclair.org The Rev. Paul Leggett, senior pastor The Rev. Brandi Wolf Drake, associate pastor

94 Pine St. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-1074 The Rev. Anthony Lionelli

Central Presbyterian

St. Cassian 187 Bellevue Ave. Montclair, NJ 07043 973/744-2850 The Rev. John G. Judge

St. Peter Claver 56 Elmwood Ave. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/783-4852 [email protected] The Rev. Jose Gamba

Seventh-Day First Seventh-Day Adventist 15 Elmwood Ave. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/746-1911 The Rev. Moses E. Eli Staff photo by Adam Anik

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St. Paul’s Seventh-Day Christian 205 Glenridge Ave. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-8655 The Rev. Richard Evans

Unitarian/Universalist Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair 67 Church St. Montclair, NJ 07042 Phone: 973/744-6276 The Rev. Charles Ortman, senior pastor The Rev. Judy Tomlinson, minister of religious education www.uumontclair.org

United Church of Christ Staff photo by George Wirt

First Congregational 40 South Fullerton Ave. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-4856 www.firstchurchmontclair.org The Rev. Ken Barnes, interim pastor The Rev. Ann Ralosky, minister of Congregational Life The Rev. Barbara Prince, minister of Spiritual Direction

Union Congregational 176 Cooper Ave. Montclair, NJ 07043 973/744-7424 www.unioncong.org The Rev. Stephanie Weiner, senior minister The Rev. Leah Fowler, minister Christian formation & youth

Unity Montclair Unity (Metaphysical Christian denomination) 84 Orange Rd. Montclair, NJ 07042 973/746-8417 The Rev. Erin McCabe

Serving Montclair Area Christ Episcopal Church, Bloomfield/Glen Ridge 74 Park St. Glen Ridge, NJ 07028 973/743-5911 The Rev. Anne Koehler, interim rector

Brookdale Baptist Church 1350 Broad St. Bloomfield, NJ 07003 973/338-8536 The Rev. Danny Hampton, senior pastor The Rev. Love T. Saquing, youth & worship pastor

Congregation Beth Ahm Of West Essex 56 Grove Ave. Verona, NJ 07044 973/239-0754 Rabbi Aaron Kriegel Cantor Marsha Schreier

St. George’s Greek Orthodox Church 818 Valley Rd. Clifton, NJ 07013 973/779-2626 The Rev. Ambrose Bitziadis-Bowers

Temple Ner Tamid 936 Broad St. Bloomfield, NJ 07003 973/338-1500 Rabbi Steven C. Kushner Cantor Meredith Greenberg Friday Erev Shabbat: 8 p.m.

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Montclair African American Clergy Association

Our Lady of the Lake R.C. Church

The Rev. Liz Campbell, president 973/744-3012 The Rev. Moses E. Eli 973/746-1911

32 Lakeside Ave. Verona, NJ 07044 973/239-5696 The Rev. Michael A. Hanly

St. Catherine of Siena 339 Pompton Ave. Cedar Grove, NJ 07009 973/239-7960 The Rev. Charles Gusmer

Related centers and organizations Montclair Clergy Association Rabbi Elliott Tepperman, president 973/746-4889 [email protected] The Rev. Michael Cox, vice president 973/746-8338 [email protected]

Comboni Missionary 88 High St. P.O. Box 138 Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-8080 The Rev. Luigi Zanotto, superior of the community

Montclair Jewish Workshop MJW President Emily Grand 973/744-0444 [email protected]. www.montclairjewish.org

JCC MetroWest 760 Northfield Ave. West Orange, NJ 07052 973/530-3400 Advocacy Groups

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Community Advocacy Groups Ceasefire NJ North Jersey Chapter A volunteer group advocating controls on firearms. P.O. Box 43387, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Dorothy McGann, chairperson 973/744-3813 [email protected]

The League of Women Voters of the Montclair Area National organization promoting political responsibility. P.O. Box 43294, Montclair, NJ 07043 973/233-1995 [email protected] Barbara Miller, vice president Mary E. Murphy, communications liaison http://montclairarea.nj.lwvnet.org

New Jersey Peace Action 673 Bloomfield Avenue, 2nd floor Bloomfield, NJ, 07003 973-744-3263 [email protected] Madelyn Hoffman, executive director www.njpeaceaction.org

NAACP, Montclair Branch A national organization promoting racial equality. 16 Inness Place, P.O.B. 353 Montclair, NJ 07042 973/746-9315 Beverly Bussey, president

People’s Organization for Progress, Montclair Branch For social justice, against racism, against police brutality.

Meets at St. Peter Claver Church, 56 Elmwood Ave., Montclair P. O. Box 22505, Newark, NJ 07101 973/801-0001 Lawrence Hamm, chairperson

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Essex County Branch International group working for issues of justice, peace and nonmilitary resolution of conflicts. Lauretta B. Freeman, president 24 Stephen St., Monclair, NJ 07042 973/744-4776 [email protected]

Charitable Organizations Goals for Life Inc. Nonprofit supports causes directly affecting women and their families. P.O. Box 43265, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 973/744-3003 www.goalsforlife.org Kathleen Lee, president and board member Ellen Paretti, treasurer and board member Martha Bowden, secretary

Junior League of Montclair-Newark, Inc. Improves the lives of children at risk. Open to all women who show interest in and are committed to volunteerism. 40 South Fullerton Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042 973/746-2499 www.jlmn.org Patricia Devine Harms, President

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PAL: Police Athletic League

973/744-2517 Ellen Meriney, director Melissa Kneuer, treasurer www.slechurch.org

Monthly supervised gatherings for children in grades three through eight. 647 Bloomfield Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042 973/509-1234, Ext. 4736 [email protected] Betty Ann Fazio, president

For Children and Youth Girl Scout Council of Greater Essex & Hudson Counties 120 Valley Road, Montclair, NJ 07042 973/746-8200 www.gscgehc.org Janice C. Lilien, executive director/CEO

Kids Helping Kids Inc. Youth-run volunteer programs that provide equipment, services, companionship and 0special wishes for kids affected by catastrophic illness or injury. 229 Midland Ave. 973/783-0697 www.kidshelping.org

Montclair Area Adoption Playgroup Allows adopted children to make friends with children who share a similar background. 973/783-5177

Terry’s Serendipity Café Monthly café for young people to listen to music, poetry, with adult supervision. Meetings are 5:30 p.m. at the Edgemont Park Shelter House. Events are monthly. [email protected] www.serendipitycafe.org www.MySpace.com/SerendipityCafe1

Cultural Organizations African-American Cultural & Historical Association 37 Draper Terrace, Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-5399 Bobby Reilly, co-founder and director

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Conversazione e Caffe

African-American Heritage Day

Socializing in Italian Meets weekly at Montclair State University 973/571-1995

An annual celebration of culture featuring a parade and festival. Lonnie Brandon 973/509-4916

Alliance Française Lessons, programs, socials 973/783-4059 Brigitte Padberg

Commonwealth Club A social club that supports community programs as well as individuals and groups in need. 26 Northview Ave., Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 973/744-9605

Montclair Rotary Club An organization of business and professional persons who provide humanitarian service around the world. Meetings are held Tuesdays at 12:15 p.m. at Pal’s Cabin, West Orange John Deermont, president, 973/746-9827 151 Inwood Ave., Montclair, NJ 07043 Beverly Sullivant, president 973/731-1837 www.montclairrotary.com

Montclair Annual Events

Conversations on Race

First Night Montclair

Mixed-race adult group dialogue series explores issue of race. Five-session program scheduled each spring and fall. c/o Civil Rights Commission 205 Claremont Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042 973/509-4907 [email protected] Myrna Marcarian Mincey, coordinator

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Montclair Republican County Committee

May in Montclair

Jean D. S. Kenwood, chairman, 973/783-9750

A monthlong festival Mary Tetzloff 249 Midland Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042 www.mayinmontclair.org

Service Clubs

Political Groups

Social and fraternal P.O. Box 509, Montclair, NJ 07042 973/926-2427 [email protected]

Montclair Democratic Committee Brendan Gill, chairman, 973/650-1317 Tanya Poteat, vice chairwoman, 973/746-5400

Montclair Green Party 546 Valley Road, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 973/744-5958 Joseph A. Fortunato, chair

Montclair Republican Club 73 Myrtle Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042 973/746-2702 Murray S. Stearns, president Eugene J. Byrne, secretary, 973/746-3283

Montclair Women’s Republican Club 973/256-4905 Elizabeth Bartlett, president Marilyn Sopkia, treasurer

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Omicron Xi Omega Chapter

Ancient Order of the Hibernians A Catholic, Irish American Fraternal group. P.O. Box 43018, Montclair, NJ 07043 973/495-9031 [email protected] www.aohdiv9.com Michael Tevlin, president Robert Lynch, vice president

Men of Essex

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Montclair Knights of Columbus 42 Park St., Montclair, NJ 07042 973/746-9452

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Promotes the hospital and helps patients. 1 Bay Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042 973/429-6012 Eleanor Parker, president 973/837-9113 Gail A. McCabe, volunteer services manager, 973/429-6013

COPE Center Inc.

Sister City Organizations

DBSA Essex County

Friends of Barnet

Self-help support group for those with depression or bipolar disorder. P.O. Box 707, Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-5230 www.dbsanewjersey.org/essexcounty

A sister city organization for the London Borough of Barnet. c/o Amy Hatrak 18 Clinton Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042

Montclair-Cherepovetz Committee A sister city organization for Cherepovetz, Russia. 205 Claremont Ave. 973/731-1837 Juliana Belcsak, president Linda Wanat, vice president

Counseling, Outreach, Prevention and Education. 60 S. Fullerton St., Montclair, NJ 07042 973/783-6655 [email protected] Sue A. Garfinkel, director

The Neighborhood Center Anna A. Coleman, president, Board of Trustees Neighborhood Council Inc. 30 Maple Ave., P.O. Box 305 Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-4228

Overseas Neighbors

HOMECorp

A sister city organization for Graz, Austria. P.O. Box 1107, Montclair, NJ 07042 973/731-1837 Juliana Belcsak, president

(Homes of Montclair Ecumenical Corp.) Nonprofit affordable housing community development agency. 1 Woodland Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-4141 [email protected] www.homecorp.org

Social Agencies Alcoholics Anonymous 800/245-1377

Human Needs Food Pantry

American Red Cross of Montclair-Nutley-Glen Ridge

Emergency pantry providing free food and clothing to those in need. 9 Label St., Montclair, NJ 07042

Blood drive second Thursday of month; disaster services; shopping for shut-ins;

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973/746-4669 Deanna London, director

Job Seekers of Montclair Nonsectarian job search and support group Meets Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. c/o St. Luke’s Church 73 South Fullerton Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042 973/783-3442

Montclair Counseling Center 183 Inwood Ave., Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 973/783-6977 [email protected] www.montclaircounseling.com Linda Malek-Jones, executive director

Montclair Volunteer Ambulance Unit Free ambulance service for Montclair residents; volunteers always needed 95 Walnut St., Montclair, NJ 07042 973/783-7624

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United Way of North Essex-Montclair Community Fund Focuses on strengthening families, investing in children, caring for seniors and people with disabilities, fostering self-sufficiency. 60 South Fullerton Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042 973/746-4040 [email protected] www.uwne.org Susan Ullmann, president, board of trustees M. Roger Costa, chief executive officer

Special Interest Clubs AARP-West Essex Chapter 131 60 South Fullerton Ave. 973/256-8464 Cloverhill Place/Grove Terrace Neighborhood Association James Cotter, [email protected] or Ann-Marie Nazzaro, [email protected]

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Cosmopolitan Club To stimulate international friendship. Meets at the Woman’s Club of Upper Montclair 200 Cooper Ave. Brigitte Padberg, president, 973/783-4059

Ecology Watch Montclair Concerned with pesticide spraying by town, county and NJ Transit 15 Princeton Pl., Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 973/746-2073 Georgia Johnson, president

Essex Running Club Group runs weekly; all abilities welcome. Meetings monthly. [email protected] www.essexrunning.com 973/509-9707 Desmond Duncker, president

Friends of Anderson Park A non-profit conservancy dedicated to stewardship of this century-old Olmsteddesigned park in Upper Montclair, at the intersection of North Mountain and Bellevue

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Avenues. We foster its historic, natural, cultural, environmental and educational qualities. Walking tours are offered every May. President, Scott Kevelson [email protected] 973/495-9056 P.O. Box 43712, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 www.friendsofandersonpark.com

Friends of Canterbury and Nishuane Parks Environmental preservation & community action group. P.O. Box 141, Montclair, NJ 07042 [email protected] 973/746-3100

Garden Club of Montclair United Way Building 60 South Fullerton Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042 973/746-9614 http://gardenclubmontclair.tripod.com/

Immaculate Conception Single Adults (ICSA) A group of Catholic singles that meets for spiritual and social activities c/o Church of the Immaculate Conception 1 Munn St., Montclair, NJ 07042 Continued on next page

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Jewish Cultural School and Society Welcomes people drawn together by a common interest in Judaism’s historical, cultural and ethical heritage. P.O. Box 3365, Memorial Station Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Elyse Rudolph, president 973/783-7897 www.jcss-nj.org

Montclair Architecture Forum Promotes understanding of the designed environment through lectures and screenings, workshop visits, education programs. 973/655-9198 [email protected]

Montclair Bird Club Meets second Wednesday of the month, except December, July and August.

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Montclair Community Band A community band for adults, performing free concerts throughout the year. 73 Central Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-1454 www.MontclairCommunityBand.org Jim Wasko, director Barbara Rudy, band manager, [email protected]

Montclair Historical Society 108 Orange Road 973/744-1796 [email protected] www.montclairhistorical.org Brenda Herbert, executive director

PAWS Animal Shelter (Pound Animal Welfare Society) Nonprofit humane animal shelter 77 North Willow St., Montclair, NJ 07042 Continued on next page

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Victorian Society in America

973/746-5212 Kathleen Hamilton, president

Northern New Jersey Chapter Chartered in 1976 to promote enjoyment, understanding, and preservation of 19th-century heritage. P.O. Box 717, Montclair, NJ 07042 John Simonelli, program chairperson [email protected]

The Presby Memorial Iris Gardens Display garden with more than 100,000 blooms through mid-May to early June. 474 Upper Mountain Ave. Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 973/783-5974 [email protected] http://presbyiris.tripod.com Lori Beitler, president

United Nations Association of the USA/Montclair/Essex Chapter 973/746-9604 Elizabeth Jefferson, president Van Vleck House & Gardens Preserves for public enrichment the beauty of the late 19th-century Van Vleck house. Serves as center for nonprofit organizations. Gardens open to public daily from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 21 Van Vleck St. 973/744-4752

The Write Group Writers’ support group. Contact: Harriet Halpern 5 Roosevelt Place, Apt. 4P Montclair, NJ 07042 973/509-0898 [email protected]

Veterans Organizations American Legion Crawford Crews Post 251 210 Bloomfield Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042 973/746-6055 Continued on Page 46

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Community Continued from Page 43

Women’s Clubs College Women’s Club Interest groups in literature, film, and bridge; Conducts twice-annual sale of used books, music, and videotapes. Donations accepted Saturdays 9:30 a.m. to noon, 26 Park St. Book sale: 973/783-7040 Membership: 973/509-9036

National Council of Negro Women Inc. Meets fourth Saturday, 10 a.m., at Montclair Women’s Community Circle, 33 Woodland Ave., P.O. Box 1719 Montclair, NJ 07042 973/783-3715

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Montclair Women’s Club 82 Union St., Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-9552 Virginia Scott-Flemings, president

Woman’s Club of Upper Montclair Philanthropic, social, and educational organization 200 Cooper Ave., Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 973/744-9138 Dorothy C. Eldefry, president Marjorie Tom, president

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