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Grand Jury Declines To Charge Columbia High School Principal Arrested Last Spring
Sanchez still faces charges of simple assault stemming from an incident involving a student in January at the school in the South Orangewood-Maplewood School District, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said. The principal was suspended from his job following the alleged incident, as reported by Daily Voice when charges were...
Underground pedestrian tunnel used by Clifton students for 80 years to get a lift, ramp
CLIFTON — Countless students have walked up and down the gray concrete steps on each side of Route 46 to access the underground pedestrian tunnel to cross the busy highway safely for the last 80 years. Most people, however, don't know it exists. It's easy to overlook the two...
Montclair Planning Board Approves Bellevue Theatre Renovation
MONTCLAIR, NJ - The Montclair Planning Board met on June 10 in a meeting that took just a little over an hour in which they discussed and approved an application from the Sayegh family, the owners of the Bellevue Theatre on Bellevue Avenue, to not only renovate the movie theater and its screening rooms, but also to add three duplex apartments above the theater lobby and spaces for two retail businesses along the building’s eastern façade on Upper Montclair Plaza. The renovation of the theater, built in 1921, has been championed by so many Montclair residents that...
Renovations Approved For Montclair's Bellevue Theater: 'This Will Be An Economic Engine'
The Tudor-style Bellevue Theater in Upper Montclair has sat vacant since the prior operator's lease ended 2017, but at a meeting on Monday, June 10, redevelopment plans were unanimously approved. The plans were brought forth by Angelo Cifelli Jr., the attorney representing the theater's owner, Jesse Sayegh, and guided by...
Adams under fire for telling male reporter ‘You’ve got that summer body going’
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is under fire for comments he made about a reporter’s physical appearance during a press conference, with some saying they were inappropriate. The comment came in response to a question about pro-Palestinian protests from Pete Cuddihy, a college intern at Fox News. “You look like you’ve been working out, […]
NYCHA’s not just a landlord. It's going to train young adults to work in construction.
The workforce training program comes as the city's need for affordable housing is reaching an apex. The $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Labor Department will fund the workforce development program for 40 months. [ more › ]
Cedar Grove parents want more Pride Month support from town
Parents in Cedar Grove, N.J., are upset their elected officials are not doing more to show support during Pride Month. They said it was a battle just to fly Pride flags outside schools, and that this was a separate decision made by the Superintendent and Board of Education.
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