🌱 Patch AM: Montclair teachers: what passion project will you pitch for MFEE funding?

Morning Montclair! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Montclair teachers: what passion project will you pitch for MFEE funding?
• How one Montclair State police captain shapes campus safety and training

Also on today's calendar: The Largest Renew Selection Secaucus Has Ever Seen and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How fast is milk when you pour it? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Partly sunny with a shower, with a high of 80 and low of 62 degrees.
• Tuesday: Sunny to partly cloudy, temps: high: 81, low: 64.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 82 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• MFEE Opens Educator Grants, Invites Teachers to Share Their Passions (montclairlocal.news) — Montclair Public Schools teachers can now apply for MFEE educator grants for the 2026–27 school year, with applications open through November 1. The local nonprofit will award tens of thousands of dollars for classroom projects, professional development, social-emotional learning, and new "Teach Your Passion" IdeaLab grants that help teachers share their own interests with students.
   

• Kristin DeWitt (montclair.edu) — A Montclair State University Police Department captain with nearly 20 years of service now leads the patrol division and oversees training for new officers. Her work emphasizes officer wellness, crisis response, and mentorship, helping shape a professional, community-oriented police presence on the Montclair-area campus that many local residents and students interact with daily.
   

📸 Around Montclair

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Montclair

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday August 26
• The Largest Renew Selection Secaucus Has Ever Seen →
  45A Enterprise Ave N, Secaucus
  10:00 am
Thursday August 27
• Watchung Booksellers Hosts Crime Novelist James Queally →
  44 Fairfield St, Montclair
  7:00 pm
Monday August 31
• Become a NJ Real Estate Agent * IN PERSON or ONLINE * NEW Classes →
  Montclair School of Real Estate, 89 Walnut St, Montclair, NJ 07042,
  6:30 pm
Saturday September 19
• First Touch Soccer Academy In Partnership With MKA Presents - Mini Kickers Academy - Fall 2026 →
  Montclair Kimberley Academy – Primary School Campus (224 Orange Road, Montclair, NJ).,
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Wednesday August 26
• NEW DATE! Sunset Yoga →
  The Wellmont Theater, 5 Seymour St, Montclair
  7:00 pm
• Art Club →
  Trend Coffee & Tea House, 411 Bloomfield Ave, Montclair
  7:00 pm
Thursday August 27
• Members Only: Unlocking the Archives →
  Crane House and Historic YWCA Museum, 110 Orange Rd, Montclair
  6:00 pm
• CreativeMornings Montclair: 1st Anniversary Party! →
  RecRoom, 1 Lackawanna Plaza, Montclair
  6:00 pm
• Outdoor Sip and Sing Karaoke at Montclair Brewery →
  101 Walnut St, Montclair
  7:30 pm
Friday August 28
• Kitchen 787 at Montclair Brewery →
  101 Walnut St, Montclair
  5:00 pm
• Game Night: Dungeons and Dragons →
  The Player Agency, 1 Lackawanna Plaza, Montclair
  7:00 pm
• Goats Yelling live at Montclair Brewery →
  101 Walnut St, Montclair
  7:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Ardent Health Services posted a job opening for Unit Clerk in Montclair. Apply here.
• The Stepping Stones Group, LLC posted a job opening for Paraprofessional / Educator in Bloomfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Montclair here.

🗞 Nearby News

Glen Ridge

• From the shore to North Jersey, look back at these old arcade games (northjersey.com)

Bloomfield

• Council Debates Scope of New Downtown Tax Abatement — Should Housing Above Storefronts Qualify? (tapinto.net)
• Real Estate: 7 New Listings, 4 Open Houses, 1 Price Change (myveronanj.com)
• 'Ghost Whisperer' Actor Turns 56 Today (parade.com)

Verona

• Nutley Farmers Market - Week 11 Sunday, August 23, 2026 (tapinto.net)

Ok Montclair! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It's "Pasturized" before you know it! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!)
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