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Here's Your Weekday Update In Montclair: Wednesday, Sept. 15

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Morning, Montclair! Let's get you all caught up to start this Wednesday, September 15 off on an informed note. Here's everything happening today in town.

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First, upcoming weather:

  • Wednesday: Possible light rain overnight. High: 87 Low: 67.
  • Thursday: Possible light rain in the afternoon. High: 79 Low: 68.

Here are the top stories today in Montclair:

  1. First COVID, Now Ida: Montclair Restaurant Owner Not Giving Up
  2. Jim Breuer Cancels Show At Montclair Theater Over Vaccine Mandate
  3. Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center Recognizes August Leader of the Month (TAPinto.net)
  4. There Is No Trust in Rust (The Montclarion)
  5. Montclair Aid Programs Can Help Locals Cope With Ida Losses (Montclair Patch)

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Coming up in Montclair:

Wednesday, September 15

  • Hillside Staff Appreciation Luncheon (12:00 AM)
  • Hillside - Staff Appreciation Luncheon (12:00 AM)
  • NECC Board Meeting - North Essex Chamber-Commerce (9:00 AM)
  • Volleyball: Girls Varsity vs. Mt. St. Dominic Academy (Away) (4:00 PM)
  • Volleyball: Girls Freshman vs. Mt. St. Dominic Academy (Home) (4:00 PM)
  • Volleyball: Girls JV vs. Mt. St. Dominic Academy (Away) (5:30 PM)

Thursday, September 16

  • Inspired by an Object (12:00 PM)
  • C3 Workplace MASTERCLASS: The One Page Business Plan (12:00 PM)

Montclair Patch Notebook

  • Montclair Township Animal Shelter: "It's that time of year with summer vacations and back to school behind us, it's time to bring home a new family member. This Friday, Saturday, and Sunday ONLY our adoption fees are waived for any pet over a year old. All MONTCLAIR TOWNSH..." (Facebook)
  • Montclair State University: "Taking a moment to remember the lives lost 20 years ago on 9/11. #NeverForget" (Facebook)
  • Montclair State University: "On Saturday, about 200 Montclair State students and community members came together in volunteerism to mark September 11 as a National Day of Service and Remembrance." (Facebook)
  • Montclair Police Department: "Congratulations to Probationary Police Officers Joseph Riccie, Michael Guthrie, and Garth Guthrie, Jr. They graduated from the Essex County Police Academy on September 8, 2021, the ceremony was held at the Donald M. Payne, Sr. School of ..." (Facebook)
  • Human Needs Food Pantry of Montclair, New Jersey: "Look who came to see us yesterday! Calvin and Carter Shiao, students at Bradford Elementary School, collected donations of money and diapers for their birthdays this year to donate to the Pantry. Thank you, and happy birthday! 🎉🎈🎂" (Facebook)
  • Montclair State University: "15 years ago, a small act of kindness by a fellow Montclair classmate changed Amy Policelli's life. After her TikTok went viral, the internet found the classmate. Check out their on-campus reunion 🤗" (Facebook)
  • Montclair Police Department: "***** Montclair Police Department ***** ************* Remembers ************** ******* We Will Never Forget !!! *********" (Facebook)
  • Montclair State University: "Another chance to #VaxUpMontclair! A COVID-19 vaccination clinic will be held on campus on Monday, Sept 20th 10am-2pm in Lot 7. More info & registration: https://fal.cn/3idn4" (Facebook)
  • Human Needs Food Pantry of Montclair, New Jersey: "A little rain didn't stop us from distributing more new backpacks full of awesome school supplies for every grade. Today, we welcomed some of our favorite volunteer helpers: Sisters Stanley, Clark, and Toilolo!" (Facebook)
  • Township of Montclair - Government: "Scenes from today's 9/11 ceremony in Watchung Plaza." (Facebook)
  • Human Needs Food Pantry of Montclair, New Jersey: "Pictured here are Sam & Lynn D'Angelo, the owners of the Home Towne Pet Shoppe, located at 756 Bloomfield Avenue in West Caldwell NJ, 07006. These wonderful folks came today with a carload of pet food for our clients. The donation came f..." (Facebook)
  • PAWS Montclair, Inc. - Pound Animal Welfare Society: "A happy update from Sophia and her new family, adopters Greg and Jan! PAWS pulled this beautiful senior from AHS Newark and Greg and Jan met and adopted her and it's been a wonderful match! Sophia made herself right at home immediately a..." (Facebook)
  • Friends of Anderson Park: "Happy Birthday to John Charles Olmsted, primary landscape architect for Anderson Park, who was born Sept. 14, 1852. He scoped out the potential park site in August 1902, taking photos like this one. This view looks north; left of the tra..." (Facebook)
  • Montclair Art Museum: "What an honor to have Ayana V. Jackson at this weekend's opening of the "Transformed: Objects Reimagined by American Artists!' Her work "The rupture was the story" is on view in this exhibition. With this recent work, Jackson—a self-trai..." (Facebook)
  • Montclair Art Museum: "When your kids are finally going back to in-person school and you're experiencing mixed emotions. Barnet, Will (American, 1911 - 2012) Between Life and Life, 1998 Lithograph Gift of Will and Elena Barnet 2001.17.2" (Facebook)
  • Montclair State University: "Week 1✅ Feels good (and normal) to be back! https://fal.cn/3i7Yv" (Facebook)
  • Montclair Jazz Festival: "Meet the #MONTCLAIRJAZZFEST Headliners! Appearing on the BDP Holdings Stage @ Lackawanna Plaza on September 25th at 3pm: The Billy Hart Quartet!! (Billy Hart - drums, David Kikoski - piano, Dayna Stephens - saxophone, and Santi Debriano ..." (Facebook)
  • Montclair Literary Festival: "So excited to have Irish-American author Colm Tóibín at the upcoming Succeed2gether's Montclair Literary Festival on October 3! He'll be in an online discussion about his new book, an intimate and complex portrait of German author Thomas..." (Instagram)
  • Montclair Jazz Festival: "The MONTCLAIR JAZZ FEST Grand Finale is less than two weeks away! Don't miss the MONTCLAIR JAZZ FESTIVAL: Downtown Jamboree on SATURDAY, September 25! Almost a 1/2 mile of Bloomfield Ave and Church Street in Montclair Center will be made..." (Facebook)
  • Human Needs Food Pantry of Montclair, New Jersey: "When we were open for donations on Saturday, we had so many visitors—and they brought just what we requested! Thank you to all the donors of diapers and pet food! (Our next weekend donation day will be October 9; we also take donations e..." (Facebook)
  • PAWS Montclair, Inc. - Pound Animal Welfare Society: "Kitten in critical condition! Prayers needed for this little one rescued 2 weeks ago by a lovely family. Being inexperienced in cat and kitten care they reached out to us when Jordan started to decline she started refusing food and becam..." (Facebook)
  • Montclair History Center: "The Montclair History Center is looking for artisans skilled in historic crafts for an upcoming program. These include (but are not limited to) weavers, tin-smithers, blacksmiths, and bobbin lacemakers. If you are a crafter or know someo..." (Facebook)
  • Montclair History Center: "Another wonderful day in the garden painting watercolors at the Montclair History Center. Our lesson today was painting Morning Glory's and the results were wonderful. Such joyfulness and light, something we all need in our lives. #montc..." (Facebook)
  • Montclair Art Museum: "Wonderful interview with Laura Allen–our Curator of Native American Art– about her work on Color Riot! and the Museum's Native American collection! https://www.bgc.bard.edu/about/news/868/11-aug-2021-interview-with?fbclid=IwAR3gEpUmypsUI..." (Facebook)
  • Montclair Art Museum: "Repost-Laura J. Allen: Color Riot!: How Color Changed Navajo Textiles opens to the public today. This exuberant show from the Heard Museum extols the technical and creative innovations of Diné weavers, and testifies to their cultural and..." (Facebook)
  • Montclair Public Library & Foundation: "Join Montclair Art Museum for storytime as part of their Fall Fest on September 18! The Library will also be at Fall Fest to help new patrons sign up for library cards. More info: https://buff.ly/3DTy0Gy" (Facebook)
  • Montclair Jazz Festival: "Meet the #MONTCLAIRJAZZFEST Headliners! Christian McBride brings his All-Stars back to Montclair for the Grand Finale on Saturday, September 25th! Head on down to the BDP Holdings Stage @ Lackawanna Plaza at 7:30pm as we groove into the ..." (Facebook)
  • Montclair Film: "TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT! We're excited to launch FRONT ROW FESTIVAL, a brand new series with our friends at NJ PBS . This six week series starts tonight at 10:00 PM. First up, a series of shorts created by the incredible Emily Hubley, and mo..." (Facebook)
  • Montclair Public Library & Foundation: "We had the best time at the @montclair_farmersmarket! Thank you to everyone that stopped by the eTuk for books and library cards! #librarycardsignupmonth #mobilelibrary #bookmobile #etuk #tuktuk #libraryonwheels #montclairnj #montclair #..." (Facebook)
  • Montclair Art Museum: "It's #HispanicHeritageMonth—a time to reflect and celebrate Hispanic and Latinx culture, art, and contributions to our nation. Today we highlight Rafael Ferrer. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1933, Ferrer is a painter, sculptor, graphi..." (Facebook)

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