Halloween Isn’t Just for Kids

4 Montclair experiences meant to rattle your bones—and maybe your brain

Find jewelry, bike and guitar repairs, plus sewing and mending classes in Montclair. Meet the local experts giving your favorite things a second life.

New motherhood can feel a little less lonely when you find your people. Meet Mariel and the Montclair gatherings she created to help new moms connect.

This one starts in 1912, with 17 Black women and an idea. The story of the YWCA - began with Alice Hooe Foster, the first African American woman to graduate from Montclair High School.

September still has a way of making a fresh notebook feel necessary. Suddenly, we are reconsidering everything from our morning routine to whether we should finally try that place we have passed approximately 47 times.

Step inside The Quest Emporium on North Fullerton Avenue and you quickly realize this is not simply a store. It is part design shop, part gallery, and part invitation to wander, look around, and discover something you did not know you were looking for.

Montclair commuters weren’t born yesterday...Montclairians have been riding the rails since 1856.

We walk past history every day in Montclair.

It’s in the houses we admire, the train stations we rush through, the businesses that have been here forever and the buildings we’ve passed a hundred times without knowing what happened inside.

That’s one of the reasons we’re so excited to welcome the Montclair History Center.