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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

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2008 Montclair Townscape
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 did-
n’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.
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History never showed up, and when dawn arrived, the

Continued from Page 5 element of surprise was gone.
Lafayette returned to Montclair, and the
The Van Gieson family owned everything
armies remained here for three weeks.
between Bellevue Avenue and Watchung
Washington stayed in a house at the corner of
Avenue from Nutley to Cedar Grove.
Valley Road and Claremont Avenue. The
Abraham’s house is still in Nutley, on
house is gone, but a plaque — on a boulder
Chestnut Street.
that was always at the site — commemorates
The Van Giesons became prominent in
the place. The house Lafayette stayed in is
Upper Montclair history. Abraham’s grand-
also gone, but, for some reason, its doorstep
son, also named Abraham, was a captain
remains. It had been the house of Isaac R.
during the Revolution. He and his wife, Fytje,
and Mary Van Gieson. A plaque and a tiny
inherited 66 acres at the corner of Valley
park mark the spot, next to Photo Cullen at
Road and Watchung Avenue and built a
551 Valley Road.
house there in 1778. It was rebuilt and
Montclair remained part of Newark until
changed in the early 20th century, but still
1812, when Bloomfield, of which Cranetown
stands at 76 Watchung Ave.
was a part, split away from Newark and
Rynier I. VanGieson built 346 North
became West Bloomfield.
Mountain Ave. in approximately 1827.
The first railroad was built in the 1850s,
Augustus Theodore VanGieson, grandson of
and with it came access to New York. New
Isaac R. VanGieson, built 439 Valley Road in
York businessmen brought their families to
the 1840s.
breathe the fresh air. Many stayed. They
All of Montclair’s original homes have
started to buy the farmers out.
been demolished. Three existing houses are
What really started modern Montclair was
believed to have been built in the 1740s: 771
the second railroad. When the citizens of
Valley Road, 149 Watchung Ave., and 136
Bloomfield refused to bond the second
Union St. Because the records are sketchy, the
railroad in 1868, the citizens of West
dates could be off by as much as 50 years. All
Bloomfield voted to secede.
three houses have been altered and remodeled
Julius H. Pratt, who was to become the
extensively and do not look like the colonial
president of the second railroad, suggested the
houses they once were.
name Montclair. His home, built in 1857, was
One house that looks much as it did is 471
on Elm Street. It is now Martin’s Funeral
Valley Road, built about 1786 by Daniel and
Home. Rich businessmen poured into the
Jane Sigler. Also retaining much of their
town and bought lots to develop and large
character are the houses at 128 North
lots on the hill for their own grand houses.
Mountain, built by Walling Egbert in 1786;
Many of the old farmhouses were altered and
50 North Mountain, built by Josiah Crane in
used as temporary houses while the huge
1796; and 369 Claremont, built in the 1790s
Victorians went up.
by Nathaniel Crane for his freed slave, James
Most of the houses that we think of as
Howe.
huge today were actually small to these
No major Revolutionary War battles took
“newcomers.” The really big houses, situated
place in Montclair, although there were patrols
on enormous lots, were torn down in the
and foraging parties from both sides here.
early 20th century. The “small” Victorians
On Sept. 23, 1780, the Marquis de
survived. Many of the houses that we admire
Lafayette and George Washington brought
today on Upper Mountain Avenue and similar
their armies to Montclair to stage an attack
streets were built in the first quarter of the
on Hessian supply depots on Staten Island.
20th century.
The attack was to have taken place on a
Mike Farrelly
moonless night, Sept. 26, but the boats
Township Historian, 2005
Lafayette needed to cross the Kill Van Kull
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Municipal Government
Municipal Government Building Montclair Parking Authority
205 Claremont Ave. John D. Teubner, executive director
Montclair, NJ 07042 973/509-4997
973/509-4900 or 973/744-1400
Community Development
Township Clerk Section 8 Housing
Linda Wanat Yvette Richardson,
973/509-4901 assistant to the housing officer
973/509-4959
Township Manager
Joseph M. Hartnett Building Department
973/509-4926 973/509-4951
Chief Financial Officer Construction
Gordon Stelter Robert McLoughlin, official/electrical
973/509-4964 subcode official
973/509-4949
Dept. of Community Services
Stephen Wood, director Health & Human Services
973/509-5701 Sue Portuese, acting director
973/509-4970
Township Engineer Erica Abbruzzese, health educator
Kimberli Craft 973/509-4969
973/509-5707 Also Community Nursing and Air, Noise, &
Public Works Water Pollution concerns
Rob Bianco, superintendent Housing Inspections
973/509-5711 973/509-5703
Administration, Code Enforcement Human Resources
& Environmental Affairs Katherine Dougher Berning, director
Frank Leslie, director 973/509-4937
973/509-5703
Municipal Court
Environmental Affairs Ernest Booker, municipal judge
Gray Russell, environmental coordinator Joyce Hayes, court administrator
973/509-5721 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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Continued from previous page Township Council
Public Library Municipal Building
David Hinkley, director
973/509-4900
Main - 50 South Fullerton Ave.
973/744-0500 Mayor Jerry Fried
Branch - 185 Bellevue Ave. 177 Union St.
973/744-2468 201/463-4708
Purchasing
Edward Cho, township purchasing agent
973/509-4982 Councilman-at-Large Roger Terry
140 High St.
Solid Waste - Recycling
973/509-4929
Craig Brandon, supervisor
973/509-5716

Town Arborist Councilwoman-At-Large

Steve Schuckman
973/509-4912
Kathryn Weller
6 Pierson Place
Social Services 973/454-4506
Bebe Landis, program administrator
973/509-4906
1st Ward Councilman Rich Murnick
Tax Assessor 141 Gordonhurst Ave.
Joan Kozeniesky 973/744-0755
973/509-4920

Tax Collector
Maureen Montesano 2nd Ward Councilman Cary Africk
973/509-4921 2 Erwin Park
973/746-3445
Township Attorney
Alan Trembulak
973/509-4932
3rd Ward Councilman Nick Lewis
Cultural Affairs 71 S. Mountain Ave.
Eileen Sheehan, coordinator 973/509-2359
973/509-4910

Water Bureau
205 Claremont Ave. 4th Ward Councilwoman
Payments: 973/509-4925 Renée Baskerville
Billing: 973/509-4924 PO Box 141 Montclair, NJ 07042
973/509-4989 Ex.6933

Montclair Volunteer Ambulance Unit

Emergency Services 95 Walnut St.
Dial 911 for emergency
Police Department Public non-emergency line: 973-783-7624
647 Bloomfield Ave.
973/744-1234 - non-emergencies -
Police Chief David Sabagh Montclair Police Dept.
Dial 911 for emergency
973/744-1234 Mountainside Hospital
1 Bay Ave.
Fire Department Montclair, NJ 07042
1 Pine St. General information: 973/429-6000
Fire Chief Kevin Allen Patient calls and info: 973/429-6600
Dial 911 for emergency Emergency: 973/429-6200
973/744-5000 Poison Control Center: 800/222-1222
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Schools
Board of Education Montclair Fund for Educational Excellence
22 Valley Road and 100 Chestnut St.
John Carlton, president Montclair, 07042
168 Alexander Ave. 973/509-4021
Montclair, NJ 07043 Executive Director: Lois Whipple
973/783-2603 Associate Director: Robin Schlager
Founder: Joyce Michaelson
Timothy Barr, vice president President: Julie Jackson
32 Windmere Road
Montclair, NJ 07042
973/746-0320 Public Schools
Bradford Academy Elementary School
Shirley Grill 87 Mt. Hebron Road
11 Prescott Ave. Upper Montclair, 07043
Montclair, NJ 07042 973/509-4155
973/744-5669 http://www.bradfordpta.org/
Robert Kautz Principal: Catherine Vitone
28 Marion Rd. Edgemont Montessori Elementary School
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 20 Edgemont Road
973/746-4049 Montclair, 07042
Shelly Lombard 973/509-4162
42 Llewellyn Road, http://www.edgemontpta.org/
Montclair, NJ 07042 Principal: Adunni Anderson
973/233-0130
Glenfield Middle School
Ron Riddick 25 Maple Ave.
65 Christopher St. Montclair, 07042
Montclair, NJ 07042 973/509-4171
973/783-7826 http://www.glenfieldpta.org/
Principal: Alex Anemone
Carmen Taylor
14 Irving St. Hillside Elementary School
Montclair, NJ 07042 54 Orange Road
973/783-5624 Montclair, 07042
973/509-4200
School District www.hillsidepta.org
Principal: Michael Chiles
School District Central Office
22 Valley Road Montclair High School
Montclair, NJ 07042 100 Chestnut St.
Superintendent Frank Alvarez Montclair, 07042
973/509-4010 Main Office 973/509-4100
General Information: 973/509-4000 mwasco@montclair.k12.nj.us
Buildings and Grounds: 973/509-4044 Acting Principal: Judith Weiss
Business Office: Dana Sullivan 973/509-4050 Assistant Principals: Francine Bonczkowski,
Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Theodore Lawrence, Ed Lebida, Shirlene
Assessment: Terry Trigg-Scales 973/509-4030 Powell-Sanders, John Porcelli (Athletics and
Personnel Dept: James Patterson Student Activities)
973/509-4005 Athletic Director: 973/509-4072
Pupil Services: 973/509-4022 Adult School: 973/746-6636
Registration: 973/509-4017
Transportation: 973/509-4062 George Inness Annex
Montclair Education Association of Montclair High School
PO Box 1332 141 Park St.
Montclair, 07042 973/509-4004
973/783-6052
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Schools Lacordaire Academy

Continued from Page 11 155 Lorraine Ave.
Upper Montclair, 07043
Mt. Hebron Middle School Elementary School: 973/746-2660
173 Bellevue Ave. Principal: Mary Anne Ford
Upper Montclair, 07043 Secondary School: 973/744-1156
973/509-4220 Principal: Sister Suzanne McCaffrey
http://mthebronpta.org/ www.lacordaire.net
Principal: Mark Jennings
Montclair Cooperative School
Nishuane Elementary School 65 Chestnut St.
32 Cedar Ave. Montclair, 07042
Montclair, 07042 973/783-4955
973/509-4222 Head of School: Bruce Kanze
www.nishuanepta.org
Principal: Gail Clarke The Montclair Kimberley Academy
General Information: 973/746-9800
Northeast Elementary School www.mka.org
603 Grove St. Headmaster: Thomas W. Nammack
Upper Montclair, 07043 Director of Admissions: John Zurcher
973/509-4242 Board of Trustees President: Alice M. Hirsh
www.northeastpta.org Parents’ Association President:
Principal: Kathleen Lindsay Alexandra K. Nolan
Campus Vice Presidents:
Rand Elementary School Upper School: Gail Kingsley
176 North Fullerton Ave. Middle School: Marla Higgenbotham-Nelson
Montclair, 07042 Primary School: Valerie Roseboro
973/509-4255
www.randpta.org Upper School Campus
Principal: Barbara Weller 6 Lloyd Road
Montclair, 07042
Renaissance Middle School Head of Campus: David Flocco
17 Munn St.
Montclair, 07042 Middle School Campus
973/509-5741 201 Valley Road
http://www.renaissancepta.org/ Montclair, 07042
Principal: Charles Cobb Head of Campus: Randy Kleinman
Watchung Elementary School Primary School Campus
14 Garden St. 224 Orange Road
Montclair, 07042 Montclair, 07042
973/509-4259 Head of Campus: Ginger Kriegel
http://www.watchungpta.org/
Principal: Marcus Rhaney Sawtelle Learning Center
208 South Mountain Ave.
Montclair, 07042
Private Schools 973/744-0615
Deron School Web: ycs.org
130 Grove St. Principal: Leisa Tomchek
Montclair, 07042
St. Cassian School
973/509-2777
190 Lorraine Ave.
www.deronschool.org
Upper Montclair, 07043
Principal: Marsha Rein
973/746-1636
Executive Director: Ron Alter
www.stcassianschool.org
Immaculate Conception High School Principal: Mary Cassels
18 Cottage Place
Montclair, 07042
973/744-7445
Principal: JoAnn Degnan
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Continued from previous page Over the Rainbow Nursery Inc.

32 Pleasant Ave.
Pre-Kindergarten Schools, Day Montclair, 07042
Care Centers & Nursery Schools 973/744-5905
www.otrkidz.com
Celebration of Life Day Care Center Director: Lorraine Grasso-Confair
72 Maple Ave.
Montclair, 07042 Parkside Montessori School
973/783-5858 53 Norwood Ave.
Director: Clenard Childress Montclair, 07043
973/509-7379
Childrens’ Studio
289 Park St. Park Street Academy
Montclair, 07043 46 Park St.
973/746-6455 Montclair, 07042
Director: Jane Carr 973/783-1900
www.parkstreetacademy.com
Congregation Shomrei Emunah Preschool Director: Lisa Raphael
67 Park St.
Montclair, 07042 Pillsbury School
973/746-5031 433 Park St.
shomrei@shomrei.org Montclair, 07043
Director: Abbe Zaer 973/746-2135

Kelly’s Kids Day Care Center Play ’n Learn Day Care

213 Glenridge Ave. 7 Laurel Pl.
Montclair, 07042 Montclair, 07043
973/509-1171 973/744-5575
www.kellyskidsdc.com Director: Sally Kelly
Director: Loretta Harris
St. James Preschool Program
Hollow Day Care Center 581 Valley Road
17 Talbot St. Montclair, 07043
Montclair, 07042 973/744-0105
973/783-5580 Director: Sarah Eggleston
Director: Stephanie Coleman
Trinity Academy
Montclair Child Development Center 68 Church Street
33 Fulton Street Montclair, NJ 07042
Montclair, 07042 973/783-1010 Ext.279
973/783-0220, 973/748-5901
Director: Katherine Nicholas Toddlers in Motion
67 Church Street
Montclair Community Pre-K Montclair, 07042
49 Orange Road 973/783-1537
Montclair, 07042 www.toddlersinmotion.com
973/509-4500
www.montclairprek.org Union Congregational
Director: Eve Robinson Weekday Nursery School
176 Cooper Ave.
MMO Programs Montclair, 07043
40 South Fullerton Ave.
973/744-9069
Montclair, 07042
www.unioncongnursery.org
www.firstcongmontclair.org
973/744-6521 Watchung Cooperative Preschool
Director: Wendy Westock 71 Mt. Hebron Road
Montclair, 07043
Neighborhood Childcare Center Inc.
973/783-4535
30 Maple Ave.
www.watchungco-op.org
Montclair, 07042
Director: Mona Bucceri
www.montclairteam.org
973/744-4228
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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
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
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Snow closing procedures
In the event of an emergency school closing, five five-sec-
ond 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
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 Swimming
YMCA Dolphins
Recreation and Cultural Affairs Office 25 Park St.
205 Claremont Ave. Montclair, NJ 07042
Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-3400
973/509-4915 Jon Siegel, director
Pat Brechka, director
Cougar Aquatics
Athletic Programs 973/857-8089
Judy Montalbano
Montclair YMCA Tennis
25 Park St.
Bill Wing’s Tennis Academy
Montclair, NJ 07042
at The Montclair Kimberley Academy
973/744-3400
163 East Main St. P.O. Box 190
Paul Mickiewicz, senior programs dir.-fitness
Little Falls, NJ 07424
James Goodger, senior programs director
973/256-0818
Baseball Bill Wing, director
Montclair Baseball Club
P.O. Box 43642
Youth Football
Montclair, NJ 07043 Montclair Cobras Junior Program
Jim O’Brien, president 19 Parkway
montclairbaseballclub@comcast.net Montclair, NJ 07042
973/746-2712
Bowling Howard Finney, president
Survivors Bowling League
46 Willowdale Ave. Youth Hockey
Montclair, NJ 07042 Montclair Hockey Club
973/744-0860 P.O. Box 43302
Margaret Stewart, president Montclair, NJ 07043
Joanne Futrell, secretary www.montclairhockeyclub.com
Craig Buermann, president
Figure Skating
Inside Edge Skating Club Youth Lacrosse
21 Crossbrook Lane Montclair Girls Junior Lacrosse Program
West Caldwell, NJ 07006 95 Summit Ave.
973/226-2416 Montclair, NJ 07043
Robert Crisso, founder 973/868-5162
annjennings@comcast.net
Gymnastics Ann Jennings, director
YMCA Starlettes
Montclair Boys Junior Lacrosse Program
25 Park St.
973/783-0880
Montclair, NJ 07042
Tom Schmitt
973/744-3400
Paul Mickiewicz, director Montclair Fall-Winter Indoor Lacrosse
33 Lloyd Road
Rugby Montclair, NJ 07042
Montclair Rugby Club 973/686-9500
P.O. Box 153 Steve Ferretti
Verona, NJ 07044
973/857-8532 Youth Soccer
Ralph Von Rosendahl, coach Ashley’s Soccer Camp
P.O. Box 53436
Softball Montclair, 07043
Friends of Montclair Softball 973/746-6887
25 Fairway Ashley Hammond, president
Montclair, NJ 07042
973/509-8204 Continued on next page
Jack Bowers
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Montclair United Soccer Club Clary Anderson Arena
P.O. Box 1204 41 Chestnut St.
Montclair, NJ 07042 Montclair, NJ 07042
973/783-MUSC 973/744-6088
www.montclairsoccer.com Floyd Hall Arena
Montclairsoccer@yahoo.com Montclair State University
Alison Maguire, president 1 Hall Drive
Little Falls, NJ 07424
Community Organizations 973/746-7744
Brian Miller, general manager
True Blue Spirit
Initiative to improve Montclair High Indoor Soccer Facilities
School athletics.
c-o Montclair Fund for Educational Excellence Soccer Domain
22 Valley Road 14 Depot Square
Montclair, NJ 07042 Montclair, NJ 07042
973/509-4021 973/746-6887
Ashley Hammond, manager
Golf Courses
Museums
The Montclair Golf Club
The Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center
25 Prospect Ave.
Montclair State University
West Orange, NJ 07052
8 Quarry Road
973/239-1800
Little Falls, NJ 07424
The Upper Montclair Country Club 973/655-2378
177 Hepburn Road Dave Kaplan, director
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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Business Organizations
North Essex Chamber of Commerce
3 Fairfield Ave.
West Caldwell, NJ, 07006
973/226-5500
Email@northessexchamber.com
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
info@montclair-medc.org
www.montclair-medc.org
Dale Jacobs, president
Eva-Marie Santiago, executive director Staff photo by Adam Anik

Montclair Center
Business Improvement District (BID) Upper Montclair Business Association
7 North Willow St., Suite 4A Holly Felber, president
Montclair, NJ 07042 PO Box 43275
973/509-3820 Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
tom@montclaircenter.com 973/744-1217
www.montclaircenter.com umbanj@mail.com
Tom Lonergan, executive director
Erik Maran, president Business Service Clubs
South End Business Association The Rotary Club of Montclair
Dr. Alfred Davis Jr., co-president P.O. Box 1746
309 Orange Road Montclair, NJ 07042
Montclair, NJ 07042 www.montclairrotary.com
973/783-3606 Beverly Sullivant, president
www.healthyadjustments.com 973/746-2656 (o) 973/783-9721 (h)
Stuart Keil, 973/744-2113
Walnut Street Association
Roger Kling Speertown Kiwanis Club
973/746-6800 Joyce M. Hill, president
klingarts@aol.com hillj@ci.newark.nj.us
Bill Murrell Michael Koehnlein, vice president
973/655-9190 skoline@aol.com
Watchung Plaza Business Association Luz romero, secretary
romero1@ci.newark.nj.us
Camille Kessler, president
54 Fairfield St. Montclair Kiwanis Club
Montclair, NJ 07042 82 Valley Road
973/783-9243 Montclair, NJ 07042
piazzadellasole@verizon.net 973/744-0454
John Heyrich, president

New Jersey Association of Women Business

Owners (NJAWBO)
Bookmark this Essex Chapters
Holly Kaplansky, president
The Montclair Times Web site: 973/624-6907
www.montclairtimes.com 973/746-4404 (hotline)
holly@mmpnewark.com
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Arts & Entertainment

Art Dance
George Segal Gallery Swinging with Simone
Montclair State University (swing dance classes)
1 Normal Ave. Commonwealth Club
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 26 Northview Ave.
973/655-3382 Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
Fax: 973/655-7665 Tuesdays (swing, salsa, ballroom)
www.montclair.edu/segalgallery Montclair Women’s Club
Teresa Rodriguez, director 82 Union St.
rodriguezt@mail.montclair.edu Montclair, NJ 07042
Montclair Art Museum Fridays (social dancing)
8:30 to 11:30 p.m. on the first and third
3 S. Mountain Ave.
Fridays of the month
Montclair, NJ 07042
973/746-6631
973/746-5555
www.swingingwithsimone.com
Fax: 973/746-9118
Simone Coonrod, director
www.montclairartmuseum.org
Patterson Sims, director Donna Scro Gentile/Freespace Dance
Studio Montclair P.O. Box 43657
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
A non-profit organization of visual artists.
973/743-8078
108 Orange Road
www.freespacedance.com
Montclair, NJ 07042
Donna Scro Gentile, artistic director
973/744-1818
Lisa Grimes, managing director
studiomontclair@aol.com
www.studiomontclair.org
Phoebe Pollinger, president 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
lwelch@montlib.org

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

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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: bjmay123@comcast.net
www.dapperdansofharmony.com
Greg Kent, president
B. May, membership chairman

Oratorio Society of New Jersey

P.O. Box 1872
Montclair, NJ 07042 Staff photo by George Wirt
Phone: 973/783-3837
E-mail: d.moore8@att.net
Donald Moore, president (MOC) Musical Theatre
Sandor Szabo, music director 494 Valley Road
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
Outpost in the Burbs 973/744-3133 (studio)
First Congregational Church 973/773-9933 (box office)
40 South Fullerton Ave. www.mocmusicals.org
Montclair, NJ 07042 Richard O’Connor, president
973/744-6560
Fax: 973/744-0940 Montclair State University
www.outpostintheburbs.org Arts and Cultural Programming
Steve Cutaia, executive director 1 Normal Ave.
Performance venues: Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
Unitarian Universalist Congregation 973/655-5112 (box office)
67 Church St. Fax: 973/655-4008
Montclair High School Auditorium peakperf@mail.montclair.edu
100 Park St. www.peakperfs.org
Jedediah Wheeler, executive director
Theater Venues: Alexander Kasser Theater,
Memorial Auditorium,
African Violet Repertory Theatre Company and the L. Howard Fox Studio
37 Draper Terrace Theatre, all on campus
Montclair, NJ 07042
973/744-5399
Running Rabbit Family Theatre
capchild29@comcast.net In-residence at Luna Stage
Bobby Reilly, artistic director 695 Bloomfield Ave.
Montclair, NJ 07042
Luna Stage 973/744-3309
695 Bloomfield Ave. Fax: 973/509-2388
Montclair, NJ 07042 rrfamilytheatre@yahoo.com
973/744-3309 www.rrfamilytheatre.org
Fax: 973/509-2388 Paul Whelihan and Ellen Beattie,
mhennessy@lunastage.org co-producers
www.lunastage.org
Jane Mandel, artistic director
Studio Players
Charlotte McKim, development director Studio Playhouse
Mona Hennessy, managing director 14 Alvin Place
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
973/744-9752
Bookmark this studiopl@studioplayhouse.org
www.studioplayhouse.org
www.montclairartmuseum.org Spencer Fox, president
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Religious Institutions
African Methodist Episcopal Baptist
Emmanuel Bright Hope
15 Hartley St. 6 Mission St.
Montclair, NJ 07042 Montclair, NJ 07042
973/744-5144 973/744-1475
The Rev. Mary White Williams The Rev. Charles Kelly
Community
Bahá’í Faith 42 A Maple Ave.
Bahá’í Community of Montclair Montclair, NJ 07042
Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís 973/746-5312
of Montclair The Rev. Larry D. Hawkins
P.O. Box 43488 Emanuel Hope
Montclair, NJ 07043 18-20 Washington St. (temporary location)
973/783-4317 Montclair, NJ 07042
Call for location of regular meetings 732/928-4986
Ollie Hartsfield, assembly secretary The Rev. Sturley Brooks
973/985-8113
Pamela Zivari, assembly member The New Calvary Baptist Deliverance
973/668-8332 Outreach Church
72 Maple Ave.
Montclair, NJ 07042
Bookmark this 973/571-9610
The Rev. Clenard Childress Jr.
www.montclairnjusa.org
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Continued from previous page Christian Science Reading Room

Rising Mt. Zion Church of Christ
27 Monroe Place 74 Church St.
Montclair, NJ 07042 973/744-3366
973/744-3012
Montclair Church of Christ
The Rev. Elizabeth Campbell
175 Glenridge Ave.
St. Paul Baptist Church Montclair, NJ 07042
119 Elm St. 973/746-6799
Montclair, NJ 07042 The Rev. Ray Rice, minister
973/746-8338
The Rev. Michael Cox Episcopal
Union Baptist Church
12 Midland Ave. St. James
Montclair, NJ 07042 581 Valley Road
973/746-3270 Montclair, NJ 07043
The Rev. Walter L. Parrish III Phone: 973/744-0270
The Rev. John Perris, senior pastor
The Rev. Audrey Hasselbrook
Christian Science The Rev. Walter Lewis
First Church of Christ, Scientist St. John’s
8 Hillside Ave.
55 Montclair Ave.
Montclair, NJ 07042
Montclair, NJ 07042
973/744-1280
973/746-2474
The Rev. Diana Clark

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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
Staff photo by Adam Anik
973/746-0042
www.mccministries.org
The Rev. Edward Banghart Jewish
Salvation Army Montclair Citadel Bnai Keshet (Reconstructionist)
13 Trinity Place 99 South Fullerton Ave.
Montclair, NJ 07042 Montclair, NJ 07042
973/744-3312 973/746-4889
SACitadel@aol.com 973/746-4963 Fax
Captains Alastair and Carole Bate, pastors www.bnaikeshet.org
bnaikeshet@bnaikeshet.org
Friends (Quaker) Rabbi Elliott Tepperman
Religious Society of Friends Assistant Rabbi Darby Leigh
The Friends Meeting House
289 Park St., at the corner of Gordonhurst
Shomrei Emunah (Conservative)
Avenue and Park Street 67 Park St.
Montclair, NJ 07042 Montclair, NJ 07042
973/744-8320 973/746-5031
www.friends.montclair.nj.us Rabbi Noach Shapiro
Cantor Ben Rosner
Interdenominational
Antioch Church of Excellence
Lutheran
15 Hartley St. First Lutheran
Montclair, NJ 07042 153 Park St.
PO Box 1712 Montclair, NJ 07042
Morristown, NJ 07962 973/744-6043
888/276-9397 www.firstlutheranmontclair.org
The Rev. William C. Moser
Islam
Masjid Ul Wadud Methodist
698 Bloomfield Ave.
Montclair, NJ 07042
First United Methodist
973/746-0005 24 North Fullerton Ave.
Kevin Dawud Amin, imam Montclair, NJ 07042
973/744-4086
Jehovah’s Witness pastor.fumcmontclair@comcast.net
www.gbgm-umc.org/firstmontclair
Congregation of Montclair The Rev. Franck Aguilh
330 Orange Rd.
Montclair, NJ 07042
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Continued from previous page Praise, Power and Prayer Temple

St. Mark’s United Methodist Church 7 Oak Place
51 Elm St. Montclair, NJ 07042
Montclair, NJ 07042 973/783-9033
973/744-2345 The Rev. Martha P. Davis
The Rev. Michael Harriott The Theatre Church
A Ministry of The Sword of the Spirit Christian
Nondenominational Church Ministries, Inc.
Calvary Chapel The Bellevue Cinema
Services held at Montclair High School 260 Bellevue Ave.
100 Chestnut St., P.O. Box 43386 Montclair, NJ 07043
Montclair, NJ 07043 973/744-5130
973/783-6001 The Rev. Elbert L. Maxwell
The Rev. George Hillman
office@calvarymontclair.org Pentecostal
calvarymontclair.org
First Church of God in Christ
Christ Church 10 Hartley St.
68 Church St. Montclair, NJ 07042
Montclair, NJ 07042 973/746-8407
973/783-1010 The Rev. Arthur Cook
Web site www.christchurchUSA.org
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Continued from previous page Presbyterian Church of Upper Montclair

Mt. Carmel Holy Church, UHC 53 Norwood Ave.
147-155 Bloomfield Ave. Montclair, NJ 07043
Montclair, NJ 07042 973/746-3854
[p] 973/746-7616 The Rev. Robert Pryor, interim minister
[f] 973/746-5622 Trinity Presbyterian Church
Ronaldmontclair@aol.com 5 High St.
The Rev. Eversel Griffith Montclair, NJ 07042
New Jerusalem Holiness Church 973/744-3396
61 New St. The Rev. Allen Shelton
Montclair, NJ 07042
973/783-4541 Reformed
Elder Ann Dieujuste
Montclair Heights Reformed Church
Trinity Temple Church of God in Christ 71 Mt. Hebron Rd.
115 Greenwood Ave. Montclair, NJ 07043
Montclair, NJ 07042 973/746-2656
973/746-8796 mtcchurch@aol.com
Fax: 973-509-1103 The Rev. Beverly B. Sullivant
www.trinitytemplecogic.org
Bishop Norman L. Prescott Roman Catholic
Presbyterian Immaculate Conception
30 North Fullerton Ave.
Central Presbyterian Montclair, NJ 07042
46 Park St. 973/744-5650
Montclair, NJ 07042 Monsignor Timothy Shugrue
973/744-5340 The Rev. Frank Burla
The Rev. Laurie A. McNeill The Rev. Arokiasamy Irudayanathan
Grace Presbyterian Our Lady of Mount Carmel
153 Grove St. 94 Pine St.
Montclair, NJ 07042 Montclair, NJ 07042
973/744-2565 973/744-1074
office@gracemontclair.org The Rev. Anthony Lionelli
www.gracemontclair.org
The Rev. Paul Leggett, senior pastor St. Cassian
The Rev. Brandi Wolf Drake, associate pastor 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
peterclave@aol.com
The Rev. Jose Gamba

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

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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 Brookdale Baptist Church
973/744-4856 1350 Broad St.
www.firstchurchmontclair.org Bloomfield, NJ 07003
The Rev. Ken Barnes, interim pastor 973/338-8536
The Rev. Ann Ralosky, minister of The Rev. Danny Hampton, senior pastor
Congregational Life The Rev. Love T. Saquing, youth & worship
The Rev. Barbara Prince, minister of Spiritual pastor
Direction
Congregation Beth Ahm Of West Essex
Union Congregational 56 Grove Ave.
176 Cooper Ave. Verona, NJ 07044
Montclair, NJ 07043 973/239-0754
973/744-7424 Rabbi Aaron Kriegel
www.unioncong.org Cantor Marsha Schreier
The Rev. Stephanie Weiner, senior minister
The Rev. Leah Fowler, minister Christian for-
St. George’s Greek Orthodox Church
mation & youth 818 Valley Rd.
Clifton, NJ 07013
973/779-2626
Unity The Rev. Ambrose Bitziadis-Bowers
Montclair Unity Temple Ner Tamid
(Metaphysical Christian denomination) 936 Broad St.
84 Orange Rd. Bloomfield, NJ 07003
Montclair, NJ 07042 973/338-1500
973/746-8417 Rabbi Steven C. Kushner
The Rev. Erin McCabe Cantor Meredith Greenberg
Friday Erev Shabbat: 8 p.m.
Serving Montclair Area Temple Sholom of West Essex
Christ Episcopal Church, 760 Pompton Ave.
Bloomfield/Glen Ridge Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
74 Park St. 973/239-1321
Glen Ridge, NJ 07028 Rabbi Laurence W. Groffman
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Continued from previous page Montclair African American Clergy Association

Our Lady of the Lake R.C. Church The Rev. Liz Campbell, president
32 Lakeside Ave. 973/744-3012
Verona, NJ 07044 The Rev. Moses E. Eli
973/239-5696 973/746-1911
The Rev. Michael A. Hanly Comboni Missionary
St. Catherine of Siena 88 High St.
339 Pompton Ave. P.O. Box 138
Cedar Grove, NJ 07009 Montclair, NJ 07042
973/239-7960 973/744-8080
The Rev. Charles Gusmer The Rev. Luigi Zanotto, superior of the
community
Related centers and Montclair Jewish Workshop
organizations MJW President Emily Grand
973/744-0444
Montclair Clergy Association montclairjewish@aol.com.
Rabbi Elliott Tepperman, president www.montclairjewish.org
973/746-4889
bnaikeshet@bnaikeshet.org JCC MetroWest
The Rev. Michael Cox, vice president 760 Northfield Ave.
973/746-8338 West Orange, NJ 07052
pastorcox@stpaulbaptistnj.org 973/530-3400
Advocacy Groups

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Community
Advocacy Groups Meets at St. Peter Claver Church,
56 Elmwood Ave., Montclair
Ceasefire NJ North Jersey Chapter P. O. Box 22505, Newark, NJ 07101
A volunteer group advocating controls on 973/801-0001
firearms. Lawrence Hamm, chairperson
P.O. Box 43387, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
Dorothy McGann, chairperson Women’s International League for Peace
973/744-3813 and Freedom, Essex County Branch
essex@ceasefirenj.org International group working for issues of
justice, peace and nonmilitary resolution of
The League of Women Voters conflicts.
of the Montclair Area Lauretta B. Freeman, president
National organization promoting political 24 Stephen St., Monclair, NJ 07042
responsibility. 973/744-4776
P.O. Box 43294, Montclair, NJ 07043 Freemanl@mail.montclair.edu
973/233-1995
lwvmontclair@hotmail.com Charitable Organizations
Barbara Miller, vice president
Mary E. Murphy, communications liaison Goals for Life Inc.
http://montclairarea.nj.lwvnet.org Nonprofit supports causes directly affecting
women and their families.
New Jersey Peace Action P.O. Box 43265, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
673 Bloomfield Avenue, 2nd floor 973/744-3003
Bloomfield, NJ, 07003 www.goalsforlife.org
973-744-3263 Kathleen Lee, president and board member
director@njpeaceaction.org Ellen Paretti, treasurer and board member
Madelyn Hoffman, executive director Martha Bowden, secretary
www.njpeaceaction.org
Junior League of Montclair-Newark, Inc.
NAACP, Montclair Branch Improves the lives of children at risk. Open to
A national organization promoting racial all women who show interest in and are
equality. committed to volunteerism.
16 Inness Place, P.O.B. 353 40 South Fullerton Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042
Montclair, NJ 07042 973/746-2499
973/746-9315 www.jlmn.org
Beverly Bussey, president Patricia Devine Harms, President
People’s Organization for Progress, St. Luke’s Second Time Around Shop
Montclair Branch Used clothing and household items
For social justice, against racism, against 73 South Fullerton Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042
police brutality.
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973/744-2517
Ellen Meriney, director
Melissa Kneuer, treasurer
www.slechurch.org
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
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PAL: Police Athletic League
Monthly supervised gatherings for children in
grades three through eight.
647 Bloomfield Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042
973/509-1234, Ext. 4736
montclairPAL@yahoo.com
Betty Ann Fazio, president
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.
serendipitycafe@hotmail.com
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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Continued from previous page Conversazione e Caffe

African-American Heritage Day Socializing in Italian
Meets weekly at Montclair State University
An annual celebration of culture featuring a
973/571-1995
parade and festival.
Lonnie Brandon Montclair Rotary Club
973/509-4916 An organization of business and professional
Alliance Française persons who provide humanitarian service
around the world.
Lessons, programs, socials
Meetings are held Tuesdays at 12:15 p.m. at
973/783-4059
Pal’s Cabin, West Orange
Brigitte Padberg
John Deermont, president, 973/746-9827
Commonwealth Club 151 Inwood Ave., Montclair, NJ 07043
A social club that supports community Beverly Sullivant, president
programs as well as individuals and groups 973/731-1837
in need. www.montclairrotary.com
26 Northview Ave., Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
973/744-9605 Montclair Annual Events
Conversations on Race First Night Montclair
Mixed-race adult group dialogue series An annual family New Year’s Eve celebration
explores issue of race. Five-session program with music, dance, special events and kids
scheduled each spring and fall. stuff.
c/o Civil Rights Commission 205 Claremont Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042
205 Claremont Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042 973/509-4915
973/509-4907 www.firstnightmontclair.org
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Continued from previous page Montclair Republican County Committee

May in Montclair Jean D. S. Kenwood, chairman, 973/783-9750
A monthlong festival
Mary Tetzloff
Service Clubs
249 Midland Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.,
www.mayinmontclair.org Omicron Xi Omega Chapter
Social and fraternal
Political Groups P.O. Box 509, Montclair, NJ 07042
Montclair Democratic Committee 973/926-2427
Brendan Gill, chairman, 973/650-1317 omicronxiomega@aol.com
Tanya Poteat, vice chairwoman, 973/746-5400
Ancient Order of the Hibernians
Montclair Green Party A Catholic, Irish American Fraternal group.
546 Valley Road, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 P.O. Box 43018, Montclair, NJ 07043
973/744-5958 973/495-9031
Joseph A. Fortunato, chair aohdiv9@yahoo.com
www.aohdiv9.com
Montclair Republican Club Michael Tevlin, president
73 Myrtle Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042 Robert Lynch, vice president
973/746-2702
Murray S. Stearns, president Men of Essex
Eugene J. Byrne, secretary, 973/746-3283 A nonprofit that promotes academic and
athletic achievement.
Montclair Women’s Republican Club Regular meetings held in Montclair
973/256-4905 973/783-1496 or 973/449-4836
Elizabeth Bartlett, president www.menofessex.com
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Continued from previous page transportation, classes in CPR, First Aid,

babysitting.
Montclair Knights of Columbus 63 Park St.
42 Park St., Montclair, NJ 07042 973/746-1800
973/746-9452 973/744-2091 - Fax
Mountainside Hospital Auxiliary http://montclair.redcross.org
Promotes the hospital and helps patients. COPE Center Inc.
1 Bay Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042 Counseling, Outreach, Prevention and
973/429-6012 Education.
Eleanor Parker, president 60 S. Fullerton St., Montclair, NJ 07042
973/837-9113 973/783-6655
Gail A. McCabe, volunteer services manager, info@copecenter.net
973/429-6013 Sue A. Garfinkel, director
Sister City Organizations DBSA Essex County
Self-help support group for those with
Friends of Barnet depression or bipolar disorder.
A sister city organization for the London P.O. Box 707, Montclair, NJ 07042
Borough of Barnet. 973/744-5230
c/o Amy Hatrak www.dbsanewjersey.org/essexcounty
18 Clinton Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042
Montclair-Cherepovetz Committee The Neighborhood Center
Anna A. Coleman, president,
A sister city organization for
Board of Trustees
Cherepovetz, Russia.
Neighborhood Council Inc.
205 Claremont Ave.
30 Maple Ave., P.O. Box 305
973/731-1837
Montclair, NJ 07042
Juliana Belcsak, president
973/744-4228
Linda Wanat, vice president
Overseas Neighbors HOMECorp
A sister city organization for Graz, Austria. (Homes of Montclair Ecumenical Corp.)
P.O. Box 1107, Montclair, NJ 07042 Nonprofit affordable housing community
973/731-1837 development agency.
Juliana Belcsak, president 1 Woodland Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042
973/744-4141
Social Agencies HOMECorp@verizon.net
www.homecorp.org
Alcoholics Anonymous
800/245-1377 Human Needs Food Pantry
Emergency pantry providing free food and
American Red Cross clothing to those in need.
of Montclair-Nutley-Glen Ridge 9 Label St., Montclair, NJ 07042
Blood drive second Thursday of month; disas-
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Community United Way of North Essex-Montclair

Continued from Page 38 Community Fund
Focuses on strengthening families, investing in
973/746-4669 children, caring for seniors and people with
Deanna London, director disabilities, fostering self-sufficiency.
60 South Fullerton Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042
Job Seekers of Montclair 973/746-4040
Nonsectarian job search and support group uwne@uwne.org
Meets Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. www.uwne.org
c/o St. Luke’s Church Susan Ullmann, president, board of trustees
73 South Fullerton Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042 M. Roger Costa, chief executive officer
973/783-3442

Montclair Counseling Center

Special Interest Clubs
183 Inwood Ave., Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 AARP-West Essex Chapter 131
973/783-6977 60 South Fullerton Ave.
mcc10@juno.com 973/256-8464
www.montclaircounseling.com Cloverhill Place/Grove Terrace
Linda Malek-Jones, executive director Neighborhood Association
James Cotter, jamescotter@comcast.net or
Montclair Volunteer Ambulance Unit Ann-Marie Nazzaro, annmarie_bill@msn.com
Free ambulance service for Montclair
residents; volunteers always needed Friends of the Library
95 Walnut St., Montclair, NJ 07042 Call library for more information:
973/783-7624 973/744-0500, ext. 2235

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Continued from previous page Avenues. We foster its historic, natural, cultur-
al, environmental and educational qualities.
Cosmopolitan Club
Walking tours are offered every May.
To stimulate international friendship.
President, Scott Kevelson
Meets at the Woman’s Club
Montclairtrees@aol.com
of Upper Montclair
973/495-9056
200 Cooper Ave.
P.O. Box 43712, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
Brigitte Padberg, president, 973/783-4059
www.friendsofandersonpark.com
Ecology Watch Montclair
Friends of Canterbury and Nishuane Parks
Concerned with pesticide spraying by town,
Environmental preservation & community
county and NJ Transit
action group.
15 Princeton Pl., Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
P.O. Box 141, Montclair, NJ 07042
973/746-2073
TheFriendsofCNPC@aol.com
Georgia Johnson, president
973/746-3100
Essex Running Club
Garden Club of Montclair
Group runs weekly; all abilities welcome.
United Way Building
Meetings monthly.
60 South Fullerton Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042
ercmailbox@yahoo.com
973/746-9614
www.essexrunning.com
http://gardenclubmontclair.tripod.com/
973/509-9707
Desmond Duncker, president Immaculate Conception Single Adults (ICSA)
A group of Catholic singles that meets for
Friends of Anderson Park
spiritual and social activities
A non-profit conservancy dedicated to
c/o Church of the Immaculate Conception
stewardship of this century-old Olmsted-
1 Munn St., Montclair, NJ 07042
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973/744-5650
icsa@lycos.com
http://icsa.tripod.com
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
schuman@njit.edu
Montclair Bird Club
Meets second Wednesday of the month,
except December, July and August.
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at Union Congregational Church
176 Cooper Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042
973/239-0600
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,
barbara.rudy@comcast.net
Montclair Historical Society
108 Orange Road
973/744-1796
mail@montclairhistorical.org
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
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Continued from previous page Victorian Society in America

973/746-5212 Northern New Jersey Chapter
Kathleen Hamilton, president Chartered in 1976 to promote enjoyment,
understanding, and preservation of 19th-cen-
The Presby Memorial Iris Gardens tury heritage.
Display garden with more than 100,000 P.O. Box 717, Montclair, NJ 07042
blooms through mid-May to early June. John Simonelli, program chairperson
474 Upper Mountain Ave. ASP4John@aol.com
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
973/783-5974 The Write Group
presbyiris@comcast.net Writers’ support group.
http://presbyiris.tripod.com Contact: Harriet Halpern
Lori Beitler, president 5 Roosevelt Place, Apt. 4P
Montclair, NJ 07042
United Nations Association of the 973/509-0898
USA/Montclair/Essex Chapter mplwritegroup@hotmail.com
973/746-9604
Elizabeth Jefferson, president Veterans Organizations
Van Vleck House & Gardens
Preserves for public enrichment the beauty of American Legion
the late 19th-century Van Vleck house. Serves Crawford Crews Post 251
as center for nonprofit organizations. Gardens 210 Bloomfield Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042
open to public daily from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 973/746-6055
21 Van Vleck St.
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Community
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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. Staff photo by Adam Anik
to noon, 26 Park St.
Book sale: 973/783-7040 Montclair Women’s Club
Membership: 973/509-9036 82 Union St., Montclair, NJ 07042
National Council of Negro Women Inc. 973/744-9552
Virginia Scott-Flemings, president
Meets fourth Saturday, 10 a.m.,
at Montclair Women’s Community Circle, Woman’s Club of Upper Montclair
33 Woodland Ave., P.O. Box 1719 Philanthropic, social, and educational
Montclair, NJ 07042 organization
973/783-3715 200 Cooper Ave., Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
973/744-9138
Dorothy C. Eldefry, president
Marjorie Tom, president

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To advertise in
any of our
Business Services
Directories, please
call Kathy Collins
at 973/233-5038
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