Montclair Forum Addresses Pros and Cons of Affordable Housing
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 1, 2012, 4:10 AM BY LINDA MOSS STAFF WRITER THE MONTCLAIR TIMES
A panel of experts extolled the value of affordable housing in Montclair Tuesday night, but residents still lined up to passionately debate the pros and cons of selling township-owned land on Wildwood Avenue for low- and moderate income dwellings.
Residents stand in line to speak their minds about affordable housing during 4th Ward Councilwoman Renée Baskerville's 4th Ward Collaborative meeting, which was held in the Township Council chambers Tuesday night.
Poverty Rate at 30% for Part of Montclair’s 4th Ward
FRIDAY, DEC 09, 2011 9:00AM
BY DEBBIE GALANT
WNYC, our media partner in the newly formed NJ News Coop, has created a “Pinpointing Poverty” map based on just-released statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Zooming in, the poverty map shows a bright pink box in Census tract 171, in Montclair’s 4th Ward, where 32 percent of households are at the poverty level. Though it is hard to see the street names on this map detail, it is basically the area bounded by Elm Street, Bloomfield Ave., Franklin Place and Lincoln St. Across Bloomfield Ave., also in the 4th ward, in Census tract 167, an area extending between Bloomfield Ave. to Walnut Street, the poverty rate is 11.8 percent
Montclair delegates report on national NAACP convention
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2011
LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY AUGUST 18, 2011, 1:28 AM
THE MONTCLAIR TIMES
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People held its 102nd annual convention July 23 through July 28. The theme for the convention was "Affirming America's Promise." The organization set the policies and agenda for the coming year. Among the more than 2,000 voting delegates and observers was Montclair NAACP president Thomas Reynolds.
