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Montclair Local Voices: Building a realistic college list
Some students may prefer a rural school like Champlain College. Others might prefer the city. Local Voices columnist Pat Berry helps teens write their college application essays. She is a...
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Montclair Local Voices: End of gardening season?
WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Our newest Local Voice columnist is Master Gardner Jose German-Gomez. A New Jersey environmental activist, he is an Essex County Certified Master Gardener and Montclair resident. He...
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Montclair Local Voices’ Ask Task: Help! My relatives voted for Trump
ALLISON TASK Allison Task is a career and life coach in Montclair who hosts the WMTR radio show “Find My Thrive.” her website is allisontask.com. Need advice? Send questions (150 words or less...
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Montclair Local Voices: For Halloween, it’s pumpkin Everything if you’re keen
About 1,000 pumpkins and gourds that fill the Pumpkin Patch on the Lawn annual sale and festival at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church on South Fullerton Ave., on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 14. The sale extends...
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Gardening for Life: a journey to becoming a gardener
The right plants attract butterflies. COURTESY JOSE GERMAN-GOMEZ By Jose German-Gomez For Montclair Local I first learned about agriculture techniques as a teen in the Caribbean while watching the...
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Montclair Local Voices’ College bound: getting a handle on financial aid
WIKIMEDIA COMMONS By PAT BERRY For Montclair Local Columnist Pat Berry is a communications consultant and the founder of College Application Camp & Coaching (collegeapplicationcamp.com). Berry can...
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Montclair Local’s To Your Health: ‘Tis the season for self-control
WIKIMEDIA COMMONS By KENNETH BANNERMAN For Montclair Local Editor’s note: This series will be written by practitioners in Summit Medical Group on health-related topics. This one is by cardiologist Dr....
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Montclair Local’s Ask Task: where can I find happiness?
ALLISON TASK By ALLISON TASK For Montclair Local Allison Task is a career and life coach in Montclair who hosts the WMTR radio show “Find My Thrive.” Her website is allisontask.com. Need advice? Send...
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Montclair’s Robin’s Nest: culture, couture, crafts and more
Holiday wreaths make Church Street festive. NEIL GRABOWSKY/FOR MONTCLAIR LOCAL By ROBIN WOODS For Montclair Local Now that the frost is on the pumpkin and out of our lattes, we’re psyched up for the...
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Diversity in Food: A taste of Macau and Hong Kong is in the heart of Montclair
Sam enjoys the scent and heat of a cup of tea. COURTESY MELINA MACALL By Melina Macall For Montclair Local Melina Macall is a writer, researcher, community organizer and college lecturer focusing on...
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Montclair eats: stuffed pasta is comfort food
Pasta from Fascino. COURTESY STEVEN DESALVO By STEVEN DESALVO For Montclair Local “Montclair Eats” is a new column from food writer Steven DeSalvo. DeSalvo works as a personal chef in Montclair, has a...
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Montclair Local’s ‘To Your Health’: Give yourself the gift of sleep
A cat in the Beit Oren kibbutz in northern Israel sleeps deeply. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Editor’s note: This series will be written by practitioners in Summit Medical Group (SMG) on health-related topics....
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Montclair Local’s Ask Task: Help. #metoo has triggered me
ALLISON TASK By ALLISON TASK For Montclair Local Allison Task is a career and life coach in Montclair who hosts the WMTR radio show “Find My Thrive.” Her website is allisontask.com. Need advice? Send...
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Montclair Local’s Robin’s Nest: Resolve to have FUN in 2018
Tap dancing class at Iowa State College, 1942. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS By ROBIN WOODS For Montclair Local ROBIN WOODS It’s time to look ahead to the New Year 2018. Don’t put pressure on yourself with New...
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Gardening for Life: Winter is the time to plan your spring garden
For a spring garden like this, begin planning now. COURTESY JOSE GERMAN By Jose German For Montclair Local JOSE GERMAN Jose German is a New Jersey environmental activist, Essex County Certified Master...
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Montclair Local’s Ask Task: how to acknowledge a divorce
ALLISON TASK By ALLISON TASK For Montclair Local Allison Task is a career and life coach in Montclair who hosts the WMTR radio show “Find My Thrive.” Her website is allisontask.com. Need advice? Send...
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Montclair Local’s Robin’s Nest: Surviving the winter of our discontent
Winter feels worlds away in the Amazing Escape Room. COURTESY ROBIN WOODS By ROBIN WOODS For Montclair Local ROBIN WOODS As much as I want to stay inside and hibernate until the first day of spring,...
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College Bound: visits are when it gets real
Hathorn Hall, Bates College. Will your child enjoy zero degrees, and skiing to class? By PAT BERRY For Montclair Local PAT BERRY Columnist Pat Berry is a communications consultant and the founder of...
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College Bound: seniors, take care of yourselves while you wait
COURTESY PIXABAY By PAT BERRY For Montclair Local PAT BERRY Columnist Pat Berry is a communications consultant and the founder of College Application Camp (collegeapplicationcamp.com). Berry can be...
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Robin’s Nest: Magnificent Montclair had mugs, mags and memorabilia
Mugs at Makeready Gallery display Montclair history. COURTESY ROBIN WOODS By ROBIN WOODS For Montclair Local We’re thrilled to live in magnificent Montclair, New Jersey and there are so many ways to...
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