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Yes, it's been quite the year (just look at October!) Here’s a look back at some of the biggest local stories of 2022 brought to you by Baristanet

For the first time since switching from an appointed school board, Montclair voters went to the polls to pick board members.

Montclair had a historic, first ever vote in a special election for two members to the Board of Education, but Montclair barely showed up to vote.

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April 20, 2021 Montclair Board of Education member Sergio Gonzalez, in a statement at Monday’s BOE meeting that was also released to Vote Montclair, came out in support of an elected Board of Education, stating that the MEA leadership “has worked tirelessly to usurp the BOE’s legal status as the decisive policy-setting power in the district, and in this effort has been almost totally successful.” Montclair mayor Sean Spiller, who is also president of the NJEA, recently announced new BOE...

March 1, 2021 An official petition was launched Saturday seeking a referendum for an elected Board of Education in Montclair. The petition appears on the website of Vote Montclair, an independent civic group started in 2020 with the aim of increasing voter participation in the Township. “After more than six months of outreach, voter surveys, legal research, fundraising and technical fiddling, I’m overjoyed to finally see voters having their say,” said Vote Montclair founder and campaign c...