Montclair BOE and Council Meet, Dwight Gooden Signs New Book

Here are some of the stories we're working on and what's happening this week in Montclair. See you around!

The Montclair Board of Education invites the public to a presentation by the New Jersey School Boards Association on Monday at 7 p.m. as part of the Board’s workshop meeting, which will be held in the Montclair High School Auditorium. 

POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN: Bangz Salon and Wellness Spa will host Men’s Confidential A Decadent Affair for the Modern Male, on Monday. Men will get the chance to socialize in a 1920s inspired speakeasy setting, while being pampered in a masculine atmosphere, during this prostate cancer fundraiser.

The Montclair Council meets Tuesday at 7 p.m. for a council meeting. See the agenda. 

Former Mets and Yankees star Dwight Gooden will sign copies of his new autobiography Doc: A Memoir, at the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center Tuesday at 6 p.m.

The West Essex Board of Realtors are holding a blood drive at their offices on Erie St. Thursday at 1 p.m.

The Parents Who Rock band, The No Rehearsals, along with Miguel Rodriguez Presents, will hold a benefit concert at Tierney’s Tavern on Friday, at 9 p.m. Donations of gift cards, cash and non-perishable food will be accepted at the show for college students placed out of foster care and staying at Montclair State this summer.

Freckleface Strawberry the Musical comes to the Alexander Kasser Theater on Saturday with performances at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

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