I often tell clients how living in a walkable suburb just feels better, but have never given much thought to quantifying it. However, others apparently have! There's an article in the New Yorker ("How Trees Calm Us Down") that talks not only about how people feel healthier the more trees are around, but also goes on to say that the benefits [...]

I guess it goes without saying that a walkable town is also a bikeable town, but there are things a town can do to make biking easier and safer, and Montclair keeps doing them. Community group Bike and [...]

Montclair Watercooler Digest Number 8046 arrived in my email on Monday at 7:49PM. It contained questions and answers about water bill rates and a question about ease of parking at a nearby commuter park and ride. Also, someone found a pair of glasses on Church Street, someone else was looking for a good employment agency to hire temps, and [...]

The day Jerry Seinfeld was in town to shoot his web show with Montclair's Stephen Colbert, it was big news. I read about it at NJ.com and I think it was also mentioned on the Montclair Watercooler, our popular local online message board where people discuss everything from dog parks to parking decks.

If you're not familiar with Seinfeld's often delightful web series, [...]