Pomp and ceremony reigned at the Montclair Township Council’s first regular meeting of 2017. The January 24 session began with a celebration of the beginning of the “sister city” relationship between Montclair and Aquilonia, Italy, the resolution for which having been passed unanimously by the council as its first order of business for the night.
Mayor Robert Jackson addressed the audience that gathered for the ceremony and noted that the township’s Italian-American population has long been a bedrock of the community. Mayor Jackson said he was pleased to be able to formalize its role in town by commencing this bond with Aquilonia.
