[New-Poetry] Montclair to the rescue of the Dodge

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Montclair steps in for sake of poetry
Township is offering to host Dodge event
Sunday, March 01, 2009 
BY PEGGY McGLONE
Star-Ledger Staff

Montclair has made a serious bid to partner with the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation to save the biennial Dodge Poetry Festival, a four-day event that attracts high- profile poets and tens of thousands of poetry lovers. 


Montclair Township manager Joseph Hartnett wants to present the 2010 festival in Montclair's central business district, which includes several performance spaces and church halls as well as restau rants and parking. 
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"We can save this festival," said Hartnett, who will give the Dodge team a tour of the downtown next week. "The Dodge is a festival of national if not international re nown. We consider ourselves among the premier arts communities in New Jersey ... and we want to build on that." 


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