Montclair Business Owners Hit Hard By Ida Fear More Severe Weather Will Cause Permanent Damage

CBS New York

September 9, 2021

Some New Jersey businesses already struggling because of the pandemic took another hit from last week’s storm.

Ilson Goncalves, the owner of Samba Montclair, sold his home after the pandemic hit to save his restaurant. He used the $180,000 from that sale to expand his space so that customers could eat indoors safely, but he feels Mother Nature is putting everything he’s taking chances on down the drain.

If it wasn’t one thing for Goncalves, it was another. He captured the power behind last week’s storm on his cell phone.

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