June 2005

Another popular use for Barista…

A car accident on the Garden State Parkway Sunday morning claimed the life of Joey Appolito Jr. 19, a housepainter and 2003 graduate of Bloomfield High School. Scot Surbeck went […]

If you went to the big Willie-Bob concert on Friday, you probably walked away with free Jackals tickets — we got four — good for last night, tonight and tomorrow […]

Big police action in the center of Bloomfield. Traffic on Bloomfield Ave. is being diverted at Broad Street and not allowed to continue westbound. The detour is up Washington St. […]

The Barista’s heart went pitter-patter last week when the Philadelphia Inquirer’s online site made a typo and announced a new reality show, "Being Bobbi Brown." Actually, it turned out to […]

Last week’s Supreme Court decision in Kelo v. New London was good news for Bloomfield, which wants to raze downtown businesses to make way for something spiffier. But when you […]

What do you want first, the good news or the bad news? Ok. The good news: Essex County got the largest grant of any county in New Jersey in a […]

All we can say to Oprah is… Be afraid. Be very, very, very afraid.

It’s almost fireworks time and Bloomfield is already showing its spirit with the ubiquitous lawn inflatable(we’re waiting to buy our Groundhog Day blowup). Whether you go for the lactivists or […]

Confirmed details are still pending, but a car crash between exits 150 and 151 on the Garden State Parkway early Sunday morning took the life of a young Bloomfield man. […]

Every now and then we step into a store and are transported by the shopkeeper√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s vision, collection, and well, world.  PARCEL is such a place.  (Corrado√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s is another, but that√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s […]

Artists wishing to make their mark on Church Street, specifically the new Siena building, here’s your chance: Herod Redevelopment I, LLC (√¢‚Ǩ≈ìHerod√¢‚Ǩ¬ù) in cooperation with the Montclair Arts Council (√¢‚Ǩ≈ìMAC√¢‚Ǩ¬ù), […]

Major sports shake-up at Montclair High School, reported in today’s Star Ledger. Seems baseball coach Paul Magrini — known for leading the team to its first winning record in a […]

Egrets and humans alike are sharing the bountiful supply of fish in Edgemont Pond. A regular at the park, this elegant Great White egret stands motionless for long periods, patiently […]