June 2005

In July, Baristaville is getting a new business called Fume. The establishment has nothing to do with Bloomfield High School; it’s a new cigar store/lounge opening on Bloomfield Ave. in […]

Say what you want about flipping, as some of you actually already have, but the esteemed Discovery Home Channel plans to explore the anxiety, triumphs and tribulations of the sport […]

Glen Ridge 13-year-old Ben Gates, known in yo-yo circles as The Amazing Bob, had his Bar Mitzvah yesterday, and the whole affair was so unusual, and so outclassed the usual […]

The Barista hopes she won’t be accused of being an anti-Semite if she confesses that the charms of Bob Dylan are utterly lost on her. Save "Just Like a Woman," […]

Music critic Ken Shane had real press credentials last night and was close enough to see Willie Nelson’s grizzle. He filed this report and photo. (REVISED) It√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s hit or miss […]

Paul Zalewsky snags a picture of Project Graduation in Glen Ridge — a Pirates of the Caribbean-esque all-night extravaganza financed by endless fundraisers throughout the year. Tonight was graduation. In […]

Reader Bruce Goodman summed it up with one Blackberry message: "Writing from the concert. Willy just finished Crazy…..beautiful night. The stadium has confiscated all contraband….no water, food, cameras. Beer is […]

Tom Cruise is not a psychiatrist, but he plays one on TV talk shows. The couch-scaling War of the Worlds star showed his split personality on yesterday’s Today show, when […]

If you’re near a TV, daytime programming is on hold as President Bush, along with the Iraqi prime minister, cuts in with a "special report" news conference. Bush says he’s […]

Still playing at the Roberts Theatres Wellmont Theatre on Seymour Street – ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM is riveting √¢‚Ǩ‚Äú if there was ever the tiniest question of […]

Is it becoming the most photograped house in Montclair? Remember the red wallpaper hullabaloo when this house at 363 Grove Street was featured on Moving Up? Yesterday, the home was […]

Imagine a yearbook littered with errors that students find unacceptable and unprofessional. No, we’re not talking about Bloomfield High School. Some angry grads at the Technical Careers Center in Newark […]

When there’s news on the Edgemont Park beat (thanks for the tip, Anthony Batson), we send Scot Surbeck. Today, the geese had to step aside. A commercial was being filmed.