July 2005

Or maybe not. Stephen Sondheim’s musical about the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, who killed his clients and served them as meat pies, will be performed by students at six […]

If you’re tired of looking for a free table at either of Baristaville’s two overbuzzed Starbucks franchises, or you’d just like to order a small cappucino for a change, we’ve […]

And this one’s from out-of-state, so it’s really lost. From reader Linda Ippolito: This morning I meet this family in Brookdale Park. They are from N.H., driving their daughter to […]

NJ Transit announced yesterday that it now has 231 bi-level passengers cars on order for its commuter lines, including the Montclair-Boonton line. One hundred were already on order. The Bombardier […]

We thought we had neighborhood hostility covered over here at Baristanet, but then we went over to the Montclair Watercooler and discovered that we’d only scratched the surface. Seems there’s […]

From 5:45 pm to 9:15 pm tonight, my home was without power. It seemed as if this problem affected my neighbor, too, but I’m not sure if anyone else on […]

The rumors circling are true! On one of the hottest days of summer, two out of the three Montclair pools are closed. The Essex Pool, located on Chestnut Ave, and […]

Jimmy Wilson, the affable and eccentric railroad "foamer" with a 99-year lease on the Benson Street train station in Glen Ridge, ran into a heap of trouble last week, when […]

In case you don’t spend all day reading every last comment on our site, you might have missed Mr. Plofker himself commenting about the street closing in front of the […]

Five Egyptian nationals, living in Newark, have been detained on possible terrorist charges after Newark police received a tip Sunday afternoon. The police found $8,000 cash, New York City subway […]

A pool thermometer at Mountainside Pool in Upper Montclair told the story yesterday: 100 degrees. More misery today, but violent thunderstorms in the afternoon and early evening are expected to […]

We’re sure our readers and advertisers won’t mind if we just hang up a going fishing sign next week. After all, it’s "PC-Turnoff Week" and families nationwide are being encourage […]

Step right up, and see what’s behind the curtain! They’re strange, they’re marvelous, never before seen in these parts … they’re voting machines without levers! That’s right, you heard me, […]

We got caught in it yesterday around 5:30 and as a result our teenage diva was late for a rehearsal.  An irate reader writes us about it today. It’s the […]