September 2005

In political news closer to home, Jon Corzine’s lead in the gubernatorial race has slipped from double to single digits in the past few weeks. That’s according to three recent […]

News happens even while the Barista is off rubbing shoulders with New Media hotshots at a New York City conference. A Texas grand jury has indicted House Majority Leader Tom […]

Tonight, hit the Rock Bottom in West Orange and yuk it up at the Comedy Quarry to benefit folks affected by Hurricane Katrina. Catch Jamie Ross and other comics as […]

An opening on the Glen Ridge School board, created when Janet Schiller vacated the spot, was filled last night. From the Star Ledger: Suzanne O’Connor topped the field Monday night, […]

If the occasional blurb on Baristanet about shootings and robberies just whets your appetite for reading about local crime, you’re in luck. There are two — that’s right — two […]

And then there are fumes. Think things are bad at Bloomfield High School? Yesterday, at Essex County Vocational School in West Caldwell, a broken bottle of nail hardener sicked more […]

We don’t care if this dates us. Before Kiefer Sutherland in "24" and Bruce Willis in "Moonlighting," there was Don Adams in "Get Smart" — and if you’re too young […]

Yeah, Mr. Gandolfini, we’re lookin’ at you. And just wait til the kids get off school in about an hour. All Glen Ridge is abuzz about today’s Sopranos shoot, which […]

Not only has poor Decamp had to raise bus fares by 40 cents because of the surge in gas prices, but the Star Ledger has a story today about the […]

The State of New Jersey, which has asked drivers to report gas price rip-offs since Hurricane Katrina struck, has just sued three oil companies and a number of independent gas […]

Did anybody else catch JetBlue’s full-page ad in the Times Magazine on Sunday? We sure did, but we can’t say we’re exactly going to knock the door down to fly […]

Power is out in parts of Baristaville, including Washington Street in Glen Ridge — but not across the street on Hamilton Road. According to the Glen Ridge police, the outage […]

We told you about the large turnout in Washington of anti-war protesters, but more than one reader seems to be hinting at something sinister about an accident involving a crane […]