January 2006

Would the sounds, smells and tastes of Jamaica lure you out of your winter doldrums?  Whole Foods in Montclair won’t fly you there, but TODAY, it’s "TRY THIS THURSDAY". Between […]

Last night, after describing New Jersey as the home of sharpshooters Annie Oakley and Robert Blake, Comedy Central√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s Steve Colbert spent a moment with our five-term congressman to share the […]

There’s someone looking for you on Craigslist, in their Missed Connection personals…but if you are expecting a hook-up with a MILF, or hair challenged guy, you might be a little […]

That’s not our line; it’s the title of a blog by downtown Bloomfield merchant Guido Alexander. We came across it accidentally recently and think it’s worth sharing with the whole […]

The Montclair Co-Op School is looking for new digs after abandoning plans to relocate to a residential estate (pictured) on Llewellyn Road. The school√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s decision followed hours of heated debate […]

Photo by Warren Levinson.

Residents who live on Montclair"s North Mountain Avenue — the scene of two multi car crashes today  —  had been promised traffic calming. Instead, the  town is only giving them […]

Two locals of the New Jersey Regional Council of Carpenters have been out picketing in Glen Ridge this week, protesting the construction job going on at The Reserve, a new […]

Baristanet’s official cybrarian Arnie Korotkin sends us word that they’re getting ready to muster the troops in Delaware just in case there’s a war against New Jersey. Seems those wooses […]

This morning, in the midst of heavy school busing and the daily commute, there were two collisions within  minutes of each other at one of Baristaville’s most dangerous intersections: Watchung […]

Ok, a bunch of kids are going to graduate high school this spring. Ok, we don’t want them to go out, get drunk and kill themselves the very night they […]

We went down to Brookdale Park today on a tip that the county sheriff is handing out citations for unleashed dogs. We didn’t see any dogs get ticketed, but we […]

Uncomfirmed tip just in that Montclair High School has been evacuated for a bomb scare. UPDATE: Apparently kids spread hither and yon following the bomb scare. From the Watercooler: Apparently […]

What do you see in this picture? The newly-crowned Miss America or ….?