Attention Glen Ridge teenagers: all the parents who care about kids and alcohol will be out tomorrow night. Following a spate of teenage drinking parties, a group of parents have […]
March 2006
Baristanet 101
Believe it or not, Alastair Chivers, a university student in Scotland, is actually studying newsblogs like ours to see how soon we’ll put The New York Times out of business. […]
Best Fake Lawyers in NJ!
Congrats to the Montclair High School Mock Trial Team, which bested 250 other schools to become this year’s mock trial champions of New Jersey. From Cary Africk: Montclair High School, […]
Things That Fall from the Sky for $100, Alex
Nothing like great big chunks of airplane falling out the sky. Which is what happened Monday night, when three pieces of a Fed Ex cargo plane — the biggest being […]
Terrorist Cat Under House Arrest: Needs Prozac
So you think Baristaville has its crime problems? Lewis, a five year old, black-and-white longhaired cat in Fairfield, Connecticut, has the cops scurrying, and residents terrified. Both the owner and […]
Trees Get A Limb Up
We’ve been hearing the loudest protests from Montclair’s tree advocacy group, but fiscally concerned taxpayers have also been vocal in their opposition to the Board of Education’s proposed $1 million […]
A Strange PR Move For Brownie
Tonight, on The Colbert Report, tired, beat up, humiliated Michael Brown is going to get publicly skewered – again – and it’s all his own doing. Go figure…from The Eagle.com […]
Magic Carpet Flies At Hillside School
Join Jasmine, Jafar, Jeannie, and √¢‚Ǩ≈ìAl√¢‚Ǩ¬ù in the Disney musical √¢‚Ǩ≈ìAladdin, Jr.!√¢‚Ǩ¬ù this Thursday and Friday, March 30 & 31, 7p.m. in Hillside Auditorium. The lavish production showcases the theatrical […]
Another Delivery Driver Target of Theft
Last Friday, a driver making a noon restaurant delivery to Mission Street, Montclair jumped out of her car with the order and left the car running. Next thing she knew, […]
A New Temple Of Culture For Montclair?
Baristaville has MAM, Yogi√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s Museum, and the Historical Society. Could we be getting a new Make Up Museum? While we were down at Bradner√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s Pharmacy collecting vintage medical and beauty […]
Grudge Match Over
Shortly before 5, we heard reports that the AP had put out a one-sentence news item indicating that Sharpe James will not seek re-election as Mayor in May. CBS 880 […]
Females Welcome
Come for the feminine wisdom circle, stay for the wine and cheese. Tomorrow night, 7 pm., it’s a girls night, hosted by "four feminine business owners" (Wise Woman Birthways, Starseed […]
Woodman Field Alert
Cary Africk give us a heads up that tonight, at 7:30 pm at Glenfield School, there is another Board of School Estimate meeting. On the agenda — discussion of the […]
Library Closings In Glen Ridge
From the Library Director… Glen Ridge Public Library, currently under renovation, will be closed this morning and tomorrow morning. Major demolition and steel work will be taking place during the […]