July 2006

Get over to Whole Foods 4:30-6:30 pm today to sample food and products made exclusively in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Vendors will include New York Ravioli, Gorilla Coffee, […]

Baristaville’s summer swim season was short, but the wait at Tuesday’s Suburban Essex Swim League Championship meet was agonizingly long as the score was tallied. In the end, Montclair Beach […]

This tip was received last week by an anonymous, but trustworthy, information donor. The police can’t verify any of it; they think the matter may have been handled “internally.” Imagine […]

At Montclair’s pre-meeting council session Tuesday night, Deputy Mayor Gerald Tobin demanded an apology from Councilor Ted Mattox for publicly accusing his colleagues of a “cycle of corruption”. Mattox is […]

Tomorrow night, Thursday, July 27th there√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s rock n√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ jock softball at Yogi Berra Stadium. The guys and gals from WPLJ 95.5 FM and ABC News Channel 7 will face off […]

It’s daily chat time, that magical time of the day when anything you say, no matter how off topic, is perfectly kosher. I’ll start with something that’s fallling down way, […]

More on the Montclair tree madness from CNNMoney.com, “What I Learned When My Tree Fell Down,” care of EcoRealty. Want to know what the author learned, Cliff Notes version? Insurance […]

Sure, we’re famous for having a governor who is also a “gay American,” yet it’s taken the New York Blade this long to herald New Jersey’s conspicuously gay advantages… Steven […]

Blame global warming for the microburst says Sports Illustrated writer and Montclair resident Peter King. And go see “Inconvenient Truth” already. From SI.com In my town, Montclair, N.J., we had […]

Where in the world is Barista Sandiego? Guess correctly and win one of these, plus a free classified for six months!

Bloomfield went back to the drawing board and came up with another way to try and use eminent domain to redevelop the town and gain a Stop & Shop. From […]

Tipster Jeanne Barker writes… Another large branch is down. This time it happened on College Avenue which was basically untouched by the big storm. The branch landed in the front […]

The Divas of Comedy are back by popular demand at Montclair’s Diva Lounge Thursday, at 8:30 p.m. Funny gal Eileen Kelley isn’t joking, though, about offering Baristanet readers five pairs […]

7pm update: Trains are still delayed leaving NYC. A tipster writes: “Sitting on 618 train that has not entered hudson river tunnel yet…Yawn” NJ Transit trains are stuck — with […]