January 2007

A Bloomfield tipster tells us at last week’s community forum with Superintendent of Schools Frank Digesere, she learned that teacher worshops, which focus on issues of drug abuse, child abuse, […]

Producing commercials, films, and videos in Baristaville has been kicking some bucks into Montclair’s coffers. The permit fees last year added up to nearly $100,00, but our biggest client, the […]

Could it be true? We hear from a source thisclose to the Crisco development that we can expect the pitter patter of actual buyers moving in, maybe as early as […]

Today’s the last day, and we hear there’s big bargains to be had. Go, get your fix of novelties and say goodbye…

Weird, tacky, smelly, corrupt…and these are some of the nicer things said about us Jerseyans. But for better or for worse, those of us who actually live here know there’s […]

Montclair already has its own Melrose Place, and it could happen, if what we’ve been hearing about the destiny of Upper Montclair station comes true. Restaurant investors from La-La Land […]

Project Graduation has become a Rite-of-Passage for graduating seniors in Montclair since 1990. The families behind it raise money for a worthy cause: providing a drug-free, alcohol-free, all night celebration […]

Full Count Big Band and Crabgrass Puppet Theatre at Bloomfield College√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s Westminster Arts Center Full Count Big Band, one of New Jersey√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s Premiere contemporary big bands perform tonight at 7:30 […]

The former rectory of Montclair’s first black church, St. Mark’s Methodist Episcopal, will be restored and converted into two one-bedroom condominiums. Montclair’s Zoning Board granted approval last week for renovation […]

Bloomfield police arrested Norma Russell, a 69 year old health care worker, Tuesday at her East Orange home for allegedly abusing a bed-ridden 68 year old Bloomfield woman who was […]

For those of you who caught the talent show cum freak show on American Idol last night, discuss here. For the rest, consider this your open thread.

Montclair PD tells Baristanet about a would-be burglar who got away. On Tuesday evening, just after 6 pm, a woman at her Orchard Street home heard the doorbell ring several […]

Come to me, I’ll satisfy all your needs…that was the promise contained in the shiny UPS envelope that arrived from Verizon yesterday, promoting their new, super-fast Fiber Optic (FIOS) internet […]

Tonight and tomorrow, First Congregational Church of Montclair is having a free screening of “Black Gold.” The documentary takes a sobering look at the Ethiopian coffee industry and lives of […]