March 2008

After years of feeding the hungry and making merry, Friar Tuck is banished from Cedar Grove to Sherwood Forest. Coming in it’s place, a new banquet hall from the owners […]

For Baristavillains of all ages.FreeRice.com is the ultimate feel good website. It’s basically an addictive vocabulary quiz (multiple choice). For each word you get right, they donate 20 grains of […]

Upper Montclair has another new eatery. More on Food.

There’s a book (it hit #19 on the New York Times bestseller list). Could the musical be far behind? The Soprano State, a tome on NJ’s culture of corruption (St. […]

What’s wrong with lots of blocks of color? Plenty, according to those in opposition of the Xanadu design. Color New Jersey offended. From the Star Ledger… Public reaction to Xanadu’s […]

Thrive Montclair, Partnership Montclair and Unity Montclair — I wonder what name Noel Brogan would have picked for her slate. Alas, we will never know… From the Star Ledger… The […]

The people spoke up for their First Amendment rights, and Montclair listened. So people, can we have a new show of political predilection? Joe Hartnett writes that enforcement of the […]

Not for nothing, but when Baristanet finds news on NJ.com, 1010 WINS, the New York Times or the Montclair Times, we credit the source and send a link back. Well, […]

“Obama Girl”, aka Amber Lee Ettinger, squirms all over her new video with a message to Hillary: Back Off! But we’re not sure if she’s supporting Obama, or good cleavage…and […]

Transit Alert from WNBC: Amtrak electricity problems are causing delays for some NJ Transit trains. All Northeast Corridor, Midtown Direct and North Jersey Coast Line trains are running up to […]

…well, we hope so. Spotted on Grove Street, Montclair. And yes, welcome home Scott! Meanwhile, a tipster writes that the great lawn sign debate is going on in other parts […]

This could be a case of 30 degrees of separation…Undaunted by the recent passport muck-up, researchers at the New England Historic Genealogical Society have been digging through the family trees […]

Montclair Police report an armed robbery and rounding up suspects for prior offenses: Early Monday morning, a couple was held up at gunpoint at the Exxon Station on Bloomfield Avenue. […]