January 2009

I can barely make it down my driveway, with black ice clinging to the ground. If you’re venturing out on the road, watch out: we’re receiving warnings from Clever Commute […]

Finally.

Congrats to Baristaville’s Aimee Hertog, who landed not one, but two pieces in the 32nd Small Works Exhibition. Hertog had previously tried five years in a row to get into […]

Montclair Kids blogs about the annual rite of passage for new kindergarten parents — crafting a top six list for Montclair’s elementary schools… Parents drag themselves through six schools in […]

Reservations. At least next week, during Montclair’s first-ever Restaurant Week. All the participating restaurants are listed here. Baristanet loves food and yet when I look over the list, I’m amazed […]

Baristanet readers are the best… I received so many wonderful books when you put in a piece about the Orange Fire Department’s Annual Christmas party for needy children. All the […]

Verona’s Todd Smith, author of the newly released novel, I Pledge Allegiance, is partnering with area businesses to raise funds for homeless veterans. Smith’s novel follows a fictional character‚Äôs journey […]

Montclair Councilor-at-large Kathryn Weller writes: I just got back from President Obama’s Inauguration and I am feeling so energized and inspired to make the most of my service on the […]

Montclair State University approved a new PhD program in Environmental Management last Friday. And New Jersey knows green is the way to go. Maybe we’ll see some students from Bloomfield […]

Becky Bowser Lowenthal, an MKA graduate and formerly of Montclair, died suddenly on January 20, in Potomac, MD. Lowenthal was 43. Becky’s community of friends and family share memories and […]

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and special guest Anoushka Shankar (Ravi’s sitar-playing daughter) make a stop in South Orange this Friday evening before their gig at Carnegie Hall on Saturday. On the […]

Montclair writer Dana Jennings, who’s been blogging his prostate cancer in the Times, is on right now on WNYC, 93.9 FM.

Customers at Gencarelli’s bakery in Bloomfield mostly passed the good Samaritan test during last night’s episode of “What Would You Do?” Customers observed the evil sales clerk insulting and short-changing […]