Avoid the mess. Bloomfield Ave. is being paved from Grove to Park in Montclair.
April 2009
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What To Do When Spring Catapults Into Summer
The parking lot of Applegate’s was so crowded Sunday night, it looked like Memorial Day Weekend on the Garden State Parkway. Tom at Rita’s Ices in Bloomfield said he sold […]
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Obama’s First 100 Days: Kids Think He Should Party
Little kids around Baristaville get crazy on their 100th day of school. Teachers plan parties in their kindergarten and preschool classrooms to mark the students’ big accomplishment. We think President Obama should […]
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They Couldn’t Have Used Photoshop?
Holy smokes, who’s running the Defense Department these days, Orson Welles? (Photoshopped Air Force One done in five minutes at no taxpayer expense and without setting off any panic.) YouTube […]
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About “Mad Men”
If you’re a regular reader of Baristanet, you’ve undoubtedly heard of Soprano Sue, Clifton-based chronicler of all things “Sopranos.” Now meet Roberta Lipp of Little Falls, the Soprano Sue of […]
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Middle Schoolers Win the Scrabble Tournament
Talk about smokin’. I just heard that more local kids reigned victorious over the weekend. I wrote about awesome essay writer Shanelle Russell earlier today. Just in case you didn’t […]
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Meet the Muse
We all know Montclair is an artsy place, brimming with writers, painters and musicians. This weekend, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair celebrates Arts Weekend with a two-day “Muse in […]
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Free Audiobooks for TechnoGeeks
When I saw the sign in the Glen Ridge Library with pictures of iPods on it, promising free new audiobook downloads through a service called ListenNJnw, I was pretty stoked. […]
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Kids Create: Recycled Placemats, Plants & Mud Pie
Everyone wants to be good to the environment (except for Kristen), and going green is on our minds especially around Earth Day. So I have been thinking of what to […]
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Bring Wall-To-Wall Beauty To Your Walls
What if you had a cute little oil painting of a terrier that you found at a yard sale for a dollar and you didn’t know what to do with […]
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Montclair High School Senior Writes About Genocide
Congratulations to Shanelle Russell, a high school senior from Montclair. Yesterday, she was honored at the 94th Anniversary Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide (1915-1923) at a ceremony in Times Square. […]
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Swine Flu? Don’t Worry, New Jersey Has a Plan
Eight cases of swine flu have been documented just 30 miles away and the US has declared a public health emergency. But don’t worry. The state of New Jersey has […]
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Expect Train Delays
NJ Transit commuters, take note. Your commute this week just got iffy. Customers on the Morris & Essex and Montclair-Boonton lines (including Midtown Direct and Gladstone Branch customers) should expect […]
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100 Hours Centennial Celebration at The Newark Museum
Since Wednesday, April 22, The Newark Museum has been celebrating their Centennial with a 100 Hour Marathon. Today is the is the last day to celebrate, but there are lots […]