In the world of dating, women of a “certain age” are faced with less than stellar prospects. Every available female over the age of 40 knows the three types of men:

If you are lucky enough to snag that rare guy who isn’t one of these types, hang onto him for dear life. Meanwhile, I’ve sent this link to all my single female friends so we can all feel a little bit better.

Is the real estate market softening? Check out At Home, where we have real estate and decor news, as well as all the latest house sales.

Tom Cruise X-Box controller, by Banterist, which but for one "a" would be an anagram of Baristanet.

Regulars at the Brookdale Park tennis courts tell us they’re not liking the change in management that took place several months ago, when Tom Bologna of Tennis Resources, who had the franchise for 8 years, was quietly replaced with Elite Tennis. The biggest complaint seems to be that Elite keeps the bathrooms locked and players often show up before management comes to unlock them. But Bologna says that Elite is living up to its name and treating the county facility like a private country club: "They won’t even let a kid and a dad go on the court with a ballhopper." Bologna has relocated to the Mountainside courts across from the Iris Gardens in Upper Montclair. Elite didn’t return our call.

Go to the Food page to read about a restaurant delivery from hell.

From the outside, it doesn’t look like much. In fact, we can say that its charms completely eluded us for 16 years of living walking distance away. The Seven Hills Restaurant, at the corner of Washington St. and Lackawanna Place in Bloomfield, and slated for demolition as part of the downtown revitalization, is a weathered relic of a long gone era. (Photo by Scot Surbeck)

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The Annual Sunset Classic 5K Run will take place tonight between 6:30 and 9 pm in Glen Ridge.

Expect delays if traveling along Ridgewood Avenue, between Sunset Avenue and Osborne Street. Every roadway along this route, leading toward Bloomfield will be closed to traffic.

We think we can make that more clear. UPDATE: We hear from a longtime Sunset Classic runner that Glen Ridge’s offical announcement is wrong. Traffic will be affected from Forest Ave. to Bloomfield. Ridgewood Ave. will not be closed.

EPA is holding a public hearing tonight to discuss groundwater contamination at the Montclair/West Orange/Glen Ridge radium sites. The groundwater near the sites contains radon-222 at "levels which are outside of EPA’s acceptable risk range," but the agency recommends doing nothing, as nobody drinks the groundwater. The public is invited to comment. The meeting is at Nishuane School, 32 Cedar Avenue in Montclair.