Have you ever sent an email out by mistake…or suffered mailer’s remorse, and wanted to get it back before anyone reads it? Googlemail now offers a five-second delay “undo” setting, for those “oh shoot” moments when you wished you hadn’t pushed send.

Joanne Paul, mother of Monica Paul who died at the hand of domestic violence, will be speaking about Monica’s Law at Montclair’s Town Council Meeting, next Tuesday, March 31. Please stop by to show Joanne your love and support. Ms. Paul writes:

As a family, we are trying to raise awareness about Monica and her tragedy and the system that she reached out to that failed her. We now have a permanent website up that educates you on the incident and provides updates on our cause; the web address is www..monicapaul.org Please forward this site to not only your acquaintances and friends but, also to council members, news networks, radio stations, and our senators. We need to make this known.

Montclair Council will meet at 7 p.m., March 31, at the Municipal Building, 205 Claremont Ave.

Mobster “Big Tony” and his gang are wanted as “persons of interest” in connection with a murder committed at Montclair’s historic Evergreens House, while it fronted a clandestine speakeasy.
Police are looking for clues and information – if you’re able to help, then you’ll have to show up in Montclair this Saturday night at 30 North Mountain Avenue, and step back in time to the Roaring 20′s.

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You may have to dodge poets for a weekend – or rent out a room – if Montclair is chosen as the location of the Dodge Foundation’s 2010 poetry festival. Town manager Joe Hartnett, who is lobbying heavily for Montclair to host the event, says it would be a cultural and economic boon to our community, while strengthening our tax base. That’s an understatement, considering the festival draws upwards of 20,000 poetry-lovers over four days, arriving by the busload.
Earlier this month, members of the Dodge Foundation toured Montclair with a local entourage that showed off the town’s literary and entertainment dowry, in hopes of wooing the the organizers of the massive poetry fest.

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Interior Designer Gina Stigi and Barbara Lemley of ColorStoryHome are teaming up to bring Baristaville a series of fun, relaxing design seminars. The first event is tonight, Tuesday, March 24th, from 7 – 9 pm. They still have four spaces; sign up here.

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The ACLU announced it filed suit on Friday against MSU’s Student Government Association (SGA) on behalf of student newspaper, The Montclarion. This is the second time ACLU has stepped in to help the college newspaper battle the SGA. From NorthJersey.com:

The ACLU-NJ’s lawsuit asserts that the SGA violated the Open Public Meetings Act when it improperly went into closed session on Feb. 4, 2009, and then failed to provide The Montclarion with sufficient information regarding that closed session.
Last year the ACLU-NJ filed suit on behalf of The Montclarion after the SGA froze its funding when the paper investigated another violation of the Open Public Meetings Act by the governing group.

The Montclarion is now financially independent of the SGA and is supported by a student fee.