There’s a really spooky event shaping up over at the Edgemont Fieldhouse, today, Friday, from 5pm to 9pm. 20 actors are rehearsing and practicing their screeches for a really fun evening. Stage and set designer/director Cary Yacono is the creative force directing the construction (she’s the smiling blond lady with the ball point pen clipped to her t shirt in the slide show below). It’s sponsored by Montclair’s Recreation and Cultural Affairs Dept. and this is their first ever “Spooktacular” – enjoy the creepy haunted house, then take a ‘ghostly hayride’ around the park. The tour will be limited to children between the ages of 6-15, and admission is $3. Click here or here for more info. And then…

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The headline is not ours — it comes from the the title of panel discussion brought to you by the Adult School of Montclair, focusing on the changing world of journalism. The discussion takes place this Monday, Nov. 2, from 7:30-9 p.m. at Montclair High School; tickets are $15.

New Jersey newspapers are reducing the number of experienced reporters on their staffs and cutting news coverage. How will their readers keep abreast of statewide news in the coming years? Will the internet become a substitute for the printed word? Who will serve as the watchdog, providing critical indepth reporting on state and city governments?

Discussing all this end of the world stuff are news providers — Jim Willse, editor, The Star-Ledger; former editor and publisher, New York Daily News; John Hassell, vice president for content, Advance Internet, a national online news media company that produces www.NJ.com; Dunstan McNichol, founder, www.NJ Spotlight.com, a new statehouse website; former reporter, The Star-Ledger; and Kent Manahan, former senior anchor, NJN news.

There’s a new face on the block: the Bellevue Avenue building housing Falafel Hut, Tony’s and Village Laundry went from blah to beautiful. They lost the 50′s look in favor of the Tudor theme which dominates Upper Montclair shopping district..Around the corner on Valley Road, another gift boutique graces the block. Sweet Home Montclair’s window announces chocolates, confections, and curiousities. They’ll be opening in a few days, and are right next door to Well Appointed Personal Accents.
Signs in the former Baby Boom announce that The Baby Registry by Diapers.com is taking over the primo retail location, but we haven’t heard a whisper about it. Tell us what you know…Sappro II, a Japanese restaurant will be taking over the former Dai Kichi Daruma hibachi house.

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Looking for some grown-up scary fun this Halloween? There’s a All Hallow’s Eve Costume Party at the Charles Shultz House (Evergreens) on Friday, Oct. 30, from 7-10 p.m. The night’s “treats” include light refreshments, wine, spooky music, and a behind-the-scenes tour of newly-restored, never-before-open rooms (the pantry, bedrooms on the second floor, Charles Shultz’s workshop on the third floor). Prizes will be awarded for the most original, most zany, most frightening costumes and more. The cost for members is $25; non-members is $35. Limited spaces are still available. Call 973-744-1796 to reserve your spot.
Then there’s the Haunted Halloween House at 77 Midland Avenue (between Claremont & Walnut) in Montclair. “Unhappily Ever After,” begins at 8 p.m. with a wedding gone very bad…

The scary story of what happened when the broom groom killed the bride and the rest of the wedding party, too! Watch out…the Groom is still on the loose!

Want to know what to do with your little goblins? Check out Barista Kids unofficial guide to trick or treating in Baristaville. Tell us your Halloween plans, including the kind of candy you bought so far, in comments, and whether you subscribe to Zillow’s candy theory here.

Detectives seized a 9 mm handgun, 2BB guns, brass knuckles, 2 pair of nun chucks, 3 folding knives, as well as 8 zip-lock bags of crack/cocaine and 1 small bag of marijuana from a single family home on Mission Street in Montclair early yesterday morning. According to Deputy Chief Todd Conforti, entry was gained to the residence by members of the Critical Response Team, who found several individuals inside including a 3 year old and an infant child.

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This Sunday, Nov. 1, party with Outpost in the Burbs as they presents their 2009 Fall Benefit Gala: Woodstock (40 Years) After-Party.
Come support the Outpost, from 3 – 7pm at Trumpets Jazz Club (6 Depot Sq, Montclair) and help Montclair’s hometown nonprofit organization continue to thrive. Live music, food, bar, silent auction featuring items from local merchants, and special guest Pete Fornatale.
Tickets are $50 (one drink included); email SteveCutaia@outpostintheburbs.org or call 973-744-6560 to reserve tickets, or purchase them at Keil’s Pharmacy or Church Street Kitchen.

Montclair’s Yogi Berra joined kids from Hillside and Northeast Schools earlier this week. Find out why on Barista Kids.

Some parents are peeved about police pouncing with parking tickets where parking is not allowed. Find out Barista Kids.

Forget ghouls and ghosts. Mothers, daughters, sisters and friends, gather round, it’s a Night Out for Goddesses on Friday, from 7 p.m., at The Karuna Shala in Glen Ridge.
In a celebratory event just for women, there will be movement led by one of the Karuna Shala’s best teachers, a ceremony for abundance, henna – or mehndi – painting for all, tarot card readings, all rounded off with treats and tea.
Every goddess needs time to herself, to release her worldly worries, to dance, sing, stretch, breathe and relax. Pamper yourself in the fellowship of other women and join the Karuna Shala staff for a wonderful ritual evening of sacred mantra, mudra, asana and meditation.
See here for details.
The Karuna Shala~ Yoga & Bodywork Studio
855 Bloomfield Ave, 2nd Fl, Suite 208
Glen Ridge, NJ 07028
973.743.1211