Free Freedy Johnston Tickets

Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 1:00pm  |  COMMENTS (14)

FreedyJohnston.jpgOutpost in the Burbs has Freedy Johnston this Friday at 8 p.m. with special guest Dave Murphy. Want to go? Two winners can score a pair of tickets each to the show. Leave your favorite Freedy song in comments if you want to win. If you’re one of the first two commenters to pick the winning song, you get the tickets (play only if you want the tickets). Contest ends at 3:30 p.m.; watch this space for winners. After 4 p.m, if your screen name appears as a winner, send us an email.
Winners are herbeverschmel & Jimmytown; drop me an email here.

Montclair’s Salary Extras

Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 11:13am  |  COMMENTS (65)

The Montclair Times has a compiled a list of Montclair’s public payroll using documents received after filing multiple Open Public Records Act requests. Go see what and how much municipal officials and school district staff are making above base salary — for extras that include “longevity pay.”

Would You Spice Up Your Passover Seder?

Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 10:28am  |  COMMENTS (9)

MyVeronaNJ-Floyd-Cardoz-199x300.jpgYes, holiday meals can be great feasts, but I sometimes dread the annual menu repeats (like a certain green been Durkee onion dish one relative insists on serving every year…). Now that Passover is almost here — do you get sick and tired of the same old seder fare? MyVeronaNJ gets a sneak peek at Tabla chef and Verona resident Floyd Cardoz’ take on an Indian-Spiced Passover Seder. Go take a look, then tell us — is it sacrilege to tinker with tradition, or something you embrace?
And if you’d rather go sweet than spicy, check out our own Bernadette Baum’s Diva Indoors for a heavenly Toffee Chocolate Matzah Brittle.

Montclair Police Blotter: Smells Like Crime

Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 9:00am  |  COMMENTS (10)

Shoplifting stinks for a 47-year-old male who was caught stealing 35 sticks of various brands of deodorant from the CVS Pharmacy on Claremont Avenue.
The store manager called police on March 22 after observing the suspect taking deodorant (valued at $140, $4 a piece) off the shelf and putting them in his dark colored jeans. When the manager approached the suspect, he ran out of the store onto Cloverhill Place.
The manager played the surveillance video to the police, who recognized the suspect immediately, as they had seen him walking on Grove Street on their way to CVS. The police left the store quickly and found the man walking on Elm Street.

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Downed Tree Blocking Tracks

Wednesday, Mar 24, 2010 6:02pm  |  COMMENTS (10)

NJ Transit is reported train delays due to a downed tree near Watchung Ave. Trains are terminating at Bay Street, Clever Commuters report.
A tipster in the vicinity of Woodman Field in Montclair just alerted us that an NJ Transit train stopped for about 20 minutes on the track, then (after a series of loud booms) proceeded to go backwards.
Here’s what NJ Transit is saying:

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You Think You Had It Bad During the Storm?

Wednesday, Mar 24, 2010 2:58pm  |  COMMENTS (9)

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So you lived without power for a few days? Wait til you see this video by Lauren Mattia about two young women in Montclair who lost all their possessions when a tree came down on March 13, taking out their third-floor apartment as well as a car. One of them barely missed being killed and had to be rescued by firefighters. You won’t believe some of the pictures in this video.

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Sing Out, Macbeth!

Wednesday, Mar 24, 2010 1:40pm  |  COMMENTS (0)


Glen Ridge students create a musical version of Macbeth


Nice video from the Star Ledger of the students at the Glen Ridge High School Drama Club preparing their musical version of Macbeth, which runs this weekend at Ridgewood Avenue School. As cast member Abby Duncan said to the Ledger, “I hope the audience comes in expecting something mediocre — a classic high school play — and they leave blown away.” The Glen Ridge Educational Foundation supported the project, including revamping of the stage lighting system, to the tune of $10,000. Times, dates and venue are all on Barista Kids.

Thomas Horton, RIP

Wednesday, Mar 24, 2010 1:00pm  |  COMMENTS (3)

thomas horton and daughters.jpgForgive me for the tardiness of this obituary, but we just recently learned of the passing of a longtime Glen Ridge resident, Thomas Horton, a publishing entrepreneur and writer. I find it charming that Horton, who had three daughters, called his business and economic textbook publishing business Thomas Horton and Daughters. Here’s an old picture of the family, with the family truck, in front of their Appleton Place home. (Left to right: Tom Horton, daughters Marcia, Karen, Lee Ann and wife Ann). Two of the daughters, Marcia O’Grady and Karen Ruiz, still live in Glen Ridge and followed their dad into publishing. O’Grady is at Pearson and Ruiz at Oxford University Press.

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UPS: I’ll Sign for That

Wednesday, Mar 24, 2010 11:30am  |  COMMENTS (7)

Two UPS packages were stolen from porches in Bloomfield last week, bringing the total to eight since the beginning of the year. Bloomfield police detectives are actively investigating. “We’re working hard on that,” says Lieutenant Richard Wallace. In the meantime, he suggests strongly that Bloomfield residents expecting any packages ask for a signature to avoid having deliveries left on their porches.

Public Hearings on NJ Transit Fare Hikes

Wednesday, Mar 24, 2010 10:00am  |  COMMENTS (5)

nj transit budget hearings.gifSpeak now or forever hold your … more expensive train pass. Public hearings on NJ Transit’s proposal to raise bus and train fares by about 25 percent and discontinue a number of trains start tomorrow, Thursday, March 25. Hearings are scheduled Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The schedule is here.

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