Wining and Dining on New Year’s Eve

BY ,  |  Tuesday, Dec 28, 2010 10:34am  |  COMMENTS (27)

Planning a big bash to welcome in 2011? If you’re taking the party outside your home, you’ll want to make some phonecalls right away as some local restaurants, like Fascino in Montclair, were already fully booked for New Year’s Eve several days before Christmas.

We’ve done some research on your behalf. Here are the Baristaville restaurants that are open for business on the eve of 2011.

If you’re a restaurateur and we’ve inadvertently missed you, please add your opening and closing hours and any pertinent offers for Dec. 31 in the comments. (Photo shows appetizer selection from Boonsong Thai. Manager was unavailable for comment at time of posting) Continue Reading

Montclair Recycling Pick Up Today, Section 2

Tuesday, Dec 28, 2010 10:03am  |  COMMENTS (0)

This in from Montclair Township:
NOTICE FROM COMMUNITY SERVICES: refuse/recycling is being collected today — the department does not want to skip Section 2 yet again. If you are in Section 2 and your refuse has not been picked up by mid-day today, please call Community Services at 973-783-5600 and they will pick it up tomorrow.

Jason Lost His Keys Sledding, Brian’s Sister Lost her Wallet at Trader Joe’s

Tuesday, Dec 28, 2010 9:23am  |  COMMENTS (1)

A dad who spent yesterday sledding at Redwood Elementary Hill in West Orange hopes somebody might have seen his lost keys. Continue Reading

Morning Commute Still Not Easy

BY  |  Tuesday, Dec 28, 2010 8:49am  |  COMMENTS (1)

It may be Tuesday, but NJ Transit trains are still operating on an “enhanced weekend schedule,” meaning you need to type in Jan. 17, 2011 — Martin Luther King Day — in NJ Transit’s online schedule page to find out what trains are running to your area. After taking the day off yesterday, DeCamp is running, but Clever Commuters report the predictable delays you’d expect following a major blizzard.

Remember you can get Clever Commute alerts, real time, on our home page — just to the right of our Food stories. Tell us about your morning commute, or any other attempt to venture out.

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New Year’s Eve with Passion Pit at the Wellmont

BY  |  Monday, Dec 27, 2010 3:10pm  |  COMMENTS (8)

The innovative electro/pop band from Cambridge, Mass, Passion Pit will be lighting up the stage at the Wellmont Theater on Thursday (sold out) and Friday of this week, 12/30- 31. Baristanet has a pair of tickets for the New Year’s Eve concert and after show party. Read to the end for a chance to win.

Best known for their singles, Little Secret and Sleepyhead as well as their remixes of popular songs like Telephone by Lady Gaga, Passion Pit combines techno beats with live vocals to create a unique sound. Continue Reading

The Boxing Day Blizzard in Baristaville: Photos

BY  |  Monday, Dec 27, 2010 12:24pm  |  COMMENTS (2)

Here’s how it looked, from inside and outside, to photographers throughout Baristaville. Photos by Thom Kennon, Michael Reitman, Scott Sorrentino, John Lee, Jill Ann Siegel, Fran Liscio, S. J. Streeter, Ron Travisano, Debbie Galant, Traci Churchill, Liz Garcia and Kyle Martinowich.

And this is pretty cool too. (From Belmar, NJ)

The Great Snow Plow Map

BY  |  Monday, Dec 27, 2010 11:17am  |  COMMENTS (20)

How’s the snow plowing on your street? Use this map to let us know if your street was plowed, when and what kind of job they did.

Snow Siege: The Great Dig-out Begins

BY  |  Monday, Dec 27, 2010 10:13am  |  COMMENTS (5)

If you’re still on the inside looking out, you can postpone the inevitable emergence into today’s snow for only so long. The views out my own windows –the front facing east, and the back facing west — offer a look at the two options for today.

Out my back window (below, right) at Canterbury Park in Montclair’s south end — the favorite sledding spot for this corner of Baristaville — is the promise of a classic snow day. While still untouched this morning, surely within an hour’s time, the park will be packed with snowsuit-clad sled riders zipping down the long, mellow east slope of the hill. Continue Reading

Good Morning, Blizzard!

BY  |  Monday, Dec 27, 2010 8:50am  |  COMMENTS (9)

The snow has stopped falling, but there’s about 18″ with huge drifts, the wind is still whipping and the blizzard warning is in effect until noon. The world is now divided into the snugglers and the explorers, those who want to continue to pull those blankets up over their heads and those who want to race out into winter wonderland. Take our poll after the jump.

Among the explorers is our friend Nicky Mesiah, who hails from Buffalo, and who sent us a video from her morning expedition on Forest St. in Montclair.

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NJ Declares State of Emergency

BY  |  Sunday, Dec 26, 2010 9:19pm  |  COMMENTS (14)

UPDATE: BNN reports that about 60 people stranded on Rt. 280 in West Orange were being transported to West Orange High School around 11 p.m.

Steve Sweeney, acting governor for New Jersey with Chris Christie away in Disney World and Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno also on vacation, has declared a state of emergency. By the end of tomorrow, snow is expected to reach 15 to 20 inches — possibly two feet in some areas. With gusty winds, driving visibility tonight is close to zero. All local area airports are closed. NJ Transit and Decamp bus service is suspended and Amtrak has canceled all service between Boston and New York.

Traffic cam of I-280 westbound in West Orange, 11:15 p.m.

Montclair Councilor Cary Africk, meanwhile, has issued his own advisory, asking all area residents to stay home:

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I was very glad to see this post. The running in the street around here drives me crazy, mostly because the the majority of the runners I've encountered (not every runner)seem to think that it's their right to take up half the street when what they are doing is in fact illegal. And let's not be silly. Yes, concrete is hard on the joints, but the pavement isn't that much better. It's not like the roads are made of track rubber.
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