BY Debbie Galant | Thursday, Jan 27, 2011 12:00pm | COMMENTS (1)
But in the good way.
You know how we all helped Montclair win Liberty Mutual’s “Bring Back the 4th” contest? Well now it’s time to help Bloomfield Public Library in a national contest to win 1,600 Dummies books. All you have to do is go to Facebook and like this page. Continue Reading
BY Erika Bleiberg | Thursday, Jan 27, 2011 10:56am | COMMENTS (0)
Baristanet’s own “Comment Czar” Kaity Creasy sent us this photo of the stairs to the Bloomfield train station, which added a bit of treachery to her morning commute. She said “I walked from my apt to the Bloomfield station, practically in the street for half of the walk bc sidewalks weren’t shoveled.”
But she made it to the platform, and an iced-over NJ Transit train took her where she needed to go.
Another Baristaville commuter, Steve Lee, shared this early morning photo from the Glen Ridge train platform.
Let us know how you made out getting to work today, or have you implemented the virtual office. Take our poll.
BY Erika Bleiberg | Thursday, Jan 27, 2011 8:28am | COMMENTS (18)
After the 5 a.m. GR school snow day wake up call and the sound of the plows on my street, there was nothing to do but head outside and assess the damage. Like everyone else in Baristaville, I was snow stunned by what I saw. This was not the six inches we were promised, and the plow debris came up to my knees.
But, I couldn’t deny that it was beautiful and not too cold. I grabbed a shovel and started the day’s work, in the company of only a few other people awake and digging out.
One neighbor began the mile walk to the midtown-direct train with a good attitude, and another stopped to chat from the window of his very large SUV. One on foot and one in a tank, both smiling. I love my block. Continue Reading
Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 4:24pm | COMMENTS (17)
Of all the days to highlight the county’s snow removal efforts so far this winter, Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo choose to do it outside today in the middle of a snow storm. So no matter how much snow accumulated, there was no way DiVincenzo could reschedule the press conference without provoking an inescapable irony. Continue Reading
BY Carolyn Maynard-Parisi | Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 4:00pm | COMMENTS (5)
Dan Richer, chef/owner of Arturo's
“If you want to make a good pizza, you have to understand bread,” said Dan Richer, chef/owner at Arturo’s Osteria and Pizzeria in Maplewood. Richer should know: he has devoted the last year and half to perfecting his bread making skills. The result can be tasted in Arturo’s delicious, crisp thin-crusted pies, as well as in the fresh-baked loaves the restaurant sells every day.
Richer was inspired by frequent visits to the now-defunct East Village restaurant Una Pizza Napoletana, whose owner Anthony Mangieri had achieved cult-like status among pizza obsessives. Continue Reading
BY Erika Bleiberg | Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 2:30pm | COMMENTS (0)
Frigid as the temperatures might be, Saturday night, January 29 will be an evening of warmth, music, compassion and community at the Second Annual Concert for Haiti in Montclair.
A line up of highly-accomplished and diverse musicians will perform a fundraiser for Edeyo, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering children in Haiti through education.
Musicians include Grammy Award winning bassist Christian McBride, jazz vocalist Melissa Walker, Haiti’s Obed Jean-Louis, Big Mamou, Jazz House Kids, The Passing Notes, Stephen Bryant, Cantor Meredith Greenberg, Rob Maskin, Eva Goldfarb and Bob Mellman.
The event is a cooperative effort, sponsored by Mayor Jerry Fried, Cindy Stagoff, Kelly & Joseph McDonald, Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Varisco Levy family, Dillingham family, Sigrid Gabler, Judith Scheur & Joseph Mellicker Outpost in the Burbs as well as Take Back the Kitchen and Terra Tea Salon. Whole Foods is the sole corporate sponsor of the concert.
2nd Annual Concert for Haiti
Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair
67 Church Street, Montclair
Tickets are $20 for adults, $5 for children. Advance tickets are available online, or in Montclair at Terra Tea Salon and Watchung Booksellers.
Additional donations are encouraged.
To volunteer or for more information, contact Cindy Stagoff.
You can get a taste of what you’ll hear from McBride and Obed Jean-Louis by watching the videos below:
Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 2:13pm | COMMENTS (4)
Don’t expect to hear train whistles in Montclair anymore, short of a true emergency.
After several years of study, planning and design, followed by four months of construction, the township’s Quiet Zone will go into effect at 12:01 a.m. Monday, January 31. Township officials were advised of the New Jersey Department of Transportation’s final approval earlier this week. Continue Reading
BY Michael Donofrio | Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 1:11pm | COMMENTS (9)
Amidst the tumultuous and contentious world that often characterizes Bloomfield politics, Yoshi Manale was selected to be the new township administrator at the regularly-scheduled council meeting on Monday night.
The appointment followed the resignation of township administrator Fred Carr, which was unanimously accepted by the council. Mayor Raymond McCarthy, Robert Ruane and Peggy O’Boyle Dunigan voted in favor of Manale, while Nicolas Joanow and Janice Mayly voted against. Michael Venezia abstained from the vote, and Bernard Hamilton was absent. Continue Reading
BY Laurie Lico Albanese | Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 11:30am | COMMENTS (6)
Got books? Well of course you do…you’re an enlightened literary human being. If you love to read, the chances are that you — like some 16 million Americans — now own an e-reader device, too. And this may be causing you a bit of book-buyer’s dilemma. You love your local bookstore, but it’s just so much easier to shop in your pajamas from home, click “buy,” and in less than a minute the text is on your iPad (or Nook) and you’re ready to read.
I love my iPad. I also adore my local booksellers. I love to walk to town, chat with other readers, and browse. I love the cozy corner chair by the sunny window, the shelves stacked with titles my friend/neighbor/favorite booksellers have hand-selected and read through. Continue Reading
