THE MONTCLAIR EXPERIENCE
BY DEBRA GALANT
Looking for a place to set up a swing set
and a gas grill? Just about any suburb will
do. But if you want a suburb that swings like
a city, there's no place like Montclair. What
makes this township of 40,000 so special?
So much, but for starters...
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WELCOME TO THE MEDIA GHETTO
BY PAMELA REDMOND SATRAN
Notorious B.I.G. may have gone back to
Cali for "the women, the weather, and the
weed," but we came back to Jersey for the
writers. My husband, an editor at Reuters,
and I spent a professionally chilly three
years in the late '90s living near San Francisco,
a place...
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MONTCLAIR FOUND
BY LIZ GEORGE
The magazine sat on my night table for
more than a year. My husband and I had
been toying with the idea of trading in our
postage-stamp-sized asphalt "yard" in
Queens for some actual green space with a
house attached to it. The "Top 10 Affordable
Suburbs" as listed in...
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JUST KIDDING AROUND
BY ANNETTE BATSON
It's easy to see how kid-centric Montclair is.
Just walk by any of the pedestrian-friendly
shopping districts after school and see the
swarms of kids shopping, snacking and
socializing. Even the stroller set gets into
the act. There are also endless activities to
keep even the most persnickety kid busy...
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NUMBERS GAME
IT ALL ADDS UP
How much does it cost to live in Montclair?
How many varieties of irises does the town boast?
And just how many scoops of ice cream do you
get if you "buy the Farm?"
Get all the numbers and quirky Montclair facts...
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STAR STRUCK TOWN
Today, Yogi Berra, Stephen Colbert and makeup
maven Bobbi Brown all call Montclair home,
but the town has a long history of celebrity
residents.Montclair is a magnet for stage and
screen celebrities. The now-gone Marlboro Inn
was once a stopover for the likes of Gloria Swanson,
Helen Hayes, Bette Davis, Olivia de Haviland...
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LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION
LOCATION, LOCATION
Last summer, makers of the soon-to-be
released "Choke" worked at several locales
in town including Mesob, an Ethiopian restaurant
on Bloomfield Avenue. "The Sopranos" made
several offers the township couldn't refuse...
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YOUR MONTCLAIR
READER FAVORITES
If there's anything we've learned in four years
of publishing Baristanet, it's that the
best ideas usually don't come from us.
They come from our readers. Use this
space to put your personal stamp on
our guide to Montclair. What are your
favorite restaurants, shops and places
to roam? What makes you live or visit here...
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