Baristanet Profile: Lisa Johnson
Name: Lisa Johnson
Where do you live? Montclair, NJ
When did you move there? About 8 years ago.
Where did you grow up? I’m an NJ native, but my father is from Bermuda so I was able to spend many...
Remembering Deborah ‘Diz’ Friedman, 1969-2020
Her sun rose in Manhattan, New York, on January 9, 1969. Deborah "Diz" Friedman was born to parents Robert Friedman and the late Gretchen Ferguson Friedman.
Growing up in Montclair, New Jersey,...
Baristanet Profile: Andrew Kasperbauer
Name: Andrew Kasperbauer
Where do you live? My wife and I live in Bloomfield right by Brookdale Park, which is an awesome place to walk, ride bikes, picnic, and attempt to play tennis!
When did you move...
Baristanet Profile: Tiffany Rolston Montesino
Name: Tiffany Rolston Montesino
Where do you live? Hawthorne, NJ
When did you move there? Five years ago
Where did you grow up? Paterson, NJ
How do you make a living? OR What is your everyday passion? I...
Baristanet Profile: Hilary Nicolai
Name: Hilary Nicolai
Where do you live? Montclair's South End
When did you move there? We moved to Montclair in 2008 after the birth of my twin girls and were introduced to the South End through a...
Baristanet Profile: Angie McCaffrey
Name: Angie McCaffrey
Where do you live? Montclair
When did you move there? We moved here in 2013 when my son was almost a year old.
Where did you grow up? I grew up in a tiny farm...
Baristanet Profile: Mohamad Al-Kassem
Name: Mohamad Al-Kassem
Where do you live? Bloomfield, NJ
When did you move there? I moved to Bloomfield in 2016, just before I married my beautiful wife.
Where did you grow up? I was born in Syria and raised...
Baristanet Profile: Jessica Phelan
Name: Jessica Phelan
Where do you live? Montclair
When did you move there? I moved to Montclair almost 9 years ago. I love Montclair and my location so much that I recently moved to a bigger unit in...
Remembering Anne “Hope” Crawley: Beloved Mother and Writer, Dies at 87
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Beloved mother and grandmother, Anne “Hope” Crawley (nee Savage), 87, died peacefully in her home on July 24, 2020, after a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease. She was with her loving children, Joe...
Baristanet Profile: Stacey Angela Williams
Name: Stacey Angela Williams
Where do you live? Montclair, NJ
When did you move there? I moved here in 1981.
Where did you grow up? I grew up in the South End Community on Orange Rd and Franklin Place.
How do you...
Baristanet Profile: Autumn Urling
Name: Autumn M. Urling
Where do you live? Montclair, New Jersey
When did you move there? 1997
Where did you grow up? Montclair
How do you make a living? OR What is your everyday passion?
I am the...
Baristanet Profile: Dawn Fitch
Name: Dawn Fitch
Where do you live? West Orange
When did you move there? 2019
Where did you grow up? Bayonne
How do you make a living? OR What is your everyday passion? I am the founder of Pooka Pure and...
Baristanet Profile: Christiane Agkpo
Name: Christiane Agkpo
Where do you live? North Caldwell, I lived in Montclair for 10 years before that.
When did you move there? In 2015 when I was expecting my 4th child; we needed more space!
Where did you...
Baristanet Profile: Deborah Guzmán Meyer
Name: Deborah Guzmán Meyer
Where do you live? Montclair
When did you move there? 2009
Where did you grow up?
Although I was born in New York, my parents — both immigrants — decided to move back to the Dominican Republic...