Baristanet Profile: Aminah Toler
Name: Aminah Toler
Where do you live? 4th Ward, Montclair, NJ
When did you move there? We moved to Montclair in 1981.
Where did you grow up? I grew up in the Frog Hollow section of town. #HollowLove
How do you...
Baristanet Profile: Zane Keyes
Name: Zane
Where do you live? Montclair, NJ, emphasis on hometown. I’m a Black small business owner who went to school here.
When did you move there? At 10 years old
Where did you grow up? South End border...
Baristanet Profile: Danielle Zinn
Name: Danielle Zinn
Where do you live? Montclair, New Jersey.
When did you move there? Spring of 2004.
Where did you grow up? Mostly in Sussex County, NJ but I spent my younger years in CO and IL.
How...
Anxiety in the Spotlight: Bloomfield Baker Competes on Food Network
Bloomfield, NJ - Parenting young children is never easy. Running a small business with your spouse is also a challenge. But Bloomfield’s Jaleesa Al-Kassem, co-owner of Mo & Jay Pastry in Little Falls, has...
Baristanet Profile: Rey Arvelo
Name: Rey Arvelo
Where do you live? Bloomfield, NJ
When did you move there? I would say 10 years ago.
Where did you grow up? Newark, NJ
How do you make a living? OR What is your everyday passion? I work...
Gratitude to the Community from Zyon Brooks’ Family
We write as the wounds of our grief and bereavement remain raw and unhealed. Our son, Zyon Scott Brooks, passed away on July 28, 2021. This coming Sunday, March 13th, would have been his...
Baristanet Profile: Melissa DiMarco
Name: Melissa DiMarco
Where do you live? Montclair. Claremont. Frog Hollow. It’s chill. They decorate the port-a-johns for Christmas around here.
When did you move there? 2008
Where did you grow up? Lake Hopatcong for summer fun, and Peapack, Gladstone...
Baristanet Profile: Marissa Sanders-Young
Name: Marissa Sanders-Young
Where do you live? I live in the South End area of Montclair. I moved to this side of town after I married my husband back in 2016. We both grew up here...
Baristanet Profile: Shira Zamir
Name: Shira Zamir
Where do you live? Montclair
When did you move there? 2019
Where did you grow up? I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago. My parents moved there from Israel in the 70s.
How do you make...
Baristanet Profile: Jo Fitzpatrick
Name: Jo Fitzpatrick
Where do you live? Montclair
When did you move there? 2003 via Southern California via the UK
Where did you grow up? A little town called Daventry in Northamptonshire, England
How do you make a living? OR What is...
Baristanet Profile: Denise Ford Sawadogo
Name: Denise Ford Sawadogo
Where do you live? Montclair
When did you move there? In 2006
Where did you grow up? Freeport, Long Island and Brooklyn, NY (10 years old and younger)
How do you make a living? OR What...
Baristanet Profile: Alice Magdziak
Name: Alice Magdziak
Where do you live? Bloomfield, by Brookside Park
When did you move there? 2001, from Wanaque, NJ
Where did you grow up? I was born in Liberty Center, Ohio and lived in Illinois, California,...
Baristanet Profile: Lisa Tamburri
Name: Lisa Tamburri
Where do you live? Bloomfield
When did you move there? I’ve lived here all my life.
Where did you grow up? Broughton Ave in Bloomfield
How do you make a living? OR What is your everyday...
Baristanet Profile: Maria Sanders
Name: Maria Sanders
Where do you live? I feel like I live in 3 towns: Bloomfield (where we technically live), Glen Ridge (our official address) and Montclair (where I truly LIVE meaning it’s where I shop,...