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Baristanet Profile: David Wharton
Name: David Wharton
Where do you live? Montclair
When did you move there? We moved here in 2013.
Where did you grow up? New York and Texas
How do you make a living? OR What is your everyday passion?...
Baristanet Profile: Claudia Sherwood
Name: Claudia Sherwood
Where do you live? Upper Montclair, NJ
When did you move there? From Manhattan, 11 years ago. A new life for my young daughter in a nurturing community.
Where did you grow up? Upstate NY. I loved forests,...
Baristanet Profile: Jacqueline Apicella-Dedios
Name: Jacqueline Apicella-Dedios
Where do you live? I live in Belleville. One block over from Bloomfield.
When did you move there? 2003. I was looking for a townhouse in Montclair or Bloomfield. At that time, I was...
Baristanet Profile: Arben Gasi
Name: Arben Gasi
Where do you live? Bloomfield, NJ
When did you move there? We moved to Bloomfield from Montclair in 2012
Where did you grow up? I was born in Sarajevo (Bosnia) and moved to France at age 12.
How...
Only The Women Are Burning by Nancy Burke
Montclair author Nancy Burke has written a novel sure to ignite discussion and introspection. ONLY THE WOMEN ARE BURNING is set in Hillston, a town much like Montclair. The novel centers on the aptly...
Baristanet Profile: Marina Yalon
Name: Marina Yalon
Where do you live? Bloomfield! Just a stroll away from Brookdale Park.
When did you move there? On March 16, 2020, right at the start of lockdown. It was such an adventure! Just me, my...
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...
Baristanet Profile: Cecilē Williams
Name: Cecilē Williams
Where do you live? Montclair
When did you move there? 1995
Where did you grow up? Ronan, MT
How do you make a living? OR What is your everyday passion? I've always loved and worked...
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...