Archive for March, 2010
Verona Chefs Featured In NYC Sandwich Spot
Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group has opened a cafe at the Whitney Museum of American Art featuring sandwiches from USHG’s chefs, including Verona residents Carmen Quagliata and Floyd Cardoz. The cafe, called Sandwiched, opened with the Whitney Biennial last Thursday and will close in the fall once the permanent dining space on the museum’s [...]
Montclair Schools Eye $5M Budget Cut
We don’t yet know how big the school budget cut will be in Verona, but it’s a safe bet it won’t be anywhere near as large as what Montclair school officials have put on the table. According to the Star Ledger, Montclair needs to close a gaping $5.1 million budget hole, and is proposing the [...]
Marketing Students Top The Competition
Twenty enterprising students who are part of the DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) chapter at VHS traveled to Cherry Hill, New Jersey last week for several days to compete against students from high schools across the state. These were the winners of regional competitions that required students to take exams and write papers in [...]
School Budget Meeting Tonight
Verona’s Board of Education is holding the first of three special meetings tonight to discuss the cuts that may need to be made to our school budget. The Board has two challenges. Gov. Chris Christie’s austerity budget for the present year includes a freeze on payments to school districts, a potential loss of about $54,000 [...]
Make A Ukrainian Easter Egg
The Essex County Environmental Center in Roseland is holding a special class on making pysanka, Ukrainian beeswax eggs, this Wednesday evening. You’ll use a batik-like technique to apply wax and dye to an egg to make a unique springtime decoration. The class, which is designed for adults only, costs $20 and the workshop fee includes [...]
Are You Smarter Than A Trivia Team At O’Neil’s?
Do you revel in obscure bits of knowledge? Can you quote movie dialogue verbatim? Do remember more about television of the 1970s than you do about your children’s homework last week? Then you need to go to O’Neil’s tonight. For most of the past two years, Tuesday nights have been trivia nights at the Bloomfield [...]
Basketball Teams Advance in State Tourney
Both the girls and boys basketball teams handily defeated their opponents in the opening round of state tournament play yesterday. The girls, who played at home, handed Sussex Tech a 47-19 defeat. The boys, who travelled to Butler, cruised to a 67-52 victory. Noah Herman had 22 for the boys, which included 3 threes and [...]
County Details Deer Hunt Results
Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. said today that the deer hunt at the South Mountain, Eagle Rock and Hilltop reservations reduced the herds in those parklands by 250 adult and unborn deer and provided 32,000 meals to needy families through the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. The Hilltop Reservation accounted for most of [...]
Verona Artists Featured In Livingston Exhibit
Six works by Verona residents Ann C. Taylor and Allen L. Taylor are being featured in “Innovations, 2010″ a new exhibit at the ACL Gallery in Livingston that runs through March. Ann Taylor is first vice president of the New Jersey Water Color Society and a popular watercolor instructor with the Community Centers of Livingston [...]
Elliott, Unis Seek Reelection To Board Of Ed
Glenn Elliott, a six-year veteran of the Board of Education, and Michael Unis, who won last year’s election for a one-year spot to fill an unexpired term, have announced that they are seeking re-election to the Board. Two of the board’s five seats are up for grabs in this year’s election, which is set for [...]