Archive for May, 2010
Tennis Team Shuts Down Leonia
This has been quite a year for the Verona Boys’ Tennis team, as they proved once again in their semifinals match against Leonia on Thursday. It was top-seeded Verona all the way to a 5-0 win, with strong play from what has been a strong team. In first singles, Verona’s Paul Corrente, defeated Andy Lee [...]
Tintle Says Goodbye To Verona Music
David Tintle, one of H.B. Whitehorne Middle School’s two instrumental music teachers, is retiring this June after 22 years with Verona’s music program. Though Tintle still has one big music event ahead of him, Friday’s competition at Music In The Parks, he took a moment at this week’s spring concerts to reflect on his experiences [...]
Softball Team Loses Heartbreaker In States
Last night, the Verona softball team, seeded 16th and last in the state tournament, very nearly pulled off a stunning upset of #1 seeded Park Ridge, in Park Ridge. Verona got on the board first, driving in four runs in the first inning alone. Park Ridge finally scored three runs in the fourth inning, but [...]
Work Out For Breast Cancer Survivors
This Saturday, May 22, you can jump start your summer fitness at Verona’s Jazzercise and raise money to help breast cancer survivors. Jazzercise, a dance fitness program, is partnering with Back in the Swing USA®, a nonprofit that supports breast cancer survivorship programs and research. On Saturday, from 9 to 10 a.m. you can take [...]
Fights Fires–And Allergies
Though he has spent 28 years on the Verona Fire Department, Charlie Magatti has probably never been called to your house. Verona has very few serious fires every year. But, thanks to him, you have something in your medicine cabinet that extinguishes a far more pervasive problem: allergies. Charlie Magatti, the current chief of the [...]
Free Admission At Montclair Art Museum
With today’s weather looking damp and chilly, it might be a good idea to have an inside activity in hand. Baristanet says that the Montclair Art Museum is having free admission today, May 19, in honor of International Museum Day and a big sale (up to 70% off!) in its gift shop.
Getting Married? Read This
The Verona Health Department dropped us a note this morning to say it will now do marriage licenses by appointment. The available hours are 10 a.m. to noon and 2 to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Health Department is in the Verona Community Center at 880 Bloomfield Avenue. To book your appointment, call 973-857-4800.
Star Ledger Looks At Teacher Salaries
Big newspapers, thankfully, still have the resources to data-heavy stories, and that’s just what The Star Ledger has done over the past few days on public school teacher salaries in New Jersey. Teacher compensation has received wide attention lately because of Gov. Chris Christie’s call for a freeze on teacher salaries to close school budget [...]
Walk For A Walking Path
Our friends at Baristanet have alerted us to an unusual event on Sunday. Dubbed “The Big Walk”, it’s a 50-mile walk to raise money for the East Coast Greenway, a plan to create a 3,000-mile traffic-free trail from Maine to Florida. New Jersey’s section of the Greenway will be 94 miles long and it’s already [...]
Softball Team Defeats Millburn, Makes State Tournament
The Softball team could have been intimidated going into Monday’s matchup with Millburn. Millburn was on a tear, having won the previous four games straight. Their record was 13-8 to Verona’s 5-11. And in the previous game between the two, Millburn won, in a close contest that had been within Verona’s grasp. But instead of [...]