Verona is once again holding its Fourth of July fireworks a little bit early–Thursday, July 1, to be exact. The sound and light show starts with DJ music at 7 p.m., and the actual fireworks at dusk. But Anthony Totoriello would like you to know that you can start the festivities even earlier with...
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Today’s kids will likely remember Tom Valente for the organized mayhem of his kickball games on the blacktop at Forest Avenue School. There aren’t too many principals who do that. But the children–now adults–of Valente’s first class in Verona 39 years ago remember him for a very different activity: He moved their desks out...
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Monty is a 13-year-old Siamese, and he is missing. He usually lives on Wilton Terrace in the Laning Avenue area of town, and should be with a block or two of Wilton. If you see Monty, e-mail his owner, Dan Robinson.
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Further proof that truth is much, much stranger than fiction: A couple from Montclair are among the 11 people arrested Sunday and charged with spying for Russia. Richard and Cynthia Murphy, as the pair were known here, moved to Marquette Road in Montclair in 2008. But charges unsealed in a Manhattan courtroom yesterday allege...
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F.N. Brown School has been recognized by the ARC of Essex County for its generosity to children in need during the holidays. According to Sue Brand, director of family support services at ARC, a non-profit that provides services to people with developmental disabilities, while the Verona elementary school has been donating toys and gifts...
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Sonny’s on the Avenue is adding music to the menu. Owner Tom Malanga is bringing live entertainment to his patio dining area every Thursday evening in July, beginning this Thursday, July 1. First up will be Joey & Doreen Arminio, who have often performed in Verona as Joey Arminio & The Family. On Thursday,...
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Verona native and Miami Dolphins tight end Anthony Fasano joined with Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. to greet clients at a Newark food distribution program on Sunday, June 27. Fasano and DiVincenzo worked with Feed the Children, Catholic Charities, La Casa de Don Pedro, Newark Emergency Services for Families and the United...
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Subito is an Italian word that means “immediately”, and when Stephen Culbertson started Subito Music in 1993, making an immediate copy of a musical score was an all-night job. Back then, you see, the work had to be done by hand. Now, Subito Music now relies on digital copiers and CD production machines. Good...
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Summer in a hockey rink? With the weather the way it’s been the last few days, it’s beginning to look like a good idea. The Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange is holding a skills clinic for kids who are already playing hockey on Monday and Wednesday nights, starting tonight and running through...
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BaristaKids is offering four tickets to a new Off-Broadway puppet show just for little kids, and there’s a Verona connection to it. James Wojtal Jr., who has worked on the puppets for Avenue Q, Wicked and for the Jim Henson Company, is the force behind a big orange fish puppet called Tank. The show...
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