Archive for May, 2011
Remembering Verona’s Veterans
Fred Santoro isn’t much for the limelight, but yesterday, at Verona’s Memorial Day commemoration, he got some of the recognition he richly deserves. Santoro, who served in the New Jersey National Guard and the Verona Rescue Squad was among the veterans living and dead who were honored by the town. In his dedication, Rabbi Aaron [...]
Fire Guts Morningside House
A house at 34 Morningside Road went up in flames yesterday in a blaze that caused firefighters from several towns to respond. According to the Verona Fire Department, the call came in around 12:30 p.m. and the first arriving firefighters were met with heavy smoke conditions at the front of the house and heavy fire [...]
Cheer Team Tryouts
The Verona High School Cheer team will be hosting tryouts next week for the 2011-2012 season. The dates are June 6, 8, 9 at VHS from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Tryouts are open to high school students, as well as any incoming freshman for the 2011-2012 school year.
A Lifetime Of Learning
Many of us find it daunting to learn something new. We tell ourselves–or let others tell us–that we’re too old to do X or Y or Z. We decide that we’d look or sound foolish to be trying something new at “that age” and we don’t try. Many of us should meet Joe Schifano. Joe [...]
Memorial Day Softball
The U10 Verona Barnstormers Softball Team will be playing Nutley at 11 a.m. today at F.N. Brown. “Anyone interested in some Memorial Day softball and cheering for the girls should stop by,” the coaches wrote us in an e-mail. “The team would love the support!”
Where In Verona Is It? Week 45
We have now moved into the tag team phase of the Where in Verona contest. Beth starts, passes to Kathleen, who hands off to one of the Jeffs. Last week, that got them to Learning Express, but only after five long days of guessing. Will they do better this week? Will somebody else figure out [...]
Memorial Day 2011
Verona’s annual Memorial Day parade starts at Everett Field at 10 a.m. on Monday and marches west on Bloomfield Avenue to the center of town for the ceremony at the civic center. Bloomfield Avenue will be closed from 10 to 11 a.m., so plan an alternate route through town. Take a look today at the [...]
Memorial Weekend Real Estate
No open houses this weekend, but six new listings and some price cuts to pass on. The new listings include four condos and two single family houses. The condos are at 54 Park Avenue, Claridge I apartment 116 , a Claridge II penthouse and a large 9th floor Claridge II apartment. The house, located at [...]
Fishing Derby Nets Winners
Essex County has been holdings its fishing derbies for kids at various county parks, and Thursday afternoon found the kids (and our photographer, Fred Goode) at Verona Park lake. The prizes for the first fish caught went to Dante D’Aille of Fairfield, Ryan Garrito of Clifton and Kiya Washington of East Orange. The prizes for [...]
Covello Named Head Coach In Clifton
Steve Covello, a 1993 graduate of Verona High School, has been named head coach at Clifton High School. It was something of a natural progression: Covello has been on the Mustangs’ coaching staff for seven seasons, including four and a half years as their defensive coordinator. The full story is in the Clifton Journal and [...]