Archive for August, 2011
DePalma Survives Cuts To Jets Roster
NFL teams made a big round of cuts yesterday to meet the league’s 80-man rule, but Verona native Dan DePalma wasn’t among those waived. DePalma, who came to the Jets as an undrafted free agent after training at Eli Manning’s camp, is getting a lot of attention for the work he is putting in at [...]
7 Days–And Counting
Today is brought to you by the lucky number seven, as in seven more days to the start of school in Verona. Not that we’re counting. Photo by teresamorgan via Flickr.
Rescue Squad Blood Drive Coming
The Verona Rescue Squad will be holding its third blood drive for 2011 on Tuesday September 6, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Verona Rescue Squad Building located at 12 Church Street. Coordinator Mike Schumell says this is a special blood drive for the Rescue Squad because it will honor the 10-year anniversary [...]
Fire Department To Dedicate New Truck
EditThe Verona Fire Department will be having a wetdown for its newest apparatus, Engine 14, on Saturday, September 10 at the Verona Pool parking lot from 1 to 5 p.m., and everybody is invited. If you haven’t been been to a wetdown before don’t worry, the new truck is not going in the pool. A [...]
Spice It! Preserve It! Make Jam
I’ll admit it. I was afraid of making a mixed berry jam. Then I was inspired. Then I was frustrated. Seems like a lot of emotion for something I could easily pick up in the store, I know, but don’t forget about the challenge. And, that is where I was both determined and totally sucked [...]
Twin Calls For Fire Department
The Verona Fire Department almost had to be in two places at once on Monday night. Just before 8 p.m., the VFD got a call to head to Cypress Avenue and Ann Street near F.N. Brown elementary school. Another wire had come down, and was dangling in the street. But no sooner had the firefighters [...]
Trees Get Cleared, Lights Come Back On
Verona’s Public Works and Buildings & Grounds crews were all over town yesterday, clearing trees that had come down on utility wires and homes, like this town tree did on a house on Cumberland. Verona’s Police Department and its volunteer fire and Rescue Squad personnel got a bit of a reprieve, after a very busy [...]
8 Days–And Counting
We’re not behind the eight ball today, we’re in front of it, on a gentle downward curve that ends right at the front door of school. As of Tuesday, there are eight more days until Verona public schools and the school at Our Lady of the Lake reopen. Not that we’re counting. Photo by Amy [...]
Board Of Ed Meeting Tonight
The Verona Board of Education meets tonight in the library at Verona High School, in a public session that begins at 8 p.m. Expect to hear a little bit more about the board’s search for a new superintendent of schools (though probably not the final candidates) and a lot more about what Verona will do [...]
Summer Roasted Tomatoes
As the summer winds down, final tomato production seems to go through somewhat of a surge. Counter-intuitive, I know but when it comes time to preserve tomatoes, or use fresh tomatoes for homemade sauce, early September is the time to get them. It’s also a great time to have some “fun” with tomatoes, especially heirloom tomatoes, [...]