Articles By: Julia Martin Langan
New High School Guidance Counselor Hired
A new guidance counselor has been hired for Verona High School to replace Harriet Warshaw, who will be working at H.B. Whitehorne Middle School come fall. The new hire, Kathleen Grant, was selected from over 300 applicants, according to Superintendent Charles Sampson. She has a corporate background and comes to Verona following a year as [...]
Revaluation In The Star Ledger
Verona’s property revaluation made the front page of The Star Ledger’s Essex section today. You can read the story here.
Verona, Or Giverny?
This shot of Verona Park lake, taken on Monday, looks like a scene that Monet would have appreciated. Algae blooms seem to have sprouted on the water especially early this year; the motor boat in the photo, quaint as it looks, is actually two workers spraying something to control the green gunk, according to Anthony [...]
Spring Break Earlier Next Year
Verona’s public school calendar for 2010-2011 has been finalized and it looks a little different than last year. Spring Break, which for years has been scheduled for the last week in April, will fall during the third week of the month, April 18th through the 22nd. Students will also have off the following Monday, the [...]
Angry Homeowners Unite Against Tax Rise
A small group of Verona residents, some reeling from property tax hikes of 50 percent or more, have loosely banded together to force spending cutbacks in town government. The four residents–Al De Old, Elizabeth Knoop, Susan Montanile and Alex Roman, joined forces after the town council meeting in June left them dissatisfied by the answers [...]
House Snooping: 25 Gordon Place
Walking through this 1923 Tudor on a quiet, wooded dead end in the Afterglow section feels like walking back in time. Not because 25 Gordon Place is outdated; it has all the modern amenities you’d expect from a house with an asking price of $995,000. There’s an eat-in kitchen with high-end appliances, cavernous master suite [...]
HBW Grant Will Fund Extra Social Worker
In the fall, students at H.B. Whitehorne Middle School will benefit from the expertise of an additional social worker, thanks to a grant from the Mountainside Health Foundation and Principal Yvette McNeal, who applied for the grant. The grant will provide funds for a social worker from Mountainside Hospital to offer small-group counseling and workshops [...]
Fall Baseball To Hold Summer Tryouts
It may seem as if spring baseball just ended, but fall ball is around the corner. In fact, travel team tryouts for Verona Baseball Softball League softball (U10, U12 and U14, with an age cutoff of 12/31) and baseball (U9 – U14 with an age cutoff of 4/30) will be held on or around August [...]
Heat Wave Closes Open Gym At VHS
Athletic Director Gary Farishian instructed VHS coaches to cancel open gym varsity sport practices today due to the extreme heat and poor air quality. The high school gyms are not air conditioned. The VCC gym isn’t air-conditioned either, but men’s basketball will be held as scheduled this evening, with fans blowing. Men’s softball is also [...]
Congratulations Class of 2010
For four years, they’d been good. In fact, in the words of the administration at last night’s graduation ceremony, they’d been an exemplary, extraordinary class. “One of the greatest classes ever to walk to halls of Verona High,” according to Principal Glenn Cesa. Citing their cooperative, altruistic nature exemplified by the voluntary senior service group [...]