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Angelo Pezzino knows that he was one of the lucky ones this past weekend. Pezzino and his wife, Danielle, Verona residents, were among the more than 4,200 people on board the Costa Concordia when it ran aground and capsized off the coast of Italy last Friday evening. “I am one little person at the...
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When we landed our first interview with Kal Parekh, he was filming the early episodes of “Pam Am”, the new drama series on ABC. Parekh, or should we say Sanjeev the co-pilot, has just finished the series’ finale for this season, which will air some time in February. He plays the obstetrician in “New...
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Whether or not you are a New York Giants fan, you can be in and out of the open houses on Sunday in plenty of time for the pre-game nachos (or half-time cupcake, from Hobcaw Cafe). There are five open houses to tour, plus three new listings of various shapes, sizes and prices. It’s...
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Verona Police are asking drivers to avoid the intersection of Bloomfield and Pompton Avenues today. Apparently, an early morning crash toppled a utility pole across Bloomfield Avenue in the vicinity of Mountain Auto Body and Don Johnston’s Subway sandwich place. Traffic has been reduced to one lane in each direction while crews replace the...
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Verona Police have charged two men in connection with the recent thefts from cars belonging to members of Platinum Fitness. The two men were identified as Samuel Tirone from Woodland Park and Giovanni Gallo from Wayne. They have been charged with criminal trespassing in Verona and the case has turned over to Fairfield where...
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Clear your schedule for the night of Friday, February 3, and make plans to be at Verona High School for Cops & Rockers 2012, the teen band competition sponsored by the Verona PBA Local 72. It’s going to be a big, big show. So many bands signed up to perform this year that Cops...
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In sports-mad Verona, it can sometimes seem as if children start their athletic careers at birth. We’ve got youth programs in baseball, basketball, football, hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and cheering, and some kids do stay with a sport all the way through their graduation from high school. But not everyone does, and there are more...
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Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. unveiled plans for the county’s fifth hunt to reduce the deer population on Wednesday and said that the largest contingent of hunters will be deployed to Verona’s Hilltop Reservation this year. The deer hunt will begin next Tuesday, January 17 at South Mountain Reservation and will continue...
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A measure passed by state lawmakers in the waning hours of the 214th Legislature could move Verona school board elections to November from April and eliminate a public vote on the school budget altogether. “We could be in for a drastic change in the way the budget is presented to the public,” said Board...
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Go ahead and make your plans for the long weekend: The Verona Board of Education cannot open school on Monday, January 16, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. At the final BOE meeting in December, the Board had mulled opening schools on the holiday to get an extra snow day later. Verona public...
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