Articles By: Virginia Citrano
Where In Verona Is It? The Hilltop Water Tank
If we were the scolding sort, we’d say that you would have gotten the answer to this week’s “Where In Verona” contest a whole lot faster if you had been to Town Council meetings this year. There’s been a lot of discussion of the Water Tank #3, as the feature just off White Rock Road [...]
Concert Band Tops All In State Competition
Once again, the 2010-2011 Verona High school concert band proved that it is the best of the best. The band came in first out of all 24 bands that competed in the New Jersey State Concert Band Festival this week. As the winner, the band has been invited to close the New Jersey Gala Concert [...]
Concert Band Takes Gold
The first round of the New Jersey State Concert Band Festival was held at Verona High School on Tuesday night, March 22, and the VHS band received a Gold rating for its performance of “With Heart & Voice”. (We wrote about the band’s special rehearsal of the piece with former VHS Band Director Harry Owens [...]
4th Grader Finishes Second In State Spelling Bee
Nicole Volpe won second place in the New Jersey state Spelling Bee held March 12 in New Brunswick. Volpe, a fourth grader at F.N. Brown Elementary School, was one of 18 contestants at the bee, sponsored by the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs – Junior Membership. In addition to the second-place ribbon, she [...]
Day Trips: Manhattan By Bike
Maybe the kids have grown tired of riding their bikes around Verona Park. Maybe their biking skills are beyond the bike zone at South Mountain Reservation. Maybe they’re ready for something longer than the West Essex trail, or maybe they want a trail on a more scenic waterfront than the D&R Canal. If they are [...]
Hypnotist Coming March 30
Come see Skylr the hypnotist at Verona High School on March 30 at 7 p.m. Skylr, whose planned January show was snowed out, is a comedy hypnotist who has performed at the high school for the past four years. The show benefits DECA, the VHS chapter of the Distributive Education Clubs of America. Tickets are [...]
Lights Out For Earth Hour
Linette Mathewson, a member of Laning Avenue School’s environmental committee (and our favorite ad salesperson), would like to invite you to participate in Earth Hour this Saturday, March 26, from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. Earth Hour is a way to show you are concerned about climate change by switching off your lights for one hour. [...]
Budget Preview: So Far, (Mostly) So Good
The heads of several departments of Verona municipal government gave previews of their 2011 budgets last night. If you came wanting to hear about 10% cuts across the board, you came away disappointed. If you came wanting to hear about cost savings and cost management, you didn’t. Actually, very few people came. When you subtracted [...]
It’s Family Night
No homework tonight, and if you want to take the family out to dinner, get your coupons from the Web site of the Verona Municipal Alliance Committee, which is once again organizing Family Night. If you are eating in, we’ve got plenty of recipe ideas here.
18th Century Home School Day
Jane Eliasof has let us know that the Montclair Historical Society is having a home school day at the Israel Crane House this Friday, March 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Homeschoolers can participate in a variety of experiences designed to appeal to visual, auditory, and tactile learners using a variety of media and [...]