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Webelos Scouts from Pack 31 in Verona are participating in a service project to raise awareness and collect needed items for the Mt. Pleasant Animal Shelter in East Hanover. Mt. Pleasant is a non-profit, animal welfare organization that is 100% privately funded. The Webelos decided to work on this service project because they each...
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This Saturday, February 5, the Montclair synagogue Bnai Keshet will be holding an evening of Ladino songs and stories with Flory Jagoda, a guitarist and composer who is known for her efforts to preserve the music of the Sephardic Jews of Bosnia. Folksinger Susan Gaeta and folk dancer Jim Gold will also perform and...
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Mr. Dominick Martucci, 92, died on Saturday, January 29, 2011 in Mountainside Hospital, Glen Ridge. A funeral mass will be offered in Our Lady of the Lake Church, Verona on Friday, February 4 at 10 a.m. Visiting in the Prout Funeral Home, 370 Bloomfield Avenue, Verona on Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Born...
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Frank Anthony’s has been in its new home at the corner of Bloomfield and South Prospect avenues for a little over a year. Not a lot of time, but long enough for one very alert 7th grader to have memorized its decor, which is a lot nicer than that of the dumpy auto shop...
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For the first time in the nearly 30 years that there has been wrestling at Verona High School, a Hillbilly team has qualified for state sectionals. According to pairings released today by the NJSIAA, Verona, which is in North Jersey Section 2, Group 1, will be hosting a first round match on Monday, February...
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Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. has called off the deer hunt at the Eagle Rock and Hilltop Reservations that had been scheduled for Tuesday, February 1, because of anticipated weather problems. The National Weather Service is predicting a mix of snow and ice tomorrow, starting around 7 a.m. and lasting into Wednesday....
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Charles Bahr & Son, a Verona fixture since 1924, is closing the lumber side of its business. Bahr is selling off existing lumber inventory and not taking new orders for building products. But the company notified customers last week that its oil company is not affected by the decision and that oil deliveries and...
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The Verona Foundation for Educational Excellence will be hosting a wine tasting on Thursday, February 10 from 7 to 10 p.m. at Avenue Bistro in Verona. Guests will sample a selection of four wines and a variety of appetizers. Music will be provided by Howard Freund, the former band director at H.B. Whitehorne who...
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If you missed the January 25 presentation to the Board of Education about the planned changes to the curriculum at Verona High School, or want to go over it all again, the BOE has just posted it to the schools Web site. You can view the 21-page document here.
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Kaplan Test Prep is offering a free practice test for the SAT to area high school students on Sunday, February 13 from noon to 4 p.m. at Verona High School. Students will take the test under timed conditions that simulate the actual SAT administration, and receive detailed feedback on their performance, including an analysis...
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