Section: Military
Send The Troops A Thank You Through PostNet
Maybe you know someone on active service in the military, maybe you don’t. Either way, PostNet has put together a way for you to send a holiday message to the troops. Partnering with Military Moms, a nonprofit created to support families of military personnel, PostNet (located at 281 Bloomfield Avenue next to 7Eleven & Lapels [...]
Pascrell To Host Veterans Fair On Saturday
U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. is hosting his annual Veterans Fair this Saturday, and this year it will have a special focus on federal coverage for traumatic brain injury treatment and helping veterans to get jobs. The event will be at the V.F.W. Post 6255 in Cedar Grove from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Among [...]
Welcome Home
You’d be hard-pressed to find a happier sign in Verona today. U.S. Marines Lance Corporal Vincent Camerota has returned from an eight-month tour of duty in Afghanistan. His family, friends and relatives are celebrating today.
Remembering Verona’s Veterans
Fred Santoro isn’t much for the limelight, but yesterday, at Verona’s Memorial Day commemoration, he got some of the recognition he richly deserves. Santoro, who served in the New Jersey National Guard and the Verona Rescue Squad was among the veterans living and dead who were honored by the town. In his dedication, Rabbi Aaron [...]
Memorial Day 2011
Verona’s annual Memorial Day parade starts at Everett Field at 10 a.m. on Monday and marches west on Bloomfield Avenue to the center of town for the ceremony at the civic center. Bloomfield Avenue will be closed from 10 to 11 a.m., so plan an alternate route through town. Take a look today at the [...]
They Took The Tough Mudder Challenge
It only looked like a war zone. Last weekend, about a dozen men from Verona went to Allentown, Pa. to race through 11 miles of snow, fire, mud, cold water and assorted other obstacles for an endurance competition called the Tough Mudder. Dave Freschi and his son Nic were back for their second Tough Mudder. [...]
At War, Afghanistan
Afghanistan is pretty much halfway around the planet from New Jersey, almost at the same latitude. Two worlds, very far apart, and not just in geographic terms. Vincent Camerota didn’t need to wear a bullet-proof vest here, or carry a weapon. But since January, Camerota has had to make both part of his daily routine. [...]
Residents Work To Help Injured Soldier
Mary Bovich’s nephew Richard Kilcoyne is a soldier who served in Iraq. On Easter Sunday, April 12, 2009 his platoon was returning from a night mission when it was attacked. One solider died and two were injured, one of them a young man from Staten Island, Brendan Marrocco, who lost both arms and both legs, [...]
Memorial Day Vet Faked War Stories, Paper Says
A report in today’s issue of the Star Ledger says that Angelo Otchy, who received a medal in Verona’s Memorial Day ceremonies this year, fabricated stories about his service in Iraq. While Otchy did serve half a tour of duty in Iraq, the paper says he was not a survivor of a Humvee bombing, as [...]
Found: One Of The Members Of The 1940 Team
Since we published the photo of the 1940 Verona High School football team, we’ve gotten a few tips about the players. But none was more stirring than the e-mail we got from Verona Town Council member Jay Sniatkowski. Sniatkowski had just participated in Verona’s Memorial Day ceremony and realized that the name Smoot–the player second [...]